Redundancy and scalability are important for VoIP systems. Virtualization makes both of these easier, less costly, and more efficient. Coupled with cloud services, virtualization has revolutionized how network services are provided, and in particular, how VoIP deployment is executed.

In this article, we explain what virtualization is, the trends governing its newest technologies, and how all of this can be leveraged for use with VoIP services.

Topics: VoIP, Trends, Productivity, Network Design

Sneak a peek at what Yealink is presenting at Latin America’s biggest technology event

Futurecom is Latin America’s most important technology event, bringing together more than 29,000 professionals with the purpose of increasing the engagement between telcos, corporations and stakeholders in the communications technologies space.

Yealink is there this week at booth H97 to preview its soon-to-launch T4U Series IP phones, as well as to showcase its newest IP phones and videoconferencing solutions with superior collaboration capabilities.

If you can’t get to Sao Paolo this week, not to worry – here we gather our reviews of the solutions they are showcasing, all in one place! Check out these comprehensive UC solutions for businesses of all sizes that Yealink is showing at Futurecom, below. To see the full product review or more details for a particular device, simply click on its link.

 

Topics: SIP Phones, SIP, Yealink, Videoconferencing, Conferencing, Productivity, Events, Unified Communications

Software-defined networking (SDN) is changing the way networks are managed and designed. In this article, we take a look at how an SDN approach can be of great benefit to VoIP and video telephony deployments in particular.

Topics: QoS, Trends, Productivity, Network Design, Unified Communications

Have you ever chosen to use a telephone to communicate even when a videoconferencing system was available? If so, it’s probably because videoconferencing systems have traditionally been difficult to configure and relatively cumbersome to use. This is no longer the case, thanks to Konftel’s simple video solutions.

Konftel has launched a series of videoconferencing kits with a unique and extremely attractive One Cable Connection capability. We take a look at these solutions in this article.

Topics: Videoconferencing, Product Review, Unified Communications, Konftel

A major challenge inherent in designing and maintaining an enterprise network is the administration costs. Software-defined networking (SDN) can dramatically reduce both the hard costs (money) and soft costs (time) of managing a network. Although this tends to be the most compelling argument in favor of using SDN, it in fact offers may more advantages than this. In this article, we introduce SDN and examine some of its key benefits.

Topics: Trends, Productivity, Routers, Network Design, Gateway, Switches, Unified Communications

5G is emerging onto the telecom landscape. What’s new and different about it? 5G does indeed promise phenomenal potential. In this article we examine 5G and its applications for unified communications.

Topics: Trends, Mobility (including remote work), IoT, Unified Communications, WAN Technology

Don’t just be good at what you do; look good doing it! That’s the philosophy that inspired Konftel when it designed its new 800 SIP conference phone. Chock full of innovative features, this new phone is well designed, exceptionally functional, and looks great – and it has the awards to prove it! In this article we review what we love about this robust conference phone.

Topics: Videoconferencing, Conferencing, Product Review, Bluetooth, Unified Communications, Konftel

For most organizations these days, WAN connectivity is so mission-critical that investing in a redundant WAN infrastructure is well worth the extra cost and effort. In this article, we explore the available options for WAN redundancy so you can help your customers decide which is the best for them.

Topics: Business Continuity, Network Design, WAN Technology

Many administrators resist implementing VoIP over Wi-Fi, often citing security and quality concerns. The truth is that if implemented correctly, voice can be safely and reliably deployed on a wireless network. This article examines some best practices for optimizing voice over Wi-Fi (VoWi-Fi).

Topics: VoWi-Fi, QoS, Wireless, Network Security, Network Design, Wi-Fi, Unified Communications

Yealink has partnered with Zoom to provide a complete conferencing solution integrated with Zoom Rooms that is sure to be a hit with customers who are looking for a robust, cost-effective video conferencing solution that is easy to use. In this article we look at Yealink’s CP960-UVC50 and CP960-UVC80 Zoom Room kits for conference rooms large and small.

Topics: Yealink, Software Integration, Videoconferencing, Conferencing, Productivity, Product Review, Unified Communications