There is necessarily a shortage of addresses in some regions but that they are allocated in such a way that much of the available address space is wasted,” says Paul Meakin, global solutions manager for converged networks at Damovo.
This has been evidenced time and again with consolidation, offshoring and early moves to IP deployments. On an IP infrastructure, IVR systems no longer require telephony cards as both voice and data travel through one converged network.
The Economist Intelligence Unit study of 236 executives worldwide, sponsored by AT&T, found that 45 per cent of the executives surveyed - which included 77 CEOs - said converged networks are "important" or "critical" to supporting future strategic...
Service providers are boosting their investments in converged networks but what will they be spending on? Half of the service providers polled by Infonetics offer mobile voice and data services and many are considering both wired and wireless...
With most carriers already eyeing a move to a next generation network, some questions remain about technology deployments, including the issue of fibre to the premises, which many believe is essential to ensure all consumers can access broadband...
But, he warned, virtualisation itself can have an overhead - "it is not for free". Meyer was keen to translate the quad-core energy savings into eco capital - describing the benefit as being equivalent 'to taking 100 cars off the road for a year...