 Convergence & VoIPThis newsletter is sponsored by Logitech Logitech Enables Worldwide Workforce Network World's Convergence & VoIP Newsletter, 06/11/07IP telephony takes center stage at presidential debateBy Steve Taylor and Larry HettickIP telephony and American politics converged last week when the presidential debate hosts at St. Anselm College in Manchester N.H., turned to a ShoreTel IPT system to strategize and report out on all the happenings. The system was specifically deployed for the event and was used by the presidential candidates and their staff, plus the on-site news reporters and the host college staff before, during and after the debate. When the debates concluded, we talked with Chad Ives, director of sales and marketing for ShoreTel VAR Omnia Technologies, who was locally responsible for the project. According to Ives, one reason ShoreTel was selected was because the college needed a system that could eventually replace its legacy Siemens PBX and support the 1,200 stations the campus would need as it moved to IPT. The college also needed a system that would interoperate with the Siemens PBX during the transition to IPT. The system had to be deployed in a matter of weeks and work with PAETEC SIP trunks supplied over a Metro Ethernet connection, providing at least 120 SIP trunk lines. Ives noted that the time from decision to deployment was a short four weeks, and that once the IP phones and ShoreTel IPBX were hooked up on-site to the trunk line, the whole system was up and running in less than three minutes. Of course the three-minute configuration was preceded by a data and voice network assessment conducted by Omnia Technologies, along with a lot of pre-planning to make sure the installation went smoothly.
While we’ll leave out any political commentary about the debates, we are impressed with the speed of successfully deploying the IPT solution, giving credence to ShoreTel’s claims about making its VoIP solution easy to manage. Next time, we’ll highlight a few reader resources on IPT.
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| Contact the author: Steve Taylor is president of Distributed Networking Associates and publisher/editor-in-chief of Webtorials. For more detailed information on most of the topics discussed in this newsletter, connect to Webtorials, the premier site for Web-based educational presentations, white papers, and market research. Taylor can be reached at taylor@webtorials.com Larry Hettick is an industry veteran with more than 20 years of experience in voice and data. He is Vice President for Telecom Services and Infrastructure at Current Analysis, the leading competitive response solutions company. He can be reached at lhettick@currentanalysis.com This newsletter is sponsored by Logitech Logitech Enables Worldwide Workforce ARCHIVEArchive of the Convergence & VoIP Newsletter. BONUS FEATUREIT PRODUCT RESEARCH AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Get detailed information on thousands of products, conduct side-by-side comparisons and read product test and review results with Network World’s IT Buyer’s Guides. Find the best solution faster than ever with over 100 distinct categories across the security, storage, management, wireless, infrastructure and convergence markets. Click here for details. PRINT SUBSCRIPTIONS AVAILABLE International subscribers, click here. SUBSCRIPTION SERVICESTo subscribe or unsubscribe to any Network World newsletter, change your e-mail address or contact us, click here. This message was sent to: networking.world@gmail.com. Please use this address when modifying your subscription. Advertising information: Write to Associate Publisher Online Susan Cardoza Network World, Inc., 118 Turnpike Road, Southborough, MA 01772 Copyright Network World, Inc., 2007 |
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