Rogers Communications has switched on commercial voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) services across Canada, available initially on the Android-based LG G3 Vigor smartphone, the country’s first VoLTE-enabled handset, with more VoLTE-ready devices expected this year. VoLTE allows the user to make voice/video calls over the all-IP LTE network whilst simultaneously browsing the web or streaming video at LTE speeds. In a press release, Rogers says its 4G network customers ‘will be the first in Canada to complete...

Many Enterprises today are making the switch over to “The Cloud” for a variety of applications. The most popular cloud based (business) applications include CRM software, email, project management, development & backup. It’s predicted that by 2015, end-user spending on cloud services could be more than $180 billion. Some of you may be asking “Why the cloud?” or “is it really worth it?” The answer to these questions are both simple and compelling. If an Enterprise decides to use a cloud based...

Eighth Annual “State of the Network” Global Study from JDSU’s Network Instruments Finds 85 Percent of Enterprise Network Teams Now Involved in Security Investigations Deployment Rates for High-Performance Network Visibility and Software Defined Solutions Expected to Double in Two Years Network Instruments, a JDSU Performance Management Solution released the results of its eighth annual State of the Network global study today. Based on insight gathered from 322 network engineers, IT directors and...

Are you running on Netcool, CA eHealth or any other legacy network management solutions? $$$Stop throwing away your money$$$ Infosim® will give you a certificate (value up to $250,000) of product credit for switching from your legacy product maintenance spend. Check whether your legacy NMS applies! Fill out the request form and we can check whether your system matches one of the ten that qualify. Find out your trade-up value! Make your budget work this year! Thank you! Thanks to Infosim for the ...

Network discovery is not a single thing. In general terms it is the process of gathering information about the Network resources near you. You may be asking why is this even important to me? The primary reasons why it is vital for your business to use network discovery is as follows: If you don’t know what you have, you cannot hope to monitor and manage it. You can’t track down interconnected problems. You don’t know when something new comes on the network. You don’t know when you need upgrades....

Depending on the size of your facility and how many buildings the company and/or organization occupies, you could have anywhere from 10 to 1,000+ clocks installed throughout. For a facility manager and his/her staff, that could potentially be a lot of clocks to keep an eye on. Not to mention, a whole slew of other equipment to monitor and issues that could arise within a company or organization at any moment. Sapling has engineered a Wireless Clock System with TalkBack Technology in order to hel...

Ixia is announcing support for OpenFlow SDN in Ixia’s ControlTower architecture. Our best-in-breed Visibility Architecture now extends data center visibility by taking advantage of a plethora of qualified OpenFlow hardware. ControlTower is our innovative platform for distributed visibility launched nearly two years ago. This solution manages a cluster of our Net Tool Optimizers (NTOs) as if you were managing a single logical NTO. At the time of its launch, we leveraged Software Defined Networkin...

We all use a network performance management system to help improve the performance of your network. But what is the return to the operations bottom line by using or upgrading these systems? This Thursday, March 26th, Jim Duster CEO of Infosim will be holding a webinar “How do I convince my boss to buy a network management solution?” Jim will discuss- Why would anyone buy network management system in the first place? Mapping a technology purchase to the business value of making a purchase Calcula...

Canadian full-service telco Telus has launched ‘Business Connect’, a ‘complete integrated communications solution designed to meet the specific needs of small businesses’ offered in conjunction with cloud-based provider RingCentral, consisting of a suite of communications tools for office and mobile use. Business Connect includes local and toll-free numbers; an automated attendant and call routing; unlimited Canadian and US calling; audio and video conferencing; wireless back-up for office inter...

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a blog on how to use a network lifecycle approach to improve your network security. I wanted to come back and revisit this as I’ve had a few people ask me why the visibility architecture is so important. They had (incorrectly, IMO) been told by others to just focus on the security architecture and everything else would work out fine. The reason you need a visibility architecture in place is because if you are attacked, or breached, how will you know? During a DDoS ...

New Features & Improvements Improved association times on the ath10k 802.11AC NIC * Improved stability of 802.11AC (ath10k) driver * Support for 802.11w on virtual APs. * Improved scripting for wifi captive portal testing. ...and over 25 more improvements, too Download Release Notes here Thanks to Candela for the article.   

Today’s Networking technology though very advanced,faces a major roadblock—the lack of automation in the network management products. “These products are incapable of delivering a truly unified management approach as they are not an integrated solution but merely a collection of different programs bound together under one GUI to give them the appearance of an integrated solution,” notes Jim Duster, CEO, Infosim. Moreover, the need for continuously updating new device information, changes in conf...

With Part 3 of the Ultimate Guide to Sapling’s Time Zone Clock, I’d like to highlight three industries that would benefit from the addition of a Time Zone Clock. Our Zone Clock can accommodate a wide range of industries, so if you’d like me to cover any other industries, please leave a comment or leave a message on our Facebook page! Corporate Buildings Now more than ever, it is easier for businesses and organizations to operate on a global scale. Partnering with another company, opening a satel...

While precise time synchronization is necessary to satisfy compliance-based record-keeping, new applications for distributed and high performance computing have raised the bar significantly. Cloud computing. Big data. Time-sensitive algorithms such as what is found in high frequency securities trading applications. They all require a carefully architected synchronization service integrated into network operations. Spectracom supports the trends in enterprise networks toward accurate, high availa...

Industry Analysts say that approximately 85% of today’s networks will require voip quality testing upgrades to their data networks to properly support high-quality VoIP and video traffic. Organizations are always looking for a way to reduce costs, and that’s why they often try to deploy VoIP by switching voice traffic over to a LAN or WAN links. In a lot of cases the data networks which the business has chosen handle VoIP traffic accordingly, generally speaking voice traffic is uniquely time sen...

We work with more than 40 of the top 50 carriers worldwide, as well as many of their largest customers and the companies who provide infrastructure technology for their networks. We’re the “application performance and security resilience” company – we help you make sure technology works the way you expect it to out of the gate, and keeps on doing it throughout the deployment lifecycle. Today’s mobile subscribers are what we call “tough customers”: they expect instant availability and high perfor...

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has ordered Northwestel – part of the Bell Canada group and the dominant operator in the Far North – to lower the rates for certain residential DSL internet services by 10%-30% by 4 May 2015. Northwestel will not be able to increase any residential internet rates until the end of 2017 at the earliest, and will need to seek the CRTC’s permission before doing so. In addition, Northwestel will no longer be allowed to charge addi...

The Sapling Advantage Sapling’s Zone Clock has many options available to choose from in order to customize the Time Zone Clock to your facility’s needs. Encompassing a sleek design and an array of unique features, Sapling’s Time Zone Clock has many advantages that make it stand out among the competition. Customizable time zone name plates to signify the area’s time the clock is displaying International Daylight Saving Time capabilities (where observed) Choice of 5 to 7 time zones to display The ...

Infosim®, the technology leader in automated Service Fulfillment and Service Assurance solutions, today announced the release of its award-winning software suite StableNet® version 7.0 for Telco and Enterprise customers. StableNet® 7.0 provides a significant number of powerful new features, including: StableNet® Embedded Agent (SNEA) that allows for highly distributed installations to support End-to-End (E2E) Visibility, Cloud Monitoring and Internet of Things (IoT) StableNet® Network Configurat...

Spectracom's NetClock 9483 is the solution, allowing you to synchronize critical systems and operations to coordinate emergency efforts with legally traceable time. The NetClock 9483 offers a versatile modular design that is fully NENA compliant and tailored especially for Emergency Communication Center applications. Our new Web User Interface is easy to use and provides intuitive status monitoring with simple set-up. The 9483 can time-synchronize multiple separate networks. The modular design p...