Enterprises that are adopting unified communications (UC) platforms such as Microsoft Office Communication Server (OCS) must carefully consider and plan how UC will affect their LAN and WAN infrastructures, as well as how their networks may either hinder or improve the
performance of a UC solution. Everything from bandwidth considerations, to firewall topology, to end-user habits and experiences must be taken into consideration. If done correctly, enterprises can realize great productivity gains with new levels of collaboration, both internally and with external parties. Reduction of WAN and LAN infrastructure, built to maximum capacity in support of past IP telephony or voice/data convergence efforts, can also reduce costs and lessen management complexity in the long run.
Enterprises are upgrading from Microsoft OCS to LyncActiance, Inc.
Actiance Vantage and Unified Security Gateway (USG) have been designed to integrate into a typical Microsoft Lync-enabled network to control, monitor, and maintain all IM conversations, collaboration, and Web 2.0 traffic. Vantage provides granular content filtering and archiving of all conversations, ensuring an audit trail for data leak prevention, compliance and e-Discovery.
Ericsson Review: Communications as a cloud service: a new take on telecomsEricsson
Software as a service (SaaS) is a promising solution for overcoming the challenges of implementing and managing new network technologies and services like voice over LTE (VoLTE). The SaaS approach can provide substantial savings in terms of cost and lead-time, and create a new source of revenue for service providers.
Enterprises are upgrading from Microsoft OCS to LyncActiance, Inc.
Actiance Vantage and Unified Security Gateway (USG) have been designed to integrate into a typical Microsoft Lync-enabled network to control, monitor, and maintain all IM conversations, collaboration, and Web 2.0 traffic. Vantage provides granular content filtering and archiving of all conversations, ensuring an audit trail for data leak prevention, compliance and e-Discovery.
Ericsson Review: Communications as a cloud service: a new take on telecomsEricsson
Software as a service (SaaS) is a promising solution for overcoming the challenges of implementing and managing new network technologies and services like voice over LTE (VoLTE). The SaaS approach can provide substantial savings in terms of cost and lead-time, and create a new source of revenue for service providers.
INDUSTRY
Service Provider
CHALLENGES
• Faced growing challenge from free, over-the-top web video
• Network capability needed to meet customer demand for reliability, greater content offerings, and streaming to televisions, PCs, or handheld devices
• Needed support to implement new service that would satisfy consumer interest in accessing video on these devices
• Required improved billing system to ensure consumer loyalty and prevent customer churn
SOLUTIONS
• Cisco IBSG supported Telecom Italia throughout identifying a comprehensive, end-to-end product/service strategy
• Telecom Italia adopted Cisco CDS-IS technology, offering multiscreen capabilities and high-quality video streaming to any device at any time, while enabling ample room for growth
RESULTS
• Telecom Italia has remained competitive and lessened customer churn
• Telecom Italia broadband TV service enables thousands of concurrent streams and an on-demand offering
Peter Ludin, Vice-President EMEA Telecom Solutions, Draka Communications
Demands of a modern network, how to balance network quality & costs, creating value through innovation and current & future innovations in the passive layer.
iLinc Case Study: Expand Web Conferencing Capabilities and Cut Costs by Switc...BroadSoft
To learn more, please visit www.ilinc.com
Case Study: Demand Management expands web conferencing capabilities and cuts costs by switching from WebEx to iLinc.
To learn more, please visit www.ilinc.com
CIO | 3 STEPS to Maximizing ROI for Microsoft Lync Enterprise VoiceChristiaan Stavorinus
ENTERPRISES ARE STANDING AT A CROSSROADS AND COMMUNICATION IS KEY TO SUCCESS.
In today’s highly competitive, global marketplace. Executives need to make decisions quickly, but information and employees are spread out in many different locations. To operate efficiently, businesses need fast, simple ways to exchange data.
As a result, many enterprises stand at an important crossroad. They have invested large sums in legacy Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) network voice infrastructures that do not easily support modern Unified Communications (UC) solutions, such as the increasingly popular Microsoft Lync.
“About 70% of businesses are now using Lync in some fashion,” states Irwin Lazar, Vice President and Service Director for The Nemertes Research Group, Inc. “Most of these companies use it for instant messaging, web conferencing, and voice/video chat. A small but growing percentage are using it to replace or augment their PBXs.”
In addition to delivering new communication options, Unified Commu- nications delivers other benefits. By leaving behind their legacy PBX and moving ahead to a new Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) network infrastructure, businesses reduce their capital expenditure (CapEx) and lower their ongoing maintenance requirements, which can decrease their operating expenditure (OpEx) by as much as 50%.
The transition from the old to the new works with the right network infrastructure. Enterprises need one that is rock solid. “Today, businesses simply cannot tolerate downtime,” says James Rodd, Co-Founder and Managing Director at Modality Systems, Unified Communications specialists. Businesses must also have a way to integrate their traditional systems with new, modern functions. Finally, they need a solution that offers robust security, so corporate data
is protected as it travels from location to location. To deliver such functionality, enterprises need a Session Border Controller (SBC) that works in conjunction with Lync to enable the delivery of sophisticated voice, data, and video services to enterprise users.
INDUSTRY
Service Provider
CHALLENGES
• Faced growing challenge from free, over-the-top web video
• Network capability needed to meet customer demand for reliability, greater content offerings, and streaming to televisions, PCs, or handheld devices
• Needed support to implement new service that would satisfy consumer interest in accessing video on these devices
• Required improved billing system to ensure consumer loyalty and prevent customer churn
SOLUTIONS
• Cisco IBSG supported Telecom Italia throughout identifying a comprehensive, end-to-end product/service strategy
• Telecom Italia adopted Cisco CDS-IS technology, offering multiscreen capabilities and high-quality video streaming to any device at any time, while enabling ample room for growth
RESULTS
• Telecom Italia has remained competitive and lessened customer churn
• Telecom Italia broadband TV service enables thousands of concurrent streams and an on-demand offering
Peter Ludin, Vice-President EMEA Telecom Solutions, Draka Communications
Demands of a modern network, how to balance network quality & costs, creating value through innovation and current & future innovations in the passive layer.
iLinc Case Study: Expand Web Conferencing Capabilities and Cut Costs by Switc...BroadSoft
To learn more, please visit www.ilinc.com
Case Study: Demand Management expands web conferencing capabilities and cuts costs by switching from WebEx to iLinc.
To learn more, please visit www.ilinc.com
CIO | 3 STEPS to Maximizing ROI for Microsoft Lync Enterprise VoiceChristiaan Stavorinus
ENTERPRISES ARE STANDING AT A CROSSROADS AND COMMUNICATION IS KEY TO SUCCESS.
In today’s highly competitive, global marketplace. Executives need to make decisions quickly, but information and employees are spread out in many different locations. To operate efficiently, businesses need fast, simple ways to exchange data.
As a result, many enterprises stand at an important crossroad. They have invested large sums in legacy Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) network voice infrastructures that do not easily support modern Unified Communications (UC) solutions, such as the increasingly popular Microsoft Lync.
“About 70% of businesses are now using Lync in some fashion,” states Irwin Lazar, Vice President and Service Director for The Nemertes Research Group, Inc. “Most of these companies use it for instant messaging, web conferencing, and voice/video chat. A small but growing percentage are using it to replace or augment their PBXs.”
In addition to delivering new communication options, Unified Commu- nications delivers other benefits. By leaving behind their legacy PBX and moving ahead to a new Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) network infrastructure, businesses reduce their capital expenditure (CapEx) and lower their ongoing maintenance requirements, which can decrease their operating expenditure (OpEx) by as much as 50%.
The transition from the old to the new works with the right network infrastructure. Enterprises need one that is rock solid. “Today, businesses simply cannot tolerate downtime,” says James Rodd, Co-Founder and Managing Director at Modality Systems, Unified Communications specialists. Businesses must also have a way to integrate their traditional systems with new, modern functions. Finally, they need a solution that offers robust security, so corporate data
is protected as it travels from location to location. To deliver such functionality, enterprises need a Session Border Controller (SBC) that works in conjunction with Lync to enable the delivery of sophisticated voice, data, and video services to enterprise users.
SIP Trunking - The cornerstone of unified communicationsJake Weaver
SIP trunks perform some key call and session control and management functions, and serve in place of traditional access lines and trunks.ix Typically provisioned by carriers over T1 trunks, carrier-based SIP trunk services interface between carriers’ nodes and SIP-enabled customer premises equipment, such as a SIP gateway or IP PBX.x SIP Trunks also interconnect customer sites with hosted VOIP/IP centrex services, cloud/software as a service (SaaS) applications, and facilitate customer connectivity with IMS-based applications, like single number service (see sidebar). At the carrier, SIP Trunks interconnect to IP-based WAN services, VOIP/multimedia-enabled network nodes and from these, to the public switched telephone network (PSTN).
Delivering a UC Experience - Migration vs. IntegrationWainhouse Research
A well-implemented and fully-adopted UC solution delivers benefits to end users, IT teams, and the enterprise alike. Of course, the terms “well-implemented” and “full-adopted” are more often found in UC roadmaps and strategy presentations, and less often in live production environments. This SlideShare provides a comparison between two common approaches to UC deployment: Migration vs Integration. Our goal is to challenge the traditional approach, and investigate a potentially faster path to a fully unified user experience – without risk to the end user, the IT team, or the business.
A new design reuse approach for voip implementation into fpsocs and asicsijsc
The aim of this paper is to present a new design reuse approach for automatic generation of Voice over Internet protocol (VOIP) hardware description and implementation into FPSOCs and ASICs. Our motivation behind this work is justified by the following arguments: first, VOIP based System on chip (SOC) implementation is an emerging research and development area, where innovative applications can be implemented. Second, these systems are very complex and due to time to market pressure, there is a need to built platforms that help the designer to explore with different architectural possibilities and choose the circuit that best correspond to the specifications. Third, we aim to develop in hardware, design, methods and tools that are used in software like the MATLAB tool for VOIP implementation. To achieve our goal, the proposed design approach is based on a modular design of the VOIP architecture. The originality of our approach is the application of the design for reuse (DFR) and the design with reuse (DWR) concepts. To validate the approach, a case study of a SOC based on the OR1K processor is studied. We demonstrate that the proposed SoC architecture is reconfigurable, scalable and the final RTL code can be reused for any FPSOC or ASIC technology. As an example, Performances measures, in the VIRTEX-5 FPGA device family, and ASIC 65nm technology are shown through this paper.
Whether you are thinking about deploying a cloud, premises or hybrid approach to communications, there are a number of factors you should consider. There are pros and cons of each approach, so we will start by evaluating the line items that make up the bulk of the expense. In a world driven by software and communications technology, it’s no surprise that the software expense.
Telephony and Unified Communications is greather than 40% of the solution’s total purchase price. Following software, in terms of the percentage of budget they consume, is telephones, and servers and gateways make up the smallest components of the IPT and UC budgets. While hardware is still an essential component, over time it is becoming increasingly commoditized. Visit http://necam.com/uc to learn more about our UC solutions.
A New Design Reuse Approach for Voip Implementation into Fpsocs and ASICS ijsc
The aim of this paper is to present a new design reuse approach for automatic generation of Voice over Internet protocol (VOIP) hardware description and implementation into FPSOCs and ASICs. Our motivation behind this work is justified by the following arguments: first, VOIP based System on chip (SOC) implementation is an emerging research and development area, where innovative applications can be implemented. Second, these systems are very complex and due to time to market pressure, there is a need to built platforms that help the designer to explore with different architectural possibilities and choose the circuit that best correspond to the specifications. Third, we aim to develop in hardware, design, methods and tools that are used in software like the MATLAB tool for VOIP implementation. To achieve our goal, the proposed design approach is based on a modular design of the VOIP architecture. The originality of our approach is the application of the design for reuse (DFR) and the design with reuse (DWR) concepts. To validate the approach, a case study of a SOC based on the OR1K processor is studied. We demonstrate that the proposed SoC architecture is reconfigurable, scalable and the final RTL code can be reused for any FPSOC or ASIC technology. As an example, Performances measures, in the VIRTEX-5 FPGA device family, and ASIC 65nm technology are shown through this paper.
The advantages of UC for businesses, employees, customers and busuiness partners are well-known. UC empoweer them to communicate anytime, anywhere, using any device. However, many companies beleive that implementing a unified communications solution will prove too expensive for their limited budget and require replacing their whole infrastructure.
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To add to the new flexible and energy-efficient data center, Miele has also ‘saved an estimated 35 percent in licensing costs by going with a Microsoft virtualization solution’.
Hyper-V has helped AcXess fill that much needed virtualization gap with an improvised and more competent functionality and reduced data center and hardware costs.
According to Tom Elowson, President and Cofounder, AcXess, “Hyper-V has made all the difference. It is amazing to think we have grown our business 300 percent over the last few years with Hyper-V. ”
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Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
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Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
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Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
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In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
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Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
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In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
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Speakers:
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Charlie Greenberg, Host
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The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
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Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
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In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
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Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
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GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
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The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
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Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
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Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
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