Narus In The News
China firm wants Internet calls blocked: Shanghai Telecom seeks system to prevent VoIP connections
April 5, 2006 Shanghai Telecom, which has 6.2 million landlines, plans to use Narus Inc.'s system to improve its ability to block "unauthorized" Internet calls that connect to its phone system, bypassing its toll structure.
Big Brother Is Watching: New network monitoring tools look for VoIP
March 1, 2006 If familiarity breeds contempt then it could be said that popularity breeds enemies - and VoIP is no exception. While VoIP hasn't yet been the target of a headline-grabbing zombie attack or virus, as services proliferate, concerns grow. Real money is at stake, and no service provider or enterprise wants to be the poster child for VoIP security.
Skype Use May Make Eavesdropping Passe
February 17, 2006 And because such applications have had limited popularity, their mere use can draw attention. With Skype, however, criminals, terrorists and other people who really want to keep their communications private are indistinguishable from those who just want to call their mothers. (Article also appeared in CNet, Fox News, San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, and others)
Brasil Telecom taps IBM, Narus to track "revenue leakage"
February 17, 2006 Brasil Telecom has tapped IBM and Narus to identify and collect "leakage" revenues from IP service providers sending traffic such as VoIP and IPTV across its network. This pilot solution may appeal to the likes of AT&T's Ed Whitacre, who wants to charge other service providers a fee to use his network. (Article also appeared in MarketWatch, Telecommunications Magazine, Finance Canada, Morningstar, Dow Jones Newswires, and others.)
Narus, IBM, and Brazil Telecom Partner to Create Revenue Leakage Solution
February 16, 2006 Every year, telecommunications carriers lose out on hundreds of millions of dollars in potential revenue. How can this be? The problem is called revenue leakage, and refers to cases where service providers use, but do not pay for, carrier networks to route their traffic.
Narus, IBM Help Brasil Telecom Capture IP Services Revenue
February 16, 2006 Narus and IBM have announced that Brasil Telecom is using their IP traffic analysis system to identify and collect revenue for various types of IP services running across its network. The application could point the way for U.S. carriers to earn revenues for services such as VoIP traveling over their own networks.
Narus and NEC Broaden Relationship; Agreement Expands Support of KDDI's IP Services Platform
February 14, 2006 Narus, Inc. announced today that NEC (Nasdaq:NIPNY) has signed an agreement that expands support and licensing for NEC's implementation of the NarusMediate™ IP mediation system at KDDI in Japan. NEC and Narus have teamed to create a comprehensive content-based mediation system for the successful browsing of IP services across KDDI's mobile network.
Narus Chooses IBM as Preferred Partner to Deliver On-Demand Business Solutions to Telecommunications Customers
February 13, 2006 Narus Inc. today announced it has achieved industry optimized status in IBM's PartnerWorld Industry Networks. Narus can now take advantage of IBM's sales, marketing and technical expertise to develop and deliver solutions that meet customer requirements for ultra-high performance IP Management and Security for the largest telecommunications service providers and government networks in the world.
Narus Signs Agreement with VeriSign to Allow IP Compliance and Security Products to Be Offered as Managed Services
January 23, 2006 Narus, Inc. today announced that it has signed an agreement with VeriSign, Inc. that allows VeriSign to offer the entire suite of Narus products to its global customer base as managed services or licensed software. This includes capabilities for security, traffic analysis and lawful interception.
Narus: Security Assurance Or VoIP Killer?
January 2006 Don't bank on free long distance just yet. As reported in the online edition of the prestigious IEEE Spectrum, phone companies in Egypt, France, Germany, and Saudi Arabia have announced they will block VoIP traffic using carrier-class software called IP Platform from Narus, a Mountain View, California-based company.
VeriSign Deploys Narus Services
December 27, 2005 Narus Inc., which makes IP platforms, has signed an agreement with VeriSign Inc. that allows VeriSign to offer Narus products to its customers as managed services or licensed software.
VoIP On Speed Dial
December 14, 2005 The growth of VoIP presents significant infrastructure challenges, and that's a big opportunity for Narus
VoIP On Speed Dial
December 9, 2005 The Journal included a brief about Steve Bannerman’s addition to Narus.
InDEFENSE
VeriSign Signs Agreement to Offer Customers the Entire Narus Product Suite
December 7, 2005 Narus today announced an agreement with VeriSign Inc. that allows VeriSign to offer the entire suite of Narus products to its global customer base as managed services or licensed software.
VeriSign to Offer Managed Lawful Intercept Service Signs Agreement With Narus to Offer Suite of Software
December 7, 2005 Brian Partridge was quoted, “Customers have options in the market. The fact that people are outsourcing lawful intercept to somebody is not something that is new, but what VeriSign will be able to provide via the Narus platform is a compelling offer because Narus is offering a fairly unique solution in the marketplace.”
Narus Inks Pact with VeriSign
December 7, 2005 VeriSign has signed an agreement with Narus that allows it to offer the entire suite of Narus products to its global customer base as managed services or licensed software.
The Google Phenomenon
December 1, 2005 How the competition in communications develops and intensifies — and what telcos do to counter it — likely will be the central business drama of the next decade in communications.
The Collision Between CALEA and Creativity
October 31, 2005 It’s bad enough when potential customers have an outmoded view of what an industry’s defining technology — say, voice over IP — could or should do. At the very least, it’ll prevent the industry from advancing as fast as it could. But it’s a lot worse when regulatory authorities are behind the times.
FITec to offer Narus carrier-class IP platform
October 20, 2005
Viruses Increasingly Infecting Enterprise Networks Via IM
October 15, 2005 The latest emerging IT security threat to the enterprise — viruses conveyed by instant messaging (IM) technology — is increasingly taking up the time of security experts, who are implementing an array of solutions to staunch the flow of malware.
The VoIP Backlash
October 2005
Carriers Face VoIP Revenue Assurance (PDF)
September 19-23, 2005
Briefly Noted
August 22-26, 2005 Azure Solutions, the revenue assurance company, has signed a reseller agreement with Narus, a provider of unified IP management and security. The pact will enable the companies to provide telecom operators worldwide with the ability to bill for usage and identify fraud on their next-generation networks, according to Azure Solutions.
Azure and Narus team on IP Monitoring and Revenue Assurance
August 10, 2005
Narus Provides VoIP Traffic Assessment Tool," Converge! Network Digest
July 25, 2005
Valley telco firm wins crucial China deal
July 13, 2005
Deregulation among factors fueling networking equipment sector
July 22, 2005
Narus Selected by AlwaysOn as Top 100 Private Company Award Winner
June 28, 2005
KT expands network security with Narus
May 10, 2005
Report: OSS Minnows Have Muscle
April 1, 2005
Skype Exposes Limits of Incumbency
The Four Câ€(tm)s of VoIP Detection: Capture, Correlate, Classify and Correct (PDF)
March 2005—In Vanilla Plus, EMEA’s leading billing, OSS, revenue & service assurance magazine, Narus VP Jay Thomas outlines why non-sanctioned international VoIP is costing carriers millions of dollars each year and how Narus helped one company realize lost revenue.
Narus Launches Product To Support PTT over Cellular
Narus unveiled a new product called NarusView, which provides visual representation of data in real-time from all IP networks, including mobile, broadband and carrier backbones. The product will combine with Narus’ Lawful Intercept software to support ‘push-to-talk’ over Cellular and wireless Voice over Packet for Tier 1 Carriers and broadband telephony companies.
Narus Shows Off at RSA
March 14, 2005 — Narus, a carrier-class IP platform software provider, announced the availability of NarusView, its IP network traffic analysis and visualization application, at CTIA Wireless in New Orleans today.
NarusView provides visual representation of data in real-time from all IP networks, including mobile, broadband and carrier backbones.
NarusView features include real-time traffic analysis screens, multiple reporting options and click-to-drill analysis.
