Agenda at a Glance

What is SIP trunking? What are the benefits – to the enterprise, to resellers/VARs and operators? This session will be an introduction to the what and why of SIP trunks and how it futureproofs the network to deploy Unified Communications applications.

TMC’s Tom Keating will offer an overview of the market. NACR will give a quick take from the reseller perspective. We will then discuss the Internet+ concept and why it’s poised to transform the market.

Discussion on what’s required on the PBX side for successful, secure SIP trunking.

Cloud-based applications are on the rise. Hosted SIP trunking is an opportunity to tap into this application by leveraging the expertise of a seasoned technology partner.

Microsoft will discuss how to successfully connect with the Microsoft Office suite of applications hosted on Microsoft Office 365. Broadvox will talk about their hosted SIP trunking service, and ShoreTel will present their cloud-based solutions.

SIP trunking is now bringing telephony-over-IP together, without having to use old TDM lines and the PSTN. What is the wayforward to also bringing Unified Communication together, getting all the islands together and going beyond the plain old telephony service (POTS)? We should learn from the Internet’s success and ask why our smartphones are super-smart in everything, except in being a phone. An Internet+ Model can e.g. give us telepresence and modern communication in our pockets, between all UC islands, Skype islands etc. We are closer than ever in being able to make this happen, also including the current POTS as well as the Internet. Which telco will first give us an Internet+ connection?

Learn how to set up SIP trunks using legacy, non SIP-aware PBXs. You don’t need to invest in a new IP-PBX right away to implement SIP trunking. Dialogic will discuss solutions for deploying SIP trunks quickly, cost-effectively and in a secure manner using traditional, legacy equipment.

What is Lync? How does it support SIP trunking? Microsoft will talk about the Lync platform and provide an overview on how to successfully deploy SIP trunks with Lync.

The nuts and bolts of how to deploy SIP trunks. A real “how-to” session focused on case studies, Fax-over-SIP trunks and more.

First NACR will talk about case studies to showcase solutions for typical deployment issues. Then FaxCore will present a case study of Fax-over-IP with SIP trunking. Next up: more case studies from IP-PBX and ITSP leaders.

We’ll then feature a 20-minute demo of an on-site SIP trunk deployment with ShoreTel, Broadvox and Ingate.

We’ll demystify Unified Communications by having industry visionaries answer questions straight from the audience about Unified Communications. Have a deployment question? Want the benefits of UC clarified? There will be no presentations in this seminar: it is an open session where any question goes!

Microsoft will drill down into the key features and benefits of the Microsoft Office suite of applications hosted on Microsoft Office 365.

Benefits, issues and solutions of hosted Unified Communications. What’s available today? Which applications provide the greatest benefit?

Video-over-IP is transforming business communications. This session will delve into case studies and implementation solutions.

Videocalling (telepresence) equipment vendors and service providers have joined up with the OVCC to create a global video communication network and service. What’s also needed is an Internet+ transport network that can carry the services they are offering, following clear and established standards. The network equipment, capacity and terminals already exist. The Model for creating an Internet+ is outlined.

This hour is a block of back-to-back sessions on Fax-over-IP, or FoIP. Focus on:
• Case studies on FoIP with SIP trunks.
• The Fax Benefits of SIP Trunk Peering.
• FoIP in an Internet+ Environment

Get the lowdown on SIP, UC and security during this Town Hall Meeting, where industry visionaries will sit on this panel – no presentations – and take questions directly from the audience. Can SIP trunks really be secure? What threats are out there? Which security solutions work? Which solutions are critical to have, and what’s just hype? Any and all questions are fair game!

** Held separately in room A208 **
At the beginning of the VoIP era, no one suspected we would end up in a POTS-over-IP world, where the 100-year-old telephony infrastructure became implemented as an overlay network over IP, not even capable of faxing anymore, instead of replacing POTS with better telephony services and using the abilities of a global IP network (the Internet). We will discuss these issues and how to get to an Internet+ Model, which can replace the old PSTN and allow the new services that terminals and the network already are capable of (e.g. telepresence calling), so we don’t have to use smartphones to make a POTS call asking the called party to start his Skype client. Are new standards or regulations required?

For the channel community: learn the secrets to driving business with SIP trunking and Unified Communications.

** Held separately in room A208 **
At the beginning of the VoIP era, no one suspected we would end up in a POTS-over-IP world, where the 100-year-old telephony infrastructure became implemented as an overlay network over IP, not even capable of faxing anymore, instead of replacing POTS with better telephony services and using the abilities of a global IP network (the Internet). We will discuss these issues and how to get to an Internet+ Model, which can replace the old PSTN and allow the new services that terminals and the network already are capable of (e.g. telepresence calling), so we don’t have to use smartphones to make a POTS call asking the called party to start his Skype client. Are new standards or regulations required?

For the channel community: learn the secrets to driving business with SIP trunking and Unified Communications.

Ingate’s Director of Product Support for North America will conduct this session on how to deploy an Ingate Enterprise Session Border Controller (E-SBC) to pave the way for successful SIP trunking and Unified Communications.