When you place a VoIP call or join a video meeting, the experience feels seamless—your voice and video just work. Behind the scenes, however, an invisible framework of computing models is orchestrating that experience, ensuring low latency, high reliability, and scalable performance.

Three of the most important concepts driving this evolution are cloud, edge, and fog computing. Each represents a distinct way of deploying compute power, and understanding their differences is key to building resilient VoIP and UC systems.

In this article, we demystify these models, explain how they shape the future of communications technologies, and show you where each one fits best in real-world deployments.

Grandstream continues to prove it is a leading provider of award-winning UC and networking solutions with the release of its first tri-band Wi-Fi 7-certified access point. The GWN7672 is a powerful enterprise-grade access point that aids organizations in future-proofing their wireless networks for years to come.

Continually improving network capabilities is an important consideration for every business. In this article, we review Grandstream’s new cutting-edge device and explain why we believe it should be an essential part of your networking device arsenal.

Lighting is no longer just about illumination; it’s becoming an intelligent part of the network. As smart building technologies gain traction, Power over Ethernet (PoE) is emerging as a key enabler, extending far beyond its original role of powering network gear. One of the most exciting frontiers? PoE lighting.

In this article, we explore how PoE lighting can be seamlessly integrated into your existing infrastructure, and how resellers and system integrators can tap into this growing trend to expand their offerings, add value for clients, and stay ahead of the curve. We also take a look at what’s next for PoE as it powers a new era of low-voltage innovation.

Modern enterprise networks are becoming increasingly complex, posing significant challenges in terms of scalability and segmentation. This is seen especially within traditional layer 2 architectures. To address these limitations, technologies like Virtual eXtensible LAN (VXLAN) have emerged, offering a scalable and flexible solution to extend layer 2 networks over layer 3 infrastructure.

As VoIP and UC technologies continue to leverage virtualized and cloud infrastructures, understanding technologies like VXLAN becomes essential for those deploying such applications. In this article, we examine what VXLAN is and how it can help enable modern VoIP and UC deployments.

As more businesses shift to cloud-based communications and remote workforces become the norm, ensuring consistent performance across dispersed sites has become a top priority for telecom and UC providers. For installers and resellers tasked with deploying reliable real-time communications services like VoIP and UC, the choice of underlying network transport can make or break performance.

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) is not new, but it continues to play a critical role in meeting the low latency, high reliability, and QoS demands of these modern deployments. In this article, we examine the performance of MPLS in supporting real-time communications and why it remains a go-to solution for interconnecting geographically distributed infrastructure.

Wireless networking has become faster, better, and more efficient with the introduction of Grandstream’s new Wi-Fi 7-certified wireless access point (WAP). The new GWN7670 WAP is making cutting-edge wireless technologies more accessible to SMBs in a wide range of verticals, enabling them to leverage some of the most demanding network applications over the wireless medium.

In this article, we review this new device and highlight some of its most noteworthy characteristics and features.

While AI has delivered marked improvements in our ability to solve the world’s biggest problems in healthcare, finance, manufacturing, retail, and more, these benefits are accompanied by real challenges. One of the most pressing challenges for delivering AI is the strains it puts on network and power infrastructure. As a result, new power plants are sprouting up to be able to fuel AI.

In this article, we explain why AI is so resource-intensive, and how data center design needs to be redefined to accommodate the needs of AI deployment.

Understanding the fundamentals of wireless internet service provider (WISP) network design is essential for providing connectivity solutions to customers, especially in rural or underserved areas. With demand for wireless broadband growing more than ever, WISPs play a key role in extending connectivity where traditional wired infrastructure isn’t feasible and where conditions are favorable to even compete against more traditional ISPs.

In this article, we walk through some of the most important design aspects of WISP networks, including recent developments in telecom and networking technologies that impact their performance and reliability.

Network cabling is a fundamental component of a corporate or enterprise network. Although it is often overlooked and sometimes even ignored, if it is not correctly designed and installed, it can be the source of many headaches for network administrators and users alike.

In this article, we explore some best practices for implementing cabling telecom closets and data centers to ensure smooth connectivity for years to come.

If you work within a building of even a modest size, chances are that it has a structured cabling system. Structured cabling is not something most people hear about often, but it is vital for the operation of any building network.

In this article, we go over the fundamentals of structured cabling systems. We discuss techniques used to equip a building with networking connectivity throughout, and we also explain the implications of using copper, fiber optics, or both.