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Westcon ME offers Sipera Secure Access Proxy for AVAYA Aura

Dubai: WestconME - the region's leading Value Add Distributor (VAD) of Convergence, Infrastructure, Mobility and Security now offers Sipera Secure Access Proxy for AVAYAA Aura

Sipera Systems, a leader in real-time Unified Communications (UC) enablement and security, today announced that its UC-Sec security appliance is compliant with the Avaya Aura™ Communication Manager and Avaya Aura™ Session Manager 6.0, a solution from Avaya, Inc., a global leader in enterprise communications systems, software and services.

The Sipera Systems UC-Sec appliance serves as a Secure Access Proxy node inside of a UC architecture by providing a comprehensive UC security and compliance solution for all internal and external UC endpoints. In this role, UC-Sec helps enterprises to securely and confidently leverage the power of UC by making it ubiquitous, while reducing costs through access-side network simplification. The appliance has been compliance-tested by Avaya for compatibility with the Avaya Aura Communication Manager and

Avaya Aura Session Manager 6.0, which enables enterprise employees and teleworkers at any location to be securely, connected regardless of the infrastructure their UC endpoints reside on.

"Avaya Aura Communication Manager and Session Manager enable faster and easier deployment of voice, video, messaging, and presence communications, helping enterprises boost productivity and business agility," said Andy Asava, Vice President of Business Development at Sipera. "Sipera UC-Sec appliances serve as a Secure Access Proxy node, providing enterprises with centralized security controls,

and an increased ability to satisfy industry security and privacy mandates for all their internal UC communications. In addition, with UC-Sec appliances deployed, enterprises can securely extend Avaya UC applications to decentralized teleworkers."

Sipera Systems is a member of the Avaya DevConnect program - an initiative to develop, market and sell innovative third-party products that interoperate with Avaya technology and extend the value of a company's investment in its network.

As a Platinum member of the program, Sipera Systems is eligible to submit products for compatibility testing by the Avaya Solution Interoperability and Test Lab. There, a team of Avaya engineers develops a comprehensive test plan for each application to verify whether it is Avaya compliant. Doing so ensures businesses can confidently add best-in-class capabilities to their network without having to replace their

existing infrastructure - speeding deployment of new applications and reducing both network complexity and implementation costs.

"Many enterprises are extending initial, internal VoIP installations, and deploying voice, messaging, presence, video, and Web applications to their entire global workforces. While they benefit from costeffective, real-time communications and collaboration, these enterprises must also ensure the security of every application and communications device," said Eric Rossman, vice president, developer relations,

Avaya. "Sipera's UC-Sec appliances complement the Avaya Aura Communication Manager and Session Manager, ensuring enterprises can more confidently extend their UC infrastructures as well as secure every internal endpoint." said Venu Menon Sales & Marketing Director Westcon ME .

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About WestconME
Westcon Middle East is a leading Value Add Distributor (VAD) of Convergence, Infrastructure, Mobility and Security products and solutions covering the Middle East and North Africa. We offer a portfolio of best-in class products, services and solutions from highly reputed vendor partners that interoperate with and compliment each other. Our highly qualified staff delivers outstanding support and unmatched relationship to our vendors and channel partners, including technical expertise, network design, sales consultancy, logistics and integrated marketing apart from holding a large inventory of products for immediate deliveries. For additional product or company information, please visit www.westconme.com

About Sipera Systems
Sipera Systems, the leader in real-time Unified Communications (UC) security solutions, is the choice of enterprises and service providers around the world to support their mission-critical UC deployments. Sipera offers groundbreaking solutions that secure voice, video, messaging, collaboration, and other real-time communications in converged IP networks, boosting compliance with information security requirements and simplifying the adoption of UC. Sipera's innovative Borderless UC™ architecture delivers secure and private enterprise-class communications to any device over any network in any location. Backed by the industry-leading research of the VIPER Lab, Sipera's award-winning UC-Sec appliance provides comprehensive threat protection, policy enforcement, access control, and encryption in a single, flexible, plug-and-play device. The UC-Sec is pre-integrated with all market-leading UC vendor solutions and is the world's first UC security device to be Common Criteria certified, meeting the stringent international standard for IT security.

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