Empirix announces that ZONE Telecom has installed its Hammer XMS monitoring solution. Hammer XMS provides ZONE Telecom with a consistent, proactive approach to managing and monitoring its VoIP network by gathering statistics and conducting trend analyses that allow for better, more accurate capacity planning for long-term growth.

ZONE Telecom offers a full array of telecommunications products and services by utilizing proven telephony technologies as well as taking advantage of the newest developments in the field to deliver value and high-quality service to its customers. The company chose Empirix's Hammer XMS monitoring solution because it offers the following features:

• Alerts: proactive notification mechanism for rapid fault awareness and diagnosis;
• Diagnostics: immediate troubleshooting in order to identify where issues lie;
• Media analysis: identifying media details by location of zone, provider and/or customer where the problem originated;
• Scalability: handling traffic volume and rapid growth as the company expands; and
• Ease-of-use: flexible and ready to use right out of the box.

Empirix's Hammer XMS is a carrier-class monitoring solution designed to ensure the reliability and quality of next-generation services. Hammer XMS offers Network Engineering, Planning, Operations and Customer Care teams the ability to both efficiently and confidently deploy new services and maintain current services with higher quality and at a lower cost.