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- Applying unified communications
- Thuy Ha, director of product management at Qwest Communications, discusses a practical framework for unified communications. Ha explains how to build a foundation on a converged network, then add layers such as mobility, conferencing and collaboration.
- Tags: Collaboration, Thuy Ha, unified communications, converged network
- Sponsored whiteboards 2009-10-01
- Overcoming IP Telephony Performance Issues in a Converged Network
- When implementing Voice over IP VoIP onto a data network, you must ensure that the equipment capable of handling the additional load, and, more importantly, that the traffic will be properly classified, marked, and prioritized for optimal performance. Voice traffic is highly intolerant to delay, jitter, and packet loss, so...
- Tags: Converged Network, Global Knowledge, IP, IP Telephony, Network, Network Technology, Networking, Telecommunications, Telephony, Traffic, Voice Traffic, VOIP
- White papers 2009-08-07
- 3Com Global Services Delivers Turnkey Network Solution to Grow Award-Winning Scottish Law Firm, EMEA
- With two offices in Glasgow, Scotland, and one in Manchester, England, Golds Solicitors Golds is a highly successful UK law firm. Golds sought a converged network solution to deliver maximum performance at minimum cost of ownership. Golds also required the new network to be simple to manage and fully scalable...
- Tags: Converged Network, Network, 3Com Corp., Litigation, VOIP, Ethernet, Networking, Business Operations, Telecommunications
- Case studies 2009-01-01
- 3Com Converged Network Helps Spain Ministry Ease Housing Crisis
- Tasked with easing the housing crisis in Spain, where prices are twice the average in the European Union, the nation's Ministry of Housing faced a housing crisis of its own. Previously operating in the Ministry of Development's Madrid headquarters, the housing agency was forced with urgency to relocate to a...
- Tags: Converged Network, Network, 3Com Corp., Retail, Advertising & Promotion, VOIP, Marketing, Telecommunications, Networking
- Case studies 2009-01-01
- Interactive Museum Improves Communication, Brings History of Texas to Thousands of Visitors With New 3Com Secure Converged Network
- The Old Red Museum of Dallas County History & Culture in Dallas is located in a restored 1890's courthouse that was reopened last year after an extensive six-year restoration and renovation project. According to Ross Crabtree, manager of Information Technology for the Old Red Museum of Dallas County History &...
- Tags: Converged Network, Network, 3Com Corp., Museum, Networking
- Case studies 2008-08-01
- Making the Right Call: Ensuring a Successful IP Telephony Implementation
- The benefits of a converged network seem obvious: not having to create, staff, and run two different networks for voice and data, running just one cable to desktops instead of two, and a reduction in phone tariffs are all good for business. But more interestingly,the converged network introduces a new...
- Tags: Phone, Converged Network, Telephony, Network, Packeteer, IP Telephony, Tariff, IP, VOIP, Free Trade, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Networking, Finance
- White papers 2008-03-24
- Andrade Gutierrez Builds Converged Network on Stable Check Point Foundation
- Andrade Gutierrez AG is one of Brazil's largest heavy construction firms with projects throughout Latin America and Europe. To sustain its rapid growth, AG required a more reliable, higher-performing, and easier-to-manage network. When the company redesigned its infrastructure to converge voice and data on a single network, it needed a...
- Tags: Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., Converged Network, Network, Andrade Gutierrez, Security, Networking
- Case studies 2008-02-20
- Dental Provider Gains Efficiencies With Converged Network
- The Productivity of dental office staff was hampered by lack of adequate phone service. The network capacity limited growth, and lack of redundancy put company at risk for business disruption. Willamette Dental lacked the capacity and resiliency to implement electronic dental records application. Cisco switches and routers reduced equipment needs...
- Tags: Phone, Converged Network, Network, Cisco Systems Inc., Cisco IP Phone System, Telecom & Utilities
- Case studies 2008-02-01
- The New Converged Network: Presence Technology and IP Integration Lower Costs and Raise Productivity
- Organizations of all kinds are taking advantage of IP network convergence solutions to integrate applications, boost productivity, save on network management and maintenance, and lower the cost of communication. These new solutions bring people together more efficiently to connect with customers, solve problems, and make better decisions. The underlying concept...
- Tags: Converged Network, Network, IP, Integration, Networking, Network Technology
- White papers 2007-10-01
- Security Strategies for Converged Networks
- Organizations are moving disparate networks to a converged platform in an effort to streamline costs and increase productivity. The presenter of this webcast explains how to implement effective security solutions in converged network environment. The presenter examines today's convergence landscape, how it impacts security practices, and why service provider should...
- Tags: Converged Network, Network, Security Strategy, Cisco Systems Inc., VOIP, Security, Telecommunications, Networking
- Webcasts 2007-09-19
- New 10-Gigabit 3Com Converged Network Brings Bank Communications Up to Speed Fast
- Bank Pembangunan Malaysia Berhad BPMB, a state-owned financial institution established in 1973, provides medium-to long-term lending for local projects involving capital-intensive infrastructure and with businesses in the maritime and technology sectors. The institution received three awards in 2005 from the Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia and the Pacific...
- Tags: Bank, Converged Network, Network, 3Com Corp., Financial Services, VOIP, Telecommunications, Networking
- Case studies 2007-07-01
- Engineering Firm Facilitates Fast Growth, Improves Communications and Reduces Costs With New 3Com Secure Converged Network
- The multidisciplinary engineering firm GAI Consultants, Inc. relies on its 3Com secure converged network. Its experience with 3Com solutions has been so exceptionally positive, in fact, that the company is becoming a registered 3Com Focus Silver Partner so it can ensure equally impressive network economy and performance for its own...
- Tags: Converged Network, Network, 3Com Corp., VOIP, Engineering, Networking, Telecommunications
- Case studies 2007-06-01
- County of Nevada, California, Leverages Its Existing 3Com Secure Converged Network to Increase Capacity and Cut Costs
- The County of Nevada, located in the heart of Northern California's Gold Country, has a long history of making the most of its resources. The County's approach to managing its IT infrastructure is no different. Having committed to 3Com IP telephony solutions in 1999, the County's IT leadership recently embarked...
- Tags: Converged Network, Network, 3Com Corp., County, VOIP, Telecommunications, Telecom & Utilities, Telephony, Networking
- Case studies 2007-06-01
- Delivering the First-Ever Converged Olympic and Paralympic Games Network: It's All About Teamwork
- To work together to deliver a single, highly secure, highly reliable converged network infrastructure across 15 geographically dispersed Vancouver and Whistler Games venues, as well as numerous support venues, meeting the voice, video and data communications needed as many as 90,000 individuals and a million plus spectators. To address the...
- Tags: Teamwork, Converged Network, Nortel Networks Corp., VOIP, Ethernet, Games, Telecommunications, Networking, Personal Technology
- Case studies 2007-05-01
- Hospital Trust Improves Patient Service at Reduced Cost With a Converged Network
- North West London Hospitals NHS Trust the Trust commissioned the redevelopment of the Central Middlesex Hospital. The Trust required a new voice communications solution that would integrate with legacy systems and provide a platform to help improve patient services. A resilient IP telephony solution based on the Nortel Communication Server...
- Tags: Patient, Hospital, Converged Network, Network, Nortel Networks Corp., Nortel Contact Center, VOIP, Telecommunications, Networking
- Case studies 2007-04-25
- Unified Wireless Switching: Enabling a Truly Converged Network
- As businesses scale, traditional wireless network deployments become more complex, more costly and less secure. Users expect the ability to roam between access points. New applications like Wi-Fi VoIP require the ability to roam seamlessly and securely, for example. Wireless switches provide a simple, centralized, iron-clad solution, with management tools,...
- Tags: Converged Network, Network, Wireless Switch, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Routers & Switches, Wireless And Mobility, Networking
- White papers 2007-03-01
- BankWest of Nevada, Industry: Financial
- To keep pace with business initiatives and growth objectives, BankWest's information technology team determined that all locations needed to be converted to one, centrally managed converged communication system. They required a solution that would provide them with the flexibility and extensibility to add new branches, and the redundancy necessary to...
- Tags: Converged Network, Financial, Networking, Telecommunications, VOIP
- Case studies 2007-02-09
- How to Generate Revenue With a Carrier Ethernet Infrastructure
- Service providers, rapidly transforming their service model from basic transport to managed services, are adopting a converged network platform that can generate sustainable competitive advantages and profits. With its Carrier Ethernet foundation, the Cisco IP Next-Generation Network with the Cisco ServiceFlex design is a platform suited for new managed services...
- Tags: Revenue, Managed Services, Ethernet, Converged Network, Cisco Systems Inc., Carrier
- White papers 2006-11-01
- The Trusted Computing Group Mobile Specification: Securing Mobile Devices on Converged Networks
- Mobile workers and consumers alike have increasingly numerous ways to access these networks - via data-enabled cell phones, smartphones, PDAs, Ultra-Mobile Personal Computers UMPCs and notebook computers. In many cases, these same devices can also access the thousands of Wi-Fi hotspots which dot every major metropolitan area. The near term...
- Tags: Converged Network, Mobile, Network, Ultramobile PC, Smart Phone, Trusted Computing Group, Specification, Mobile Device, Worker, iGillottResearch, Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Smart Phones, Advertising & Promotion, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Tablets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Emerging Technologies, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing
- White papers 2006-09-01
- HP Open View Route Analytics Management System for Converged Networks White Paper
- Voice over Internet Protocol VoIP is transforming corporate and consumer communications today. Service providers have invested in VoIP for years and are starting to see a noticeable ramp in VoIP subscribers, while a significant percentage of enterprises have now deployed some VoIP in their networks, at least in a pilot...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Converged Network, Network, Analytics, IP, Telephony, VOIP, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking
- White papers 2006-07-01
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