Acme Packet Enhances Net-Net 3820 and 4500 Platforms with Hardware-based Transcoding and Enhanced Traffic Control Options

BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Acme Packet® (NASDAQ: APKT), the leader in session delivery network solutions, today announced the Transcoding Network Interface Unit (NIU) and Enhanced Traffic Control (ETC) NIU, which are two new options for its widely-deployed Net-Net 3820 and 4500 platforms. The Transcoding NIU introduces feature-rich, hardware-based transcoding to Acme Packet’s 1 Rack Unit (1RU) platform family, while the ETC NIU is a new high-performance multi-processor NIU that offers advanced encryption and packet processing. Both NIUs also feature on-board QoS monitoring and reporting and four 1Gbps Ethernet interfaces, enabling a combination of advanced functionality, performance and capacity not typically found in low to mid-range session border controller (SBC) platforms.