Heading to VoiceCon
It's that time of year already when thousands flock to sunny Orlando to experience VoiceCon. Last year, I got to see the world's largest phone:
Kinda silly when you think about it but you can't help but stop and stare. Stop by the Microsoft booth to see some really interesting phones (in a more convenient size). In addition to cruising the conference floor and hearing some great presentations and keynotes, I'll be sitting on a panel on Wednesday talking about SIP standards and interoperability:
To what extent is SIP viable -- or required -- when deploying a converged, multivendor IP communications network? To help you answer that question, Ed Mier, a leading independent expert on SIP will give you a detailed report on SIP interoperability, based on the latest annual survey of SIP-supporting vendors: How many and which features interoperate, where interoperability still falls short, and where we stand with SIP "extensions." He'll discuss his conclusions with a panel of vendor representatives and the audience.
KEY QUESTIONS
Which traditional voice features can be supported with approved SIP-standard specifications? What features can't? To what extent do SIP elements from different vendors truly interoperate? Are the newer SIP-based systems backward-compatible with earlier products that were based on proprietary protocols? In which areas of the network are SIP implementations most likely not to interoperate? What sorts of features are being implemented as SIP extensions, and why? Will SIP extensions always be with us, or will most if not all features become standardized over time? Speaker - Ed Mier, CEO, MierConsulting, LLC
Panelist - Tony Rybczynski, Strategic Enterprise Tech, Nortel
Panelist - M Raza, Product Management, 3Com
Panelist - Sean Olson, Principal Group Program Manager, Microsoft
Panelist - Paul McMillan, Director UC Strategy, Siemens Communications
If you like what you hear and want to learn more, please stop by and see me. Or check out our new interoperability site.
Sean Olson is the Group Program Manager for the Office Communications Server product at Microsoft. His team is responsible for all engineering aspects of conferencing, instant messaging, presence, and voice within the server product. He has over 10 years experience in the area of real time communications and voice over IP and is an industry expert in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) standardized by the IETF. Since joining Microsoft in 2002, he has delivered five releases of the Office Communications Server product line working on everything from protocols, to security, to performance.
