SAN FRANCISCO, April 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Red Herring today announced that Cedar Point Communications, the worldwide leader in integrated VoIP switching technologies for the cable and telecommunications industries, is a Finalist for the Red Herring 100 Award, a selection of the 100 private companies based in North America that play a leading role in innovation and technology.

The Red Herring editorial board diligently surveyed the entrepreneurial scene throughout the North American region and identified the top 200 out of more than 800 closely evaluated companies that are leading the next wave of innovation.

"We can see the exciting evolution of the technology sector reflected in the quality and variety of exceptional companies that we had to choose from in putting our list together," said Joel Dreyfuss, Editor-in-Chief of Red Herring. "It was tough to choose just 200 finalists from such a large list of excellent contenders, and we are very happy with the qualities of the companies we selected as Finalists."

The winning 100 companies will be announced at the Red Herring Spring event. The CEOs of the winners will present their innovative ideas and technologies to an audience of leading entrepreneurs, financiers and corporate strategists at the event in Monterey, California, on May 1-3 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel.

"The Red Herring 100 has been a significant milestone in the evolution of private technology companies, including many that have transitioned to the public markets," said Andy Paff, president and CEO of Cedar Point Communications. "We're grateful to the editors and staff of Red Herring for recognizing the significance of our success, and are deeply honored to have been selected as a finalist."

Cedar Point's SAFARI C(CUBED) Multimedia Switching System, the only totally integrated carrier class VoIP switch that incorporates all of the components that make up the voice switching infrastructure, brings value to the network by providing SIP-based features and seamless evolution to an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) architecture. SAFARI C(CUBED) provides superior performance and reliability, significantly reducing capital expenditures, system integration and operations costs for cable operators offering telephony services while increasing network integrity, security and privacy.

SAFARI C(CUBED) is future-architected to fit within an IMS core network infrastructure, allowing network operators to leverage their initial equipment investment in voice as they introduce such services as video telephony and fixed-mobile applications. New applications can be integrated into SAFARI C(CUBED), or can be accessed via third-party application servers.

About Cedar Point Communications

Cedar Point Communications' totally integrated voice and multimedia switches provide network operators with cost-efficient, less complex voice- over-IP alternatives to distributed soft-switching telephony options. Cedar Point's SAFARI C(CUBED) Media Switching System is a PacketCable(TM)-qualified solution that supports legacy circuit and NCS voice services, as well as delivering core IMS capabilities today that support the anticipated migration to an IMS architecture for converged networks. The company is based in Derry, NH. For more information, please visit http://www.cedarpointcom.com/.

About Red Herring

Red Herring is a global media company which unites the world's best high technology innovators, venture investors and business decision makers in a variety of forums: a leading innovation magazine, an online daily technology news service, technology newsletters and major events for technology leaders around the globe. Red Herring provides an insider's access to the global innovation economy, featuring unparalleled insights on the emerging technologies driving the economy. More information about Red Herring is available on the Internet at http://www.redherring.com/.

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