Forval Selects Jungo’s OpenSMB Software Platform for its New ElipSwitch Business Gateway

Forval’s new Elipswitch TM All-In-One Smart Wireless SOHO Networking Solution powered by Jungo’s OpenSMB Software Delivers a New Class of Multi Service Gateways for Small and Medium Businesses

San Jose, CA and Newport Beach, CA, November 7, 2006

Forval International, a subsidiary of Forval Corporation (JASDAQ: 8275) and a leading provider of IT services for SMBs, and Jungo Ltd., the leading provider of broadband gateway middleware today announced that Forval’s new ElipSwitch TM All-in-one Business gateway will be powered by Jungo’s OpenSMB software platform.
The ElipSwitch TM is a complete All-In-One solution, which enables the small to mid-size businesses users to easily set-up the device in a secure networked or wireless environment and start working immediately. The ElipSwitch provides SMB or SOHO customers with all the networking services they require, while dramatically lowering their IT costs by reducing or eliminating the need for on-site IT personnel.

The ElipSwitch TM gateway provides a full set of features and services, including a file server that lets employees to share files in a central location, a print server for easy sharing of central printers; built-in VPN capabilities for remote secure connection when employees are away from the office; and, a built-in Firewall for security from outside attacks. The ElipSwitch TM also provides user defined quality of service (QoS) capability to ensure timely delivery of critical data.

Jungo has provided Forval with its latest OpenSMB version which is comprised of the software foundation for small business gateways, and includes an application framework for the coordination and delivery of advanced IP-based services such as remotely managed services, remote backup capability, as well as provide a framework for delivering additional services such as anti-virus and anti-spam in the future. Delivering such services helps service providers and the Value Added Resellers (VARs) to generate new revenue sources, increase average revenue per user (ARPU), create additional differentiation and significantly reduce customer churn.

“Forval’s introduction of the ElipSwitch TM effectively delivers a wide range of valuable features and services that ideally serve the needs of SOHO market,” said Ofer Vilenski, founder and CEO, Jungo. “We value Forval’s partnership in deploying our fully featured OpenSMB software platform which effectively leverages the strength of the Forval platform.”

“Jungo’s OpenSMB software platform was the only solution that enabled the deployment of all the features required by Forval,” said David Fortini, chief operating officer, Forval International. “We also relied on Jungo’s solid architecture that will allow for efficient product modifications and enhancements in the future without the need for Hardware modifications.”

About Forval

Forval Corporation is a publicly traded company founded in 1980, headquartered in Tokyo. Specializing in telephony and IT services, Forval has over 150,000 customers with sales approaching half a billion dollars. Forval International is a Newport Beach, California, based partnership between Forval Corporation and Acorn Technology, a US-based firm also specializing in professional IT consulting services. Together, they have launched ElipServices as a managed service within the United States to expand Forval CorporationÂ’s global footprint. To learn more, please go to www.elipservices.com.

About Jungo

Jungo is a leading provider of software products and solutions that power residential broadband service offerings and connectivity solutions. Our residential broadband products enable 40 million of the world’s residential gateways. Our connected home, application framework and remote management solutions let service providers easily launch value-added broadband services and manage and monitor their delivery. Jungo’s unique home broadband offerings enable service providers to accelerate the introduction of a variety of innovative, revenue generating digital home services, while enhancing their competitive edge and reducing operational costs.
Jungo’s connectivity solutions division offers extensive connectivity software solutions for USB and PCI, including WinDriver™, a driver development toolkit that enables developers to quickly create custom device drivers that can run on a multitude of operating systems without modification, and USBware™, a complete, high-quality embedded USB software protocol stack, allowing device manufacturers to easily incorporate standard USB OTG/Host/Device connectivity in their designs.

Jungo is owned by NDS, a leading global provider of end-to-end software solutions for the pay television industry. Jungo is owned by NDS, a leading global provider of end-to-end software solutions for the pay television industry. To learn more, visit www.jungo.com/st.

 

By admin in on November 7, 2006