IP Telephony - Top 6 Misconceptions
Top 7 Reasons our customers are taking advantage of VoIP... |
VoIP Misconception 1 - VoIP Security Stinks
Do you need to be careful? Yes. Do you need to be prepared? Yes. However, you have the tools to virtually mitigate any security issues.
You have Security Hardware, Encryption, VPNs, Firewalls, Proxy Servers, and Procedural and Policy defenses to ensure the safety of your network. The good news is that you are probably already using all of the best practices on your current data network. It just has to be applied the same way when adding VoIP to it.
VoIP Misconception 2 - VoIP isn’t Reliable
Reliability is absolutely essential. We have chosen vendors with IP Telephony solutions that are engineered for carrier-grade performance. Your enterprise can’t afford downtime. If you are a large financial institution, downtime can cost millions. For healthcare institutions, it can cost lives. Core platforms are built on highly reliable operating systems, robust hardware, redundancy options, self-monitoring and auto-recovery features. Furthermore, IP networking makes it feasible for enterprise to design highly survivable network configurations with site-to-site redundancy, alternate routing and campus mirroring.
VoIP Misconception 3 - VoIP call quality is unsatisfactory
When VoIP was in its infancy users experienced unsatisfactory call quality. Today with a carefully planned and tested network, VoIP voice quality provides a richer experience than traditional phone systems.
VoIP Misconception 4 - Changeover will be too disruptive to daily business operations
The whole point of newer technology is to improve business process and efficiency. Choose a technology partner who has a successful track record in applying the latest technologies to improve business processes.
Get employee buy-in by showing them how their new communication system is going to make their lives easier and more productive. Ensure that they receive proper training on how to maximize the full potential of their new communication equipment.
VoIP Misconception 5 - I have to rip and replace my entire infrastructure
You have existing technology investments. There is a good chance that some of them can continue to be leveraged. Be sure to choose a technology partner who is sensitive to your current investments.
VoIP Misconception 6 - VoIP is going to overload my network bandwidth
Be assured, it just requires planning. Before upgrading to VoIP it is imperative to conduct a network assessment. Traditionally, data networks have not been “time sensitive” For example, if your email arrives 3 seconds late, it’s not a big deal. For VoIP there are additional network requirements such as Quality of Service (QoS) that ensures your voice transmissions arrive when they are supposed to.
Complete Investment Protection
For businesses of any size and type, we offer a choice of paths to adopt VoIP at your own pace. We have carefully selected vendors that use open interfaces, standards compliance and modular architectures that enable you to add or upgrade elements to complement your existing infrastructure—and provide assured upgrade paths as technology continues to advance.
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