Page 16 - Telecom Reseller JunJul 2016
P. 16
26
Telecom Reseller
16
Telecom Reseller
June/July 2016
RATCLIFFE
Higher Education + Technology = ACUTA
continued from page 13
However, a missed message or an inaccessible with the system. With signi cant latency, video
cing
UC platform can cause severe issues across an conferencing participants could end up talking
As a CIO, it is important for
• Professional networking at its best happens at the face-to-face organization.
over one another, making the system far less
yee me to be a part of a group of events and via the listserv/community. We provide opportunities to connect UC is an example of a real-time app that can productive than if it were to operate in real-time o
and people who strive to con nually evolve as knowledgeable with people who can help you succeed.
be better supported with so ware-de ned wide as it should.
the technology professionals.
• High-quality education features presenters at seminars and area networks (SD-WAN). is technology helps If issues associated with latency persist, there’s t
ken
I know of no be er organiza on conferences who are experts in the eld.
businesses make the most of all of their available a chance that the UC system – including VoIP a
to be a part of than ACUTA.
Keith Fowlkes • Valuable publications bring critical information to you in a timely, links, be they MPLS, Internet or a mix creating a and video conferencing in particular – could
yees Director of Informaon Technology pro-active way.
hybrid WAN. Even links that were solely utilized become nearly unusable for the organization.
y to Services and CIO Centre College
• Online resources give you access to solutions that will help you meet for backup can be treated as active paths across ankfully, there are ways to address these r
ered
the needs of your campus faculty, staff, and students.
the network, helping to put an end to network problems through SD-WAN technology.
• Professional development opportunities abound at ACUTA, outages and guaranteeing continual support.
In this case, an SD-WAN solution is essentially
pri- giving you experiences that will help you grow professionally and advance your career.
a smart network and one that thinks for itself
f
d?
LATENCY: THE USER
– adapting and self-correcting in real time to e
any www.acuta.org EXPERIENCE KILLER
changes in demand and network condition p
yee? ticle Questions: Call Amy at (859) 278-3338.
Latency can kill the user experience. If resources without any need for human or manual
sen-
Join Today!
are not consistently available, it could cause delay intervention.
s
Connecting Campus IT Professionals with Ideas and Solutions
that considerably impacts the way users interact
DEALING WITH JITTER
%
AND PACKET LOSS
Latency isn’t the only issue that can a ect UC
operations and network performance.
An SD-WAN solution ensures that tra c
connected with critical UC applications is Inc.
prioritized, preventing problems like jitter and Connect and Communicate
packet loss from impacting system use. Jitter is
another frequently experienced issue with video
conferencing which typically impacts the visual
TR
element more than the audio of the call. Jitter can ONICS DOES IT ALL!
also result in slow performance, ickering screen
images as well as clicks or other irregular audio
e ects.
Packet loss, where the data packets associated
with an application don’t reach their designated
destination, is perhaps the worst. For video
conferencing applications, packet loss can
cause a blocky, pixelated image. In more severe
cases, packet loss can also result in hampered
connections and dropped calls.
SD-WAN technology helps establish an WE BUY G
intelligent, responsive network that adapts to
current conditions so that each packet takes the YOUR EXCESS
REPAIRS
best possible path during transmission. With an
SD-WAN solution in place, bandwidth-intensive
UC capabilities like VoIP and video conferencing
always deliver at peak performance, guaranteeing
that the network is meeting the SLAs of the
business-critical apps. ■
beroNet Completes
Interoperability Testing
with Flowroute to Deliver
Certiied VoIP Solutions
The partnership strengthens Flowroute’s
commitment to provide an advanced
TRAINING
INSTALLATION
suite of innovative IP-based solutions
for enterprises worldwide Flowroute
Inc., the leading provider of advanced
calling and messaging services for SaaS-
based companies, announced successful
interoperability certiication with beroNet,
a German-based manufacturer of cloud-
managed VoIP hardware. The certiication
eforts verify compatibility and document
coniguration recommendations for the
beroNet used in conjunction with Flowroute’s
communications services. beroNet joins the
growing list of elite technology companies
that have achieved certiied membership in tallation services to excess purchasing, A1 Teletronics does it all.
om ins
the Flowroute’s Technology Partner program.
The commonalities between Flowroute nt distribution within the telecommunications and networking channel pende
and beroNet go well beyond being certiied to quality and service. We’ll help you connect and communicate.
cation
partners. Both organizations are committed
to making communication services simple
and scalable by providing enterprise
developers with APIs to develop applications 800.797.2983
and services that integrate seamlessly with
existing communications initiatives and www.a1teletronics.com
infrastructure.
continuesonpage21 ››
is not affiliated with the manufacturers of the products it sells except as expressly noted otherwise.
nics, Inc.
ith the manufacturers’ names and products are owned by the respective manufacturers.
w
