The Seamless Enterprise

Comprehensive news and discussion of enterprise communications and converged network solutions.

Pennies from SIP Heaven

on March 19, 2012 by Editor

As wise old Ben Franklin said, “A penny saved is a penny earned.” Of course, a penny had a bit more buying power back in Ben’s day, but let’s not be too literal here. If you can leverage technology to save your company money, then the mere act of NOT spending it in the first place is the equivalent of generating additional revenue.

The technology in this case is SIP Trunking, and while it is a foundational building block for Unified Communications, the truth is, many companies really only look at SIP Trunking initially for the sake of potential savings. More...


Getting Back to Basics with SIP Trunking

on February 06, 2012 by Editor

It’s easy for tech people to lapse into a false assumption, and that is that people we talk to have a similar understanding of the technologies we’re talking about at any given time.

When you work around other IT and/or communications technology people all the time, it becomes natural to think that “everybody” knows the acronyms, the underlying technology, and essentially how all this stuff works. More...


Newest SIP Trunking Option: Toll Free

on January 09, 2012 by Editor

Delivered right before Christmas, the gift that will keep on giving for businesses  in this new year is SIP Toll Free Service, designed to control costs, boost capacity, and enhance control over inbound toll-free calls.

Sprint announced this latest tool in the SIP Trunking toolbox on December 20. It lets organizations leverage their SIP trunks and existing communication system to make their own routing decisions, as well as to share capacity across the enterprise and aggressively control costs. More...