Enterprises are increasingly adopting Skype for Business as a unified communications (UC) platform to help transform their business.  Whether they need increased mobility or improved collaboration, there are diverse needs driving the move to advanced UC and VoIP.  A successful deployment requires a clear strategy to confirm success, including integration of multi-vendor devices, applications, and equipment; inter-branch communication and local survivability, and most importantly – security.

Any implementation of Skype for Business should consider deployment of a session border controller (SBC) to help address the challenges and ensure that everything works seamlessly together, including:

• Protecting UC traffic and infrastructure from unauthorized access or attacks;
• Media interworking to enable interoperability across multi-vendor networks; and
• Local survivability so that calls continue, even if the IP network / WAN is inaccessible

Join the discussion to learn the essentials of how session border controllers can play a critical role in creating a scalable, reliable and secure solution for your Skype for Business infrastructure.