Media Flos to Mobile TV
Television is pervasive. Once limited to high power over-the-air
broadcasting, TV has been glomping onto other delivery mediums
as fast as it can find them. First came cable channels that had
no over the air equivalents. Then satellite, with its almost universal
reach. Next, the Internet with clips on YouTube and IPTV feeds
from network owned Websites. Now the move is to cell phones and
other wireless devices for truly mobile TV. (read
more).
FAX On The Run
Facsimile or FAX has been the preferred way to transmit and receive
business documents that can't wait for mail service. Large companies
have fax machines that look more like huge copy machines. They
can automatically load, transmit and reassemble documents automatically.
Small office users often have a fax machine bundled with a scanner
and printer in an "all-in-one" device. But all of these
facsimile devices have one thing in common: They tie you to the
office. (read
more)
Advantages of Storage as a Service
One result of the availability of reasonably priced high bandwidth
Wide Area Networks is the emergence of just about anything as
a "service." Before the days of universal connectivity,
mainframe computers were centralized and isolated devices buried
in the corporate infrastructure. PCs were stand-alone productivity
devices with their own application packages and hard drive storage.
But that model is starting to fade as virtualization changes our
perceptions on where computing resources need to be located. (read
more)
Signaling for Call Centers
Every telephone call has two components. The actual voice conversation
and the signaling that controls the telephone network. Signaling
might be considered just the mechanics that go on behind the scenes.
But how you implement the signaling function can make a big difference
in your call center performance. (read
more)
How Bandwidth Fosters Productivity Improvement
More bandwidth may well be one of your fastest and lowest cost
solutions to improve employee productivity. By optimizing your
LAN and WAN bandwidth to the pace of your business activity, you
can remove a big stumbling block to performance improvement and
even increase profits. (read
more)
Branching Out With MPLS and VPN
Does you business depend on communicating securely between multiple
locations? As more business go to electronic forms and transactions,
they are finding that they need more than a FAX machine, overnight
mail, or a dial-up connection. A competitive position now requires
knowing sales and inventory data in real time, transfer of medical
images and CAD drawings in seconds not hours, and delivery of
important business documents instantly rather than waiting for
mail delivery. What you need is a broadband pipe that connects
all your key locations. (read
more)