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• Contest: VoIP deployments gone bad

  Tell us your sad or bad VoIP deployment story and we'll enter you in a drawing to win a mini-VoIP library. Continue Reading

• How can we integrate SIP softphone or IP Phone or Asterix IP PBX into our Skype accounts?

  Learn how to integrate SIP softphone or IP Phone or Asterix IP PBX into a VoIP provider account. Continue Reading

• Can SIP and H.323 run simultaneously on a Cisco CallManager?

  SearchVoIP.com expert Carrie Higbie answers a user submitted question about Cisco CallManager's multitasking capabilities. Continue Reading

• Routing basics -- What VoIP managers need to know

  Voice over IP (VoIP) requires that an organization's voice staff understand many of the fundamentals of data networking. Routing is an essential data networking function that also applies to VoIP. In this tip, learn more about the routers and ... Continue Reading

• VoIP network monitoring improves VoIP deployment

  VoIP network monitoring and pre-deployment analysis are becoming more important as VoIP application overlay becomes denser, according to results from Network Instruments' recent survey. Continue Reading

• VoIP migration strategies: Q&A with 3Com's Doug Hyde

  Many companies are considering Voice over IP migration. There are lots of factors for network administrators to consider. SearchVoIP.com chatted with Doug Hyde, 3Com Corp.'s product line manager, stackable switches, about some tips and tricks to ...Continue Reading

• Softphones in a unified communications (UC) strategy? Who are UC market leaders?

  How would softphone capability fit into an overall unified communications strategy? Who are the leaders in this segment of the market?Continue Reading

• QoS -- What voice managers need to know

  Quality of Service (QoS) technologies can be quite confusing between technical complexities and marketing jargon. In this tip, find out what voice managers need to know about QoS as it relates to VoIP.Continue Reading

• Cisco VoIP management guide: Enterprise VoIP management solutions

  Enterprise VoIP management solutions require two considerations: the scale of production environment and the need to extend support resources with a systems integrator or service provider.Continue Reading

• Cisco VoIP management guide: Recommendations and summary

  Enterprises now have solid choices of management solutions for their Cisco VoIP deployment. The short list for any enterprise should include Prognosis, Infovista, or Cisco.Continue Reading

• Cisco VoIP managment guide: Required management tasks

  Comprehensive VoIP management includes the basic network management tasks, but also includes monitoring services such as dial tone delivery, call success rates, telephony delays and impairments, as well as call quality. VoIP telephony management is ...Continue Reading

• Cisco management guide: Selecting a VoIP solution

  Selecting a VoIP solution means deciding on independent VoIP tools or a VoIP solution suite of integrated products.Continue Reading

• Cisco VoIP management guide: VoIP management lifecycle

  VoIP lifecycle management enables enterprises to safely pursue large production deployments. The management lifecycle includes the following four elements.Continue Reading

• Cisco VoIP management guide: Cisco requires proactive management

  Managing Cisco VoIP solutions means network managers must rely on credible, experienced vendors to some extent. Fortunately, many vendors have emerged as trusted, viable partners that can offer an end-to-end management solution for Cisco VoIP ...Continue Reading

• Open source -- What voice managers need to know

  Open source technology can make sense for VoIP deployments, and can be used in a hybrid approach with existing proprietary hardware or software. Learn more in this tip.Continue Reading