| Imagine having the ability to instantly | | | | by one address and this will most likely be your |
| communicate with business colleagues from | | | | email address. Whether someone wants to speak |
| anywhere in the world with a single mouse-click | | | | to you via phone, instant message, email, etc. the |
| after being notified by your communications | | | | caller will only have to request an invite to one |
| system that a vital component of your operation | | | | address and the SIP enabled application will |
| is failing or running at maximum capacity. Imagine | | | | determine where and or when you are available. |
| that all your business applications were so | | | | This protocol could eventually go beyond |
| seamlessly integrated and self-monitored, that | | | | communications devices and saturate the world |
| shortages in inventory can be proactively rectified | | | | of home appliances and utilities truly making our |
| before they delay delivery to your customers. | | | | homes a connection in to our personal network. |
| The protocol that allows these features and | | | | The ability to view the health of your residential |
| functions to become a reality was ratified as a | | | | furnace or air conditioning unit using your cell |
| communication standard in 1999 by the IETF | | | | phone is not a far fetched Buck Rodgers dream |
| (Internet Engineering Task Force). Do you have | | | | anymore. |
| any idea what this protocol may be? No, it is not | | | | The important thing to keep in mind when it |
| VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) | | | | comes to both VoIP and SIP is that they are |
| The answer is; SIP (Session Initiation Protocol). In | | | | both generic terms that stand for something |
| basic terms SIP is the World Wide Web for SIP | | | | much deeper. For instance, VoIP is a method of |
| enabled communication devices, applications and | | | | transmitting voice signal using computer, |
| appliances (I.E. 3G Cell Phones, IP Phones, Email, | | | | packet-based technology. This method can be |
| Instant Messaging, Audio & Video | | | | used to transmit traffic across the country from |
| Conferencing, Software, Laptops, Etc.). SIP is a | | | | one Phone Company's switch to another, within an |
| protocol written in a text-based language similar | | | | organization from the warehouse to the front |
| to HTTP, the protocol used by the internet today. | | | | office, from one business location to another or |
| SIP is an open-source peer-to-peer protocol that | | | | from a VoIP hosted provider to your business. |
| allows all SIP enabled communication devices to | | | | Because this one term is so generic yet its |
| interact regardless of the device's manufacturer. | | | | functions are so complex, business owners have |
| The purpose of this new platform is to enable | | | | a tendency to make bad choices when it comes |
| instantaneous communication and access to the | | | | to purchasing the right VoIP solution for their |
| people and products that make up your personal | | | | business. |
| and business network. Think for a second about | | | | When SIP becomes more mainstream the buzz is |
| the advantage a business could have if all of its | | | | going to be even greater than VoIP and the risk |
| employees, machines, vendors, customers and | | | | of making a bad choice is going to be equally as |
| applications that drive the success of the business | | | | great. Always make sure that the |
| were able to be accessed instantaneously by the | | | | communications provider that you work with is |
| decision maker from anywhere in the world. The | | | | someone you can trust. Strongly consider working |
| decision maker could also include every key | | | | with a communications company that represents |
| person on an audio or video conference a minute | | | | an equipment manufacturer who has a well |
| after discovering a production issue and take the | | | | known brand and a considerable market share. |
| steps to solve the problem before it resulted in | | | | These well known brands such as Avaya and |
| cash-flow delays. Yes, the manufacturing | | | | Cisco are leaders in the SIP revolution and they |
| machines and appliances would be a part of the | | | | have the resources and business partner channels |
| discussion. Of course, English will not be their | | | | to deliver end-to-end solutions and support for |
| language, but schematics, alarms and reports that | | | | businesses. They also give you choices. If you are |
| can help diagnose the issue will easily be added to | | | | unhappy with one vendor you can very easily find |
| a Video conference session for reference. | | | | another. The vendors are very conscious of this |
| SIP eliminates the proprietary networks and | | | | and tend to provide better customer service and |
| applications of the past for a completely | | | | charge lower labor rates as a result. |
| integrated future. SIP promises to allow callers to | | | | SIP will forever change the ways and the |
| know the best way to reach their party, before | | | | methods we are communicating across the world. |
| they even pick-up the handset or send an instant | | | | All over the internet, it is VoIP that dominates |
| message. Making the world of communications | | | | people's discussions and blog sites while SIP is |
| similar to that of AOL's or Yahoo's instant | | | | silently mobilizing a revolution that will ultimately |
| messaging applications, where online parties have | | | | change the way we live. In today's unfavorable |
| a display of visual icons representing a person's | | | | economic climate look for telecom and technology |
| availability and willingness to communicate. | | | | companies to carry the economy forward. |
| This Platform will allow all people to be reachable | | | | |