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Just can\'t wait for ITEXPO in October and being my 2nd ITEXPO this year I can say that I\'m really getting into the swing of things.  It\'s a great set up and gives me the opportunity to meet up with old friends and make new acquaintances.

I\'m actually running a couple of sessions this time around and really excited about the one on Monday 4th October called SIP in Action where I\'m going to get as many people involved as possible, here\'s the outline:

SIP in Action
  1. The basics of SIP will be explained especially looking at why SIP has become so important     
  2. The Instructor will demonstrate how quick a SIP based PBX can be configured      
  3. Attendees (with Laptops) will then Configure SIP clients to connect to the PBX and start making calls      
  4. The Instructor will show what\'s happening on the wire with SIP using tools such as Wireshark      
  5. Next up, a partner company will demonstrate why a Session Border Control is needed on the Edge of the network and the Instructors will show how to connect the PBX to the SBC      
  6. Then the Instructors will demonstrate connecting the SBC to a SIP Trunking Provider      
  7. Once this is all set-up, attendees will be able to make calls from their laptop client to their Cell phones or wherever they like (until we cut them off for costing too much )


At this point, the SIP network is up and running, but what about if things go wrong? 

We\'ll show you common problems and solutions and even get the attendees involved to see if they know their SIP

This event aims to put \'fun\' into a protocol... a tough call?  Come along and see if we can do it ....

AND

Deploying SIP Trunks -- Getting it Right the First Time  

This is my second session where I try to highlight all the things that an Enterprise needs to look closely at in order to get SIP trunks into their buildings without all the pain assiciated with a rushed / badly planned installation.

For a full conference scedule, you\'ll need to head over to the ITEXPO site @ www.itexpo.com

That\'s it for now and if anyone wants to meet up to chat about SIP, then please drop me a line at: graham@thesipschool.com 

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It\'s not often that I get involved in webinars but it seems that they are coming thick and fast now.  Next up is a Joint Webinar with my buddy, Joel Maloff and for the detail - see the main body of the text below and if you want to listen in, you can register here  http://www.TheVoiceReport.com/SIPTrunking. 

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SIP trunking is the \"next big thing\" for enterprise users with promises of big ticket savings, seamless interoperability and error free support of cutting edge applications. But, as with any new service, it pays to make sure you have a crystal-clear understanding of the pros and cons before you make any technical, operational or financial commitments. 

Join Graham Francis of The SIP School and Joel Maloff of MaloffNetResults at this FREE 60-minute webinar for an insightful look at all of the key aspects of SIP trunking and how it fits -- or doesn\'t -- in your enterprise network. 

» Get a price comparison blueprint that details how to get an \"apples to apples\" look at SIP provider prices 

» Discover how to build an interoperability checklist so you avoid technology dead ends 

» Ensure superior service when you understand how to \"size\" SIP trunks 

» Cut through vendor hype and ask the right questions when you know the 4 key \"pressure points\" in a provider\'s back office 

» Add to your cost savings with network designs that boost the amount of traffic that stays \"on-net\" 

» And much, much more   

SIP trunking is an exciting new service with tremendous upside for enterprise users ... but it must be evaluated, purchased and deployed correctly.   

Make plans now to join our expert speakers and your peers for this informative webinar that puts you on track to benefit from SIP trunking. 

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Back on the 5th of November 2008 I posted an article laying out the reasons why the SSCA? SIP Certification is the most important certification on SIP in the world of Telecoms and I thought it would be good to give you an update on what\'s been happening with this program.

First up, the ? has changed to a ® as the SSCA is now an approved, registered mark that again shows that this program is here to stay.

Next and just as important are the endorsements from organisations and companies around the world who are \'backing\' our SIP training and certification.

We have the Telecommunications Industry Association (www.tiaonline.org) with their quote below

\"The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the leader in advocacy, standards development, business development and intelligence for the information and communications technology industry, has officially endorsed the The SIP School? as the provider of choice for training and certification for Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). \"

We have Bicsi, where the SSCA® is worth 12 Continuing education credits towards their own certifications

Companies such as Mitel, Panasonic, TeleMatrix, Brekeke, and Ingate have also put their \'endorsed\' stamp on the program and with the Avaya DevConnect team \'partnering\' with us to offer training and discounts to their community members it\'s plain to see that anyone who sees our training wants to roll it out to their engineers and sales / marketing staff.

The training content itself is constantly going through changes to reflect what\'s happening in the \'real world\', in fact were making some big additions right now that students will see in around 6 weeks time.

The recent announcement by Avaya regarding their training offerings tells us that their new SIP Communications Architect  program is the first of it\'s kind, well sorry Avaya, we beat you to it over 4 years ago and it\'s something that would complement the Avaya offering very nicely.  Why so?  Well, the Avaya certification concentrates on implementing their Aura solution so if you want to dive deeper into SIP Security, Firewalls, NAT, Session Border Controllers, ENUM, Unified Comms, Wireshark analysis - then pop over to see us and we\'ll help you out.

Well, that\'s about all for now but please check out the www.thesipschool.com web site as you\'ll see we\'ve changed things around a little and still have some free training modules for you to try out.

It\'s been an exciting ride so far and with new companies joining up every day, the SSCA® is truly the SIP certification for you to strive for.

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At The SIP School, we\'re happy to be enjoying great success with our \'official\' SIP training and SSCA® certification program and bringing new partners on board all of the time.  In fact I\'m having another conversation today with a \'giant\' in the world of SIP to again partner up to deliver SIP training to their clients.  So this is all good... and now there\'s a new course in our portfolio.

Back in January I met up with Joel Maloff of Maloff NetResults and we had a great conversation that has resulted in a brand new, co-developed training course that\'s squarely aimed at Sales and Marketing personal who are involved with SIP trunking - which you all know is the most talked about area of SIP at this time.

The course can be obtained via this link http://www.thesipschool.com/courses/view but for now, here\'s the official Press release.

Birmingham, UK and Fort Lauderdale (FL), USA. Tuesday, April 06, 2010

 

The SIP School, in conjunction with Maloff NetResults, today announces the general availability of a new on-line and interactive training program entitled \"SIP Trunking for the Sales and Marketing Professional.\" This three-module course is designed to provide critical information needed by both marketing organizations and sales personnel serving this burgeoning global marketplace.

 

Jointly developed with Joel Maloff, principal consultant of Maloff NetResults, this new course from The SIP School compliments existing programs but rather than focusing on the technical details, emphasizes an understanding of the rapidly evolving SIP trunking service provider marketplace, marketing considerations such as competitive analysis, pricing and packaging, and product differentiation, and specific sales strategies and tactics. \"Having worked with sales agents, marketing professionals, and value-added resellers, I have found no other ready-to-go training program that assists in understanding and successfully selling SIP trunking services, \" said Maloff. \"We have created this course with the sales and marketing person in mind.\"

 

The three modules consist of The SIP Trunking Marketplace, SIP Trunking Service Development and Management, and Selling SIP Trunking Services. One of the highlights of the third module is a SIP trunking cost justification template that has been created both as an example and as a model for use in actual cases. 

 

Graham Francis, CEO of The SIP School said \"we are extremely excited to be working with Maloff NetResults as their experience has enabled us to bring to the market a training course that is completely unique as no other course like this exists.  I also think that the cost justification template is a great tool that will help the sales person show actual savings that SIP trunks can bring rather than picking a figure out of the air which I believe a lot of people do which can be misleading\".  Explaining the STCA? certification, Graham also said \"becoming a SIP Trunking Certified Advocate can prove to employers and clients that you understand how SIP trunking has become so important an alternative to traditional business lines\".

 

To gain access to the course, people will need to visit The SIP School\'s main site at http://www.thesipschool.com and click on the \'Course Catalog\'.  Here they will see the list of courses available and be able to make the appropriate purchase.

 

About Maloff NetResults

Maloff NetResults is an Internet and business consulting organization, focused on emerging Internet telephony technologies such as SIP, SIP trunking, and hosted PBX/cloud communications services. The company also specializes in information systems security policies and plans, development of RFPs, and technology project management. Clients include both technology companies and enterprises seeking to apply these technologies.

 

About The SIP School?

The SIP School? is an eLearning company and with its SIP training and SSCA® program has become the world leader in SIP education with endorsements and partnerships including the TIA, Bisci, Mitel, Panasonic, Audiocodes, Avaya\'s DevConnect Community, Telematrix, AudioCodes, Ingate and many more.


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Really happy for The SIP School to become a full member of the ITSPA in the UK as it not only allows us to support the organisation but helps us get the message out to all the members about our SIP training service, especially our new Sales course that you can see on the web site...

Here\'s the wording from the official press release:

The SIP School? today announced that has joined the Internet Telephony Service Providers Association in the UK.

Graham Francis, CEO of The SIP School said, \"Joining the ITSPA is important to us for a number of reasons.  First, we want to support the efforts of the ITSPA in its efforts to encourage the development of the VoIP industry in the UK and Second, to help us gain more visibility to the members of the ITSPA to assist them in their SIP and VoIP training needs\".

The SIP School? with its SIP training and SSCA® program has become the world leader in SIP education with endorsements and partnerships with the likes of the TIA, Bisci, Mitel, Panasonic, Audiocodes, Avaya\'s DevConnect Community, Telematrix, AudioCodes, Ingate and many more.

The ITSPA was formed in March 2004 as a trade association to represent UK-based network operators, service providers and other businesses involved with the supply of VoIP services to business and residential consumers within the United Kingdom and across the European Union.

For more information on The SIP School and the SSCA® please visit the website at http://www.thesipscool.com or contact Graham Francis directly at graham@thesipschool.com 


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It\'s been a busy couple of weeks with me jetting of to ITEXPO East to work alongside the good people of Ingate, both moderating and presenting - as well as meeting as many people as possible to talk about our SIP training and certification program.  All I can say is that it was well worth the trip and great to actually meet face to face with people I have only previously communicated with via email, skype etc. etc.

Before I can catch my breath it\'s time to prepare for my next seminar at UCEXPO in London UK on March the 10th.

The session is called \'SIP Trunking - Getting it right 1st time\' - and is designed to make companies who are looking to implement trunks think hard about what they need to do to prepare their network and what they should expect from their service providers.

More detail can be found here and to register for UCEXPO click here and I look forward to seeing you there if you can make it.

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So at last, this year I\'m going to make it across to ITEXPO and even better, I\'m going to get a chance to work with one of our partners - Ingate.  I\'ll be moderating on a couple of sessions and also presenting on the Friday so looking forward to meeting lots of new faces and some old friends.

If anyone out there wants to meet up during the show, please get in touch and here\'s the press release sent out today....

The SIP School? announces today that CEO, Graham Francis will be presenting at the new SIP Trunk Summit at ITEXPO East 2010. Sponsored by Ingate® Systems with TMC, these educational seminars bring together leading IP-PBX vendors, SIP trunking service providers and industry thought leaders to provide a comprehensive overview of SIP trunking with key issues faced by enterprises, carriers and VARs today.

Free to all ITEXPO attendees, the Summit will be held January 20-22, 2010 at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami, Florida, in room A108/A109.

The seminar called \"Deploying SIP Trunks - Getting it Right the First Time\" running on Friday the 22nd @ 10am, will take people through a series of steps that they need to follow in order to implement SIP Trunks into their business so that they work first time and will pave the way for a successful transition from traditional links.

Graham Francis says \"SIP Trunking is already popular yet 2010 will see implementation numbers rocket! Everyone wants the cost savings that SIP Trunks promise but if people don\'t do their homework then installations can be messy and end up costing more. This seminar gives people the insights into deploying SIP Trunks quickly and effectively so that they can start saving money right away.

\"Ingate is proud that The SIP School? will participate in the SIP Trunk Summit,\" said Steven Johnson, president, Ingate Systems. \"They are a true innovator in SIP and SIP trunking. Graham Francis\'s insights will provide an important perspective to the session.\"

For more details visit http://www.ingate.com/SIP_Trunking_seminar_Miami_2010.php

For a free VIP Pass to ITEXPO, click here: https://www.tmcnet.com/scripts/itexpo/fl10/itspring10reg.aspx?theplan=D&

Contact details for Graham Francis
Graham@thesipschool.com or follow him on Twitter MrSIP
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Birmingham, UK, 30th September, 2009

 

The SIP School has gained another great client and endorsement for its SIP training and Certification program and this time it\'s the Colorado-based telephone specialist, TeleMatrix. TeleMatrix is a leader in the provision of telephones to the commercial, hospitality, and health care markets. TeleMatrix has over 7 million analog, SIP and Digital Centrex telephones installed at over 30,000 customer sites worldwide.

 

On deciding to utilize the services of the The SIP School and also offer these services to their dealer channel via their own customised web portal, TeleMatrix COO Jose Quiros says, \"TeleMatrix takes the training of staff and channel partners seriously especially when it comes to SIP.  So being able to offer our proprietary IP Configuration Tool training and The SIP School\'s comprehensive SSCA? certification program, demonstrates our commitment as a market leader in SIP-based telephony.\"

 

The modules include training in areas such as TCP/IP, IP addresses, Switches and VLANs, DSCP and QoS, SIP Server functionality, Time Server, DHCP and TFTP.  The course also includes material specific to TeleMatrix products such as the IP Mass Configuration Utility Installation, and IP Mass Administration Utility (Overview, Setup, Discovering Phones, Checking Status). This will be enhanced with a secure Knowledge Server for TeleMatrix products accessible only to Value Added Resellers that meet TeleMatrix SIP certification requirements.


 \"Our SSCA? certification is certainly the only one worth attaining regardless of which training company you choose to use as it\'s now recognised by so many important companies and organisations around the world\", states Graham Francis, CEO of The SIP School.

 

About TeleMatrix

TeleMatrix, Inc. is a certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) and leading ISO 9001 and RoHS-certified manufacturer of SIP corded, DECT SIP cordless, analog, and Digital Centrex telephones for hotel, education, health care, and general business applications. Through the 2006 merger of TeleMatrix and Scitec, the combined companies have deployed 7 million telephones at 30,000 commercial customer locations worldwide.

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Do you fire up your Gmail client to send an email to another Gmail user?  And would that email fail to arrive if you used Outlook instead?  Of course not and it\'s all down to the standard email protocol called SMTP.  Every email client supports it so you don\'t have to worry what the other person is using.  Likewise, HTTP delivers web content regardless of the browser being used.

This has always been the promise of SIP (the Session Initiation Protocol).  Designed to establish, manage and \'tear down\' communication channels between any media device, anywhere.  Sound good?

SIP in Unified Communications

I\'m not going to give you a definition of Unified Communications (UC) here, just hit Google and wade through all the interpretations that pop up. I do however, want to talk about how SIP \'underpins\' UC. 

It does this by ensuring that all elements of a business UC solution can establish connections to work together.  It also allows for \'mid session\' information to be passed between these elements to enhance the communications experience.  A good example of this is starting up a whiteboard application with a colleague to give your existing conversation another dimension.

SIP/SIMPLE

Now UC isn\'t just about Instant Messaging, but I need to start somewhere. 

The IETF SIMPLE (SIP for Instant Messaging and Presence Leveraging Extensions) working group focuses on the application of SIP to Instant messaging (IM) and Presence services. Invariably their work will affect any UC solution.  

Now you may not know this, but when you use IM you become a \'Presentity\'.  That is, you are an \'entity\' with a presence state i.e. online, not available etc. So now, if someone wants to see your presence state, their IM client sends a SIP SUBSCRIBE message to your IM server to \'follow\' you. If you change your presence state i.e. off to lunch your IM client will send a NOTIFY message to your \'followers\'.  All of this is defined in RFC  3265, overseen by the SIMPLE working group. 

They have also overseen the development of a number of RFCs that cover how presence information is coded in XML documents. These documents are carried in the body of a SIP message and the use of XML here can be taken advantage of by applications to facilitate interoperability and automation of business processes.

SIP/SIMPLE in Action

So, in the background SIP/SIMPLE is delivering (to you) presence state updates for the people you are following.  Click on a \'buddy\' to start a chat and SIP will carry the message.  If you now want to speak with your friend, \'click to call\' and SIP sets up the channel through an INVITE. Whilst you are talking you can fire up your Webcam and SIP will establish this connection for you without affecting your voice connection.  Don\'t forget you can bring another person in on the conversation by initiating a conference; SIP can take care of that as well. In effect, it\'s SIP that connects everything together though it\'s important to remember that it\'s the applications being used that are making people more effective in their work.

Open Sesame

Because SIP is an open standard, all UC solutions should be able to work with each other seamlessly.  Unfortunately, although everyone has their own presence capability there is no way to \'federate\' (or join) them.

 

Today, if you are on a Cisco system you can\'t see who is present on an Avaya system. Maybe they\'d just like you to buy their solution.

 

The push for Federations

But hold on!  Microsoft and IBM announced (at Voicecon Orlando) that they will support Intra-domain federation so that a company with UC solutions from these two vendors will be a step closer to full UC support regardless of platform and client.  Will this \'shake up\' other manufacturers into doing the same? And how long will it be until SIP gives us the same \'transparent\' interoperability that SMTP and HTTP do? Only time will tell.

 

For more information on SIP training and SSCA? certification, visit - www.thesipschool.com

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Birmingham, West Midlands, Wednesday, 12th August 2009

The SIP School has gained another big \'thumbs up\' for its SIP training and SSCA? certification service and this time it\'s from Alan Percy the Director of Market Development at AudioCodes.

 

Alan says, \"I\'ve found The SIP School materials to be quite helpful in getting our customers and partners started with their SIP education and very easy to use and follow.  For those just getting started with SIP, The SIP School is an excellent resource that I personally recommend.\"

 

Graham Francis, CEO at The SIP School said: \"Getting a recommendation for our training and certification from someone with the standing that Alan has in the world of SIP and VoIP is just great news for us and it again shows that forward thinking companies understand the need for top class training on SIP along with a method for proving skill levels through our SSCA? certification program.

 

AudioCodes Ltd is based out of Israel with locations all over the world.  They design, manufacture and sell advanced Voice over IP and converged VoIP and Data networking products and applications to Service Providers and Enterprises. 


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The SIP School has gained another major endorsement for its SIP training and SSCA? certification service and this time it\'s from Brekeke, a growing leader in the IP-PBX and SIP server software market.
 
Brekeke is based out of San Mateo, California and produces SIP Server and IP PBX solutions that can run on Windows, Linux, Mac OSX, Solaris plus many other platforms.
 
As a Brekeke \'IT Business Training Partner\', The SIP School? is recommended by Brekeke as the place to go to gain an excellent understanding of SIP which is the protocol that underpins their IP PBX and SIP Server products.
 
Graham Francis, CEO of The SIP School said: \"It\'s great news for us to be partnering with Brekeke as once again it shows that companies understand that good foundation training on SIP is required so that people can install and support their products more effectively\"

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If you and your company are involved in Voice over IP and Unified Communications then there\'s no doubt you\'ll have heard about SIP (the Session Initiation Protocol).  You may be (even a little bit) excited about all the things it promises to achieve by enabling multivendor products and services to work together.  However, sometimes it\'s good and even necessary to just stop and look closely at what\'s actually happening with SIP, who\'s using it and what lies ahead for this most disruptive of protocols! 

So let\'s start by asking,

What is SIP?

Well, SIP is boring!

Ok, to me it\'s not boring. However to people who simply want to make phone calls and use IM or their Unified Communications client to \'reduce human latency\' (yes, that\'s a real UC benefit) it\'s not really something they care about.  Who wants to talk about signalling protocols, new SIP methods and the work of the IETF working groups?  Not your customers that\'s for sure - all they want to know is will it work, how much and will it save them money?

Who\'s using it and Why?

In reality a lot of people are using SIP without really knowing about it as it is replacing a number of existing proprietary protocols in IP handsets, PBXs and of course is starting to displace digital trunks.  Yes, I know that it doesn\'t provide all the features that a \'proprietary\' protocol does. SIP can help in cutting PSTN access costs, integrate voice, presence, messaging, and video services for a great Unified Communications solution.  Include the possibility of tying all of these services to business process applications; surely that beats the need for some obsolete phone feature that is pointless supporting anymore.

So, how is it developing?

It\'s the responsibility of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and its working groups to see that the protocol is developed in a structured manner, making it easy for companies to implement SIP in their products.  This, as we all know, has not been plain sailing, hence the need for Interop testing to make sure things work together.  Of course Interop testing is something that should continue to be done.  It is interesting though that at an IETF conference (in 2008), one of the lead architects of SIP (Jonathon Rosenberg of Cisco Systems) suggested that instead of forging ahead developing SIP using the original concept of it being a pure Peer 2 Peer (P2P) protocol, the many SIP \'working groups\' should take into account that SIP is rarely deployed this way and should maybe focus on making SIP work better when there are things like NATs, Firewalls and Session Border Controllers in it\'s path. This is an \'enlightened\' suggestion and shows that \'Real World\' experiences can effect the ongoing development of the protocol. 

To build on this great work being done, the Basic Level of Interoperability for SIP Services (BLISS) working group has the charter of documenting variations of SIP implementations including interoperability issues in order to help companies develop products to work better in a heterogeneous environment.

Providers of the Service

It\'s hard to ignore that there are so many providers now offering SIP trunking services, a great thing for customer choice and flexibility. Also in view of the current economic climate it is a good way to offer customers a more economic alternative to traditional digital lines.  This is good news if things work well but if not then customers will get frustrated and complain about being sold a technology that\'s not mature enough.  Well, how can you ensure things run smoothly?  A good start point is checking if PBXs and other SIP systems as well as SIP Trunks are \'SIP Connect\' compliant.  This is a great recommendation from the SIP Forum that attempts to make connectivity issues a thing of the past, so go to their website and read all about it.

Get tooled up

So as SIP is the \'plumbing\' that makes things work and you call a plumber when your boiler breaks, doesn\'t it make sense to call a SIP expert to fix your SIP/Communication problems?  Why not go one step further and get a SIP expert involved in the early stages such as planning and network design. This way they can advise on the right combination of products to use to meet your needs plus give you critical advice on what to do when adding new SIP services to your network. This ensures that you don\'t break your existing infrastructure. 

So much more to say

As I said earlier, it is often necessary to stop and look at what is really happening with SIP and by doing this you\'ll put yourself in a great position to understand what vendors are doing with their products and maybe see if everyone is working toward the ultimate goal of true interoperability or if everything is interoperable as long as it\'s from one manufacturer.  We\'ll see.


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And another one comes on board \"\"

BICSI recognise The SIP School?

Birmingham, West Midlands, Tuesday, June 23rd, 2008

Birmingham based reseller; Vocale has gained another major endorsement for its SIP training and SSCA? certification service and this time it\'s from BICSI, the professional association supporting the information transport systems (ITS) industry.

 

The statement from BICSI is as follows

 

\"Effective May 15th, 2009, BICSI recognizes The SIP School training for the following BICSI Continuing Education Credits (CECs).\"

 

The relevant BICSI courses and the number of credits earned via The SIP School are listed here and more information on these courses can be found on the BICSI website

 

·         RCDD - 12 Continuing Education Credits (CECs)

·         NTS - 12 CECs

·         Installer - 12 CECs

·         Technician - 12 CECs

·         Certified Trainer - 12 CECs

 

Graham Francis, Managing director at Vocale Ltd said: \"Getting recognition from an organization such as BICSI shows the importance of good solid training on the protocol that is shaking up the Telecoms industry\"

 

\"Our SSCA? certification on SIP is a valuable certification for anyone working with SIP to strive for and with more \'industry giants\' announcing their support over the coming weeks it\'s becoming a \'must have\' for installation, support and network engineers whatever company they work for\", he said.

 

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So I\'ve been on Twitter for a few weeks and gathered some followers and followed people that I think will have something interesting to say - especially regarding SIP and VoIP etc.   Yet, I wanted more so... I decided to play with various Twitter clients and apps that have come to my attention over the past few weeks and boy am I loving all this.

 

Ping.fm (www.ping.fm)

 

This is great as it allows me to send one message out and Ping.fm will update my status on LinkedIn, Facebook, Delicious and loads more - perfect time saver

 

Hootsuite (www.hootsuite.com)

 

This builds on Ping.fm where if I tweet from Hootsuite it will pass onto Ping.fm and onwards from there to my other accounts... Where Hootsuite adds more features (for me) is it has the ability to let me post a message but set a delivery day/time - perfect for spreading out tweets and not driving people crazy with a lot in the space of a few minutes.   When it\'s working, I think you can also link to Googles adsense and earn a few cents (but don\'t give up the day job).  Another top feature is that if you shorten your URLs using their own ow.ly feature, when followers click on the link Hootsuite will gather stats the click.  You can then see how popular things you are sending out actually are.  Oh, and you can have multiple Twitter accounts all available under one logon.

 

Twhirl (www.twhirl.com)

 

I\'ve been using Twirl as my client since starting and love it\'s simple interface and notification \'pop up\' ... it may not be for you but it\'s worth a try.

 

Tweetdeck (www.tweetdeck.com)

 

Heard so much about this app that I needed to try it.  Ok, you can organise your Friends, Direct Messages and Group friends together etc but I\'m still not convinced - I need to stick with it to see how this pans out.  One cool feature is that it connects to Facebook and shows you your friends status updates from there.

 

Twollo (www.twollo.com)

 

Great site for finding people that you may like to follow.  If you are interest in something like VoIP, then Twollo can either suggest or autoconnect you to people in the directory that have that tag associated with them.  A good way to build up the usefulness of Twitter.

And now for the iPhone (via their Apps store) I\'ve been using

 

Twitterfon - working out great for me, but now downloaded the new Tweetdeck which (once I\'ve managed to logon) I\'m sure will be brilliant...

 

I\'ll keep you posted on any more Twitter fun I get up to...  and if you want to follow me on Twitter - @MrSIP

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At last I can get back to the blog. 

We\'ve spent the last month or so working really hard on getting The SIP School\'s web site redesigned and out there.  Thanks to Jquery and Themeroller it\'s out there quicker than first anticipated and we all love it.  We\'d also like your comments on the site @ http://www.thesipschool.com

Ok then, it\'s the top site for SIP training and certification and it looks like this...

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We\'ve got the best SIP training available that\'s interactive and engaging for the student along with the SSCA? certification program backed by Panasonic, Mitel, Ingate and more... 

Other site features include...

  • Free Selling SIP module
  • Free SIP and Unified Communications module
  • Free Lan/Wan - DHCP module
  • Wiki and Directory where companies can post their product details for FREE!
  • Discussion groups
  • Video library of SIP releated clips from Youtube
  • Twitter updates via @MrSIP

So, even if you don\'t need our training we\'d really appretiate it if you could take a minute to visit the site and let us know what you think.

Graham

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