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SIP

ALSO CALLED: Session Initiation Protocol and Session Initiated Protocol
DEFINITION: The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard protocol for initiating an interactive user session that involves multimedia elements such as video, voice, chat, gaming, and virtual reality.

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The SIP High Availability and Reliability Paradigm
sponsored by F5 Networks
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 28 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Aug 2007
SUMMARY: Since its inception, Session Initiation Protocol has revolutionized the way people communicate using converged services. SIP provides the framework for delivering voice, video, data, and wireless services seamlessly and transparently ov...

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Session Initiated Protocol (SIP): A Five-Function Control Protocol
sponsored by F5 Networks
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 28 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Aug 2007
SUMMARY: The intent of this paper is to offer the reader a basic understanding of the Session Initiated Protocol. SIP provides five functions, uses a layered approach that gives it flexibility, and has an openness that enables new applications to utiliz...

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Securing the SIP Trunk: Enabling Cost-effective Enterprise Communications without Compromising the Network
sponsored by Sipera Systems
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 22 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Apr 2008
SUMMARY: Protecting enterprise-grade session initiation protocol (SIP) trunks is a unique challenge for your security strategy. This white paper examines strategies for securing your enterprise's SIP trunk solution.

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Building Today's Telecom Services
sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 03 Mar 2008 | Published: 01 Mar 2008
SUMMARY: This exclusive E-Guide - prepared by Tom Nolle - discusses next-generation technologies and how service providers can develop a network capable of supporting these next generation telecom services

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Is ITIL Right for the Medium Enterprises?
sponsored by KACE
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 06 Feb 2008 | Published: 01 Dec 2007
SUMMARY: KACE is the leading systems management appliance company. The award winning KBOX family of appliances delivers easy-to-use, comprehensive systems management capabilities.

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Tuning Applications for IP
sponsored by AT&T Corp
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 30 Jan 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2008
SUMMARY: A move to IP delivers the most value when a majority of applications and facilities are migrated to the converged network.

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TOPICS:  IP | SIP | Web Services

Security for Unified Communications and Messaging
sponsored by Information Security Magazine
WEBCAST:   Posted: 10 Aug 2007 | When: Available On Demand
SUMMARY: Network and security staff must work together to bring all their tools, techniques and strategies, new and old, together in order to securely design and deploy the new-age unified communications infrastructure.

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Video: BlackBerry Primer - Getting Telephony Managers up to Speed on the Industry's Leading Wireless Platform
sponsored by BlackBerry
WEBCAST:   Posted: 01 Jun 2007 | When: Available On Demand
SUMMARY: With BlackBerry® now offering a WLAN solution for the "Corridor Warrior", telephony / network infrastructure managers are now having to play catch up.

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SIP User Agent: Overview
sponsored by HCL Technologies Ltd.
PRODUCT OVERVIEW:   Posted: 06 Jun 2004 | Published: 01 Jan 2001
SUMMARY:SIP User Agent is a logical entity at VoIP endpoints capable of initiating and answering calls between peers. SIP user agent consists of User Agent Client (UAC)and User Agent Server (UAS).

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SIP Test Tool
sponsored by HCL Technologies Ltd.
BROCHURE:   Posted: 06 Jun 2004 | Published: 01 Jun 2004
SUMMARY:HCLT offers a comprehensive SIP Test Tool built on a generic protocol test framework (HCLT VoIP Test Framework) for testing of different SIP components such as SIP User Agent, Proxy, Registrar, Presence and IM Server.

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SIP DEFINITION (continued): …  or SMTP, SIP works in the Application layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) communications model. The Application layer is the level responsible for ensuring that communication is possible. SIP can establish multimedia sessions or Internet telephony calls, and modify, or terminate them. The protocol can also invite participants to unicast or multicast sessions that do not necessarily involve the initiator. Because … 
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