Fully global, end-to-end voice over IP (VoIP) is not yet practical for all organizations. But intra-office VoIP hardware can be deployed in data routers and managed with the same tools used to ...

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A few years ago, voice over IP was the domain of just a handful of early pioneers including 3Com, Cisco, Clarent, Nuera Communications and Hypercom. But now this convergence technology is finally ...

Cisco's IP telephony offering has become so complex in such a short period of time that to learn about it now involves a two-part, eight-day training course. Delegates can either attend the two parts ...

Being able to integrate voice and data is a strong desire of business as well as of residential users. This type of integration is inefficient, however, on the telephone legacy of channelled voice ...

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Voice over IP (VoIP) is a dream concept that has been a while in the making. The idea of conducting all your telephone calls over the Internet--and avoiding high long distance charges from Telcos in ...

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Although military technologists sometimes talk about the Global Information Grid in the present tense, one element of the GIG vision that is still in the works is the implementation of a global ...

Especially for green-field sites and existing offices that are undergoing massive IT overhauls, VoIP offers single-wire simplicity and a one-stop management solution for all voice and data traffic.