WEBCAST - On today's converged networks -- where data traffic competes with latency-sensitive applications such as VoIP, video conferencing, and virtual machines -- only the greediest survive and thrive. Watch this webinar to learn about bandwidth issues, network resource allocation, and real-time applications management.
Posted: November 5, 2009 | Premiered: October 28, 2009


Topics:  Bandwidth Management | Converged Networks | Network Applications Software | Network Management Software | Network Monitoring Software | Network Performance Management Software | Packet Shaping | Systems Management Software | VoIP | WAN

PODCAST - In this edition of Reality Check, telecom analyst and resident expert Jon Arnold discusses the five things you should know about SIP. Take a listen and learn about SIP trunking, presence, mobile SIP and more.
Posted: November 2, 2009 | Premiered: November 2, 2009


Topics:  Computer Telephony Applications Software | Converged Networks | IP Telephony | SIP | Telephony Services | Unified Messaging | VoIP

ANALYST REPORT - The purpose of this paper is to describe the attributes of a true customer-centric converged solution. From these attributes, a framework to measure and compare providers' converged solutions emerges. We will conclude with a review of Sprint's approach to offering true convergence to business and government customers.
Posted: October 20, 2009 | Published: July 23, 2009


Topics:  Communications Networks | Converged Networks | IP Networks | LAN | Network Provisioning | Telecom Provisioning | Telecommunications Carrier Systems | Telecommunications Service Providers | Unified Messaging | VoIP

EGUIDE - Telecom service providers have to work harder at creating new ways to generate voice services revenue as the demand for wireless grows and traditional voice services declines. This pocket E-Guide details how service providers can leverage next-gen voice services, like Fixed Mobile Convergence, to address this issue.
Posted: October 9, 2009 | Published: October 9, 2009


Topics:  Converged Networks | Fixed-mobile Convergence | Network Convergence | Telecommunications Networks | Telecommunications Service Providers | Telecommunications Standards | Wireless Computing | Wireless Networks

CASE STUDY - GFT focuses on providing their customers an exceptional experience with a best-in-class online interface. GFT needs to stay more accessible, more reliable, and more secure than their competitors. To optimize their IT environment, GFT engaged CDW for consulting, design, and implementation of multiple IT solutions. Read on to learn more.
Posted: September 10, 2009 | Published: September 24, 2008


Topics:  Backups | Converged Networks | Data Recovery | Disaster Recovery | Infrastructure Management | Infrastructure Services | IP Networks | Security | VMware | VMware Infrastructure 3

EGUIDE - Next generation services need to meet customer and carrier needs; network convergence is the technical goal, while IP transformation is the business goal. This guide addresses the challenge of planning for providers doing both at the same time and lays out a service delivery platform (SDP) and SOA roadmap to recreate the network architecture.
Posted: September 2, 2009 | Published: September 2, 2009


Topics:  Converged Networks | Network Architectures | Service Creation | SOA | SOA Governance | Telecom Provisioning | Telecommunications Carrier Systems | Telecommunications Networks | Telecommunications Services | Web Services Architecture

WHITE PAPER - In this white paper, we are going to discuss the application of QoS to networks with media flows installed within them, such as voice and video. We'll see that it is very unnatural for voice to even exist on a data network, because it was never designed to do so.
Posted: August 27, 2009 | Published: August 27, 2009


Topics:  Converged Networks | IP Routing | IP Telephony | IP Videoconferences | Network Capacity | Network Configuration Management | QOS | Unified Messaging | Voice Networking

WHITE PAPER - The lessons from this whitepaper are applicable to a wide array of IP transformation programs and technically complex change management projects.
Posted: March 26, 2009 | Published: March 26, 2009


Topics:  Converged Networks | IP Networks | IP Services | Network Architectures | Network Convergence | NGN | VoIP