First standards-based firewall and NAT traversal SDK for VoIP calls

PRLog (Press Release) – Oct 11, 2006 – VANCOUVER, B.C. (Oct 11, 2006) – Eyeball Networks Inc., a pioneer and world leader in VoIP, video telephony, and instant messaging software, today announced Eyeball Any-Firewall™ Engine, a comprehensive, standards-based NAT traversal Software Development Kit (SDK) for guaranteed VoIP call completion across NATs, firewalls, and Web proxies. VoIP service providers, application developers, and device makers can now deliver instant, seamless, and guaranteed connections between subscribers while benefiting from peer-to-peer (P2P) media delivery, low latency, and carrier-grade scalability.

“Our Any-Firewall Engine addresses the critical demand for a scalable NAT and firewall traversal solution, a major catalyst for continued VoIP adoption,” stated Chris Piche, Chief Executive Officer, Eyeball Networks. “Today, Skype is the largest VoIP service with a proprietary NAT traversal solution and now with Eyeball Any-Firewall Engine, service providers’ benefit from a standards-based solution with guaranteed call completion.”

Eyeball’s patented Any-Firewall™ Technology - the foundation of the Any-Firewall Engine - combines IETF standards STUN, TURN, and ICE, with Eyeball’s own innovations enabling P2P media transport, marking the first solution of its kind in the industry. This unique approach addresses the shortcomings of today’s traversal alternatives including cost-prohibitive Session Border Controller (SBC) implementations which enhance call completion but do not guarantee it. The Any-Firewall Engine provides a flexible, multi-platform NAT traversal library - with a small footprint - and is independent of signaling protocol and media delivery. This allows it to be used with third-party components including SIP, JINGLE, and RTP stacks and voice/video engines. Today, leading VoIP service providers and device makers including True Internet and Fuji Photo Film have successfully leveraged this technology.

Eyeball Any-Firewall Engine will be released in the fourth quarter of 2006 and will be available for many PC and embedded platforms including Windows 2000, XP & Vista, Windows Mobile, Linux and embedded Linux. Any-Firewall Engine will include a library of software components, sample applications with source code, and user and reference documentation.

For more information, please contact sales@eyeball.com or +1 (604) 921-5993. Additional information can be found online at www.eyeball.com/pr. Eyeball will be exhibiting and speaking at the Internet Telephony Expo October 10th-13th in San Diego, CA. booth #824.

About Eyeball Networks
Eyeball Networks is a pioneer and world leader in VoIP, video telephony, and instant messaging software enabling service providers, application developers, and device makers to deliver carrier-grade communications services with guaranteed call completion and quality. Today, more than 18 million subscribers and 100 service providers and device makers benefit from Eyeball’s innovation, including its Any-Bandwidth™, Any-Firewall™, and Anti-SPIT™ technologies to guarantee the best possible IP communications experience – over any Internet connection, across any NAT or firewall, and on any device. For more information, please visit www.eyeball.com/pr.