NFV Reality
My past two blogs have been about NFV vendor challenges. From the xSP side, I continue to see what I’ll call extreme interest in our NFV plans. The xSPs want to deploy NFV for the reasons the...
View ArticleSome Guiding Principles Are in Order for NFV
By Tom Schroer – Dialogic, Inc. The momentum around Network Functions Virtualization or NFV is building. While still in its early stages, it promises to be a disruptive influence to the way service...
View ArticleIVR, You Ready for the Future?
When smartphones began to replace traditional mobile phones, some felt it signaled the end of voice-driven communications. Among the early casualties expected were interactive voice response (IVR)...
View ArticleDiameter Signaling Controller (DSC) ≠ Diameter Routing Agent (DRA)
Many people in our industry confuse a Diameter Signaling Controller (DSC) with a Diameter Routing Agent (DRA). While a DRA was the first and most publicized function of a DSC, and an important one at...
View ArticleNFV and Burgers – A Lunch Discussion
Having spent most of the last few years focused on the enterprise side of the Unified Communications market, it was time to get caught up on the developments that the communications service providers...
View ArticleThe WebRTC Codec Conundrum
As someone who has spent most of his career in the Voice over IP industry, I’ve come to recognize the seasonable resurgence of the issues centered on voice and video codecs. Like the cicadas that...
View ArticleIMS and VoIP Infrastructure Continue Growth
By Jim Machi – Dialogic, Inc. I’ve written from time to time (many times), about how both the IMS, and VoIP infrastructure markets continue to grow. The IMS market is growing because of LTE. VoLTE, and...
View ArticleNFV Interview
NFV is an important topic for Dialogic. Dialogic has had software infrastructure products for some time in the media processing area, even before I ever heard of the term NFV. Software-based media...
View ArticleITEXPO West Forecasts a Bright Outlook for Clouds
By Jim McLaughlin – Dialogic, Inc. I’ve just returned from the ITEXPO west conference, held in sunny Anaheim California, where Dialogic hosted an exhibitor booth, and also participated in three dynamic...
View ArticleNFV and Open Source Explored at ITExpo
By Alan Percy – Dialogic, Inc. Alan Percy at the panel discussion Open Source in the Service Provider Network at ITEXPO Network Function Virtualization (NFV) got plenty of attention this last week at...
View ArticleNFV is About to Turn Three
There was a lot of buzz around the state of NFV at the SDN and OpenFlow World Congress held in Dusseldorf recently. Both operators and vendors had a lot to say about NFV, but one thing was certain –...
View ArticleServices and Applications are the Jewels of NFV
As readers of this blog know, I have been travelling to conferences to attend, speak, and have in-depth discussions. One item I am talking about, and asking about, and interfacing with people about is...
View ArticleEnterprise Wireless Voice Technologies
Wireless voice services have many options ranging from cellular-based solutions to home grown analog solutions. In a typical enterprise, a subset of the staff needs to be mobile. Un-tethering from the...
View ArticleWhat to expect at MWC 2016
By Jim Machi The biggest, baddest (and I mean that in the best way possible!) communications show on the planet, Mobile World Congress, is only three weeks away. What are we to expect to see there,...
View ArticleIntermedia and Sonus for SIP Trunking
With the potential cost savings of VoIP in general, and SIP trunking specifically, it’s not a matter of if, but when companies are taking the plunge. There are many reasons why SIP trunking makes...
View ArticleHow to Sell Gateways and Session Border Controllers
You can’t talk about selling Skype for Business without mentioning a Session Border Controller (SBC) or gateway. Any Skype for Business deployment where enterprise voice features will be used requires...
View ArticleWhat Service Providers Need To Know About VoIP
On April 7th, Polycom and Edgewater Networks presented their joint solution to deliver best-of-breed voice quality and help ScanSource partners proactively monitor and manage VoIP-aware intelligent...
View ArticleThe Growing Importance of VoWiFi
By Jim Machi VoWiFi is not new. Many of us have been using VoIP through the likes of Skype or Lync for many years and VoWiFi through the mobile versions of these VoIP offerings. In the context of...
View ArticleSkype for Business in UC Environments…Are You Ready?
Have your customers asked you about using Skype for Business in their UC environments yet? If not, they will! With the growing popularity of both VoIP systems and collaboration tools, like Skype for...
View ArticleContact centers call for change. You better answer.
The more things change, the more some things remain the same. In our ever-changing, fast-paced, competitive communications industry, the value of customers and the customer experience continues to...
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