Evaluating Unified Communications
What, exactly, is unified communications? IP telephony vendors define it in terms of VoIP, while other manufacturers focus on collaboration with additional comminucation layers, such as instant messaging and shared desktops. However, making real-time communications work reliably on a large scale is a slightly bigger challenge than most people are aware of.
With an increasingly mobile workforce, and de-centralised businesses, Unified Communications facilitates a more accessable layer to the different communications options avaialble to the end user. The Unified communications (UC) Lab will investigate all of these areas including unified messaging, collaboration, SIP, interaction systems; real-time and near real-time communications; and transactional applications. The lab will endeavour to address some of the key questions affecting the attendee:
- What are the top UC applications in terms of actual implementation
- What UC investments should enterprises consider making
- Who do you need to work with to make this happen
Unified Commnications Initiative Led by:
Glenn Evans
UC Team Lead
DiVitas Networks
Glenn is a Senior Systems Engineer with DiVitas Networks. He has spent the past decade travelling between Australia and the US designing and implementing large multivendor networks as part of the Interop team.
Jed Daniels
UC Educator
Jed Daniels is a Director of Product Development with OPNET Technologies, Inc. in Santa Clara, California. Jed has over a decade of experience in the technology field, specializing in network analysis, enterprise email integration, network security, VPNs, and VoIP. He is currently responsible for OPNET's ACE Live Rover, a real-time network analysis appliance for enterprise-class network and application performance monitoring. Jed and his wife are expecting their first child in May 2008.
Participating Vendors
- Belkin International
- CounterPath Solutions, Inc.
- Nectar Services Corp.
- Nufone
- OOBAXS.com
- Power Design
- Snom Technology AG