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IP Telephony: Evolution in the Enterprise
What It Is:
Internet Protocol-based communications systems are moving beyond voice-over-
IP (VoIP) to create platforms to unify communications and data networks, and their
applications, too.
Key Players:
3Com, Alcatel-Lucent, Avaya, Cisco, IBM, Microsoft, Nortel, Siemens
What's Happening:
Businesses are attempting to create new road maps to allow for
the integration of IP-based tools with existing investments in traditional TDM-based
communications networks-and consequently avoid "rip and replace" costs. Most large
enterprises have begun using VoIP to develop a unified communications strategy that
will allow businesses to achieve new levels of functionality with key applications that
can take advantage of both voice and data integration.
Market Size:
A third of all new deployments in 2007 will be IP-based,
growing to 67% of the market by 2011
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