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Home > Networking > Convergence Convergence refers to a trend where some technologies having distinct functionalities evolve to technologies that overlap, i.e. multiple products come together to form one product, with the advantages each initial component. Results 1 - 25 of 25 matches Sort Results By : Published Date | Title | Company name Driving Workforce Productivity with Unified Communications: The Path to Fixed/Mobile Convergence By : Motorola Good Technology Published Date: Sep 26, 2007 Aberdeen's research shows that Unified Communications (UC) solutions have a measurable impact on the productivity of an organization's workforce. Read this report to learn how best-in-class organizations are leveraging their UC solutions as part of an integrated business-process mapping program to understand how UC solutions help the workforce most effectively impact those core business processes. Download Now Hosted PBX Comparison Guide By : VoIP-News Published Date: Jan 23, 2008 Looking for a VoIP Provider? Download this side-by-side comparison, highlighting the features and pricing offered by the top vendors in the market. Download Now Managing Voice over IP for Successful Convergence By : CA NVM Published Date: May 16, 2006 Voice over IP (VoIP) has much to offer in cost savings but some customers have concerns about VoIP call quality compared to the quality of traditional voice services. This white paper will help you learn how to take the right steps so that voice quality is assured. It leads you through the pre-deployment assessment and describes how quality of service should be applied to ensure your production network will meet users' expectations. Download Now Best Practice Recommendations for IT and Telecom Inventory Management By : CA SM Published Date: Dec 11, 2007 Telecom assets are a special class of IT assets that require an accurate inventory for effective financial management. Enterprises should consider the benefits of establishing a "single version of the truth" that comes from linking management of IT and telecom assets with their other systems and processes. An accurate inventory is critical for effective financial management. Managers need accurate information that supports their business decisions. Download Now Drive More Value from Your Existing Multivendor Environment By : IBM Published Date: Dec 13, 2007 More and more employees are working remotely or traveling around the world to meet with colleagues, customers and partners. Jobs are no longer tied to a specific physical location, and people have come to rely on devices such as mobile phones, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and laptops to stay connected and productive. Download Now Enterprise Video Communications By : Aomega Published Date: Jan 18, 2007 This white paper summarizes Enterprise Video Communications (EVC) and includes a high level plan to perform an EVC assessment helping ensure deployment success. Download Now Five Magic Bullets: Strategies for Improved Enterprise Faxing By : Castelle Published Date: Jun 01, 2006 Computer-based, network fax servers offer a high quality, low maintenance enterprise fax solution, well-suited for organizations involved in fax-intensive industries. From first-rate administration and development tools to comprehensive integration with existing network resources, fax servers can accelerate document processing and turnaround time while reducing communication costs. Download Now How IBM Positioned for Business Growth Using Integrated Business Communications By : IBM Published Date: Jan 11, 2007 This paper describes IBM's experience with and the benefits achieved from basic network convergence and IP telephony, the convergence of applications, and the ability to transform the enterprise business model. Download Now Integrated Business Communications: A Force For Business Transformation By : IBM Published Date: Oct 11, 2006 Many forward-thinking organizations are beginning to see the true potential of the convergence of voice, video and data.  It has the power to transform business relationships, business processes and collaboration between employees, suppliers and customers. Download Now Loud and Clear: SMBs Get the Message About Unified Mobile Communications By : Quocirca Published Date: Jun 24, 2008 Businesses of all sizes adopt technology to make them more productive, cost effective or flexible and help them compete. Over the years the adoption of tools such as mobile phones, wireless laptops, the internet and email have all been driven by such expectations. Small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) are often at the forefront as these technologies can give them a lead on their larger competitors. What starts as a useful extra tool or 'competitive edge' soon becomes the accepted norm and a search for improved quality and utility then ensues. Download Now On Demand IP Communications at IBM By : IBM Published Date: Nov 11, 2004 Download this paper to learn why IBM believes that the real business value of IPC voice systems is reflected in improved employee productivity, enhanced business processes, and the ability to deliver more responsive services and offerings. Download Now 5 Checkpoints to Implementing IP Telephony By : Interactive Intelligence Published Date: Apr 24, 2007 Implementation planning for IP PBX software and IP telephony has become vital as businesses replace discontinued legacy PBX phone systems. This informative whitepaper outlines five "checkpoints" for any implementation plan that will help make IP communications a successful proposition. Download Now Paving the Way for Business Innovation with Integrated Business Communications Solutions By : IBM Published Date: Jan 11, 2007 This paper provides an overview of opportunities and benefits of business communications integration and includes two "before and after" scenarios - one in financial services and one in healthcare - that demonstrate how IBM clients have benefited from integrated business communications. Download Now Realizing the Business Value of Converged Applications By : IBM Published Date: Dec 23, 2005 This IBM white paper posits that most enterprises have yet to realize the full value of convergence and explains why the real promise of IP networks lies in converged applications. It goes on to explain how IP convergence can build real business value for today's busy contact centers. Download Now Straddling the Divide between IPT and IT: Implementing ITIL to Optimize Your IP Telephony Investment By : Clarus Systems Published Date: Feb 26, 2008 The recent momentum of Unified Communications (UC) and the disruptive enabling technology of IP Telephony have created a convergence between Voice Engineering and IT departments that is unprecedented - even since the advent of computer telephony integration. However, despite rapid and significant advances within these technologies, many enterprises, even the early adopters, have not fully embraced the alignment of these two worlds. Download Now The Role of Ethernet in Consolidation and Virtualization By : Force10 Networks Published Date: Sep 15, 2005 This white paper explores the technologies needed to ensure businesses are prepared to meet the new challenges and opportunities of the emerging “answer economy”. Download Now Taridium Managed VoIP Offering By : Taridium Published Date: Aug 22, 2007 The Taridium managed VoIP offering (TMV) is a complete PBX replacement solution for small to medium enterprises. Taridium Managed VoIP combines the reliability of an on-premise open standards VoIP telephony system with the convenience of a simple monthly fee for equipment, services and support. Download Now Transformation Services: Validating IP Communication Deployments & Upgrades By : Clarus Systems Published Date: Oct 24, 2007 In today’s global marketplace, you rely on your IP telephony environment to unite employees who work remotely, in a branch, or at the office headquarters by providing seamless, effective communications. Whether at the time of deployment, during an upgrade, or through an operational review, validating these environments to function properly and meet user expectations is critical. Download Now Unified Communications: Concepts and Business Applications By : Avaya Published Date: Mar 14, 2007 Unified communications has the potential to dramatically simplify and improve enterprise communications, as well as improve business agility. By integrating various forms of communications, such as voice, video, instant messaging, conferencing, presence and voicemail, individuals can more effectively control and manage their inbound and outbound communications sessions, and enterprises further stand to benefit. Download Now Unified Communications: Are You Ready? By : Avaya Published Date: Dec 21, 2006 In this white paper, you’ll learn how two of the most respected industry analysts define unified communications and why organizations are considering its use to improve business operations. With vivid examples of the problems it solves and its value to users and IT, you’ll begin to understand how unified communications improves productivity and enhances business processes. Download Now Your Voicemail System Is More Than 5 Years Old. Now What? By : Interactive Intelligence Published Date: Aug 22, 2007 For many organizations, the decision process behind replacing an end-of-life voicemail system can include weighing the benefits of unified messaging, unified communications, and VoIP. This whitepaper looks at the messaging issues businesses face and the options the Communité(r) solution gives them. Download Now An Introduction to OS Server Virtualization and a Different Approach to Server Virtualization By : SWsoft Published Date: Aug 30, 2006 Today's IT organizations are dealing with the consequences of exploring IT Infrastructure growth and complexity. With its growing complexity and volume, the cost of managing the infrastructure from simple patch management to skill sets requirements for IT administrators is increasing. Download Now Convergence or Confusion: The Challenge of Telecoms Service Provision By : Quocirca Published Date: Aug 08, 2007 Companies are faced with increasing pressures on the communications capabilities they offer their employees.  More employees are mobile, working from home or in other remote locations with a growing need to talk and share information with their colleagues.  This cuts across fixed and mobile communications, but businesses still want the flexibility of mobile, and the costs, predictability, quality and service models of fixed. Download Now Clarus Systems Corporate Overview By : Clarus Systems Published Date: Oct 24, 2007 Clarus Systems, Inc. answers the demands of the market by providing enterprises, systems integrators and managed service providers with scaleable IP Communications solutions that maximize ongoing operations and ensure increased end user confidence and efficiency. Learn more about Clarus Systems and how they can help your business in this data sheet. Download Now ClarusIPC Plus+ 2.4: Diagnose, Troubleshoot, Validate By : Clarus Systems Published Date: Mar 12, 2008 Enterprise networks are going through massive change, and the convergence of voice and data including Communication deployments, upgrades, transformations and ongoing management remain a top priority. According industry analysts at Aberdeen Group, 61% are planning for Communications in the next two years. In order to get the most from their Unified Communications investment at the time of deployment and beyond, enterprises must leverage both active testing and configuration analysis techniques to certify and validate that environments are configured as designed. 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