More and more businesses are looking to lower their costs and implement Unified Communications (UC) in their network. Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) enables enterprises to consolidate their network into a single, Internet Protocol (IP)-based network that can handle voice, video, and data traffic over the same connection. Deploying an SBC provides a seamless migration to SIP by providing organisations the ability to:

• Secure the Network - the move to SIP requires a network security element to protect the enterprise from malformed packets and Denial of Service (DoS) attacks
• Consolidate Policy Management – set routing and dial plan policies at one time for the entire network
• Enable UC – enable real-time communications including: voice, video, instant message, multi-media conferencing, user presence information and data sharing applications
• Reduce Costs – lower equipment costs and long-distance call charges
• Increase Network Reliability and Resiliency – reroute calls during power outages and natural disasters
• Migrate Existing Analog and Time Division Multiplexing (TDM)devices - any-to-any connectivity between TDM, H.323 and SIP devices, enabling enterprises to rapidly migrate analog phones onto SIP-based networks
• Scale – easily scale capacity requirements as voice and video demands increase by adding sessions when you need them