Technology
IP Conference phone on IP Office
by DougR on Nov.10, 2009, under Avaya, IP Office, Polycom, Technology
For several releases users have been looking for an alternative to the Analog speaker phone option in Conference Room solutions. Until now there was no official support for any IP or Digital phones on IP Office. The best option was an analog phone and a page of instructions. With the introduction of R5 of IP Office, SIP endpoints are now supported. With SIP endpoints a plethora of options open up for integration, including new Conference Room phones. SIP is a loose standard and many devices may have at minimum a partial support. Using this concept we reach the multi-line IP conference phone.
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AirWave OnDemand – right sized for SMB
by DougR on Oct.29, 2009, under Aruba Networks, Ethernet, Hardware, Offers, Wireless
AirWave is a management suite for both wireless and wired networks. Its suite of tools provide a simple to use, multi-vendor environment. The robust offerings are great for the sprawling enterprise. With scalability into the thousands of nodes, AirWave has the ability to manage a tremendous network. Its features have been so far out of reach for the smaller networks. Modern SMB environments can be just as complex. Aruba answers with Airwave OnDemand.
Catalyst Telecom Virtual Demo Center
by mikeo on Aug.04, 2009, under Avaya, Extreme, General, IP Office, Juniper, Offers, SonicWall, Technology, Vendors
Catalyst Telecom has just announced the release of their Virtual Demo Center. The VDC will enable Business Partners of Catalyst Telecom to successfully provide a live demo of the Avaya IP Office and other SMB focused vendors for a potential client without the need of carrying around equipment to each site. 
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netstat with sanity
by DougR on Jun.26, 2009, under Documentation, General, Microsoft, Technology, Windows
The command netstat is a handy tool for displaying the active ports and addresses on a Windows or *nix machine. For the Windows environment often the output scrolls past the buffer for the command prompt window, thus loosing important information about lower port numbers.
Aruba’s 802.11n Solution is Now Polycom VIEW Certified
by DougR on Jun.16, 2009, under Aruba Networks, Polycom, Spectralink, Wireless
Aruba Networks is the first vendor to receive Polycom Voice Interoperability for Enterprise Wireless (VIEW) Certification for its adaptive 802.11n wireless LANs. Prior to this certification, voice over wireless LAN handsets from Polycom, Nortel, Avaya, Alcatel and NEC could only be supported on 802.11a/b/g wireless LANs. As a result, hospitals, hotels, education campuses and back-office environments that needed in-building mobile voice and high speed data were unable to upgrade to an 802.11n wireless LAN. That situation has now been rectified – with VIEW certification in hand, you can now offer converged data and voice over wireless LAN solutions built on Aruba’s adaptive 802.11n platform.
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VoIP Security
by DougR on Jun.08, 2009, under Ethernet, General, Technology
VoIP has opened a whole new world of possibilites. New Mobility options that were never thought of just a few years ago. Cost savings through dynamic allocation of communications resources from data to voice as the demands change. Provisioning of system resources is now more flexible. The communications infrastructure can now be efficient.
8-port 10/100 Fast Ethernet port extender
by DougR on Mar.24, 2009, under Ethernet, Extreme, Hardware, Technology
ReachNXT 100-8t extends the revolutionary ExtremeXOS core-class operating system from Extreme Networks to the network access. ReachNXT 100-8t provides users with a consistent ExtremeXOS experience at an affordable price. It is best suited for network access applications where easy network deployment is required.
5 Minutes to Know Your Product: Extreme x250e Switch
by Ross Kennedy on Feb.10, 2009, under Ethernet, Extreme, Hardware, Vendors
The Summit x250e switch is a 24 or 48 port edge switches. With a non-blocking back-plane and quality of service you can be assured that your high priority applications are going to get the bandwidth they need across the LAN. The stacking capabilities allow this switch to be positioned in small to large deployments.
5 Minutes to Know Your Product: SonicWALL TZ190
by DougR on Feb.03, 2009, under Firewall, Hardware, SonicWall, Technology, Vendors, Wireless
The SonicWALL TZ190 network security appliance offers advanced features and Internet access backup all in one device. Designed for the small office security in mind, the TZ190 protects against worms, viruses, Trojans, spy-ware and malicious code. By enabling Deep Inspection you can be certain your organization will be protected against web, FTP, email and various other attack methods.
Google uses Juniper routers?
by DougR on Jan.08, 2009, under Juniper, Technology
While reading one of the many blogs, I noticed a post [over at engadget.com]stating that Google uses Juniper routers to handle the ginormous bandwidth requirements. Not only does this make my mind spin thinking about the size of such an installation and the capacity of such an configuration, but it also makes me wonder who else uses Juniper.
SO if there is anyone who can substantiate the post, or knows of other companies that implement our favorite router Manufacturer – give us a comment. Don’t provide anything that would put the implementation in jeopardy.
