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OCS Forum seeks nominations for:
- Leadership
- Technical Achievement
- Solution Innovation
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OCS Forum Expo 2010 - Boulder - June 15-16 at the St. Julien Hotel (www.stjulien.com)with keynotes from OCS MVPs, Media Gateway/SBC experts, customers, planners and others.
Attendees and exhibitors will receive thousands of dollars in valuable videos, training courses and online access to a "live" OCS system.
There will be sessions on OCS Planning, QoS, Security, Firewalls, Media Gateways, PBX Integration, Mobile OCS, Communicator, WAN-Bandwidth Planning, Customer Applications, Troubleshooting, Session Border Controllers and others.
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Here's some of the great OCS solutions presenting at OCS Forum Expo:
Aastra presents OCS Solutions at OCS Expo
Aastra USA is the North American business unit of Aastra Technologies Limited, (TSX:"AAH"), a leading company at the forefront of the enterprise communications market. With more than 50 million installed lines around the world, offers one of the most complete portfolios of unified communications solutions available today. www.aastrausa.com.
FaxCore presents OCS Solutions at OCS Expo
FaxCore is the 21 st century fax solution that combines the Microsoft .NET platform, a web interface and innovative fax over IP deployment opportunities into a single solution. A strategic partner of Dialogic, means all the advantages of the Dialogic platform are leveraged by FaxCore for leading edge deployments and unparalleled reliability. Click her for www.faxcore.com for more information. 
GreenAppx presents OCS Solutions at OCS Expo
GreenAppX has assembled the industry-leading applications for corporate 1) email, 2) network security, 3) data back-up and 4) office processes. These four categories contain critical applications that are crucial to the day-to-day management of any business. The start-up and recurring expense associated with traditional software deployments addressing these four categories are beyond the budgets of most small to mid-size enterprises. Click here for www.greenappx.com for more information.
Uncommon Solutions presents OCS Solutions at OCS Expo
Uncommon Solutions' OCS-certified engineers design, deploy and integrate OCS solutions. We are a Microsoft Gold Partner with the 1st Microsoft-approved OCS appliance designed to facilitate real-time communication services and improve business processes. Uncommon Solutions is uncommon in our ability to address business goals with IT solutions that measure cost against value. Click here www.uncommonsolutions.com for more information.
911 Enable Presents OCS Solutions at OCS Expo
911 Enable provides simple to deploy, easy to manage E911 solutions for IP telephony, including a solution designed to meet the unique requirements of Microsoft OCS. Its solutions include a national E911 call routing service, automated phone tracking appliance, and security desk notification system, which help organizations reduce liability concerns and meet E911 regulations. Click here www.911enable.com for more information.
AudioCodes Presents OCS Solutions at OCS Expo
AudioCodes is a leading manufacturer of Media Gateways for Microsoft Unified Messaging & Unified Communications, including Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2. Utilizing AudioCodes Media Gateways, businesses are able to interface Microsoft communications applications to a wide range of TDM PBXs, IP-PBX, SIP Trunking and legacy PSTN trunking facilities. With unsurpassed voice quality, reliability, flexibility and scalability, AudioCodes Media Gateways have earned many accolades and should be your first choice when deploying Microsoft Unified Communications. Visit www.audiocodes.com/microsoft for more information.
NOVUS presents OCS Solutions at OCS Expo
Since 1983, Novus, LLC has been supporting manufacturers' reseller channels worldwide, serving over 15 countries on 4-continents. Engaged at the inception of VoIP, our thorough understanding of VAR's needs and end-user expectations has positioned Novus as the leading distributor of snom IP telephones deployed on Microsofts' OCS platform at www.novusllc.com
SNOM presents OCS Solutions at OCS Expo
snom technology is a global manufacturer of SIP-based IP telephones for business, carrier and high-end consumer markets. Based on open standards, feature-rich and affordable, snom's products are engineered to fulfil their vision of ubiquitous, standards-based VoIP/SIP/OCS. Based in Berlin, snom's sales/distribution network extends to over 40 countries at www.snom.com
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Get Smart in 2010 - Get this OCS course in your budget/plan.
OCS Forum Presents - OCS R2-2010-Ultimate Course
5-Day Training - "Hands-on" Labs with 700+ page manual
Critical Course for Planning OCS Design & Certification Study for Exam 70-638, Exam 70-262 and other tests
OCS Forum (http://www.ocsforum.com) announced its new OCSR2-2010 Ultimate course. "R2 and Wave 14 coming in 2010 confirms Microsoft place in the new telecommunications networking business," noted Tom Cross OCS Forum CEO. "R2 is having a significant impact on corporate voice telecommunications strategies indicating the end of the TDM-time division multiplexed PBX-Private Branch eXchange systems is now insight. Microsoft is also driving companies like Cisco, Nortel, Avaya, NEC, Mitel, ShoreTel to rethink their featuresets and capabilities because while R2 is a new game when Wave 14 is released in 2010, their days are numbered," Cross commented.
This five -day (5-day) "hands-on" lab course with 700+ page manual focuses on the core components of OCS 2007 R2, including:
- Instant Messaging (IM) between everyone in the organization in the office or remote
- Application and Desktop sharing for true collaboration
- Audio/Video Conferencing including internally hosted audio conference calls and Live Meetings
- Integration with Exchange Server 2007 Unified Messaging
- Securing the environment to protect communications
The course provides many hands-on labs to practice and reinforce learning of many new concepts. After completing this course, students should be able to design, install, configure, maintain, monitor, and troubleshoot the core components of OCS 2007 R2.
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Flash - Podcast - iPhone Version
This free presentation is available in Adobe Flash (.swf), audio-only (.mp3) and iPod/iPhone (.mv4) formats for download at: http://www.bizcastingonline.com/educate/media/podcasts/mg/
OCS SBCs-Session Border Controllers & Media Gateways
Click here for the animated tutorial.
The following is a presentation on:
- MG-Media Gateways and Next-Generation Networks and
- OCS and Applications of Media Gateways
To begin with, here are a few basics - SBC-Session Border Controllers connect SIP-Session Initiation Protocol devices to the PSTN-Public Switched Telephone Network. MG-Media Gateways also connect SIP devices to the PSTN. The difference is SBC's are provider-class systems, whereas MG's are designed for local connection to the PSTN or SIP trunking network.
That is, MG's would be strategically located across the continent or world and interface the PSTN only as necessary. In other words, even a high-volume company might only need a few MG's or SBC's to provide carrier-class performance including a vast array of features.
Here are just some of the applications of Media Gateways:
1 - Connection of IP-PBX to PSTN - many customers are not "ripping and replacing" their systems entirely, they are adding IP-based telephony in new as growth is required. MG's are an ideal solution for new branch offices.
2 - Connection of IP-PBX to PSTN & SIP trunk provider - As SIP trunking emerges customers may have both TDM and IP systems. MG's can provide connections to both PSTN and SIP trunking providers.
3 - Survivable connection to SIP trunk provider - MG's provide a cost-effective means for both redundant and diverse disaster/business recovery solutions.
4 - Connection of PBX & IP-PBX to PSTN & SIP trunk provider - As a migration strategy MG's provide traditional connections as well as features for call routing such as "hairpin" or "hairpinning" where calls come in from the PSTN and routed back out to the PSTN.
5 - Connection of IP-PBX to Hosted VoIP provider - As nearly all the providers offer premise-based as well as hosted or web-based solutions also known as SAAS-Software As A Service, MG's fit into nearly all customer configurations.
6 - Connection of IP-PBX & PSTN to Microsoft OCS Server - MG's connect Microsoft's telephony system called OCS or Office Communications Server to SIP trunking and PSTN providers for inbound and outbound call processing.
7 - Multiple SIP-OCS proxies - SIP to SIP calls, TDM to TDM calls and SIP to TDM calls - MG's are versatile enough to provide for nearly all traditional TDM and SIP call processing configurations.
Got OCS news, customer case studies, tips and vendor-neutral white papers, send them to cross@ocsforum.com.
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Here's the Course Outline and TMCU OCS Certification Testing:
1 - Intro, Overview and Future Outlook of OCS - The Role of the PBX in an OCS World
2 - Demonstration of Key Features in OCSR2 and "Live" Demonstration
3 - New Features in R2 and Coming Soon in 2010
4 - OCS Planning Guide
5 - Edge Server Planning Guide
6 - TMU Certification Exam
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All videos are FREE to OCS Forum 2010 Expo attendees and exhibitors.
Previous Videos
- OCS Front End Server
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OCS Training in the New York-New Jersey Area and Live Online:
If you are looking to implement Microsoft OCS 2007 solution and need some training help, Solartech might be the trainer provider you can check out. They are the Microsoft 2009 Partner of the Year finalist and provide OCS R2 training for Microsoft clients. They are based in New York City but you can attend their live training right online if you prefer not to travel. Interested, you can contact Christian Fortes at cfortes@solartechnj.com (201.807.9889, ext. 106).
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OCS Forum provides classroom and webseminar training as well as a non-production environment for those IT departments without additional equipment, budget or time. This allows planners and users to test ideas, dial in and dial back out, IM file transfers, remote desktop sharing, video conferencing, run scenarios, review logs, break linkages and learning about new telephony features and network access. OCS Forum is also designed for both the system integrator/consultant who wants to learn about OCSR2 without having to build their own system as well as the enterprise customer who doesn't have the time, resources or knowledge to develop one. OCS Forum Labs are designed to be "hands-on" or "over-the-shoulder" with experts available for Q&A and classes for feature-specific review.
About OCS Forum
OCS Forum is a vendor-independent laboratory environment designed for learning, technical guides, knowledge resources and online "live" services. OCS Forum provides planning, project management, consulting, training, case studies, white papers, speaking engagements, market/customer research, network planning and other services.
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