IP Communications

 

Choosing a Media Appliance Gateway Appliance

 

Although many enterprises are eager to deploy converged voice and data applications and services over IP, they see their legacy PBX systems and up-front costs as roadblocks to the enhanced capabilities that IP would bring.

 

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Phreakers, Hackers and Bears...Oh My!
By: Warren Sonnen
Director of Product Management
Director of Marketing

 

Make sure your voice data travels the yellow brick road of IP telephony without being hijacked by flying monkeys and other fraudsters.

 

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Collaboration and Customer Service
By: Wedge Greene & Barbara Lancaster, LTC International

 

Once upon a time, Telecom was iconoclastic - keeping to itself and inventing everything it needed to perform its mission. Huge labs like Bellcore and Ipswitch Labs advanced human ingenuity. Telecom developed distinct standards and unique tools.

 

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VoIP without HYPE

What businesses need to know.

By Chris Lyman, CEO and Founder, Fonality

 

"With voice over IP, you can have long distance for less - even for free!" That is the Siren's song being played by VoIP, the Internet's newest promise. Millions of consumers with broadband connections are responding. And there's no end in sight; it's expected that 32 million Internet phone lines will be in use by 2009.

 

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STARFACE Case Study-WLAN phones all the rage

 

Two sites placing calls through one phone system. Devices for new employees ready to use within 30 minutes. And WLAN phones a hit with staff. In September 2007, Pyramid Computer GmbH replaced several older telephone systems with one Voice-over-IP (VoIP) telephone system - STARFACE.

 

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STARFACE Case Study-STAY MOBILE. STAY FLEXIBLE. WITH VoIP.

 

Employees constantly crisscrossing the globe, sales reps at home on the road, telecommuters, just-established or pre-existing temporary sites - all pose significant challenges to company telephone systems. eC4u IT Solutions AG in Germany has mastered every one. With STARFACE, a server-based VoIP solution.

 

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STARFACE Case study-All-purpose VoIP

 

As of mid-2007, software manufacturer OXID eSales has been making its calls using Voice-over-IP (VoIP). With one STARFACE telephone system, the company links multiple sites, puts the conference functions through their paces, and even handles WLAN cell phone calls - all with VoIP.

 

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10 reasons to switch to an IP PBX
The benefits of replacing your old PBX with an IP PBX
by Nick Galea, CEO 3CX

 

This whitepaper explains the top 10 reasons to throw out the old PBX and replace it with a new software based IP PBX. The whitepaper also provides a brief explanation of what an IP PBX is, how it works in a computer network and how it integrates with VoIP providers and PSTN Gateways.

 

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SIP Trunking Benefits and Best Practices
by Janne Magnusson, Vice President, Product Management Ingate^® Systems

 

Back in the days of wireline telephony, when all phone calls went over the PSTN, businesses would purchase "trunks" - a dedicated line or a bundle of circuits - from their service provider. Today, we have adapted the concept of "trunking" to the IP-enabled landscape resulting in lower telephony costs and rapid return on investment (ROI) plus the opportunity for enhanced communications both within the enterprise and with vendors, customers and partners.