Having just wrapped up another successful ITEXPO in Austin (in 20-degree cooler weather than last year), I have the pleasure of again reflecting upon the many exciting happenings from the week. Where to start?
If your business hasn't yet developed a migration strategy for moving from your legacy communications system to SIP-based UC, the next two sessions in Boston (tomorrow, July 31) and New York (Thursday, August 2) are your next opportunities to not only understand why SIP has become the de facto protocol for enterprise UC, but also why you can't afford to wait.
While we in the media have been talking about these and other capabilities that fall under the broad UnifiedCommunications umbrella for years now, and there are quite a few businesses that have successfully incorporated these features in their daily operations. But, the fact is that making the right decision isn't as easy as it might seem and the majority of businesses have yet to make the jump. There are countless alternatives to choose from and an awful lot rides on making the right decision.
To find out more, including how to overcome these obstacles, and also how to effectively deploy SIP Trunks, visit Broadvox (booth 606) on the ITEXPO show floor this week, and stop by Ingate's SIP Trunk-UnifiedCommunications Summit, going on all week at the Miami Beach Convention Center.
Part of becoming a valued partner to both vendors and customers is the ability to leverage quality products to lower capital and operational costs, which is among the key areas of focus for CDW today, as it looks to solve networking and communications challenges for its budget conscious customers, with access to certified IT experts who are ready to help understand and address current and future business networking needs
Specifically, Avaya Aura, the company's new UC architecture, has been integrated into IBM's converged communications offerings. In addition -- and this is where the security element comes into play -- Avaya has certified IBM Security Systems' Proventia GX 5208 and Proventia Management SiteProtector SP1001 for interoperability with Avaya Aura.
It was a mere month ago that the communications community was wondering about the future of the telecom equipment giant Nortel, though the company was quick to highlight the potential in the communications market going forward and its continuing role...
The growing trend in communications, as we all know, whether personal or business, is toward mobility. Mobile handsets (including those with WiFi connectivity options) are being introduced regularly that challenge the limits of carrier networks with applications and features, laptop sales...
We know the economy is impacting the communications space, despite its seeming immunity for a period. Earnings numbers are down -- rather significantly for most -- and customers are simply being extremely cautious with how the spend their dollars. Even though IP...
With all the attention on integrating communications applications and solutions with Microsoft Outlook, to drive unifiedcommunications capabilities for the business market, many might forget that IBM still holds a significant share of the market -- depending on whose data...
I've been meaning to do this for several months now -- actually start this blog, that is. In fact, I wrote much of this initial entry several months ago on a flight home from ITEXPO in Miami, but there it...