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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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Essential Manager's Guide: Intelligent Communications
sponsored by Avaya Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Custom publication book leveraging the DK Brand - Essential Managers; thought leadership addressing business needs and value of Intelligent communications.
Posted: 09 Jun 2008 | Published: 05 Jun 2008
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TOPICS:  Business Processes | Contact Centers | Customer Satisfaction | Customer Service | IP Telephony | SIP
The Adaptable Business Architecture: How SIP and Web Services Transform the Voice Self Service Model
sponsored by Avaya Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Review of the Avaya Voice Portal and Dialog Designer solution architecture.
Posted: 09 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Mar 2007
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TOPICS:  Business Architectures | Business Intelligence | SIP | SOA | Web Services
Intelligent Customer Routing: A New Architectural Approach to Intelligent Customer Service
sponsored by Avaya Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Avaya Intelligent Customer Routing improves customer service and acts as the bridge between the past and the future while addressing key management and IT needs by providing a more flexible and adaptable architecture.
Posted: 02 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Mar 2008
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TOPICS:  Customer Service | ROI | Routing | SIP | SOA | Web Services
The SIP High Availability and Reliability Paradigm
sponsored by F5 Networks
WHITE PAPER: 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...
Posted: 28 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Aug 2007
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TOPICS:  Converged Networks | SIP
Session Initiated Protocol (SIP): A Five-Function Control Protocol
sponsored by F5 Networks
WHITE PAPER: 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...
Posted: 28 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Aug 2007
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TOPICS:  Application Deployment | Internet Engineering Task Force | SIP | Video Services
Securing the SIP Trunk: Enabling Cost-effective Enterprise Communications without Compromising the Network
sponsored by Sipera Systems
WHITE PAPER: 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.
Posted: 22 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Apr 2008
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TOPICS:  Data Security | Enterprise | Information Security | Network Management | Network Security | Security Threats | SIP | VoIP
Is IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Right for the Medium Enterprises?
sponsored by KACE
WHITE PAPER: Is ITIL right for the mid-market? This paper argues that Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) is the strategic force that the mid-market needs to compete effectively against larger competitors.
Posted: 06 Feb 2008 | Published: 01 Dec 2007
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TOPICS:  Configuration Management | Enterprise | Enterprise Resource Management | Enterprise Systems | IT Infrastructure | ITIL | SIP | WBS
 
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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