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Aculab's Ian Colville, ITEXPO West Speaker, speaks to Rich Tehrani: Anything-as-a-Service on the Horizon?
Trends in communications change as often as the weather and those companies that can anticipate the trends are often the most successful. As for the biggest trend right now, Ian Colville, Product Manager at Aculab believes it is the growing interest in hosted - or cloud-based - communications. When asked what one product or service the market needs the most, Colville pointed out that different customers have completely different requirements which continually evolve. Such questions and answers were part of an interview with TMC CEO Rich Tehrani and Colville in anticipation of ITEXPO West 2010....Read more
The Video Dilemma: balancing demand with infrastructure capabilities
From all indicators, video content continues to make significant inroads into the marketplace. Sports highlights, news, entertainment and other content are readily available to consumers. As demand continues to escalate, operators need to carefully assess the viability of their networks in order to keep customers satisfied. The stakes for operators have become substantial. They need the high margins and profits associated with video, but they must also ensure that the integrity of their networks remain intact in order to satisfy customer needs. Andrew looks at some of the challenges being faced today and how they can be addressed....Read more
Mobile networks - keep on moving
Corporate workforces are becoming increasingly mobile and without access to network resources, they'll come to a standstill. Networking+ magazine discusses what needs to be watched out for when deploying resources for road warriors....Read more
Networking UK Satcoms
With Skynet 5 fully operational, having been linked to terrestrial military, public service and single communications systems. EADS DS has now turned its attention to media processing boards, as designed by Aculab. Peter Donaldson reports....Read more
The 411 on 911: emergency calling systems evolve to address IP, broader communications options
The National Emergency Number Association is calling for the migration of E911 networks to what NENA calls NG911, or next generation 911. The idea is to move E911 systems to standards-based IP platforms and, in the process, enable citizens and those involved in emergency response to interact not only in voice, but also via text, IM and possibly even video communications....Read more
Fax software for use with Prosody media processing platforms
Some might say that fax technology should be as extinct as the Martinique Parrot by now; only it doesn't know it. However, it wasn't so long ago that it was cutting-edge communication technology. Despite its invention as far back as 1843, by the Scottish technician and clockmaker, Alexander Bain, and the first telephone-based fax machine, which was completed by AT&T in 1924, facsimile machines didn't become popular until the mid-1980s....Read more
