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“We have the largest international offering when it comes to direct carriers,” says Jesse Bernstein-Ansaldi, Director of Intentional Sales for Advantage Communications Group. Bernstein-Ansaldi says that one of the core aims of the company is that they can meet their client’s in every part of the world. In this podcast we learn about Advantage, a company that helped pioneer the agent model and one of the largest in the agency model. According to Bernstein-Ansaldi provides “white glove” service for their clients, pulling together the correct resources and “best fit” providers, especially on complex international projects. In this podcast we learn about the company’s command center, and inventory and contract management system. Using a dashboard perspective, the command center offers a big view of client status, which helps Advantage’s partners meet customer and needs and grow.  “It doesn’t need to be as complex as people imagine it to be,” says Bernstein-Ansaldi about seeking international opportunities. We hear how Advantage is making adding international offerings to a portfolio an appealing idea by making these markets easier to navigate, understand and use.

Visit https://www.advantagecg.com/

In today’s podcast, we explore the results of an independent study commissioned by Polycom, a part of Plantronics, and conducted by Forrester Consulting on the explosive growth of video conferencing usage. We speak with Sam Kennedy, Senior Director of Global Product Development at Polycom, to discuss the topline results of the study, as well as the impact that the myriad of video conferencing platforms have on users and IT pros alike. With key results of the study finding that 84 percent of IT decision makers and professionals surveyed reported using two or more cloud-based video conference solutions, we discuss the issues that can arise through lost productivity and the increased complexities that solutions like Polycom Trio’s video conferencing family of devices helps to solve in today’s modern conference room environment. We dive in to the growing need for consistent, simple experiences that maximize the outcome of meetings and overall collaboration, and the competitive edge that companies who excel in advanced video conferencing technology can have on recruiting and maintaining talent.

More at http://www.polycom.com/.

Having sold billing solutions in my distribution company and having co-founded a VoIP phone company where I realized how out of date, inflexible and manual billing & payment solutions in telecommunications were, I could not wait to speak with Gal Hochberg, Co-Founder of Clear. Gal told me, Don Witt of the Channel Daily News, a TR publication, that the reason there is so much manual labor in the process is that you have to:

Keep checking the other party did the right thing

Fulfilled the order

Paid the money

And more

Clear wants to make that automatic. Listen in Telcos – this podcast is great!

Founded in 2018 by a team of tech experts and experienced entrepreneurs, Clear builds blockchain-based settlement and clearing networks for global industries. Using state-of-the-art enterprise-grade blockchain technologies and programmable smart contracts, Clear enables near-real-time settlement and automatic intelligent dispute resolution on a global scale. This reduces costs, inefficiencies and fraud, while maintaining the confidentiality of contract and trade details. Moreover, these networks enable the commercialization of new revenue-generating products and business models, accelerating exponential growth by cutting out bureaucracy and unneeded middlemen.

For more information, go to: https://clearx.io/

Dan Pitt, Senior Vice President, MEF sees MEF expanding in the future. He explains to Don Witt of The Channel Daily News, a TR publication that MEF has expanded past carrier ethernet. While MEF now has tools available, they also include the following in MEF 3.0:

SDN

NFV

Cloudification

Open Source – to some degree

The LSO reference architecture is a way to look at individual components and address each separately knowing they will integrate within the network and interconnect with other networks.

LSO Cantata

LSO Allegro

LSO Sonata

LSO Interlude

LSO Legato

LSO Presto

LSO ADAGIO

Listen in and find out how MEF is enabling operators to segment their operation for testing, implementation and adoption using the north south APIs and the east west APIs.

For more information, go to: http://www.mef.net

According to John Croce CEO of NVT Phybridge, the traditional approach to network design was established years ago – it is outdated and does not address the security needs of today. In this segment of our podcast series we discuss security. Now that organizations are connecting hundreds/thousands of IoT devices that are not PC’s, we need to re-evaluate the supporting network. In this podcast we will learn how SmartPathPoE™ technology can be used to provide a modern network, up to date security measures, including

Web GIU to monitor network traffic

Lock down unused ports

Only supply network connectivity to approved network devices

This is episode 6 of a 7-episode podcast series in which John Croce and Doug Green discuss the six principles of the Modern LAN; as well as why every consultant, system integrator and end-user need to be familiar with the principles and how organizations have already leveraged them to achieve better results. Modern LAN white paper and the principles within are the result of Frost & Sullivan industry analysts recognizing an alarming trend - IoT deployments are impacting the business network in an alarming way; raising concerns around network complexity, network performance and reliability, network security, long deployment times, environmental concerns, as well as the infrastructure costs and barriers that organizations are experiencing as they attempt to support IoT deployments.

Download the Modern LAN white paper free at https://go.frost.com/modernlan

Learn more about NVT Phybridge at http://www.nvtphybridge.com/chariotproducts/

Eric Watko, EVP Product, Marketing & Strategy at SES Networks, outlines the SES organization to Don Witt of The Channel Daily News, a TR publication. SES has two major components, a Video distribution unit and a Networking services unit, both of which provide global services.

SES Networks delivers the connectivity to three major segments:

Mobility

Fixed Data

Government

The satellite services allow carriers to reach targeted locations, the edge or remote locations with aggregation or point-to-point services. By implementing MEF standards, SES Networks, basically, is transitioning from being a niche closed network to an extension of a carrier’s access technology allowing them to get closer to the edge and to their users.

SES sees their satellite services as a “Standard Product Offering” carriers will utilize in the future.

Their lifecycle services include:

 

 

 

 

 

 

SES is the world-leading satellite operator and the first to deliver a differentiated and scalable GEO-MEO offering worldwide, with over 50 satellites in Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) and 16 in Medium Earth Orbit (MEO). SES focuses on value-added, end-to-end solutions in two key business units: SES Video and SES Networks. At SES, they connect and enable broadcast, telecom, corporate and government customers, and enrich the lives of billions of people worldwide.

For more information, go to: http://www.ses.com/networks

Michael Strople, President Allstream, Managing Director - Canada, Zayo Group, Chairman & Director, MEF speaks to Don Witt of the Channel Daily News, a TR publication about the trends he is observing based on the high bandwidth high capacity communications that Zayo offers.

After looking at all of the various components of the industry including:

Mobility

Wireless

Mobile Work force

Any Content Anywhere

Bandwidth consumption

Entertainment related

Industrial

Health Care

they all point back to the same place, which is the continued expansion of data consumption for decades into the future.  Zayo will continue to make investments into communications infrastructure – which is fiber.   The fuel for the digital economy!

A big advocate and supporter of MEF, they are also a consumer of the standards that MEF provides.  Implementing Sonata, a carrier to carrier specification helps solidify a standard allowing the carriers to have a common communication format through the API.  This is also true for the Presto, an internal standard with API, which allows for the configuration of internal elements.

If you are a carrier or large enterprise looking to move to the cloud or expand cloud operations, you should check out Zayo. Their Proof of Concept (POC) at MEF was impressive.  Look for more advanced technology to result from the show.

The Zayo mission is simple. They accelerate capabilities to bring freedom and prosperity to the world by providing enormous high-quality bandwidth for the world’s leading companies. These include wireless and wireline carriers, media and content providers, finance and healthcare organizations and other large enterprises. It’s been their focus since their inception in 2007. Since then, Zayo has evolved into the leading global communications infrastructure provider, with calling cards such as high-performance connectivity, secure colocation and flexible cloud infrastructure.

For more information, go to: https://www.zayo.com/

by Gary Audin

A headset in an office is quite different than a headset outside the office. The headset needs to be rugged, reliable, have along battery life, and deliver more than speech. It is worn for many hours and needs to be hands free in operation.

Alex Williams, Product Manager for BlueParrott www.blueparrott.com and Gary Audin discuss the increasing need for excellent sounding headsets that can work in noisy and disruptive environments. This EDUcast was sponsored by Fontel, Inc. www.fontel.com. Alex covers the following topics:

Common high noise environments

Attributes of a good headset

Comfort design

GPS in the headset and why

Headset designs for different verticals

How software enhances the experience

What you will learn in this EDUcast:

High Noise Verticals

Headset Requirements

Attractive Features

Device Landscape

Headset Software

High Noise Opportunities

Fontel, Inc. https://www.fontel.com/ is a Specialty Wholesale Distributor of voice, video, and data communication products, specializing in peripheral end-point devices, including BlueParrott headsets.  Fontel is committed to offering a high quality, yet competitively priced, portfolio of voice, video, and data products to dealers, resellers, and installers.  Fontel’s staff provides exceptional service and support, allowing customers to offer efficient and timely service to their end-user accounts.

BlueParrott® https://www.blueparrott.com/, a GN Audio brand, is a category leader in high-performing headsets for the noisiest and most demanding work environments. Helping mobile, manufacturing, and warehousing professionals stay connected, BlueParrott line has long been the favorite of professional truck drivers and industrial users and time-tested to meet the demands of any workplace. The BlueParrott line of Bluetooth® devices meet the highest global standards for product quality and service, backed by the industry’s best warranties.

Telco Systems, is well known for creating Network Function Virtualization (NFV) two decades ago. Ariel Efrati, CEO at Telco Systems, goes on to tell Don Witt of The Channel Daily News, a TR publication, how Telco Systems has been a part of MEF from the beginning.

The fast NFV market changes including some companies leaving, others merging and Telcom Systems taking advantage of the market situation as well as continued product enhancements allows Telco Systems to continue on the growth path.

Telco Systems just released a 100 GE which gives service providers the required high reliability and flexibility to aggregate multiple services over 1GE, 10GE and 100GE port rates in metro Ethernet. If you are expanding or upgrading, it is time for 100GE.

Telecommunications continues to evolve fast.  The first major change was going from the wire line to the Internet followed quickly by the mobile space. Now we have SDN and NFV, basically computerized networks. Moving forward, look for more from Telco Systems in the near future.

Listen in as Ariel provides insider visions of the future and how to get there.

Telco Systems offers a vast portfolio of best-in-class products and solutions. Among the first vendors to receive the Metro Ethernet Forum’s Carrier Ethernet 2.0 certification, Telco Systems’ CE 2.0-compliant, end-to-end Ethernet product portfolio delivers a significant boost to large, medium and small service providers, as well as utilities and city carriers competing in a rapidly evolving telecommunications environment. They are experts in guiding service providers toward the advantages of CE 2.0 while they preserve and enlarge their customer base with continuously improving quality of service without service interruption.

For more information, go to: https://www.telco.com/

Imagicle is a company that offers apps for Unified Communications, especially for Cisco users.  In this podcast Massimiliano Picchi, Imagicle VP of sales walks us through Imagicle’s offerings for both on prem and cloud platforms. Imagicle ApplicationSuite offers a whole suite of services from call recording to fax services plus special features for industries such as hospitality. Imagicle ApplicationSuite is also offered in a version for service providers. Picchi explains how the name of the company and logo represents how their suit surrounds a user with applications and options. We also learn about the company’s unique scheduled updates, providing users with a structured scheduled update in contrast to the more random schedule of improvements that many other software companies follow.

https://www.imagicle.com/en-us/