As you might imagine, deploying VoIP is tricky business, and there are plenty of potholes you'll encounter along the way. What to do about them? Read about The Five Biggest VoIP 'Gotchas'. You'll find out how to watch out for gotchas such as making a premature vendor choice, and how to decide whether the IT department or the old telecommunications department should oversee the VoIP migration.
Before going full-bore into a VoIP deployment, you may first want to start off with a low-cost pilot project, and it doesn't have to be an expensive proposition. If you want advice on how to do a quick-and-dirty pilot VoIP deployment, check out VoIP On The Cheap.
Perhaps you've already deployed VoIP, but it's not working out as you hoped. You have the software and the VoIP switches. You even have the cool phones that plug into the RJ-45 Ethernet jack on the wall. But something's not quite right. What to do? Find out how to Break Through Your Biggest VoIP Roadblocks. You'll learn how to overcome management roadblocks, network roadblocks and more.
Networks are inherently insecure --- and VoIP brings along its own set of security problems. So you should go into a deployment with your eyes wide open, ready to tackle security issues. Depending on your enterprise and network configuration, VoIP may or may not have serious security problems. To get help on deciding whether VoIP is safe enough for you, look at Is VoIP Secure Enough For Prime Time?.
And if you want to make sure that your existing or future VoIP system will be safe against external attackers as well as the danger within, get advice from The Inside Secrets Of VoIP Security
You have plenty of choices about how to deploy VoIP, and a significant one is whether to manage VoIP in-house, or instead should go with a VoIP service provider. How to decide? Should You Outsource VoIP Or Manage It In-House? gives you advice on how to make the right choice.
Subsea cable alternatives can provide a level of comfort for those concerned about disruptions. Realistically, they will continue to play a small, but critical role in the short term.
Maintaining existing network infrastructures often incurs huge technical debt before newer technologies are adopted over time.
Amid ongoing regional uncertainties, telecom infrastructure in the Middle East has expand to include terrestrial low-latency network infrastructure, which offers resilience and agility in navigating political complexities without relying solely on undersea networks.
