Sipera Systems Receives INTERNET TELEPHONY(R) Magazine's Twelfth Annual Product of the Year Award

RICHARDSON, Texas, Feb. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Sipera Systems, the leader in real-time Unified Communications (UC) security, announced today that Technology Marketing Corporation's (TMC®) INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine has named Sipera SLiC (Secure Live Communications) as a recipient of its 2009 Product of the Year Award.

Sipera SLiC makes smartphone VoIP and UC "ready for business" by providing enterprise-class communications privacy, compliance and security.  SLiC is the industry's first system that enables enterprises to comprehensively secure next-generation communications on smartphones, permitting the use of VoIP, UC, Cloud Telephony, and other low-cost and feature-rich communications applications with complete security and privacy.

"SLiC enables an enterprise to implement VoIP or other UC applications on employees' smartphones without security violations, increased compliance risk or common eavesdropping problems.  Now VoIP on the smartphone is safe to use in any location or context, permitting roaming minutes offload and full-featured communications on these devices," said Adam Boone, Vice President of Marketing and Product Management for Sipera.  "It's an honor to be recognized with this INTERNET TELEPHONY Product of the Year award, which is also a reflection of Sipera's leadership in securing enterprise UC applications on any end point device, in or out of the office."

"INTERNET TELEPHONY is proud to grant Sipera a 2009 Product of the Year Award for its SLiC smartphone security system.  Sipera has proven its commitment to quality and excellence while addressing real needs in the marketplace," said Rich Tehrani, CEO, TMC.  "We're happy to recognize and honor Sipera for its development of IP communications technology.  We look forward to more innovative solutions from the company in the future."

A complete list of Product of the Year winners is published in the February 2010 issue of INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine, (www.itmag.com).  INTERNET TELEPHONY has been the authority in IP communication since 1998™.

About Sipera

Sipera Systems is the worldwide market leader in solutions for the rapid and simple adoption of Unified Communications (UC).

Thousands of users around the globe rely on Sipera to secure VoIP, IP video, collaboration, messaging and dozens of other high-performance applications. Sipera's groundbreaking Borderless UC enables secure communications to any device in any location.

Backed by the extensive vulnerability research of the Sipera VIPER Lab, Sipera's solutions for VoIP security and UC security enable enterprises to deploy remote teleworkers, distributed call centers, business continuity, pandemic planning, secure SIP trunks, toll fraud prevention, media logging and archiving, and many other communications innovations.  

For more information, visit http://www.sipera.com.

About INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine

INTERNET TELEPHONY has been the IP Communications Authority since 1998™. Beginning with the first issue in February of 1998, INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine has been providing unbiased views of the complicated converged communications space.  INTERNET TELEPHONY offers rich content from solutions-focused editorial content to reviews on products and services from TMC Labs.  INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine reaches more than 225,000 readers, including pass-along readers.  For more information, please visit www.itmag.com.

About TMC

Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) is a global integrated media company helping our clients build communities in print, in person and online. TMC publishes Customer Interaction Solutions, INTERNET TELEPHONY, Unified Communications, and NGN magazines. TMCnet, TMC's Web site, is the leading source of news and articles for the communications and technology industries. TMCnet is read by two million unique visitors each month on average worldwide, according to Webtrends. TMCnet has ranked within the top 3,500 in Quantcast's Top U.S. sites, placing TMCnet in the nation's top .03% most visited Web sites. In addition, TMC produces INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO (ITEXPO); 4GWE Conference and M2M Evolution (in conjunction with Crossfire Media); Digium|Asterisk World (in conjunction with Digium); and Smart Grid Summit (in conjunction with Intelligent Communication Partners). For more information about TMC, visit http://tmcnet.com/.

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For more information about TMC, please visit www.tmcnet.com.

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