White Papers

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Building Reliable IP Telephony Systems - A White Paper by ShoreTel Reliability is the most critical aspect of a business phone system: You pick up the phone and you get dial tone, period. ShoreTel delivers IP (Internet Protocol) telephony systems with unmatched reliability, using an approach that is fundamentally different from that of any other IP PBX supplierin the world. ShoreTel’s architecture and design not only deliver high reliability, but do so in a very simple and cost-effective manner. This paper describes ShoreTel’s unique approach to providing extremely reliable VoIP. Read the white paper...
Debunking the Myths of Unified Communications - Cisco As voice, video, and data networks converge into a single user experience, more organizations are seeing the value n deploying IP-based unified communications solutions. These solutions integrate telephony, unified messaging, voicemail, customer contact solutions, audio and video capabilities, rich-media conferencing, and presence and mobility solutions with business processes. However, as with any emerging technology, myths have evolved about the use, value, and effectiveness of unified communications. This paper looks at the most common myths—and the facts—and provides information that can help you make an intelligent decision about deploying a converged network and unified communications solution. Read the white paper...
Maximizing Unified Communications for Your Business - AVAYA Although Unified Communications (UC) is a term that’s frequently heard these days, finding clear – or even consistent – definitions can be a real challenge. Avaya has created a straightforward yet holistic definition: Unified Communications is the convergence of real-time and non-real-time business communication applications. Read the white paper...
Engineering a WLAN Network - Nortel In a Wireless LAN (WLAN) deployment, performance and capacity are impacted by several interacting factors that must all be considered to meet the requirements of a high-availability, high-performance, and mission-critical environment.  Most of the 802.11 technological innovations so far have been aimed at increasing the range and coverage of WLANs, mainly for small deployments not requiring the reuse of radio frequencies.  This tutorial addresses the issues and factors that must be considered when planning large WLAN deployments with pre-defined performance and capacity objectives. Read the white paper...