EGUIDE - Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) trunking services from IP telephony service providers have been on the market since 2005, but deployments have been limited. Read this Pocket E-Guide to find out why network managers should be looking at SIP as a part of their VoIP deployment plans.
Posted: November 13, 2009 | Published: November 13, 2009


Topics:  IP Networks | IP Services | IP Telephony | Network Convergence | Network Management | Network Managers | SIP | Telephony Services | Telephony Systems | VoIP

RESOURCE CENTER - This Networking Solutions Resource Center was developed to bring the latest information on networking technology to today's IT pros. The videos, reports, whitepapers, podcasts and other materials that you'll find here were created to show you how your company's networks can help the people who work there be more efficient and productive every day.
Posted: November 6, 2009 | Published: November 6, 2009


Topics:  Collaboration | IP Telephony | Network Appliances | Network Architectures | Network Best Practices | Network Configuration Management | Network Design | Network Infrastructure | Network Management | Network Managers | Network Testing | Networking | Networking Hardware | Productivity | Unified Messaging | Unified Messaging Systems

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

EBOOK - Whatever challenges your business is facing, we've got a solution for that. When you partner with the leader in business communications solutions, you get more than just products. Read this eBook to learn the many benefits of employing Catalyst Telecom services and solutions.
Posted: October 30, 2009 | Published: October 30, 2009


Topics:  Business Communications | Business Performance Management | Business Service Providers | Communications Systems | Financial Management | Financial Service Providers | IP Telephony | Networking | SIP | Unified Messaging

WHITE PAPER - Some small businesses are proactively finding roads to recovery, using network technology to reposition themselves. Their rules: Rethink the way business has been done, and accelerate recovery by investing in 21st-century technology that raises revenues, controls costs, and/or improves cash flow.
Posted: October 19, 2009 | Published: October 19, 2009


Topics:  IP Phones | IP Telephony | IP Videoconferences | Productivity | Telecom Spending | Teleconferences | VoIP

WEBCAST - Many organizations are hesitant to make the transition from their traditional private branch exchange (PBX) to IP telephony due to the complexity of the process. Watch this webcast to receive a complete customer-tested migration roadmap that takes the complexity out of making this switch.
Posted: October 2, 2009 | Premiered: October 2, 2009


Topics:  IP PBX | IP Telephony | Networking | Telephony Systems | Unified Messaging | VoIP

WHITE PAPER - This E-Guide explains how companies can leverage communications, collaboration and business applications to build a UC solution that produces short- and long-term ROI.
Posted: September 14, 2009 | Published: September 1, 2009


Topics:  IP PBX | IP Services | IP Telephony | Telephony Services | Telephony Systems | Unified Messaging | Unified Messaging Systems | VoIP

WHITE PAPER - As experts in every stage of the Unified Communications solution lifecycle, HP can implement solutions for your organization to reduce costs, enhance business responsiveness, and increase end-user productivity.
Posted: September 10, 2009 | Published: August 19, 2009


Topics:  IP Networks | IP PBX | IP Telephony | Telephony Systems | Unified Messaging | Unified Messaging Systems | VoIP

WHITE PAPER - Because employees on the move require consistent access to people and data, enterprises have invested heavily in communications. HP and Ericsson have combined their strengths to provide an innovative, standards-based framework to unify and consolidate all the elements of an enterprise communications infrastructure.
Posted: September 10, 2009 | Published: September 1, 2009


Topics:  IP PBX | IP Switching | IP Telephony | Unified Messaging | Unified Messaging Systems | Voice Communications Hardware | Voice Communications Software | VoIP

WHITE PAPER - Converged voice and data networks are becoming a major part of every IT strategy. There are significant advantages in bringing together voice, video, e-mail, instant messaging, business data, and office applications in a single, integrated network. Convergence is not just about cost savings anymore.
Posted: September 10, 2009 | Published: September 1, 2009


Topics:  Communications Systems | IP PBX | IP Phones | IP Telephony | Messaging Software | Unified Messaging | Unified Messaging Systems | Voice Networking | VoIP

CASE STUDY - As part of a larger outsourcing project, Allied Solutions decided to outsource their IP Telephony infrastructure to take advantage of the stability, security, and redundancy that a data center could offer. To achieve this goal, they turned to CDW’s Hosting and Managed Services solutions.
Posted: September 8, 2009 | Published: September 1, 2009


Topics:  IP Telephony | Outsourcing | Telephony Services | Telephony Systems | Unified Messaging | Unified Messaging Systems

WHITE PAPER - No longer a thing of the future, IP Convergence is now the cost of doing business. Unified Communications (UC) is the target destination for many enterprises. And while the concept is no longer new, IP convergence remains the first major step on that path.
Posted: September 8, 2009 | Published: September 2, 2009


Topics:  IP | IP Telephony | Network Management | Network Management Protocols | Network Management Software | Unified Messaging | Unified Messaging Systems | VoIP

CASE STUDY - When outdated equipment and disparate systems were hampering in-house communications, customer service, and workflow, Indiana University Medical Group turned to CDW for a three-part Cisco solution. This case study gives details on the benefits they gained.
Posted: September 8, 2009 | Published: September 1, 2009


Topics:  Communications Networks | Communications Systems | IP | IP Telephony | Unified Messaging | Unified Messaging Systems | VoIP

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 - Read this paper to learn what is Small Business Communication VoIP and what it can do for your business.
Posted: August 14, 2009 | Published: August 14, 2009


Topics:  Business Communications | IP Telephony | Networking | Small Businesses | SMBs | VoIP