BEA WebLogic® SIP Server

The communications and Internet industries are in the midst of a revolutionary transformation, propelled by the unparalleled power, flexibility and cost efficiency of Internet Protocol (IP) based technologies, and standards. BEA WebLogic SIP Server is the industry's premier open, SIP-based, converged Java EE-IMS-SOA application server designed specifically for large-scale IMS-NGN deployments. BEA WebLogic SIP Server delivers the most powerful, highly available, service convergence platform for network operators, network equipment providers (NEP), systems integrators, and ISVs that seek to develop, integrate and operate revenue-generating, real-time, multimedia communication services.

Increasing end-user demands for new communication and collaboration services which converge Internet and telecom capabilities into a integrated user experience has set in motion a massive, yet evolutionary, transformation in the Internet and telecom industries, with the common denominator being Internet-based technologies. Internet, and e-commerce service providers, such as search engines, consumer portals, and e-commerce portals, have rapidly adopted the Internet standard Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) for realtime, multimedia-over-IP services, such as instant messaging, VoIP (Voice over IP), presence/availability, and click-to-call. As a result, Internet providers are now offering communication services of IP to consumers at very minimal costs.

In response to this changing consumer and competitive market dynamics, the communications industry has adopted Internet technologies and standards as the basis for it's next-generation network architectures. At the heart of next-generation network (NGN) architectures such as IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem), and SDP, are a core set of protocols standardized by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), such as SIP and Diameter.

Critical to the success of IMS networks are the new, and innovative IMS services, which take advantage of the real-time, context-aware capabilities provided by such networks. In order to realize this, network operators must implement a new layer above their IMS core networks, which is commonly referred to as the IMS Services Layer. At the core foundation of the IMS Services Layer are IMS application servers and IMS service enablers. BEA WebLogic SIP Server provides a powerful IMS application server platform for the IMS Services Layer, which brings the richness and ease-of-development of J2EE-SOA together with the powerful communication and collaboration capabilities of SIP-IMS.