Steve Kennedy wrote:
On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 07:06:22PM -0700, George Pajari wrote:
http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2004/0607faceoffyes.html
There are very valid arguments in the contra argument. If you have
existing equipment it's all about integration. Traditional telcos are
moving to VoIP as are enterprise players and SMBs (small to medium
businesses) etc. It may be OK for a small business to replace what
they've got, get a "techie" in to maintain it etc, but that doesn't
work at the large side of things.
There's also provisioning and other such matters to worry about. If
you're a small player again that can be a manual process, or even maybe
web based. If you're a larger player, you'll have existing systems in
place and provisioning processes in place and any new devices have to
fit into these processes.
For * to really take off, it does need management interfaces etc.
This is the traditional view of telecoms in large organisations. However
it seems in a lot of large companies they are dumping their existing
telecoms wholesale for an IP solution, on a site by site basis, as soon
as the maintainence contract renewal comes around. It surprises me to
see that, and maybe I have seen a very unrepresentative sample, but in
some places it does appear to be happening. Of course, right now things
like * do not have an adequate reputation to pick up much of that
business. There is, however, a preparedness there for radical change.
Regards,
Steve
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