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• Posted Is VoIP Secure? YOU Make the Call to Webtorials
  Steven Taylor - Editor-in-Chief, Webtorials
  Voice over IP (VoIP) is no longer tomorrow's technology. High-speed networks that support quality-of-service (QoS) technology have come a long way in mitigating performance and availability issues. But what about security?
• Posted The 2018 Guide to WAN Architecture and Design - Complete Edition to Webtorials
  The goals of the 2018 Guide to WAN Architecture and Design (The Guide) are to discuss the state of WAN architecture and design with an emphasis on the current SD-WAN solutions, and to provide insight into the emergence of solutions that leverage the key concepts of SDN and NFV to support all components of the WAN edge.
• Posted The 2018 Guide to WAN Architecture and Design - Executive Summary to Webtorials
  The goals of the 2018 Guide to WAN Architecture and Design (The Guide) are to discuss the state of WAN architecture and design with an emphasis on the current SD-WAN solutions, and to provide insight into the emergence of solutions that leverage the key concepts of SDN and NFV to support all components of the WAN edge.
• Posted The 2018 Guide to WAN Architecture and Design - Part 3: The SD-WAN and the SD-Branch Office Ecosystem to Webtorials
  The goals of the 2018 Guide to WAN Architecture and Design (The Guide) are to discuss the state of WAN architecture and design with an emphasis on the current SD-WAN solutions, and to provide insight into the emergence of solutions that leverage the key concepts of SDN and NFV to support all components of the WAN edge.
• Posted The 2018 Guide to WAN Architecture and Design - Part 2: Key Considerations when Choosing new WAN and Branch Office Solutions to Webtorials
  The goals of the 2018 Guide to WAN Architecture and Design (The Guide) are to discuss the state of WAN architecture and design with an emphasis on the current SD-WAN solutions, and to provide insight into the emergence of solutions that leverage the key concepts of SDN and NFV to support all components of the WAN edge.
• Posted The SIP Survey 2017 to Webtorials
  Graham Francis - CEO, The SIP School
  The survey's purpose started off (years ago) with a focus on SIP trunking and specifically, to document the most common issues that occur during SIP trunk implementations and what can be done to help mitigate these issues, if at all. Inputs are collected from vendors, service providers, integrators, resellers and also from small to enterprise clients from all around the world.
• Posted The 2018 Guide to WAN Architecture and Design - Part 1: State of the WAN to Webtorials
  The goals of the 2018 Guide to WAN Architecture and Design (The Guide) are to discuss the state of WAN architecture and design with an emphasis on the current SD-WAN solutions, and to provide insight into the emergence of solutions that leverage the key concepts of SDN and NFV to support all components of the WAN edge.
• Posted Are you wasting MPLS capacity by back-hauling Internet traffic? to Webtorials
  Perhaps it's time to re-evaluate your MPLS Service Provider.
• Posted The 2017 State-of-the-WAN Report to Webtorials
  This e-book provides insight into the currrent state of the WAN based on the survey results received from over 100 network professionals in March and April, 2017.
• Posted 2017 Workplace Productivity and Communications Technology Report to Webtorials
  This study looks at how respondents communicate, how much time they use each communication mode including face-to-face meetings, email, telephone calls and conferences, video conferencing, Chat/Text/Instant Messages and online tools.
• Posted The 2017 Guide to WAN Architecture and Design - Complete Edition to Webtorials
  Dr. Jim Metzler's annual Guide to WAN Architecture and Design - what you need to know about the most current statistics, trends and analysis regarding the State of the WAN.
• Posted The 2017 Guide to WAN Architecture and Design - Executive Summary to Webtorials
  What you need to know about the most current statistics, trends and analysis regarding the State of the WAN in 2017. Jim Metzler's annual State of the WAN Results and Executive Summary - a must-read for any professional involved in enterprise technology.
• Posted The 2017 Guide to WAN Architecture and Design - Part 3: Planning for a Successful Transition to a New WAN to Webtorials
  It's a new year and a new WAN. Jim Metzler shares his research and guidance with a best-practices roadmap for enterprise network organizations to follow for a successful transition to the new WAN.
• Posted Analysis & Report on SIP Survey 2016 as reported by 929 Technology Professionals from Around the Globe to Webtorials
  Nearly 1000 professionals participated in the SIP survey. In its sixth year, the survey evaluates SIP trunking, specifically to document the most common issues that occur during SIP trunk implementations and what can be done to help mitigate these issues - or not.
• Posted The 2017 Guide to WAN Architecture and Design - Part 2: WAN Evolution to Webtorials
  ​The primary goals of The​ 2017 Guide to WAN Architecture and Design​ are to make enterprise network organizations aware of the emerging alternatives to the traditional approaches to WAN architecture, management and security and to help them understand the key differences in those alternatives.
• Posted The 2017 Guide to WAN Architecture and Design - Part 1: State of the WAN to Webtorials
  The primary goals of the 2017 Guide to WAN Architecture and Design are to make enterprise network organizations aware of the emerging alternatives to the traditional approaches to WAN architecture, management and security and to help them understand the key differences in those alternatives.
• Posted The WAN of the Future: MPLS or the Internet? to Webtorials
  Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) virtual private networks (VPNs) have long been the darling of the enterprise WAN. Secure, reliable, and high-performing, they offer business-grade traffic control features particularly well-suited to carrying real-time and business-critical data.
• Posted 6 Steps for a Successful UC&C Deployment to Webtorials
  The deployment of a unified communications and collaboration (UC&C) solution holds the promise of tremendous boosts in efficiency and productivity for organizations. But to realize that promise, users actually must adopt these new capabilities in their daily work lives.
• Posted UC Morphs Into Social Collaboration to Webtorials
  Since its inception, unified communications (UC) has been in continuous evolution. The implied assumption was this would speed the adoption of softphone clients on PCs and result in the demise of the desk set, but that hasn't happened yet.
• Posted Adapting Network Services Agreements to the Digital Age to Webtorials
  I'm continually surprised by how often enterprise procurement managers - and their lawyers -- insist on obsolete clauses even as they de-emphasize or skip terms that are crucial in a digital world.
• Posted Yabut On Net Neutrality to Webtorials
  Yes, I signed the petition urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to regulate the Internet as a communications service. But...
• Posted The 2016 State-of-the-WAN Report to Webtorials
  Topics include how WAN budgets are changing, how organizations are approaching the adoption and deployment of Software-Defined WAN (SD-WAN) functionality, and what factors drive or inhibit a SD-WAN.
• Posted Wide Area Networking in an Era of Mobility and Cloud to Webtorials
  The goal of this TechNote is to contrast the traditional approach to designing a branch office WAN with two emerging WAN architectures. One of those emerging architectures is a Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) and the other is a Secure Cloud Network.
• Posted What's in Store for Enterprise in 2016 to Webtorials
  Author Mike Finneran of dBrn Associates, Inc. pinpoints the five big drivers that will define the enterprise landscape in 2016.
• Posted SIP School Certified Associate (SSCA®) SIP Training to Webtorials
  Becoming a 'SIP School Certified Associate' or SSCA® proves to the world that you both understand the protocol called SIP and can work in the ever evolving world of Voice over IP. The SSCA® is the single most important certification on SIP in the world today and we'd like to help you get certified.
• Posted Telecom Mergers 2016: A Road Map for Enterprise Users to Webtorials
  With all the drama surrounding involving service-provider mergers, acquisitions, and rumors of big changes ahead, enterprise customers are on the edge of their seats as to whether there's a happy ending or not.
• Posted Network Security is Simple Again to Webtorials
  Security used to be simple when you could place a firewall at the network perimeter and anti-virus software on the endpoints, but the distributed enterprise made global networking very costly and network security more complex.
• Posted The 2016 Guide to SDN & NFV - Complete Guide to Webtorials
  The 2016 Guide to SDN & NFV is designed by Dr. Jim Metzler to eliminate the confusion that surrounds SDN and NFV and to accelerate the analysis and potential adoption of these new architectural approaches.
• Posted The 2016 Guide to SDN & NFV - Executive Summary to Webtorials
  The 2016 Guide to SDN & NFV, authored by Dr. Jim Metzler, is designed to eliminate the confusion that surrounds SDN and NFV and to accelerate the analysis and potential adoption of these approaches.
• Posted The 2016 Guide to SDN & NFV - Part 7: The SDN and NFV Ecosystem to Webtorials
  The 2016 Guide to SDN & NFV, authored by Dr. Jim Metzler, is designed to eliminate confusion and to accelerate the analysis and potential adoption of these new architectural approaches.