
“Call flow” the callers experience when reaching your business!
Cloud Services, Networking & Connectivity, Technical ManagersHaving managed 1000's of telephone system deployments over my career, one subject continues to be the project "speed bump". You might think that the core issues of network configuration, WAN traffic planning, QOS and DHCP services might…

VoIP QOS Network Monitoring and Pathview Cloud!
Cloud Services, Networking & Connectivity, Technical ManagersTrouble Shooting VoIP issues in a multi-site deployment is a challenge to even the most talented network engineer. It is often difficult to determine what is a voice equipment issue and what is an issue aggravated by a network conditions. As…

To VLAN or not to VLAN, that is the question!
Cloud Services, Networking & Connectivity, Technical Managers An assumption in this blog is that if your company has a "network administrator" on staff, you have a network that is large enough to require constant "care and feeding". As such dumping a bunch of VoIP phones onto your network…

What is all the Hub about?
Cloud Services, Networking & Connectivity, Technical ManagersSo you can't get any help from the IT department getting a private printer connected to your office PC. So what do you do? You run down to your local favorite "we sell cheap computer stuff" store and buy a "hub" or "usb multiplier" or something…

VoIP is Intimate
Business Managers, Cloud Services, Networking & Connectivity, Technical ManagersA VoIP deployment is an act of intimacy. One of the great challenges for the deployment team is defining the demarcation point between the phone system, the network and the various applications that integrate withe the phone system. Clearly,…

VoIP and SRST/AES Encryption!
Cloud Services, Security & Privacy, Technical ManagersEncryption of VoIP traffic was, for some of us a humorous concept. I remembered as a young development professional how much fun it was to use a packet sniffer to capture the bosses packets and reassemble his email over the LAN. Years before…

Voip Network Monitoring
Cloud Services, Networking & Connectivity, Technical ManagersWe have been actively working with VoIP since 1999! Since 2001 we have installed well over 10,000 ShoreTel desktops and one characteristic of these VoIP environments has surfaced into high relief on the radar screen here in technical support:…

A VoIP Deployment will only be as good as your Network!
Business Managers, Cloud Services, Networking & Connectivity, Technical ManagersRemember those old SUN Microsystems commercials? “This is my dog, network. He can get you anything you need”. Well, regardless of the vendor, if you have a network that can barely keep up with user demand for internet access, you are definitely…
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