Open Standards Architecture
In evaluating open systems or systems with an open architecture caution needs to be exercised that "open" is more than marketing label. Systems with open architecture are usually based on the Linux Operating system. Source code for applications developed using open architecture can be accessed and modified by users who wish to improve the way the system works. The Intorrent Converged Communications Platform (ICCP) is a Linux based system that can be easily modified and improved, and is designed to integrate seamlessly with appropriately designed Windows based applications.
Companies are attracted to Intorrent's "open" telephony environment because they are no longer trapped into using the type of telephone provided by the manufacture of the phone system - an arrangement that has historically been restrictive and expensive. Customers want to be able to use whichever phone that best fits their needs. With Intorrent's ICCP this is largely possible.
The ICCP supports literally hundreds of phones across all of the standards. Customers will have the option of using analog phones, SIP phones, IP phones, soft-phones, H.323 phones, among others. Intorrent members are able research and design the system that works best for their customers. Although Intorrent is doing the product management and making appropriate recommendations the ultimate choice belongs to the customer.
If you are involved in the deployment of a new system that is being represented as an "open system" or "open architecture" and you are unable to take advantage of the many feature-rich inexpensive phones on the market, you should contact Intorrent.
IP Telephony
One of the most prevalent trends in the business marketplace is the shift away from traditional phone systems, and towards IP Telephony. IP Telephony, often marketed as VoIP, (Voice over Internet Protocol), gives companies the ability to run voice and data communications over the same network, or what is commonly referred to as "Converged Communications".
This trend is gaining traction in the marketplace. The growth rate of IP based systems is often exceeding 40% per annum, while the purchases of traditional phone systems are flat or even declining. As one might expect most businesses are now at some stage between discovery and deployment of an IP initiative within their communication infrastructure.
Intorrent Converged Communications Platform (ICCP), our proprietary delivery platform, brings one of the most cost effective solutions to the marketplace. This open, standards-based system is designed to be easy to use so customers every bit of the return on investment promised by IP telephony as they move away from traditional phone systems to a converged system.
Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
Intorrent has focused development efforts to maintain a standards-based commitment. Although there are numerous standards for IP telephony, (H.323, ???,???), Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) is quickly becoming the standard destined to dominate the next few generations of Converged Packet-based Communications.
The Session Initiation Protocol looks to be the answer for several reasons:
- SIP is being supported by nearly all of the major technology providers
- SIP has been accepted as the successor to H.323 for IP-based telephony
- SIP can often be used to eliminate the need for multiple servers
- SIP can integrate applications using disparate operating systems
- SIP is a standard that is accepted in data communications in addition to the voice driven IP Telephony market
- SIP is Software-based, open and lightweight, allowing organizations of all types to support the new breed of SIP phones along with soft phones, analog phones, desktop PCs, and even mobile devices and PDAs
Intorrent's commitment to SIP will simplify integrations to applications and devices. That will not only save money for users of the Intorrent Converged Communications Platform; more importantly, it will ensure the long term viability of the platform.
An investment in the ICCP is guaranteed to eliminate the risk of the fork-lift upgrade regardless of the changes in technology or the changes in your business strategy
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