Your PBX system has served you well in the past and with a bit of upkeep and maintenance will continue to meet your needs in the future. However change is on the horizon.
It’s not so much that the PBX features have changed, it’s the technology delivering those features and your co-workers interaction that is changing.
In the end the choice to upgrade your voice communications system may not even be yours. Many PBX manufactures are embracing Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and the newest technology, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) as their new flagship systems while limiting the support of their Legacy TDM (Time Division Multiplex) systems.
Whether you have a small system or a large system, it’s imperative as a Telecommunications manager that you understand the latest technologies and begin to blueprint when a system upgrade would make sense for your company.
Many managers are put off by the fact that they have to upgrade their telecommunication system – after all it’s worked fine for many years. They are even more upset when they are notified or find out that the system they have is reaching or is end-of-life and will no longer be supported by the manufacturer.
What’s the driving factor behind these changes? The short answer – Convergence.
Convergence views voice communications and data communications as a comparable information nucleus – they are doing basically the same function. Passing data from an originating point to an end point. Voice communications uses dedicated paths to connect parties and data communications uses non-dedicated paths and protocols to send and retrieve information.
Is this the first convergent of seemingly different technologies? Not at all, the fax revolution of the 80′s was produced by a convergence of telecommunications technology, optical scanning technology, and printing technology. There are countless other examples of convergent technologies on the market today.
When should you begin planning for your upgrade? The simple answer is of course; there is no time like the present.
As with any project you will need to make a presentation case for the project, outlining the immediate and future benefits to your company’s business culture and the company’s bottom line. I’ll discuss three common driving factors, End-of-life schedules, culture/business shift and company reorganization.
I’ll use Nortel’s SIP Multimedia PC Client as an example.
1. Identify your current systems End-of-life schedule.
A. Pbx systems are comprised of software and hardware. In some system configurations, the hardware will follow a different end-of-life schedule than the software and vice versa.
B. You should review all aspects of your telecommunications system from the software, to the cards, to the telephone sets and catalog all concerns.
C. Upgrading your system outright to the latest and greatest may make more sense to the bottom line than continually upgrading the various parts of the system.
2. Determine if new systems features will improve your company’s telecommunications culture.
A. Nortel’s SIP Multimedia PC Client as an example offers many features beyond traditional telephony. It supports video calling, instant messaging, call screening, real-time call disposition, conferencing, file sharing, and white-boarding.
B. Advanced Web communications include pushing Web pages and co-browsing the Web with customers, co-workers, and associates
C. Virtual Office is always an exciting feature of the newer VoIP and SIP systems.
3. Company growth, downsizing or related projects.
A. Company growth is a good time to analyze your telecommunications systems. It might be cost-effective to embrace the new system features and create Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) that in turn, reduce your requirements on T1′s.
B. If your company is downsizing in property. It might prove fruitful to allow the older systems to convey with the property, while focusing on re-growth and the newer systems.
C. If you company is engaged in related projects (Infrastructure upgrades, IT system upgrades, etc.). It is crucial that you as the Telecommunications Manager are part of the process to ensure that newly installed systems will communicate with your vision of the future for your Pbx department.
Of course there are other driving factors that are unique to each and every business and this article briefly touches on only a few factors. More important are the key factors in planning that can be categorized into anticipation on your part and the effective management of information, quality, and scope.
Anticipating changes in the telecommunications sector and taking advantage of those changes to benefit your company are paramount to a competent, executable plan. In addition, effectively managing the information, ensuring quality research and developing a scope of action will assist in the creation of a sound telecommunications project.
Whether you’re just beginning the research process of upgrading your Pbx system or are well along in the process – PbxInfo.com is a great place to perform research, post questions and get answers about a wide array of systems.
* – Nortel’s SIP Multimedia PC Client and Nortel are trademarks of Nortel Networks.
Article by Charles Carter http://www.cs2communications.com
In the end the choice to upgrade your voice communications system may not even be yours. Many PBX manufactures are embracing Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and the newest technology, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) as their new flagship systems while limiting the support of their Legacy TDM (Time Division Multiplex) systems.
Whether you have a small system or a large system, it’s imperative as a Telecommunications manager that you understand the latest technologies and begin to blueprint when a system upgrade would make sense for your company.
Many managers are put off by the fact that they have to upgrade their telecommunication system – after all it’s worked fine for many years. They are even more upset when they are notified or find out that the system they have is reaching or is end-of-life and will no longer be supported by the manufacturer.
What’s the driving factor behind these changes? The short answer – Convergence.
Convergence views voice communications and data communications as a comparable information nucleus – they are doing basically the same function. Passing data from an originating point to an end point. Voice communications uses dedicated paths to connect parties and data communications uses non-dedicated paths and protocols to send and retrieve information.
Is this the first convergent of seemingly different technologies? Not at all, the fax revolution of the 80′s was produced by a convergence of telecommunications technology, optical scanning technology, and printing technology. There are countless other examples of convergent technologies on the market today.
When should you begin planning for your upgrade? The simple answer is of course; there is no time like the present.
As with any project you will need to make a presentation case for the project, outlining the immediate and future benefits to your company’s business culture and the company’s bottom line. I’ll discuss three common driving factors, End-of-life schedules, culture/business shift and company reorganization.
I’ll use Nortel’s SIP Multimedia PC Client as an example.
1. Identify your current systems End-of-life schedule.
A. Pbx systems are comprised of software and hardware. In some system configurations, the hardware will follow a different end-of-life schedule than the software and vice versa.
B. You should review all aspects of your telecommunications system from the software, to the cards, to the telephone sets and catalog all concerns.
C. Upgrading your system outright to the latest and greatest may make more sense to the bottom line than continually upgrading the various parts of the system.
2. Determine if new systems features will improve your company’s telecommunications culture.
A. Nortel’s SIP Multimedia PC Client as an example offers many features beyond traditional telephony. It supports video calling, instant messaging, call screening, real-time call disposition, conferencing, file sharing, and white-boarding.
B. Advanced Web communications include pushing Web pages and co-browsing the Web with customers, co-workers, and associates
C. Virtual Office is always an exciting feature of the newer VoIP and SIP systems.
3. Company growth, downsizing or related projects.
A. Company growth is a good time to analyze your telecommunications systems. It might be cost-effective to embrace the new system features and create Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) that in turn, reduce your requirements on T1′s.
B. If your company is downsizing in property. It might prove fruitful to allow the older systems to convey with the property, while focusing on re-growth and the newer systems.
C. If you company is engaged in related projects (Infrastructure upgrades, IT system upgrades, etc.). It is crucial that you as the Telecommunications Manager are part of the process to ensure that newly installed systems will communicate with your vision of the future for your Pbx department.
Of course there are other driving factors that are unique to each and every business and this article briefly touches on only a few factors. More important are the key factors in planning that can be categorized into anticipation on your part and the effective management of information, quality, and scope.
Anticipating changes in the telecommunications sector and taking advantage of those changes to benefit your company are paramount to a competent, executable plan. In addition, effectively managing the information, ensuring quality research and developing a scope of action will assist in the creation of a sound telecommunications project.
Whether you’re just beginning the research process of upgrading your Pbx system or are well along in the process – PbxInfo.com is a great place to perform research, post questions and get answers about a wide array of systems.
* – Nortel’s SIP Multimedia PC Client and Nortel are trademarks of Nortel Networks.
Article by Charles Carter http://www.cs2communications.com
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System Failure. What are other factors?(in my case)?
Well, i have:
Intel P4 3.0Ghz(HT enabled)
1Gb of RAM(Motherboard supports up to 2Gb)
nVidia FX5500 256MB Memory
3 HDDs:(please ignore the dots)
…Seagate IDE 160Gb (50Gb for Windows XP-frequently used & 110Gb for data)
…Seagate SATA 120Gb (for Data)
…Maxtor 40Gb (for Windows Vista)
…(Therefore, i have 4 drives in “My Computer”: C:, D:, E: & F: )
Motherboard: Asus P5V800-MX(supports Intel Pentium D)
1 CD-ROM
1 CD/DVD+-R/RW
1 expansion card installed(Winfast Global-for recording videos)
I am a massive internet user(I download alot), multi-tasker(surfing the net while copying files, downloading, printing & etc.), data keeper and absolutely NOT a PC gamer – I use my computer for personal use, education and sometimes business. I edit pictures at 3k-20k pixel sizes, create HD videos, making flash, edit sounds, etc.
While watching Eagle Eye movie(copied the file from DVD to HDD) on my XP, my computer restarted on itself. After startup, it showed “recovered from a system failure. A log file has been created” why is that?. I restarted my PC again but, now, it takes more than 30mins loading the startup. I restarted my system again, but this time i used the Vista do some check disks and defrags. I still get the self restart while watching Eagle’s Eye on Vista. I suspected that there should be something wrong. I checked the CPU fan and temp, they’re: 1950-2000RPM and 42C-51C(are these values normal?) or have i just loaded lots of HDDs? or should i need upgrade system: buy new CPU, add more RAMs and buy higher display cards? or is my OS corrupted* and needs a reformat as well as installation?
*Recently, XP showed an error about Dr. Watson(what this?) and then laggs. No errors in my Vista.
Any suggestions, explanations, & tips on how to avoid sys failure? Tnx alot!
Oopss, mistyped… CPU Fan speed is 3950-4000 RPM not 3950-2000 RPM… TNX
Ughh, what the… i mean, NOT 3950 again, its "…not 1950-2000…"
I would format, reinstall, then make sure all my drivers were up to date, especially the video card. I’d also download the latest K-Lite Codec Pack (if you don’t already have it) for smoother playback. Then I’d re-rip Eagle Eye to make sure it wasn’t some odd rip failure.
Sounds like a pretty odd scenario. Maybe you somehow got a virus from all of your internet activity. Anyway, good luck.
References :
If your computer consistently restarts when you watch the same movie then it might be that the file is corrupted in some way or simply uses some encoding that doesn’t work well with either:
your movie player software
your the codecs used by said player
your video or sound drivers
your video or sound hardware
triggering a bug (or a chain of bugs) that eventually leads to hardware error or critical OS error and the system restart.
You should try updating everything listed above… well, except the hardware, that is, and see if the problem goes away.
Dr. Watson probably refers to the postmortem debugger, a program used to generate debug information after something on your sistem crashed. You can find some more info about Dr. Watson by following the link below. According to this page, Dr. Watson is triggered when an app crashes due to problems in user code, so if it starts prior to restart when you view the movie, the problem is likely with either the player or the codecs, since drivers run in kernel and not user mode.
References :
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308538
The movie has probably got some bad coding. Also you said your CPU temp was 42C-51C? That’s not really bad, but Intel recommends they run at 38C and below. Well 51C is getting pretty hot and I wouldn’t let my system run that hot.
References :
computer builder
You being big at multitasking should do some home work, here is some facts for you
Fact:- you need to educate yourself on other operating systems
Fact:- Vista is 40% slower than XP with service pack 3
Fact:- Windows is an expensive second rate operating system
About Free Professional used software
Fact:- There are Free professional operating systems
Fact:- There is Free professional Video, Audio, Editing Software
Fact:- There is Free Animation and Graphics and Photo software
Fact:- Disney and Hollywood Studios Use it
Fact:- This operating system can Multi task 500 operations
Fact:- Pentium 4 will run great on this operating sytem
Fact:- I run a Pentium 4 _ 2.4 Similar your your set up with no
Problems it is fast and secure when I’m on the net
check out the links below
References :
http://www.linuxmovies.org
http://www.64studio.org