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- Design Best Practices for Latency Optimization
- The approach to minimize latency must be a holistic effort that takes into consideration the entire market data system from end-to-end and focuses on reducing latency throughout the design. This whitepaper addresses options for mitigating key sources of latency within financial data network implementations. Topics surveyed include propagation delay, processing...
- Tags: Data Network, Latency, Optimization, Best Practice
- White papers 2007-12-20
- Qualcomm import ban will effect U.S. 3G data networks
- Qualcomm import ban will effect U.S. 3G data networksWhich devices?I recently purchased a Sierra Wireless card. When I activated it and connected to the network, it asked me if I wanted to do a firmware update for RevA. I did it and have been Rev A ever since.Windows...
- Tags: VOIP, U.S. 3G, data network, Qualcomm Inc., network
- Discussion threads 2007-08-07
- Qualcomm import ban will effect U.S. 3G data networks
- Yesterday, the Bush administration decided to uphold a June decision from the US International Trade Commission that bans chips made by Qualcomm Inc. that violate a Broadcom Corp. patent. This does not look like good news for Qualcomm and those of us who want to see more 3G mobile devices...
- Tags: Data Network, Patent, Broadcom Corp., Network, Qualcomm Inc., Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2007-08-07
- Complete Verizon-Vonage patent analysis Part One: 6,282,574
- My interpretation: I agree with Om that the technology described here is so generic that a claim for infringement is highly unlikely. Entitled Method, server and telecommunications system for name translation on a conditional basis and/or to a telephone number, Verizons U.S. Patent 6,282,574 refers to:An enhanced name translation...
- Tags: Vonage, Regulatory, General
- Blog posts 2007-04-09
- An Architectural/Engineering Leader Optimizes Its WAN for IP Telephony
- Founded in 1954, Hanson Professional Services is an employee-owned consulting firm, a single source for a full complement of architectural, engineering and management services, engaging in an immense variety of projects - highways and bridges, industrial complexes, schools and universities, radio stations and airports among them. Hanson's communications network demands...
- Tags: Data Network, Consulting Company, Telephony, Nortel Networks Corp., IP Telephony, IP, WAN, Architectural/Engineering Leader, Hanson, VOIP, Network Technology, Outsourcing, Telecommunications, Routers & Switches, Networking, Telecom & Utilities, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
- Case studies 2006-08-21
- Sprint Nextel announce 4G data network
- I have been stuck at 2.5G wireless data, using EDGE, with T-Mobile for several months and there isn't any real hard news on when they will get their 3G network rolled out. As a result, I am receiving my PPC-6700 (HTC Apache) device with EVDO on the Sprint...
- Tags: Cellular phones, WIRELESS, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, data network, 4G, network, Sprint Nextel Corp.
- Blog posts 2006-08-08
- Erlanger Health System Advances Patient Care and Improves Productivity for Healthcare Professionals
- Erlanger Health System is a non-profit, academic teaching center affiliated with the University of Tennessee College of Medicine in Chattanooga. Erlanger's separate voice and data networks covered a 125-mile radius and some 30 sites, making the infrastructure costly and cumbersome to manage. What's more, the network included an ATM Local...
- Tags: VOIP, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, NETWORKING, Network technology, Nortel Networks Corp., voice, PBX, ATM, data network, IP telephony, telephony, health care, network, IP
- Case studies 2006-05-04
- PPL Corporation: Empowering a Flexible Workforce to Deliver Optimal Customer Service Across a Converged IP Network From Nortel Networks
- PPL is a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania. PPL's challenge was to leverage recent investments in upgrades to its data network infrastructure while adopting IP telephony solutions that would help reduce operational costs, and drive customer satisfaction by increasing the accessibility and productivity of its distributed workforce. Implementing...
- Tags: VOIP, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Nortel Networks Corp., IP telephony, telephony, IP, customer satisfaction, data network, customer service, network
- Case studies 2006-05-04
- NATO: Where Mission Critical is More Than a Matter of Policy
- This case study briefs about homeland security. The challenge posed before NATO was that it required a secure, ultra reliable management backbone that could support maximum uptime of its data networks while extracting and maintaining operational efficiencies.Micromise's Netcol provided a solution that helped to secure framework which helped to ensure...
- Tags: VOIP, Micromuse Inc., uptime, data network, homeland security, network
- Case studies 2006-05-04
- Louisiana Court Enjoys Swift, Secure Justice Using Powerful Switch 7700-Based 3Com Network
- Based in Baton Rouge, the Louisiana 19th Judicial District Court's 485 administrators and 20 judges adjudicate more than 45,000 civil and criminal cases per year. To streamline its operations, the Louisiana district court sought a powerful data network capable of supporting a centralized web-based judicial system database while keeping court...
- Tags: NETWORKING, Louisiana, 3Com Corp., data network, network, TCO, Ethernet, high-performance, Web, database
- Case studies 2006-05-04
- VoP Case Study
- Equant has world's largest data network in geographic coverage and multinational customers. The billing CDR formatting module will be implemented on SMP. The features of SMP are that it is a full redundant platform, a high availability storage system, large capacity of storage, easy access to provisioned data, advanced VPN...
- Tags: NETWORKING, storage, data network, Hewlett-Packard Co., storage system, VPN, database, network
- Case studies 2006-05-04
- Secure Wireless Networking and IP Telephony Enable Great Canadian Gaming Corporation to Provide Unparalleled Service to Resort Guests
- Great Canadian Gaming Corporation is a leading provider of gaming and entertainment destinations in western Canada and the northwestern United States. Around-the-clock communications among people on the go is essential in a large gaming facility to manage the site effectively and quickly respond to customers. Great Canadian Gaming Corporation was...
- Tags: Data Network, Telephony, Network, Nortel Networks Corp., IP Telephony, IP, Wireless Networking, Wireless, VOIP, Games, Networking, Telecommunications, Personal Technology
- Case studies 2006-04-07
- Ethernet Algorithm for Building Network Integration Using TCP/IP
- Problems like poor security, transfer delay or packet loss occur while building network systems that are applied with TCP/IP integrate with data network systems. To solve this problem, this paper proposes the Separated Ethernet, which can give priority to the system, and by using the OPNET Modeler simulator, the paper...
- Tags: Algorithm, Data Network, Network, Network Integration, Tcp/Ip, VOIP, Networking, Ethernet, Network Technology, Telecommunications
- White papers 2006-02-01
- Unified Services Gateway provides resilient infrastructure and remote manageability for branch offices
- Learn how Close Motor Finance dramatically improved resiliency and remote manageability of their branch offices by using NetDevices’ SG-8 services gateways to provide all data network connectivity and security, including routing, firewall and VPN functionality in a single, multifunction device known as a ‘branch in a box’
- Tags: Data Network, Gateway Inc., Branch Office, Manageability, VOIP, Security, Telecommunications, Networking
- White papers 2006-01-26
- Cisco Voice and data network Enables 21st Century Networking
- Aston University - located on a single campus in the centre of Birmingham - has a prestigious track record for academic achievement. Aston University wanted demand for e-learning from students and maintain leading position in university education. The challenge was to support research and collaboration, improve decision making and replace...
- Tags: Data Network, Network, Voice, Cisco Systems Inc., VOIP, E-learning, Telecommunications, Networking, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies 2005-09-01
- University Learns the Advantages of a Converged Voice and data network
- LeTourneau University is an interdenominational Christian university based in Longview, Texas, with satellite facilities located in Austin, Bedford, Dallas, Houston, Tyler, and Longview's East Texas Regional airport. LeTourneau University wanted to reduce or eliminate copper cabling costs. The challenge was to replace aging, inefficient phone system and manage growth and...
- Tags: Data Network, Network, Voice, University, Cisco Systems Inc., Satellite, LeTourneau University
- Case studies 2005-08-01
- A Utility-Based Approach to Power Control and Receiver Design in Wireless data networks
- In the work discussed in this paper, the cross-layer design problem of joint multiuser detection and power control is studied using a game-theoretic approach. The uplink of a Direct-Sequence Code Division Multiple Access (DS-CDMA) data network is considered and a non-cooperative game is proposed in which users in the network...
- Tags: Data Network, Wireless Data Network, Network, IEEE, VOIP, Games, Networking, Wireless, Telecommunications, Personal Technology
- White papers 2005-07-05
- Maximizing Use of Mobile Data Infrastructure: The Importance of Service Control in Mobile Networks
- The opportunity provided by data services has prompted mobile operators around the world to launch new architectures, marketing campaigns, and service strategies to gain market share and revenue. With the adoption of these IP-based service models, and with the introduction of "True" high-speed mobile access, operators are facing an increasing...
- Tags: Mobile Network, Data Network, Mobile, Network, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
- White papers 2005-06-01
- Cingular to upgrade wireless data network
- Cingular to upgrade wireless data networkToo lateThe Cell network was but a step on the long journey to pervasive wireless. The "Cell" will NOT be the choice of future wireless communication! Once Cell tower can accomdedate a couple hundred calls at a time - and each one needs a separately-handled...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, Processors, Cell, WiMAX, wireless data network, wireless, data network, Cingular Wireless, network
- Discussion threads 2004-12-01
- VoIP in K-12 Education: Leveraging data networks and E-Rate Funding
- Phone systems in schools across the country are undergoing a major transformation, fueled by E-Rate funding and VoIP technology. Phones and advanced applications are being deployed to every teacher and classroom at minimal cost, by leveraging data infrastructures. Learn how David Douglas School District in Portland, Ore. and Dougherty County...
- Tags: K-12, Education, Data Network, Network, E-Rate, ShoreTel, Telephony, VOIP, Telecommunications, Networking
- Webcasts 2004-09-01
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