IBM is announcing products and product upgrades Tuesday to assist telecommunications carriers and others to use SOA and Web 2.0 to deploy voice, video and data services. Service providers can deliver IP-based services. Product lines involved in the release include the Rational, WebSphere and Tivoli lines. "IBM is helping to enable service providers to create, combine and deploy new telecommunications services ba IBM is announcing products and product upgrades Tuesday to assist telecommunications carriers and others to use SOA and Web 2.0 to deploy voice, video and data services.Service providers can deliver IP-based services. Product lines involved in the release include the Rational, WebSphere and Tivoli lines. “IBM is helping to enable service providers to create, combine and deploy new telecommunications services based on emerging technologies,” said Tim Greisinger, vice president for communications sector solutions in the IBM Software Group, in a statement released by IBM. “With IBM’s Web 2.0, SOA and IP technology leadership, service providers may also have the capability to deliver innovative services with greater speed and quality in a much more open and flexible environment.” Products featured in the plan include:* IBM Rational Performance Tester Extension for SIP, to enable testing of SIP-based applications. * IBM SIP Modeling Toolkit for Rational Software Architect, to model SIP applications. * IBM WebSphere XML Document Management Server, to manage XML documents including group lists, user profiles and contact information. * An upgraded IBM WebSphere Telecom Web Services Server, to leverage Web 2.0 technologies to deliver a secure gateway for third parties to access personalized capabilities such as location-based services. Parlay X 2.1 Web services capabilities are supported. * An upgrade to IBM WebSphere Presence Server, to collect and distribute real-time information about access. Performance and functional enhancements are featured. * IBM WebSphere IMS Connector, to enable applications running on WebSphere Application Server to communicate with IP Multimedia Subsystems core elements like Call/Session Control Function. The new release supports pre-paid or credit-based charging.* IBM Tivoli Netcool, which is software to monitor WebSphere IMS.Products are available now. Technology Industry