Welcome to Quintum’s Tenor®Notes for October, 2004Quintum Announces “VoIP Becomes Reality” Contest!!C onvergence has definitely become mainstream. Network managers havebeen thinking about ways to implement VoIP, and of all the benefits that theseVoIP applications could derive. Quintum and TMC, the folks who bring us theInternet Telephony Conference and Expos, have joined together to sponsor,promote and make someone’s VoIP implementation a reality. We announced thestart of the contest at the Fall show in Los Angeles and will announce the winnerat the Spring show in Miami. Of course, you don’t have to be present to win butyou have to get Quintum your application before Monday, January 31st, 2005.Uniqueness of your proposed (or recently implemented) VoIP applications counts!Judges include an industry analyst, a freelance industry writer, Quintum’s CTO, and an editor from Internet Telephonymagazine. You can find the complete rules and application at: http://www.quintum.com/main/voipcontest/index.htmlQuintum’s Newest Tenor! Quintum will soon be announcing a new BRI Tenor. Tenor BRI will give enterprisesusing ISDN Basic Rate Interface (BRI) lines an easy and cost-effective way tocapitalize on VoIP. The Tenor BX will be available in 2, 4 or 8 BRI S/T ports,MultiPath or gateway configurable, with an integrated gatekeeper and SIP Back toBack User Agent for survivability, which will be in the next release. Stay tuned!Quintum Recognized with 3 Prestigious Awards. The first award named Quintumthe 3rd fastest growing technology company in the New Jersey Deloitte & Touche Fast 50.This program ranks the 50 fastest growing technology companies in NJ, based on percentage of growthover 5 years, 2000 – 2004. We are still awaiting our results for the national standings in the Fast 500.The second award is the Readers’ Choice award, awarded by Windows IT Promagazine’s readers. They selected the Tenor DX MultiPath Switch as the winner inthe “Best of Voice over Internet Protocol” category. More than 2,000 readers selectedthe Tenor out of over 700 products and services.The third Award is from FierceNetworks, one of eight newsletterspublished by FierceMarkets Inc., a Washington DC-based businesspublishing company. Quintum was selected as a member of FierceVoIP’s annual list of“The Fierce 15”, honoring it as one of the top 15 emerging IP telephony companies for2004. FierceVoIP, an internationally recognized email newsletter covering the VoIP andInternet telephony industry, evaluated more than 300 privately-held VoIP companies based on company vision, revenuepotential, quality of deals and partnerships, and competitive market position.New Quintum White Paper Compares Alternatives for VoIP Implementation. Quintum has developeda new white paper that addresses the issues of implementing a new VoIP platform that maximizes business benefitswhile minimizing potential technology ownership headaches. Voice service is critical to the operation of the business, sono one wants to implement a technology that will compromise call quality or reliability in any way. On the other hand,the cost savings and value-added functionality available with VoIP makes it a compelling investment. This white paperexamines the challenges of deploying VoIP and how they are addressed by VoIP switching as compared to high endrouter-based VoIP gateways and low-end low cost gateways. You can download the newest white paper at:http://www.quintum.com/main/thankyoulit2.htmlQuintum is Attending the VON Trade Show. We will be attending the Voice on the Net (VON) Show inBoston, from Monday, October 18th, thru Thursday, October 21st. Please go to www.Pulver.com for information onattending.Please feel free to forward this Tenor Notes to your colleagues. For a f ee subscription,rplease go to: http://www.quintum.com/main/subscribe.htmlIf you do not wish to receivethis newsletter, please send a reply email with the subject “Remove” .