Discuss Lync, BYOD, SIP and UC with Gary Audin

Gary Audin Leads Presentations Covering Microsoft Lync, BYOD, SIP Trunking And UC At Telecom Reseller Week.   Gary Audin has more than 40 years of computer, communications and security consulting and implementation experience. He has planned, designed, specified, implemented and operated data, LAN, WAN, and telephone networks. These have included local area, national and international networks as well as VoIP and IP convergent networks in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia, Caribbean and Asia. Learn about more new technologies, meet with even more potential partners, and gain valuable insight into how to increase sales right now at Telecom Reseller Week. Prominent telecom vendors are coming to demonstrate their products, and present their solutions directly to you! Telecom Reseller Week Session Topics: Lync Migration / Moving to BYOD / Succeeding with SIP Trunking / Overcoming Barriers to a Successful UC Project / Embracing the Cloud with New Business Routers (NEW!) / Implementing IPv6 in your Routers Today (NEW!) Extensive Q&A opportunities are built into the program, to enable attendees to get the most out of their participation. Vendor demonstration time is also built into the schedule - so you will be able to check out the latest products and services. Registration for Telecom Reseller Week at ITEXPO is free. Session Information: Lync Migration Many enterprises have or are looking to implement Microsoft Lync. The enterprise may be migrating from Office Communications Server (OCS) to Lync. No matter the path taken, Lync has its promoters and detractors who blog on the ease and difficulties of implementing a Lync system, software and services. Connecting Microsoft's Lync to SIP trunks and SIP qualified devices is a matter of interoperability. Both Microsoft and the SIP vendors/providers need to participate in a thorough structured test to validate their interoperability. Moving to BYOD It is likely that a policy does exist for enterprise owned mobile devices. Most enterprises are considering whether or not to implement policies and procedures for employee-owned mobile devices (BYOD) to provide access to enterprise information resources. This has been stimulated by an ever-growing number of employees who wish to use personal smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices, even their cars, for business purposes. The enterprise has to gain control of BYOD or risk business anarchy that affects the enterprise's productivity, security, privacy, regulatory compliance issues and reputation. Succeeding with SIP If there is any theme in IT today, it is a flat or reduced the IT budget. One budget candidate is using SIP trunking and retiring the old T1 and PRI carrier connections. SIP trunking can in most cases produce enough savings to warrant the change. The proliferation of SIP trunking makes the bandwidth calculations for those SIP trunks an issue that the IT organization must resolve. Too much capacity and money is wasted. Too little capacity and calls will be blocked, callers will abandon the call, the enterprise agents will be less productive and the enterprise's reputation for service may be harmed. UC Barriers You are ready to consider Unified Communications. Will it be plug-and-play or will there be barriers to be surmounted before a successful implementation can occur? Many technologists focus on the products and services, but this does not get at the heart of UC. UC is a change in the way business is done. It is not technology delivered to the user with the user imagining how to be productive with UC. Many other non-technical factors must be dealt with before UC will deliver its promise. Embracing the Cloud with New Business Routers (NEW!) Presented by: Henry Castillo - Technical Director, ABP Technology Services running in the cloud such as email, CRM/ERP and telephony (VoIP) are becoming the core of many business operations. As a result, the Internet has become the umbilical cord that connects a large and growing number of companies to the outside world; therefore, Internet connectivity must be ensured. On the other hand, it is not a secret that the Internet is often unreliable, insecure and can also be a great distraction for employees reducing productivity rather than increasing it. This session will explore some strategies for SMBs to ensure continuous, secure and clean access to such cloud services with the use of next generation routers that have better performance, features and price. Success stories involving the SMB routers of the future from DrayTek that encompass multitude of features such as transparent Multi-WAN Failover and load balancing, QoS and Bandwidth Management, Web Content Filtering, Firewall, VPN, Multi VLAN, bgn WiFi, IPV6, etc. will be discussed. Session attendees will receive special gifts and participate in the drawing of a DrayTek router that offers business continuity, QoS and security. Implementing IPv6 in your Routers Today (NEW!) Presented by: Henry Castillo - Technical Director, ABP Technology This presentation will be a high level technical explanation of IPv6. Learn the importance, challenges and main differences from IPv4. Strategies to adopt IPv6 today and IPv4 to IPv6 migration will be discussed. IPv6 capable routers such as DrayTek's new router models will be discussed and explore how to protect the investment needed to make in networking solutions to support today's existing IPv4 and be prepared for a seamless IPv4/IPv6 migration in the near future. Session attendees will receive special gifts and participate in the drawing of a Draytek router that offers business continuity, QoS and security. Attend ITEXPO And Experience It All! 200+ Exhibitors Exhibit Hall Highlights: Microsoft Lync Solutions Pavilion, CVx (ChannelVision Expo) 4 Conference Tracks That Include Over 60 Sessions Concentrating On: Cloud Communications Customer Experience Enterprise Next Gen Service Provider Free Keynotes: 8x8, Inc. - Huw Rees, VP of Business Development Cisco - David Tucker, VP and General Manager, Small Business Business Unit (SBBU) FedEx - Robert B. Carter, EVP, Information Services and CIO IBM - Kristen Lauria, VP of Marketing ShoreTel - Peter Blackmore, CEO and President Siemens Enterprise Communications - Chris Hummel, CCO Sonus Networks - Raymond P. Dolan, President and CEO BroadSoft - Michael Tessler, Co-Founder & CEO (StartupCamp6 Keynote Speaker) 6 Free Workshops & Training Sessions! They fill up quick--Register for ITEXPO and RSVP today! Asterisk 123: The Essential 1-Day Asterisk Training Course CVx (ChannelVision Expo) Ingate SIP Trunking Workshop Unified Communications MPLS University Telecom Reseller Week StartupCamp6: Comms Edition 4 Free Networking Receptions (Including one kickin' party on Wednesday Night!) 10 Collocated Tech Conferences Software Painpoint Job Fair, Hosted By Door64 Register To Attend Today! Make plans today to attend ITEXPO in Austin, October 2 - 5, 2012 at the Austin Convention Center. For more information and to register, visit ITEXPO. 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