Enterprise session border controllers (E-SBCs) are situated at the edge of the enterprise network and provide secure voice and video connectivity to Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) trunking providers, users in remote branch offices, home workers/remote workers, and unified communications as a service (UCaaS) providers. The name 'session border controller' is derived from the following: Session, from Session Initiation Protocol, refers to a real-time communication connection between endpoints or users. This is typically a voice and/or video call. Border refers to the interface between networks that do not have full trust of each other. Controller refers to the ability of the E-SBC to control (allow, deny, transform, end) each session that traverses the border. The 'E' in E-SBC stands for 'enterprise.' It is intended to differentiate enterprise-focused SBCs from those aimed at carriers.
"Excellent SBC with a small footprint. "
Simple to use appliance that comes in a physical or virtual package.
"If Cisco is your PBX, CUBE is your SBC."
CUBE has been a pleasure to use through its evolution time line.
"Decade-Long Performance Review of Oracle SBC's"
We have been using Acme now Oracle SBC's for around 10 years. They have performed as promised and the Oracle Team has been great too.
"Works as designed and has strong support"
Vendor is very responsive to issues and it's nice to have a dedicated support team (at the management level anyway)
"Deployment was easy but the updates were a bit complicated, depend of the version."
For general is a excellent product, it have a friendly platform for configuration and deployment, Avaya have a lot of information and documentation to bring solution. The mobile and sip trunk services work fine but you need to have some experience for deploy. I prefer the virtual solution.
"Good for handling high traffic volumes, needs work in GUI"
Sonus SBC is good for handling high traffic loads. Does not crash even in the full capacity. CDR viewer and SIP ladder features really helpful for troubleshooting. There are lot of bugs specially related to GUI and operational aspects. Support is not up to the standard. resolution time is really high.