A Session Border Controller (SBC) is a network device that secures voice over IP (VoIP) infrastructures while providing interworking between incompatible signaling messages and media flows (sessions) from end devices or application servers. SBCs are employed in enterprise infrastructures and any carrier network delivering commercial, residential, business, fixed-line, or mobile VoIP services. They are typically deployed at both the network edge and at carrier interconnects, the demarcation points (borders) between their users and other service providers.
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Topics:
3G, 4G, 5G, and WiFi,
NFV/SDN & Cloud,
Analytics
As Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) takes hold, which means there are key communications infrastructure nodes running your business that are now out of your physical control because they are running in the cloud, the ability to understand how these nodes are performing is more critical than ever.
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Topics:
3G, 4G, 5G, and WiFi,
NFV/SDN & Cloud,
Analytics
“Data” and its big sister, “Information”, are fast becoming core components of cloud-based services. David Reinsel, Senior VP with IDC, was sharing the state of all things data and pointed out a few interesting predictions at the recent IDC Tech Outlook 2017 in Austin.
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Topics:
VoLTE/VoWifi & IMS,
Analytics,
Machine Learning
To close out 2017, I want to recap and share with you the top 10 blogs published this last year in case you missed them. It's no suprise that WebRTC, AI and IoT dominate the headlines. Enjoy!
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Topics:
WebRTC,
Internet of Things,
Analytics,
Artificial Intelligence
Machine learning (ML) is a type of Artificial intelligence (AI) that allows software applications to become more accurate in predicting outcomes without being explicitly programmed. In other words, machine learning receives input data and uses statistical analysis to predict an output value.
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Topics:
Analytics,
Artificial Intelligence,
Unified Communications and Collaboration,
IVR,
Machine Learning
The future contact center is an exciting place. Artificial Intelligence will be front and center. The elements of some of this exist today.
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Topics:
Analytics,
Artificial Intelligence,
Voice and Video
Like many others, I’ve been watching the adoption of video as it goes from a novel curiosity to a mainstream means of communications. As humans, we are naturally drawn to images, especially moving images. As a techie, I’m also drawn to automation systems and the Internet of Things. What happens when you bring IoT and video together?
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Topics:
WebRTC,
Internet of Things,
Communications Application Development,
Analytics
At last week’s TechXLR8 in London, I was listening to Paul Wilkinson with Tesco talk about the various initiatives his company is exploring to improve the customer's buying experience through technology and innovation.
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Topics:
Internet of Things,
Communications Application Development,
Analytics,
Artificial Intelligence
The intersection of real-time communications applications, analytics, and intelligence opens the door to innovative solutions that provide value added capabilities for both businesses and consumers. Artificial and augmented intelligence and machine learning techniques consist of applications that replicate human capabilities as well as enhance them.
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Topics:
3G, 4G, 5G, and WiFi,
Internet of Things,
Communications Application Development,
Analytics,
Artificial Intelligence