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Posted 2019 Digital Transformation Market Trends Report to Webtorials
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While Digital Transformation has become one of the hottest topics in the IT industry, it is also somewhat nebulous and thus runs the risk of being marketed as all things to all people. The purpose of this study is to find out what the story is behind the hype.
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Posted SDN: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly to Webtorials
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Commented on Digital Copiers: A Massive Passive Security Threat
One of the scariest parts of the hack shown on CBS was that the disk drives were standard hard drives like in desktop computers. So the ability to see data on a “normal” drive is well-known. But this raises the...
Commented on Digital Copiers: A Massive Passive Security Threat
Are people in your company aware that items that are “copied” or “faxed” are stored electronically? Do you have a policy concerning users advising users of this fact? For instance, is there an informative label (warning) on MFDs?...
Posted Digital Copiers: A Massive Passive Security Threat to Webtorials
A TechNote on Information SecuritySteven Taylor, Editor-in Chief, Webtorials...
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How can you equate circuit and packet switching? Aren't they completely different?...
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One of the interesting anomalies in licensing is that it seems that some equipment providers have differential pricing for licensing depending on whether the equipment connects to other equipment from the same provider or from another provider. For instance, if...
Commented on Multivendor HD Videoconferencing: Tomorrow's Capabilities Today
The link to the video is in the .pdf. We did not highlight it separately because it was not representative of the quality you should experience. Think of it as taking a DVD and copying to VHS. Good content, but...
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Interesting coverage and perspective on this report in the Wall Street Journal. I also added some clarifications/rebuttal there....
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Commented on Multivendor HD Videoconferencing: Tomorrow's Capabilities Today
In reviewing the video, the content is quite good. However, as noted in the video itself, this was recorded using an iPad, and the video was recorded prior to the release of the iPad Version 4. A significant improvement for...

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Sue Bradshaw, Integrated Research commented on Microsoft Lync and SIP Trunking
Metrics like the number of active calls and their direction; whether they’re inbound, outbound, internal or in transit allows you to gauge traffic flow. Further information about the type of call – whether it is part of a conference, and comprises just audio, or includes data or video helps you provision sufficient bandwidth....
Sue Bradshaw, Integrated Research commented on Microsoft Lync and SIP Trunking
Voice quality needn’t be an issue with SIP trunking if two key measures are applied – sufficiently provisioned or over-provisioned links, and prioritization of voice traffic. This white paper explains some of the metrics you can use to help provision correctly including insight to peak and average usage, as well as peaks, troughs and spikes. It’s also important to monitor the connection between the Microsoft Mediation Server and the Session Border Controller and ensure the SBC is not overloaded so it can continue to provide its vital services to the enterprise and the service provider. Voice prioritization will be...
Sue Bradshaw, Integrated Research commented on Microsoft Lync and SIP Trunking
As you know within Lync Server environments there are multiple servers, each playing its role in delivering enterprise voice and Unified Communications. Issues with server capacity like insufficient CPU cycles for processing can cause inability to place calls, and for calls that are active, audio distortions. You can monitor the call load to identify the busiest hour and other common busy times to identify if servers become overloaded and unable to service user requests and deliver good voice quality. Monitoring Lync Server pools identifies problems with the pool itself as well as individual servers and intelligent alerts demistify potential issues...
Kathy Innvar, Avaya commented on Multivendor HD Videoconferencing: Tomorrow's Capabilities Today
Actually, the quality had to do with the technology that Pulse was using, and their network. You should expect better quality in a live environment....
Larry Hettick, Webtorials commented on Digital Copiers: A Massive Passive Security Threat
Here are some useful links on this subject. Even though the issue has been identified for quite a while, the awareness level seems to be quite low. From the Federal Trade Commission: Copier Data Security: A Guide for Businesses A great, concise overview. One section of the document highlights the fact that this is a critical privacy compliance issue. From a rather unlikely web source: Technical details from a copier supplier....

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If you would like to see the other articles in the blog post of the "Top Ten VoIP Articles of All Ti... Steven Taylor, Webtorials on "Is VoIP Secure? YOU Make the Call":
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