The power of a converged network — a single IP network that simultaneously handles data, voice, video and perhaps even optical traffic — is indisputable. Convergence of communications technologies is letting businesses respond to opportunities in the marketplace in real time and with greater flexibility. Because a converged network combines systems on a single infrastructure — such as telephony layered on the IP network — it reduces a variety of costs.

Transforming your enterprise into a seamlessly converged network won’t happen overnight, but your business will quickly reap the benefits from myriad applications based on a converged network, including multimedia email, instant messaging, Web and videoconferencing, and unified collaboration. A converged network also enables policy-based routing of phone calls to wired, IP and mobile phones around an enterprise, as well as Web portal-based management of personal call features and policies. Ultimately, these solutions aim to make users more productive and more responsive to your customers’ needs.

According to most IT industry analysts, running converged applications like VoIP is no longer a question of “if” but of “when.” If that "when" is now for your organization, please contact an NSI Converged Network Specialist to assist you with this transition.

NSI understands the purpose of a converged network is to move data, voice, video and fax simultaneously. The interest of migrating existing legacy networks to converged networks is here for many organizations.

Here is the key challenge for converged networks:
How do you take a connection-oriented application (such as voice or video) and transmit it over a connectionless network (such as an IP network, or the Internet), and do so reliably?

NSI has helped many organizations overcome this challenge. NSI Certified Engineers bring years of experience that will help your organization in the design and implementation. From small LANs to enterprise WANs, NSI is the proven partner to help your organization move to a converged network. NSI had forged strong partnerships and certifications with the following manufacturers:

• Cisco Systems

  Cisco Network Systems are the foundation for the services and applications you need to realize the potential of your business. Cisco switches, routers, and software together, create an inherently intelligent integrated network to adapt for your current and future business needs

• Brocade/Foundry Networks

  Brocade/Foundry Networks®, Inc. is a leading provider of high-performance enterprise and service provider switching, routing, security, and application traffic management solutions including edge and backbone Ethernet switches, Web and content-aware application switches, network-wide security solutions, wireless LAN and access points, wide area access routers and internet provider edge and service provider core MPLS routers.

• 3Com

  3Com is a leading global provider of enterprise and small-business networking solutions that help organizations achieve their business and networking objectives. The company has had a major impact on computer networking since the creation of Ethernet in the 1970s. 3Com’s mission is to provide customers worldwide with high-quality, low-cost networking infrastructure solutions that enable the convergence of applications and emerging technologies into the network.

Please contact an NSI Converged Network Specialist to assist you with this transition (972) 641-7426.