IP Telephony and UC: Getting More Bang from Smaller Budgets
[ Source: VoiceCon Orlando 2009 ]
April 2009-
Pricing for communications systems has been evolving rapidly amid the industry's move to software, with its pricing models. Now, as vendors seek new ways to sell products and push united communications (UC) in a difficult economic climate, they're trying even more different pricing strategies. Doug Carolus, director of operations and consulting services at Ncompass Solutions, looks at the range of pricing and licensing issues across communications capabilities, from basic IP PBXes to UC applications, to ...
Enterprise Videoconferencing: The Products And The Players
[ Source: VoiceCon Orlando 2009 ]
March 2009-
Once you've determined what types of video applications are right for specific users and situations, you need to procure a system that delivers a product that meets these needs. Analyst Andrew Davis offers a roster of the vendors and their products in each of the video categories (immersive telepresence, room, and desktop). In addition, you'll find out who the market share leaders are, what differentiates the offerings within each category, and what these products cost. ...
Unified Communications Market Update
[ Source: VoiceCon Orlando 2009 ]
March 2009-
Behind the basic question "How big is the Unified Communications market, and which vendors are winning/losing?" lurks a more difficult question: What "counts" as UC when we're measuring this market? Blair Pleasant, a UC analyst, presents research that looks at the market's size, players, and prospects, the impact of UC on end users and future trends.Two key areas addressed: How is the current economic climate affecting adoption and will this market take off?
The Fundamentals Of SIP
[ Source: VoiceCon Orlando 2009 ]
March 2009-
David Bryan, communications consultant at Cogent Force and chair of the IETF P2PSIP working group, presents the basics of SIP. Focused on the fundamentals of the protocol and its usage, Bryan starts with the very basic ideas and progresses through call initiation, INVITE, transactions and dialogs, multiple varieties of forking, SIMPLE, and more.
ShoreTel's Response To VoiceCon RFP For An IP Telephony System
[ Source: VoiceCon Orlando 2009 ]
March 2009-
ShoreTel's Jeff Ridley presents the company's response to the VoiceCon RFP for an IP telephony system during a panel discussion at VoiceCon Orlando 2009. The ShoreTel IP solution is a single system distributed over multiple sites, with call control distributed across the network via the ShoreGear voice switches deployed at each location. Each ShoreGear switch contains the system routing configuration and performs its own call control, providing a single system distributed across all locations and individually ...
IBM's Response To VoiceCon's RFP For An IP Telephony System
[ Source: VoiceCon Orlando 2009 ]
March 2009-
In a panel discussion, David Marshak presents IBM's response to the VoiceCon RFP for an IP telephony system. There are three parts to the IBM solution, which essentially add Unified Communications and Unified Messaging to any existing IP or TDM PBX equipment. IBM’s solution and approach is to enhance the telephony equipment that customers have chosen with Unified Communications and Unified Messaging capabilities.
Cisco IP Telephony Proposal Taps Unified Communications
[ Source: VoiceCon Orlando 2009 ]
March 2009-
Cisco presents its response to the VoiceCon request for proposal (RFP) for an IP telephony system in a panel discussion. According to Cisco's proposal, its unified communications (UC) solutions unify voice, video, data, and mobile applications on fixed and mobile networks and deliver easy-to-use, media-rich collaboration.
VoiceCon's IP Telephony RFP: An NEC Solution
[ Source: VoiceCon Orlando 2009 ]
March 2009-
An RFP process to purchase a new enterprise communications system can be an exhaustive and time consuming experience. The objective of this presentation is to facilitate this task for customers who plan to issue an RFP for an IP telephony system in the near future. Mark Pendleton presents NEC's response to VoiceCon's RFP, providing a look at one vendor's particular approach to the request. It covers: system architecture and design of common control and common ...
IP Telephony Market: Who's Winning And Who's Losing
[ Source: VoiceCon Orlando 2009 ]
March 2009-
An RFP process to purchase a new enterprise communications system can be an exhaustive and time consuming experience. In this presentation, Allan Sulkin, president of TEQConsult Group, lays the groundwork for anyone planning to issue an RFP for an IP telephony system in the near future.