Quality of Service

We live in a world where businesses can fail or thrive through connectivity and networks. The availability of secure, affordable networks allows organisations to connect offices, facilities, staff, management, customers, suppliers and partners together into a commercial ecosystem. In such an environment organisations are increasingly dependent on their networks for not just their day-to-day operational existence but also their current and future commercial fortunes. tech news

As enterprise organizations are pressed to make the most of their limited resources, many are turning to Internet Protocol (IP) telephony solutions built on a converged voice and data network infrastructure. A carefully selected IP telephony solution can help organizations meet the challenges of today's marketplace, enabling them to increase productivity, better support mobile and remote employees, and reduce their total cost of ownership (TCO). This paper reviews the potential business benefits and key technical requirements of a converged IP telephony solution, and illustrates how 3Com IP telephony solutions enable organizations to maximize these benefits. tech news

Learn how to extend applications and services to home offices - and centrally manage them - without compromising corporate security policies. Explore the implementation of end-to-end security, quality of service, and authentication capabilities in an advanced teleworker solution. Discuss how to prioritize corporate traffic above personal traffic over the broadband connection to help ensure the reliable delivery of headquarters-class services to at-home employees. tech news

Today, many organizations are beginning to send converged data, voice and video over their networks. They must do so in order to deploy strategic applications, such as customer care, business efficiency improvement and partner collaboration applications. Networks use a variety of QoS mechanisms to achieve peak performance for all traffic types. QoS technology is a fundamental building block for ensuring optimal network performance, especially as organizations rapidly incorporate critical Internet-based applications to communicate fully with business partners, customers and remote workers. tech news

This paper describes Cisco Any Service, Any Port (Cisco ASAP) architecture, its features and benefits, and outlines how service providers can achieve higher profitability from a portfolio of services by unifying the infrastructure used to offer voice, dial, fax, and wireless data services. Service providers must meet the demands of users who want access to Internet applications and services at any time, any place-on any device. Cisco ASAP is a unified network architecture that enables service providers to deliver these integrated data, voice, fax, and mobile wireless services at a profit. tech news