SINGAPORE--Convergence may be helping telecoms operators lower their operating cost, but it remains to be seen if consumers are just as taken to the benefits of converged services. Speaking to ZDNet ...

Cost, security and a lack of skills are the main concerns of businesses looking to implement converged networks, according to new research. Despite these fears, 25 percent of companies have already ...

At NetWorld Interop here, the carrier laid out a road map for developing and deploying converged data and voice network solutions over its IP platform. And, on a broader scale, it outlined its intent ...

“Hybrid compute will be around for the foreseeable future. The FortiGate 3000F, powered by Fortinet NP7 and CP9 security processing units, continues to move the performance bar forward, but just as ...

Today, we’d like to highlight two short papers on convergence, both offered by AT&T and available on Webtorials. The first paper titled "Convergence Takes Hold in the Enterprise" presents some ...

MCI will offer in April a suite of data networking services that will provide corporate customers with improved interoperability between the carrier’s IP VPN, private IP, frame-relay and ATM networks.

Early, proprietary voice-over-IP systems delivered excellent voice quality, but they didn’t address the new risks associated with a converged network. These first-generation systems also failed to ...

Traditionally, the Security Operations Center (SOC) and Network Operations Center (NOC) functions run separately within technology organizations. Recently, cloud-based technologies have virtualized ...

Expectations for new capabilities tend to peak soon after a need is identified then fall significantly as soon as the challenges are identified. Integration of new and legacy communications ...

Networks today must evolve into a robust, services-oriented platform that enriches emerging, innovative, composite applications and yet still manage to balance technology and business processes. In ...