Presentation by Guest Speaker

An overview of industry and technology trends in communications and the strategic technology roadmaps to enable businesses to move towards new converged voice and data networks that deliver new competitive advantage. The session will include some discussion on topics like the role of the PBX, IP-PBX, Voice over IP, ATM, H.323, Quality of Service, etc.

I. The Communications Revolution

• Business Trends and Technology Trends
• Virtual corporations, Virtual workforce, Virtual commerce
• Multi-service network evolution
• Multi-service WAN backbone
• PBX Integration VoIP
• Policy Based Network
• Departmental VoIP Deployment
• Large Scale Multi-purpose Deployment

II. Real World Convergence

• Converged Applications
• Merger of previously distinct telephony, information technologies and markets
• Roadmap
• Requirements of a converged world
• Voice network and Data network

III. Infrastructure and Management

• Infrastructure 
• IP Network
• IP Hard Phone
• IP Soft Phone
• DEFNINTY IP Ethernet Phone
• DEFINITY IP Solution
• DEFINITY Server, Gatekeeper, Gateway
• IP Exchange Comm
• DEFIITY ECS
• Cajun Campus
• Switches
• Access Server and VPNs
• PacketStar VoIP Gateways
• Management
• Policy
• Security
• Quality of Services
• Resource Allocation (IP address management)
• Voice Services