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Description of the existing data network environment. Intended solution(s). Single vendor product or mixed vendors, e.g., Avaya and OCS or Cisco and Sametime... More...
May 14, 2009
be decided before writing the RFP:

Voice and audio conferencing Video conferencing Web conferencing Instant messaging (IM) Chat (on-demand or persistent... More...

May 11, 2009
Form a blended team early, with voice, data, applications developers, users and consultants. Create an interdependent team. Retain an independent consultant for... More...
Apr 27, 2009
choice; it was because traditional voice systems worked at layer 2 and could not extend functionality past the direct connection. This meant that the decision... More...
Apr 23, 2009
advantage" and "high cost to upgrade voice infrastructure." This means that companies don't want to pay a bunch of money up front for something without being sure... More...
Apr 2, 2009
With Cisco technology, we can run data and video across the same circuit, so we are saving a lot of money."

Their solution features both desktop and room video... More...

Mar 20, 2009
takes over, and the application and data are lost. This would be detrimental for any company trying to run a mobile unified communications (UC) client or one that... More...
Feb 16, 2009
with a review of the telecom and data infrastructures, mobile devices used, and application servers supporting Microsoft Exchange and Office... More...
Oct 10, 2008
will include:

PBX features Voice services Voice conferencing Unified messaging A common user interface

Several vendors, but not as many, will also... More...

Oct 10, 2008
generally work alone. They may use data communications frequently but do no have frequent voice contact with other individuals. A data entry person is an... More...
Sep 29, 2008
the size requirement of the cached data and what its resource requirements are.

Another issue is the interpretation of the Microsoft licensing agreement for... More...

Sep 15, 2008
and market research analysis on voice/data convergence markets and technologies, aimed at helping end-user and vendor clients both strategically and... More...
Aug 25, 2008
and market research analysis on voice/data convergence markets, applications, and technologies, aimed at helping end-user and vendor clients both strategically... More...
Jul 21, 2008
are available for transmitting voice data over an IP network. They have different sampling rates and packet sizes, and each has its pros and cons. Higher quality can... More...
Jun 25, 2008
like AOL and Yahoo, according to data from Wainhouse Research. "These things get installed, and IT does not know about it," said Brent Kelly, senior analyst and... More...
Jun 25, 2008
has been done to extend XMPP into the voice arena, however. There is one XMPP extension, Jingle, for doing phone calls, but the only real deployment is with Google Talk... More...
Jun 19, 2008
to a shared whiteboard, voice or video connection.

Another area of rich presence lies in improved calendar integration. If someone is in a meeting, the... More...

Jun 16, 2008
with a video session than with a voice-only session.

Better technology
I was in IT during the days of roll-around carts and video systems where half the time the... More...

May 19, 2008
SameTime is that it does not support voice and video traffic from the Internet but is designed to work only over the enterprise LAN/WAN. Lotus SameTime does not... More...
Apr 29, 2008
power consumed in the U.S. is for data center operation? This figure is expected to rise to 3% by 2010. These statistics were detailed by the Environmental... More...
Apr 3, 2008
the user be communicating using voice, video or something else?

The fourth function is the session setup. This is the function that is responsible for... More...

Mar 17, 2008
routing, network management, voice solutions and VPNs. Before joining Yankee Group, Kerravala was a senior engineer and technical project manager for... More...
Mar 5, 2008
and the possibility of a data network being exploited using weaknesses in a VoIP-related protocol. The potential for eavesdropping that VoIP... More...
Mar 3, 2008
and market research analysis on voice/data convergence markets and technologies aimed at helping end-user and vendor clients both strategically and... More...
Feb 26, 2008
and IP telephony Voice, video, Web and data conferencing Instant messaging (IM) Softphones Call centers

The reason Marty's list is so comprehensive is that UC... More...

Feb 25, 2008
Expert Advice
over to stateless. With unified communications (UC), many applications are calling for deep packet inspection. Security often translates into more latency and...
May 28, 2009
as they see fit.

Secondly, the broader communications experience will change if VoIP is deployed as part of a more extensive IP initiative. In this scenario, IP telephony will...

May 28, 2009
you can find value in embedding communications into business processes wherever you need closer collaboration or where your company relies on speed and efficiency...
May 28, 2009
before embedding unified communications (UC) attributes, and then see the impact of adding these attributes to the business process. Aside from that, it is really...
May 28, 2009
ever increasing focus on unified communications (UC), both CEBP and CEBA seem to get a lot of attention. CEBPs refer to the embedding of UC functions (such as click to call...
May 28, 2009