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MAYNARD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Covergence®, the leader in SIP security and management solutions, today unveiled the Eclipse access-edge Session Border Controller (aSBC). The Eclipse aSBC, an enhanced version of Covergence's Eclipse, is a new type of Session Border Controller (SBC) built to scale, secure and manage performance at the access edge.

Traditional SBCs enable VoIP peering between a small number of well-known and trusted service providers, but today's access edge requires the ability to connect large numbers of untrusted users to a multitude of real-time services. The Eclipse aSBC is specifically designed to address the challenges of the access edge by combining traditional session-border-control functionality with comprehensive security features and management tools.

"As business organizations grow their real-time applications, they find that scaling, managing and controlling the access edge poses its own special set of challenges and unique requirements." said Tom Valovic, Program Director for VOIP Infrastructure, IDC. "For instance, the access edge has to process registration traffic, manage registration floods, secure user connections, protect the service from intrusions and attacks, enforce user-defined policies, encrypt and de-encrypt content and manage thousands-to-millions of active endpoints - with negligible latency, jitter and loss."

Service providers are finding that Eclipse enables them to deliver "business-grade" real-time services that meet the quality thresholds that business customers demand. Eclipse also helps providers create new sources of revenue by expanding service portfolios to include presence-enabled instant messaging (IM), audio, video, multimedia conferencing, Click-to-Dial and many other services.

"Our Network Performance Platform (NPP) initiative ensures that our VoIP resellers are able to exceed their business customer's expectations for high-quality communications services on a consistent basis," said Bob Decker, senior vice president of technology & service operations, New Global Telecom (www.ngt.com). "The NPP initiative forced us to reassess all elements of our network and after a thorough analysis NGT selected the Eclipse aSBC for the access edge. The Eclipse's high-performance design and flexible distributed architecture allows us to scale performance and capacity predictably, without increasing management complexity, and its unique ability to enforce fine-grained policy on any field within a SIP message is critical when managing tens of thousand of endpoints."

"With Eclipse we are able to scale hundred-of-thousands of active endpoints at the edge of the network with a great measure of reliability," said James Brind, CTO, Hipcom. "Eclipse also provides fully authenticated, validated and encrypted connections to protect all user information, plus comprehensive application-level security to defend the service from attacks and intrusions. This solution provides our engineering team with absolute control over our SIP messaging, giving us the confidence we need to offer our customers the next-generation applications and services that will keep us competitive in the marketplace."

"What sets the Eclipse apart from other Session Border Controllers is that it was purpose-built to address the problems of the access edge and designed to exceed the quality expectations of enterprise customers," said Kenneth Kuenzel, co-founder, CTO and vice president of engineering, Covergence. "There is a massive market opportunity out there for providers who can offer business-grade VoIP and real-time services to the enterprise market."

Access-edge session border control was developed to meet a full range of needs; from the small to medium-sized business (SMB) market all the way up to the world's largest service provider. The new solution is available from Covergence immediately and can be purchased by contacting sales@covergence.com or by calling 978.823.5200.

About Covergence

Covergence is the leader in scaling, securing and controlling VoIP and other real-time services based on the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). The Covergence Eclipse is a series of access-edge session border controllers purpose-built to securely and reliably connect users to VoIP and multi-media services while giving organizations the complete control and visibility they require. For more information, visit www.covergence.com.

Contacts Covergence: Heather Sill, +1-781-789-8907 hsill@covergence.com or Media Relations: Susan Willson, +1-617-275-6529 swillson@greenoughcom.com

The 72-year-old, from Southsea, suffered a dislocated shoulder and a broken toe.

The 86-year-old, from North End, was left severely battered and bruised.

Officers have been told a man shouted at the VW taxi to stop reversing as it backed out of Copnor Road.

A 38-year old man from Portsmouth was arrested and has been bailed until March.

It happened on Saturday, February 11 at 8.05pm but police have only now asked for the public's help.

Anyone with information is asked to contact PC Vicky Brind at Cosham Road Policing Unit on 0845 045 45 45.

Now back to the game in first place with 24 points was Shadow Sharpe finely the bride instead of the bridesmaid.

In second place Cookie with 24 points what a wicked thing is a count back.

Ladies winner with an undisclosed amount of points Joy Whiteman followed by Bev Woods 18 points in second place.

Nearest the Pin was won by HRH Ross.

Pool competition eventual winners Poppa and Ray Brind.

Ray is a new chum, we wish him well.

As time was waffling on last on the list was Rusty and HRH or Shadow and Tiger B, I'm not sure who lost.

Till this Saturday, on the back nine see you there.

A more astute Waikato put in a better performance in the second half at Porritt Stadium but were unable to convert several chances.

Instead Canterbury took maximum points as Brent Fisher scored from the penalty spot in the 23rd minute after Paul Caton brought Henry Fa'arodo down in the box.

Caton's challenge summed up Waikato's first-half effort, where Canterbury were a yard faster and more hungry in most exchanges while the home side fed off scraps.

Waikato did have their opportunities in the first stanza - especially Stu Wilson's chance from a Brent Mayhew rebound and Felipe Oliveira's bungled one-on-one with the keeper - but Waikato needed to bring their A game much earlier in the piece.

Last week a slow start was severely punished by a rampant Waitakere, who blasted three goals in eight minutes inside the opening half hour.

In that match Waikato came back strong but the damage was already done and the same happened yesterday.

Coach Roger Wilkinson said it was confidence that hadn't allowed his side to fire from the sheds.

'We should've done better in the first half,' Wilkinson said.

'We lacked belief and ended up giving away a silly penalty it's a confidence thing.'

At the break it was realised the hamstring injury Caton had carried in to the match was worse than he thought and he was replaced by Mark Brind.

Other than a disallowed Fisher goal in the second half for offside, Canterbury were outplayed for the majority of final act.

Waikato were cruelly denied the equaliser after 57 minutes when captain Matt Williams' power header from an Aaron Scott corner ricocheted off the upright.

Waikato showed in the second half they were definitely a much improved outfit than last year's team that were rooted to the bottom of the ladder.

Michael Mayne is starting to show the form that makes him a stand-out in the winter league, Wilson is a good striker but just needs a better partner up front, while new players Cole Peverley and Oliveira add a skill factor to the side that had been lacking.

Elsewhere in the league, Hawke's Bay shocked Auckland in their 2-2 draw, Waitakere beat Wellington 4-2 while Otago went down 1-0 to Manawatu.

Mark Christiansen scored for Waikato's academy side in their 4-1 loss to Canterbury yesterday.

Steve Cudden got the other as unbeaten Ardington completed the double.

At the other end of the table, Joe Courtney hit the late winner for East Hendred as they completed the double over Grove Rangers, with a 3-2 success.

A Matthew Cramp strike and a penalty by Tyrone McGill gave Hendred a 2-0 lead, only for Ben Eltham and Ben Williams to level before Courtney struck late on to take the points.

Gary Sutton hit his 14th goal of the season as he helped Faringdon Town to a 2-1 win against Wallingford Athletic. Steve Olphert got the other.

Steventon moved up to fifth with a 2-1 win against Drayton.

Mark Brind and Ben Parry were on target for Steventon with Danny Curran getting one back for Drayton.

In Division 2, George Casserly and Tom Srawley were on target for Wootton & Dry Sandford as they beat Saxton Rovers Res 2-0.

Division 3 leaders Crowmarsh Gifford continued their unbeaten away record with an impressive 4-0 win at Didcot Casuals.

Liam Strudwick, Tom Banks, Phil Hedges and Jake Rogers did the damage for Crowmarsh.

East Hendred Res hopes of avoiding the drop suffered a hammer blow as they lost 3-1 at home to fellow strugglers Warborough & Shillingford.

Nick James was on target for Hendred with Steve Hendy, Russell Thynne and Martin Trower netting for Warborough.

In Division 4, table-toppers Childrey United crushed Uffington United 4-0.

Alan Donnelly led the way with a brace. Jamie Dutton and Jason Kendall, with a penalty, got the others.

Goals from Neil Cheshire, Lee Cheril, Kevin Pryde and Adam Wise helped Challow United to a 4-0 victory against Wootton Res.

Steven Weaven and Dave Stebbings were on target for Grove Rangers Res as they beat Harwell International Res 2-0.

Strugglers Long Wittenham Res boosted their hopes of escaping relegation with a 2-0 victory against Hanney United.

Graham Alger and Craig Day got the Wittenham goals that may mean they escape relegation.

In Division 5, Sean Beard bagged a double for Didcot Casuals Res as they moved into second place after a crucial 3-2 victory against fellow promotion rivals Benson AFC Res.

Chris Dean was their other marksman, while Tim Millard and Simon Cowlard found the net for Benson.

New Star (NSAM) announced on Friday that founder Duffield and other staff would tender 16% of shares in the fund manager in order to 'diversify their investments'.

Analysis by New Model Adviser® of the external holdings of the New Star Investment Trust (NSI), 60% owned by Duffield, indicates his current interests.

The £112 million trust, run by Nick Brind since Alan Miller relinquished it last October, is largely invested in New Star funds with 20% in the asset management company itself, but it also has three outside investments.

Of these, closest to home is Arena Leisure (ARE), the London-based race course operator, in which the trust holds a £1.2 million stake.

Rachel Walker, from Liverpool, was winched more than 200ft in a risky airlift operation.

She was swept more than two miles downstream after capsizing at a North-east beauty spot.

Rachel suffered head and back injuries following the accident at Randolph's Leap on the River Findhorn.

A Sea King helicopter from RAF Lossiemouth hoisted her up from a gorge and flew her to Inverness's Raigmore Hospital.

Winchman Sergeant Adie Brind was lowered about 225ft to the river bank - 25ft short of the cable's maximum length.

An RAF spokesman said: "It is unusual to be working at that sort of height. In the majority of operations they are working at about 70ft to 100ft.

"The other thing they had to take into account is that the Sea King needs full power on both engines to be able to hover so they always have a fly-away point in case they get into bother. But, of course, in a gorge that isn't an option."

A spokesman for Raigmore Hospital confirmed Rachel's injuries were not as bad as suspected and she had been allowed home.

As local elections approach, the Liberal Democrat-run town council, which has lost £25,000 since the market relocated from Northbrook Street in November last year, has accused the Conservative-led West Berkshire Council of failing to listen to its demands to move the market out of the Market Place.

Town council leader Ian Grose (Lib Dem, Northcroft), said: "Something needs to be done. This council has suffered a revenue shortfall from the market place this year. We have raised this many times with West Berkshire Council, but listening is not their strong point. We could do a lot of good with £25,000: we could cut council tax." Adding to the growing chorus of people calling for the market's relocation, market manager Steve Brind said: "We have recently lost four stalls. We would rather be in Northbrook Street because the footfall is greater there. It's a dead end of town near the Market Place."

The town council and the district council's Liberal Democrats both want to take buses out of Northbrook Street, dropping passengers in The Broadway and at the post office end of the Market Place to free up the street for the market's stalls and shoppers.

However, the district council's executive member with responsibility for the Newbury Vision, Emma Webster (Cons, St Johns), said: "There is nowhere to move the buses to. There's no solution that has been put forward that would be viable."

"If buses were moved then we would be marginalising the elderly to the edge of town." In a recent survey conducted by the town's market traders, 97% of the 1,400 people questioned said they wanted the market moved back to Northbrook Street.

Dave Hayden, who has owned a fruit and veg stall in Newbury for 20 years, said: "Trade is 50% down now compared to what it was on Northbrook Street. A lot of the traders are already leaving. It's just survival now. The public want it moved, we want it moved, it's better for everyone."

Co-organiser of the market Mick Conisbee said: "I'm surprised the traders we've got have stayed because no one is taking any money. We picked up extra trade down on Northbrook Street."

The town council says it will continue to apply pressure on the district council but doubts whether anything will be achieved before the next elections on May 3.

As a small town prepares for a wedding, world-weary Thomas Mendip arrives, confessing to murder and demanding to be hanged. The mayor and his cronies refuse his request, preferring instead to prosecute accused witch Jennet. So begins an unlikely romance between a man who wants to die and a woman who wants to live. Article continues

The impressive cast does justice to Fry's clever phrasing, ensuring the piece retains a nice rhythm throughout, and there are many delightfully funny moments. Gay Soper shines as Margaret Devize, while Dan Starkey and Morgan Brind are wonderfully repulsive as her obnoxious sons. Raymond Boot gives a superb comic performance as the Chaplain, finding comfort in his violin and providing an excellent foil to Michael Kirk's sneering, devious Tappercoom. Patrick Myles is an appealing Richard and Andrew Macbean a suitably blustering Mayor Tyson.

Despite good performances and some well-judged interaction with the audience, this production suffers from a lack of chemistry between Grant Gillespie's Mendip and Gemma Larke's Jennet. There is no sense of romantic tension between them - Mendip's plea "hang me before I love that woman" appears to come from nowhere-- and the notion that Jennet has wooed him out of his death-bent depression is wholly unconvincing. Nevertheless, pacy direction from Walter Sutcliffe ensures the audience remains focused, and the production shows that Fry's 50-year-old lyrical drama stands the test of time.

Management: Doublethink Theatre, Mark Puddle and the Finborough Theatre

Cast: Morgan Brind, John Cooper-Day, Grant Gillespie, Michael Kirk, Gemma Larke, Patrick Myles, Laura Sanchez, Gay Soper, Dan Starkey, Geoffrey Towers
Run time: approx 2hr
Website: www.doublethinktheatre.com
Production information can change over the run of the show.
Run sheet Finborough London April 19-May 12

Last year, 3million bottles were produced-- up from 2million in 2005.

But with demand expected to hit 6million bottles in the next ten years, vineyards have begun expanding in order to double their output.

As well as fears over the environment, climate change itself is helping British producers.

Longer, warmer summers provide a more reliable growing season, mainly in the South.

Ironically, France is pulling up vines because of a surplus of stock. Since 2005, English vineyards have increased by 250 hectares on top of the previous 760 hectares.

Julia Trustram Eve, of English Wine Producers, said: 'This represents a significant increase in planting.

'The new plantings have been mainly in the South-East but some have been planted in East Anglia, the South- West and further north.'

Demand was expected to double over the next decade, she added.

'Carbon footprint is a term people are increasingly aware of and, of course, far fewer miles are covered in bringing in English wines.'

Julian Brind, head wine buyer for Waitrose, said: 'The quality of English and Welsh wines across all categories is getting better and better.'

English wines tend to have a lower alcohol content, like other European producers.

Marks & Spencer wine technologist Sue Daniels said: 'Highalcohol wines have had their day.'

Professional taster Martin Isark said English sparkling wine Nyetimber was on top restaurants' wine lists 'by right, not as a token gesture'.

The theft was just the latest in a long line of similar crimes. Six other schools in Portsmouth have been targeted in the past 12 months.

Police are urging schools to boost their security in a bid to thwart the crooks.

The theft of roofing material from College Park Infant School in Lyndhurst Road, North End, is the most serious of the incidents to date.

Police and education bosses fear yet more raids could follow as crooks realise the profits to be made from lead worth more than £500 a tonne.

It is thought at least two people scaled a drainpipe at the North End school and cut about 1,000sq ft of lead sheeting from the roof, skylights and dormer windows. Detectives believe the heavy metal was rolled up, put into school wheelie bins, and carted away.

The lead is likely to have been sold to scrap dealers.

Council bosses are evaluating the exact cost of repairs and talking to insurers after the raid, which happened between 7pm on Monday, May 14 and 6.45am on Tuesday, May 15.

As previously reported in The News, children were kept at home on Wednesday, May 16, because the missing lead caused water to run down classroom walls.

Inspector Gary Munt, of Fratton police, said: 'We will be looking at a number of outlets where lead can be sold but I don't think it would be sold in the Portsmouth area.

'Neighbourhood policing teams will be visiting schools, informing them about what's happened and encouraging them to increase security measures.

'This could be through security personnel, caretakers,

CCTV or parents- the latter because lots of parents live near schools and may see anything suspicious.'

Rob Brind, the chief building surveyor at Portsmouth City Council, said: 'It would seem more than a one-man job because of the quantity they took.'

Education bosses have told schools to identify where lead can be easily reached and to work out how to stop people getting on to roofs.

SEVEN SCHOOLS TARGETED In the past 12 months, lead has been stolen from the roofs of seven schools in Portsmouth:
Cumberland Infant School, Methuen Road, Eastney
Paulsgrove Primary School, Cheltenham Road
Copnor Infant School, Copnor Road
Newbridge Junior School, New Road, Buckland
Manor Infant School, Inverness Road, Buckland
Arundel Court Infant School, Northam Street, Landport
College Park Infant School, Lyndhurst Road, North End

Leading scientist Baroness Susan Greenfield was on hand to present awards to students from throughout the school for their academic and personal achievements.

Proud parents and students filled a specially-erected marquee on the school playing field for the awards, which went to students from all years at the school who have performed particularly well in a number of areas including sport, music, drama, English, maths and sciences.

Headteacher of the school, Dr Iain Melvin said: "We congratulate all our students on their awards.

Awards went to:

Year 10 Head of year award - Lucy Bune, Danielle Rashley, Laura Smith, Michael Wride. Service to the year award - Rebecca Collins, Jade King, George Coward, Jennifer Prince. Service to the school award - Robert Kennedy, Adam Kibbey, Frances Ruthven, Muhammad Uddin. Tutor group awards - Kitty Baird, Megan Bartlett, Rebecca Bennett, James Brind, Lucy Chaldecott, Mark Christopher, Zoe Clark, Christine Clements, Danielle Coombes, Victoria Cox, Samuel Crabb, Louise Dorrington, Nicholas Emtage, Rebecca Fane, Rosa Hartnett, Jack Haynes, Adam Hick, Elizabeth Holman, Jack Howard, Thomas Johannes, Laura Johnson, Cherry Keenan, Neil Kellaway, Robert Lake, Lauren Malpas, Alice Marriott, Kathryn Mathias, Samuel Matthews, Tia McIntosh, Katie McIntyre, Joshua Mulhearn, Joel Osborne, Laura Pettifer, Gregory Phillips, Rae Pugh, Conor Ross, John Simmonds, Benjamin Winsor, Thomas Wood, Martin Wray-Cook.

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