Track: Developer (DEV)
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SIP Interoperability: The Ultimate Myth? (DEV-01)
Monday - 02/02/09, 12:00-12:45pm
By now most application developers have adopted SIP as the preferred means to interface to the users or subscribers. However, integrating SIP applications together has shown the challenges with SIP interoperability. From different transport protocols of UDP and TCP, to the wide range of voice coding formats, and even differing security models, SIP has a huge amount of flexibility within the specification. This variability is the root of most incompatibility between systems today. By attending this session, you will learn how developers are integrating their SIP applications to other vendors and even competitors.
System Testing and Quality (DEV-02)
Monday - 02/02/09, 1:00-1:45pm
Leading service providers and equipment manufacturers rely on system testing to ensure that a device is going to work in the field and meet customer expectations for quality and performance. The speaker will look closely at the importance of adopting a testing approach that improves the speed and scope of testing. Using the right technology can offer an effective way to share and manage test assets, as well as communicate across distributed teams and across companies.
In addition, the speaker will explore a new trend: Many providers are saying that how manufactures test will determine which vendors to buy from, reducing deployment time and costs. So what was once a hurdle — the ability of network equipment manufacturers to work more easily with customers — could become a key differentiator, with the right testing approach.
Presented by:
 | David Gehringer Vice President of Marketing Fanfare Software |
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Developing Solutions With User Experience in Mind (DEV-03)
Monday - 02/02/09, 2:00-2:45pm
Delivering consistently high call quality in enterprise IP telephony implementations has proven to be problematic especially in enterprises with hybrids of multiple vendors’ systems and generations of technology. Today, managing reliable performance is beyond the reach of traditional approaches to network and applications management. Furthermore, operators must evolve the consumer experience from a passive entertainment model to one of fully interactive, converged communications across multiple delivery channels. To do this successfully, they must fully embrace, strengthen and unify the user experience.
In this session the speakers will discuss the relevant metrics and ways to ensure high call quality in IP networks and the theoretical requirements as well as the practical realities of ensuring IPT performance stays within acceptable parameters. They will also outline the specific steps operators need to undertake to unify the customer's experience.
Presented by:
 | Andrew Harteveldt Senior Systems Engineer Acision (formerly LogicaCMG Telecoms) |
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Voice Communications: Moving from Appliance to Software (DEV-04)
Monday - 02/02/09, 3:00-3:45pm
Today, communications applications are moving from appliance to software. There are both business and technical challenges associated with this shift, as well as the potential to benefit greatly. Frederic Dickey, Director of Market Development at Paraxip, a Sangoma company, is in the trenches of this shift. His customers are voice communication solution providers and have either made the transition or are planning for it. Sangoma has also adopted a similar approach to better serve this important industry movement. Attendees will be given detailed assessments of the business and technical challenges involved in the evolution and proven strategies to overcome all of them.
Presented by:
 | Serge Forest CEO Paraxip, a Sangoma company |
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What’s New in Wideband Audio? (DEV-05)
Monday - 02/02/09, 4:00-4:45pm
There’s no question that concerns on voice quality have been one of the main culprits impeding the widespread adoption of VoIP. While wideband audio has long been a key to circumventing this problem, its inevitability has still seemed far from becoming reality. This presentation will identify some of the current roadblocks for wideband audio and review the technologies and codecs that are helping make wideband VoIP a more near-term reality. Additionally, specific deployment examples will be highlighted.
Presented by:
 | James Awad Product Manager Octasic |
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