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ALSO CALLED: Session Initiation Protocol, 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.Like HTTP or SMTP, SIP works in the Application layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) communications model. The Application layer is the level responsible  … 
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SIP Trunking 101: A Primer
sponsored by Intelepeer
WHITE PAPER: To be successful, unified communications and collaboration applications require a communications service that can support and expand with its evolving set of capabilities. SIP trunking provides exactly that. View this resource to learn more!
Posted: 11 Apr 2013 | Published: 28 Sep 2012

Intelepeer

Enterprise Cloud Services − Unified Communications Avaya Aura At-A-Glance: Exceptional Reliability, Scalability, and Security
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER: Uncover details of an enterprise-grade hosted unified communications solution that enables a distributed system based on SIP to provide multiple benefits throughout your organization.
Posted: 02 Apr 2013 | Published: 29 Jun 2012

Hewlett-Packard Company

Future-Ready and Secure: Leveraging Your Current Communications Infrastructure
sponsored by Avaya
WHITE PAPER: This one-page resource outlines how Avaya IP Office can help develop a future-ready, secure foundation to take your business communications into the future.
Posted: 12 Feb 2013 | Published: 29 Jun 2012

Avaya

The True Economic Impact of Unified Communications
sponsored by Microsoft
WHITE PAPER: This Forrester Total Economic Impact study provides an in-depth look at how Microsoft Lync Server 2010 can help your organization increase collaboration and communications while reaping numerous cost-saving opportunities
Posted: 28 Nov 2012 | Published: 30 Nov 2010

Microsoft

The Lync Server Dial Plan: An Introduction to Preparing for Implementation
sponsored by Global Knowledge
WHITE PAPER: Access this resource for an overview of the configuration requirements that enforce calling privileges and call route selection, and discover how a voice policy is implemented.
Posted: 29 Sep 2011 | Published: 29 Sep 2011

Global Knowledge

Introduction to Video Conferencing
sponsored by Polycom, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This resource explores how video conferencing can help your organization increase connectivity between your globally dispersed employees, partners, and customers. View now to learn the ins and outs of this technology and considerations to keep in mind when deploying it in your organization.
Posted: 26 Sep 2012 | Published: 31 Jul 2012

Polycom, Inc.

Special Report: Top 10 Questions to Ask Before Purchasing Video Conferencing
sponsored by LifeSize
WHITE PAPER: Uncover the top ten questions you should ask any potential video conferencing vendor before investing in a collaboration solution.
Posted: 25 Jul 2012 | Published: 25 Jul 2012

LifeSize

Prepare for the Future of Integrated Communications
sponsored by AT&T Corp
WHITE PAPER: Many communications infrastructures use multiple platforms for voice and date, which have a complete lack of cohesion. Unfortunately, these legacy infrastructures cannot deal with the demands communications initiatives today put on them.
Posted: 27 Mar 2012 | Published: 13 Dec 2011

AT&T Corp

SIP: Enhancing Communication
sponsored by NACR
WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper discusses what SIP is, the challenge of implementing it, and how it can help your enterprise meet your communications needs.
Posted: 10 Feb 2012 | Published: 10 Feb 2012

NACR

Changing the Conversation in the Workplace
sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise
WHITE PAPER: Uncover analysis of the findings in two surveys revealing workers’ attitudes about employee engagement, productivity, and communication technologies.
Posted: 09 Feb 2012 | Published: 09 Feb 2012

Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise

Transforming your voice, video and collaboration infrastructure: The IBM journey toward unified communications
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Access this whitepaper to learn more about unified communications in the workplace and how your company can transform your voice, video, and collaboration infrastructure.
Posted: 08 Dec 2011 | Published: 08 Dec 2011

IBM

Session Border Controllers: Addressing Tomorrow's Requirements
sponsored by Metaswitch Networks
WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses how IP-based service innovation will impact and shape the future of session border controllers.
Posted: 27 Sep 2011 | Published: 27 Sep 2011

Metaswitch Networks

Transforming your Contact Center…”SIP-ly” Stated
sponsored by AT&T Corp
WHITE PAPER: Many businesses are investigating new ways to transform your voice now and prepare for the future of communications. This means taking a look, at and moving to, an IP-based communications infrastructure.
Posted: 21 Sep 2011 | Published: 21 Sep 2011

AT&T Corp

Story of Voice Transformation
sponsored by AT&T Corp
WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses how voice capabilities have transformed in the past few years and explores why SIP and unified communications (UC) play such a big role in the way business is conducted today.
Posted: 16 Jun 2011 | Published: 16 Jun 2011

AT&T Corp

How to Make Magic with VoIP: Weighing the Options
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: VoIP with UC can transform a business across four dimensions: lower costs, higher productivity, better customer service, and higher revenues. It can make a small business appear big, and help it outperform larger competitors. There are several ways to implement VoIP. Read this paper to determine which way is best for your business.
Posted: 20 Jan 2011 | Published: 20 Jan 2011

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Investing in IP Phones: How to Control Costs, Now and Later
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Businesses that use voice over IP (VoIP) service and IP phones gain many advantages. No wonder desktop IP phones are used by more than a third of small and medium-sized businesses surveyed in Europe and North America. Continue reading to learn more and discover how to make the best investment through seven key questions.
Posted: 20 Jan 2011 | Published: 20 Jan 2011

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Finding the Value in Unified Communications—Understanding the Hierarchy of Return
sponsored by Frost & Sullivan
WHITE PAPER: This paper examines the four stages of return companies can see from their UC investments: Lower communications costs are followed by lower operational costs, then better productivity, and finally a true competitive advantage.
Posted: 03 Jan 2011 | Published: 03 Jan 2011


The Proven Financial Benefits of SIP Trunk Consolidation
sponsored by Siemens Enterprise Communications
WHITE PAPER: Siemens Enterprise Communications continues to lead the evolution of real-time unified communications by delivering innovative and customer-centric solutions with measurable financial benefits, and has proven both the technology and the savings for customers.
Posted: 03 Jan 2011 | Published: 03 Jan 2011

Siemens Enterprise Communications

Whitepaper: Understanding IBM Lotus Sametime and Unified Telephony
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This white paper defines the IBM® Unified Communications and Collaboration (IBM UC2™) vision of making it easy for you to find, reach, and collaborate with others through a unified user experience. This strategy is designed to make it easy for you to access and manage telephone communications from inside the Lotus Sametime or Lotus Notes® client.
Posted: 13 Dec 2010 | Published: 13 Dec 2010

IBM

E911 VoIP Essentials for Enterprise Deployments
sponsored by XO Communications
WHITE PAPER: Deploying VoIP across multiple business locations is a great way to simplify and streamline your distributed network and reduce costs, but how does a business provide E911 effectively across the enterprise and what are the legal requirements?
Posted: 02 Dec 2010 | Published: 02 Dec 2010

XO Communications

The Proven Financial Benefits of SIP Trunk Consolidation
sponsored by Siemens Enterprise Communications
WHITE PAPER: In this paper, we’ll introduce the mechanisms of cost savings with SIP trunk consolidation, using Siemens Enterprise Communications’ OpenScape Exchange overlay solution.
Posted: 22 Sep 2010 | Published: 22 Sep 2010

Siemens Enterprise Communications

SIP: Myth versus reality
sponsored by Orange Business Services
WHITE PAPER: Modern packet-based communications are sweeping away traditional telephony standards and changing the way businesses stay connected. SIP, the latest IP enabler to hit the market, is often portrayed as the key to implementing more sophisticated, flexible voice and unified communications. But is that a fact, or merely well-publicized fiction?
Posted: 21 Jul 2009 | Published: 21 Jul 2009

Orange Business Services

Siemens Mobile UC - Where UC Meets Enterprise Mobility
sponsored by Siemens Enterprise Communications
WHITE PAPER: In response to increased employee mobility, companies are developing Unified Communications (UC) strategies and implementing UC solutions to enable a global work focus and ease employee communications problems.
Posted: 14 Oct 2008 | Published: 14 Oct 2008

Siemens Enterprise Communications

Taking a SIP: What Executives Should Know about IP Transformation in the Contact Center
sponsored by Genesys
WHITE PAPER: This white paper is intended for executives who are seeking to understand why SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) is a must-have technology for the contact center today, and how SIP-enabled IP solutions can help align you with your goals.
Posted: 04 Sep 2008 | Published: 04 Sep 2008

Genesys

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.
Posted: 28 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Aug 2007

F5 Networks
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SIP DEFINITION (continued): …  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 the SIP supports name mapping and redirection services, it makes it possible for users to initiate and receive communications and services from any location, and for networks to identify the users whereever they are.SIP is a request-response protocol, dealing with requests from clients and responses from servers. Participants … 
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