Global IP Solutions Announces Partnership With Paradial


Partnership Brings Firewall/Network Address Translation (NAT) Traversal Solution For All SIP-Based Multi-Media Providers

SAN FRANCISCO - March 14, 2007 - Global IP Solutions (GIPS), the leading provider of embedded media processing solutions, announced today that it has partnered with Paradial, the leader in IP connectivity solutions.
The partnership will provide all SIP-based multi-media solution providers with IP telephony solutions that enable secure and efficient IP communication services through any firewall set-up. The companies will be announcing the partnership at Spring VON in San Jose, March 19-22.

"By combining our two areas of expertise, we now can offer a market leading Firewall/NAT traversal solution", said Gary Hermansen, President and CEO, GIPS. "Customers are guaranteed GIPS high quality media processing plus the highest level of connectivity and security that can be maintained whatever the location."

The RealTunnelTM FW/NAT solution from Paradial is an open and SIP compliant solutions which makes SIP clients work with virtually any firewall and network in a non-intrusive way without reconfiguration required. Global IP Solutions has integrated Paradial's RealTunnelTM technology with the comprehensive GIPS family of multi-media engines.

"This partnership will benefit providers of IP-solutions through the combined strength of our media and connectivity technologies and easier deployments", said Ingvar Aaberg, CEO, Paradial. "The combined solutions set the standard for quality in SIP-based solutions."

About Paradial
Paradial is a software company that provides market leading connectivity solutions to IP telephony, Instant Messaging (IM), video conferencing vendors and service providers. Paradial's patented firewall/NAT traversal & media tunneling technology, RealTunnel(TM), is probably the most comprehensive solution in the market. More information is available at paradial.com

About Global IP Solutions
Global IP Solutions offers multimedia technologies for real-time communications over packet networks and enable companies to deliver IP applications that offer the highest quality user experience, as well as revenue-enhancing opportunities across a multitude of devices and services. Global IP Solutions provides best-in-class voice and video quality and fidelity in end-to-end IP communications with robustness against packet loss. Global IP Solutions' world-renowned media processing and IP telephony experts deliver these solutions to service providers, enterprises, applications developers, network equipment, gateway and chip manufacturers. Companies using Global IP Solutions products include Nortel, Skype, WebEx, Yahoo!, AOL, EarthLink, BlueCross/BlueShield and other key players in the VoIP market. Global IP Solutions is a member of the Intel® PCA Developer Network, the Motorola Design Alliance, Symbian Platinum Partners and Texas Instruments' third party developer network. Global IP Solutions has headquarters in San Francisco and offices in Santa Barbara, Stockholm, Hong Kong and Boston. More information is available at www.gipscorp.com

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