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Clarus Systems discuss network and product metamorphosis July 09, 2010 
Brendan Reidy, President and CEO and Gurmeet Lamba, Senior Vice President of Product Development discuss their enhancements to the Automated Testing capabilities of its flagship product, ClarusIPC Plus+ (2.6.4) http://www.telecomreseller.com/2010/07/09/clarus-advances-automated-testing-performance/ . In this podcast we learn how Clarus is helping network managers deliver excellence to the end user even as networks undergo change and challenge. Learn more at www.clarussystems.com |
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July 01, 2010 Clarus Systems Enhances IP Telephony Testing Performance By Rajani Baburajan, TMCnet Contributor IP telephony services are driving the adoption of unified communications in enterprises. The market is highly competitive with leading vendors like Cisco and Avaya battling for improving their market share. According to Infonetics' "1Q10 Enterprise Unified Communication, VoIP, and TDM Equipment forecast report," the Unified Communications market, led by Cisco and Avaya, is expected to resume growth in 2010 Clarus Systems, a provider of integrated Voice over IP or "VoIP" management software and services for Cisco Unified Communications, announced it has enhanced the automated testing capabilities of its flagship product ClarusIPC Plus+. The enhancement is part of the company's strategy to rake in from the prospective IP telephony deployments. |
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June 29, 2010 Clarus Advances Automated Testing for IP Telephony Clarus Systems, a provider of integrated Voice over IP (VoIP) management software and services for Cisco Unified Communications, has announced enhancements to the Automated Testing capabilities of its flagship product, ClarusIPC Plus+ (2.6.4). “Throughout our customer base and within the enterprise, we’re seeing industry trends such as larger IP Telephony deployments – which we define as tens or even hundreds of thousands of phones; Centralized call processing servers (aka Call Managers) supporting larger number of branch offices; all combined with more upgrades and migrations to get to the newest software releases,” said Gurmeet Lamba, SVP, product development, Clarus Systems, in a statement. |
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Reseller Featured Article - June 17, 2010 Clarus Systems Inks Strategic Reseller Deal with AdvizeX By Anuradha Shukla, TMCnet Contributor Manufacturer–reseller interactions are becoming more technology-enabled as channels of distribution increasingly utilize e-business tools on the Internet. Recently, Clarus Systems, Inc., a provider of integrated Voice over IP (VoIP) management software and services for Unified Communications in the enterprise, announced a strategic reseller partnership with AdvizeX, a leading information technology provider of infrastructure and enterprise application solutions. Under this partnership, AdvizeX will sell and integrate the ClarusIPC Plus+ software to their customers. |
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Don't Skimp on Ongoing Unified Communications Network Testing and Monitoring by Carl Weinschenk, IT Business Edge Nobody disputes the fact that any telecommunication network or IT infrastructure element should continually be monitored to make sure that any developing issue is caught before it blossoms into a problem that disrupts services to end users. This is vital across the entire network, but nowhere more critical than in networks that support unified communications. |
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April 16, 2010 Clarus Collaborates with Microsoft for Creating Server Testing and Monitoring Solutions By Shamila Janakiraman, TMCnet Contributor Clarus Systems Inc. a provider of integrated Voice over IP management software and services for unified communications announced that the company has entered into an alliance with Microsoft Corp. The company’s collaboration with Microsoft will enable the creation of value-added testing and monitoring solutions for Microsoft Communications Server 14 which offers a platform for Unified Communications and Collaboration, said company sources. |
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Voice Quality Feature April 15, 2010 Clarus Systems Teams with Microsoft, Joins Microsoft Technology Adoption Program By Jai C.S., TMCnet Contributor Clarus Systems, Inc., a provider of integrated Voice over IP management software and services for Unified Communications, has signed an agreement with Microsoft Corp., to create value-added testing and monitoring solutions for Microsoft Communications Server 14. Microsoft’s Communications Server 14 is the follow-up to the Office Communications Server 2007 R2 and is said to offer a robust platform for Unified Communications and Collaboration. |
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Clarus Systems Announces Strategic Relationship with Microsoft Published on April 14, 2010 Clarus Systems Announces Strategic Relationship with Microsoft for Testing and Monitoring of Communications Server 14 Clarus also Joins the Microsoft Technology Adoption Program (TAP) by Ray Horak, Technology Editor (April 13, 2010) — Clarus Systems, Inc., a leading provider of integrated VoIP management software and services for Unified Communications, today announced that the company has entered into an alliance with Microsoft Corp. Clarus is collaborating with Microsoft to create value-added testing and monitoring solutions for Microsoft Communications Server 14, Microsoft’s imminent platform for Unified Communications and Collaboration. As Microsoft only very recently (March 24) announced Communications Server 14, the relationship with Clarus has been formed very early on in the development process. |
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This story appeared on Network World at http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/converg/2010/041210convergence2.html Convergence & VoIP Alert By Larry Hettick and Steve Taylor, Network World In other news, Clarus Systems announced it has entered into an alliance with Microsoft to collaborate on "value-added testing and monitoring solutions" for Microsoft Communications Server 14. Clarus has also joined the Microsoft Technology Adoption Program (TAP), a program which is designed to "obtain real-world customer feedback on Microsoft pre-release products and provide technical feedback, support, and discussions with customers...” |
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March 25, 2010 // Podcasts Telecom Reseller’s Doug Green and Clarus’ Brendan Reidy and John McCaffrey. Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 21:52 — 12.5MB) |
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Clarus Intros Automated Testing Solution, Supports Cisco VoIP Management Suite
By Hans Lewis, TMCnet Contributor March 23, 2010 Clarus Systems announced the latest release of ClarusIPC Plus+ 2.6.3, which includes support for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8.0 and enhancements to its performance monitoring, traffic analysis, and call utilization features. Clarus Systems is a leading provider of integrated VoIP management software and services for Cisco Unified Communications. “ClarusIPC Plus+ 2.6.3, combined with our previous enhancements over the last two years, continues Clarus’ evolution from an automated testing solution to a full Cisco VoIP management suite,” said Gurmeet S. Lamba, senior CP of Product Development at Clarus Systems. “Our latest version offers essentials in end-to-end VoIP management in what we identify as our Four Pillars: Automated Testing, Performance Monitoring, Configuration Management and Business Intelligence.” |
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Clarus Systems: End-to-End VoIP Services Management Clarus software can actually seize control of a phone and use it to test system capabilities, perhaps causing hundreds of phones to simultaneously dial into a conference bridge and test for two-way audio. Clarus software monitors packet latency, jitter and loss and can set MOS alerts to notify the system administrator if an individual call or the average of calls drops below a definable level, e.g., 3.5. It can also alert on blocked or dropped calls, or unexpected changes to the CallManager configuration, sending alert information into existing network management systems. The Clarus solution also can assist a snifter or probe in deep dive diagnostics, getting as granular as an individual PRI or handset. |
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Clarus Systems Records Positive Growth in 2009
By Raju Shanbhag, TMCnet Contributor February 17, 2010 "2009 has been a transformational year for the company," said Brendan F. Reidy, CEO, Clarus Systems. "We reduced our operating costs significantly while exceeding all our sales and revenue targets. Large enterprise customers have embraced our transition from a testing solution to an integrated VoIP management suite, and our partners have made ClarusIPC a standard in managing their largest, most complex enterprise VoIP systems." Clarus added several global 100 banking and insurance customers to its client list in spite of unprecedented turmoil in the financial services industry. The company also continued its evolution from a testing solution to an integrated VoIP management suite, including testing, performance monitoring, configuration management and business intelligence. |
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Clarus Systems Acknowledges Debt to CIPTUG Brendan Reidy, President and CEO of Clarus Systems, gives a lot of credit to the Clarus product development team but, at the same time, offers plenty to the end user community—most particularly the CIPTUG membership. "Clarus enjoys a highly collaborative relationship with the Cisco end user community, thanks in large part to CIPTUG. As an independent organization, established and funded by end users and existing solely for their benefit, CIPTUG provides an honest and open forum for the informal exchange of ideas and experiences." From my not-so-lofty perch here at Telecom Reseller, it seems as though the respect and admiration equation is well-balanced. ClarusIPC Plus+ won the "Board of Directors Choice" award in the Application "Bake-Off" at the CIPTUG 2008 Annual Conference. Previously, Clarus was awarded "Best Tools" category in an Application "Bake-Off" at the CIPTUG 2007 Annual Conference. |
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Clarus Systems Brendan Reidy interviewed by TMC’s Rich Tehrani about Unified Communications |
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HP Network Management Center Blog: IP Telephony Monitoring, Configuration Management and Remote Troubleshooting Many UC managers often overlook the key requirements to operating a UC system effectively and focus immediately on voice quality (VQ) measurement and alerting as the only real need. Indeed, ensuring your users receive acceptable VQ leaves is important, however, more fundamental principles such as basic call setup, routing, device registration and diagnostic capabilities are essential components of a proper UC management solution. With the integration of the ClarusIPC Plus+ UC management platform to HP NNMi, the combined solution now enables end-to-end fault monitoring, troubleshooting, diagnostics, change detection and proactive testing of your Cisco UC environment. |
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ClarusIPC® Plus+ Wins CIPTUG 2008 "Board of Directors Choice Award" in Application Bake-Off “CIPTUG is committed to providing its members with the most comprehensive, highest quality user information that can help keep each Cisco IP Telecommunications product operating at peak performance levels,” said Michael Kok, President of the CIPTUG Board of Directors and Senior Network Designer at The Boeing Company. “On behalf of the CIPTUG Board and our end-user members, we are thrilled to distinguish ClarusIPC Plus+ amongst the other entries for its end-to-end voice service management capabilities.” Clarus also won the "Best Tools Award" at the 2007 CIPTUG Application Bake-Off. |
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IP telephony management software essential to large-scale deployments The automated testing and management tools included in emerging IP telephony management software packages are essential to a complex IP telephony deployment. A manual approach in an enterprise deployment could lead to disaster... |
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Clarus Systems Named as Finalist in Two Categories for 2008 American Business AwardsSM
May 14, 2008 Clarus Selected as Finalist for “Most Innovative Company” and “Best Product Development Organization/Department” in 6th Annual Stevie® Awards. “American Business Award entries grew more than 30% this year, so being named a Finalist is more of an accomplishment than ever before,” said Michael Gallagher, founder and president of The Stevie Awards. “It means that independent business executives have agreed that Clarus Systems is worthy of national recognition. We congratulate all of the Finalists on their achievement and wish them well in the competition.” |
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Clarus Systems Launches Initiative to Transfer ITIL Framework into Standards of Excellence
Written by Susan J. Campbell February 26, 2008 "With this latest launch, Clarus is likely to enjoy an extended reach as companies continue to look for ways to streamline the integration of voice and IT. For many organizations, this is still a new concept and to maximize the promised benefits, will turn to companies like Clarus for guidance. In doing so, Clarus will strengthen its market stance and will be in a position to set the standard in the industry, driving further demand and revenue for its solutions." |
