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Software, hardware and service providers – welcome to the Voice over IP section! Here is your reference guide to all things related to VoIP. Get all of the essential information you need for successful VoIP implementations. Get news, FAQs, fact sheets and other findings related to VoIP.

Tool Cool: Cisco’s “The SELL”

by Lia Youngblood December 2, 2013 Business
Cisco

The SELL is an amazing online resource for Cisco partners to assist them in becoming more productive, knowledgeable, and competent in selling Cisco solutions.  The Sales Enablement Learning Lifecycle is divided into five key areas, making it super easy to navigate.

Aruba and You – A Winning Combination for the SMB Market

by LaVonda Huskey August 16, 2013 Market Segments
Aruba

Like all businesses in today’s marketplace, small to mid-sized companies have to be very smart with their time and resources.  It’s even a prudent practice to research vendors and their products before deciding to sell and install them since it can have direct impact on your reputation, revenue and long-term success. Aruba Networks realizes quality, […]

Gain Your Competitive Edge with FASTPATH

by LaVonda Huskey July 1, 2013 Market Segments
Aruba Avaya FastPath

Co-written by Kelly Heneise and LaVonda Huskey ScanSource Catalyst strives to enable you, our value-added resellers, to be more competitive by offering a full portfolio of products to maximize your wallet share.  When you sell complementary products and technologies, you not only increase your margin but you keep the competition at bay.  Those companies who […]

Ramp to Revenue in 90 Days or Less with FASTPATH

by LaVonda Huskey April 17, 2013 Market Segments
Aruba Avaya

Does YOUR distributor make your job easier?  In case you haven’t heard, Catalyst has a new enablement program designed to get you ramped to revenue in 90 days or less.  Avaya and Aruba are both participating in this brand new program for our small- to mid-sized resellers interested in IP Office or wireless infrastructure solutions. […]

Why Avaya IP Office Server Edition Makes Sense

by Mike Owens January 18, 2013 Catalyst Tech Support
Avaya

In my almost 20 years of working in the telecommunications industry, I have not seen a telephony solution as versatile as the IP Office Server Edition. Avaya has been able to increase the number of total users on the system to 1,000 on a single site or across multiple sites. This provides an opportunity for […]

Acme Packet offers Comprehensive Solutions for Lync Enterprise Voice

by Ellen Hoyle October 2, 2012 ScanSource Catalyst

Acme Packet is now offering solutions that combine the industry’s leading session border control, session management, and trunk-side application server functions into a single offering that accelerates the process of piloting and deploying Lync enterprise voice capabilities. To kick off this new solution, Acme Packet is offering promotional pricing, available for Pilot test programs, Mid-sized […]

Upgrading Polycom SIP and BootROM Versions on IP Phones

by ScanSource Communications Tech Support July 8, 2012 ScanSource Communications

Note: PumpKIN is not software that is distributed or supported by Polycom or ScanSource Communications. It is simply a piece of open source software that we have found to work well for this process Note: In this how-to guide, we utilize TFTP to load the firmware onto Polycom IP Phones. Polycom IP phones can download […]

The Inevitability of SIP (Session Initiation Protocol)

by Jim Sevier September 13, 2011 ScanSource Catalyst

I have been speaking about Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) for over two years.  In that time, I have come to realize the inevitability of SIP in business and consumer communications.  What I mean by that is, I have come to realize that in order to take the next logical step in HOW we communicate we […]

CTO Greg Dixon on The 15 Essential Attributes of The Cloud for Resellers and End Users from #CatConf11

by Jami Mullikin May 18, 2011 ScanSource Catalyst

Wow! Greg Dixon, CTO for ScanSource, Inc., just had a jammed packed presentation on “Geek Speak” and the essential attributes of The Cloud. I couldn’t take notes fast enough to hit it all, so we will wait for him to post his slides later in the week.  But here were 15 key points that you […]

One Strategy, Nine Revenue Streams.

by Tom Walker April 14, 2011 ScanSource Catalyst
Avaya

There’s a formidable competitor on the brink of making some hay in the UC space and I’ll give you a hint: it rhymes with Bicrosoft. There’s no doubt that this company, with the majority of enterprises running Exchange, will leverage enduser ubiquity and deep pockets to steal marketshare with their “Lync” UC solution. Based on […]

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