Cordell Inc. Announces New MetaSwitch-interoperable Network Management Capabilities

MetaSwitch Forum 2009, Las Vegas, NV: April 8, 2009. Cordell, a leading nationwide provider for alarms, data collection and security interface software will show its new ISD4000 Platform and GUI Search Software at the MetaSwitch Forum 2009.

Celebrating its 30th year as one of the nation's leading telecommunication monitoring and traffic management providers, Cordell announced that it has integrated a next generation network based solution into its new 3rd Generation Platform - the ISD4000 Element Manager. This new platform gives its server applications more power and flexibility in working with the MetaSwitch call agent and media gateway to furnish a seamless solution to manage SNMP traps, automatic traffic data collection using the FireBird™ database software and Security (SSH and Radius).

The ISD4000 Element Manager will be demonstrated at the MetaSwitch Forum 2009 in Las Vegas on April 8, 2009. In addition, as a sponsor of the event, Cordell will be hosting a session entitled "MetaSwitch Alarms, Traffic and Network Security - A Single Seamless Source Solution" also on April 8.

"The success of the MetaSwitch Forum is based on the collaboration with all our sponsor companies, such as Cordell Inc., that share our vision for streamlining the transition to next-generation networking," said Andy Randall, Vice President of Marketing at MetaSwitch. "Our customers look forward to the annual Expo at the MetaSwitch Forum, which provides valuable time with our partner companies."

The new, more powerful, ISD4000 with its dual 160GB mirrored drives and larger Pentium 4 Processor running CENTOS Linux allows a single unit to receive SNMP traps from multiple MetaSwitch platforms, run the FireBird™ database extraction software and furnish a platform for network security interface.

While Cordell's applications platform is designed to reduce network operating costs and facilitate the new services, it can also furnish features such as network recovery (using its long term storage), security with an interactive capture feature, internal security modems and an environmental alarm input board.

Sandwich Isles Communications, Inc, (SIC), a rural Local Exchange Carrier serving native Hawaiian communities throughout the Hawaiian Islands, has built a multi-site next generation voice network with MetaSwitch and has had a relationship with Cordell since 2004.

Harry Johnston, SIC's Director of Service and Operations, said that Cordell has been a true partner in supporting the network management aspects of SIC's continuing transition from a primarily TDM platform to the newer IP-based service platforms and applications. "We use Cordell as the focal point for network element alarming, after-hours notifications " environmental conditions trending," says Johnston. "Cordell support has always been readily available whenever we needed help. We were appreciative and impressed with Cordell's quick response in helping us develop customized scripts needed to enhance service-quality management for our particular applications in larger Hosted IP PBX applications served by our MetaSwitch. The interoperability between Cordell and MetaSwitch has been a true plus for us", reports Johnston.