Accelerating Microsoft Lync Deployments

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Acme Packet founded

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Who is Acme Packet?

IPO NASDAQ: APKT

Who is Acme Packet?

Birth of the “SBC”

197 SP Customers

6 Enterprise Customers

Named market leader in E-SBCs

(Infonetics, April 2011)

1093 SP Customers Only pure-play IP

Proven experience + technology

595 Enterprise Customers Market leader

Proven enterprise solutions

SIP trunking

Portfolio of Real Time IP Communications Solutions for the Enterprise

Session border controller Security & interoperability

Enterprise session manager

Dial plan management,

routing and directory services integration

Application integration Communications,

applications & recording

Communications experience manager

A centralized view

UC integration

Lync Contact center

Video Hosted services

CommunicationConsolidation

Consumer Technologies

Enterprise Technologies

The Enterprise Communications Challenge

Open

Accessible

Dynamic

“The Gap”

Complex

Expensive

Slow

Deploy platform for CEBP, WebRTC, BYOD

Integrate Lync with legacy UC with session

management Move to SIP trunking

leveraging SBCs 1 Consolidate and

simplify communications

infrastructure

Evolve unified communications

strategies 2 Build

communication rich applications 3

Closing the Gap

Microsoft Lync + Acme Packet

Lync Environment

Lync Server

Moving to all IP Infrastructure with SIP Trunking and Session Border Controllers

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Interoperability

Scalability

Security

Call routing

Compliance

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Hosted services

Economics

Future-proof connectivity

Session Layer PSTN

SIP trunk Session Border

Controller

Session Border

Controller

Session Layer

Session Manager

PSTN

Integrate with Legacy UC using Session Management

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Multivendor complexity

User migration

Inefficient routing

Management and troubleshooting

Deliver consistent user connectivity

Optimize productivity

Smooth migration to Lync

SIP trunk

Lync Environment

Legacy UC

Lync Server

IP PBX

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Build Platform for Communications Rich Applications

Transform enterprise collaboration

New levels of productivity

Interact with customers in new ways

SIP trunk

Session Border

Controller

Session Layer

Session Manager

WebRTC

CRM Integration

Mobility/BYOD

Compliance Recording

Mobile App Integration

Call Center Productivity

Service Provider

PSTN

App Server

Lync Environment

Lync Server

Web 2.0 application platform

Trunk-side WebRTC gateway

Embedded web server

Consolidated recording

Deployment Options

SIP Trunking, PBX Interop, and App Integration

On Premise

Service-provider grade SIP Trunking

Hosting Pack

SIP Trunking and

Advanced Media Handling

Office 365

Richer offerings Adjacent services

System Integrators

Increased SIP trunk ROI Hosted service offerings Managed infrastructure

New opportunities for collaboration and interactive communications

Communication Services

Devices

Infrastructure

Engaging the Entire Lync Ecosystem

Communication enabled business applications

Application

Unparalleled expertise

supporting Lync voice

Advanced SIP trunking

solutions

Vendor-neutral management

solutions

Only vendor with cloud-to-premise

Lync support

Scalable solutions:

Pilot to Large Enterprise

Accelerating Lync Deployments with Acme Packet

Additional Resources

• Click here for “Transforming Business Communications with Microsoft Lync” white paper by Zeus Karravala

• Click here for Lync Solutions for the Enterprise page • Click here for The Packet Blog post on “How to get the most from your

Microsoft Lync, UC deployment” • Click here for The Packet Blog post on “Accelerating Lync Deployments

with Session Border Controllers”