Increasingly, it's looking like the migration of enterprise voice to IP-based platforms is a question of "When," not "if." But to accommodate voice traffic, most enterprise data networks will need to be upgraded with higher bandwidth, better support for quality of service (QOS) and other features that weren't required for non-real-time data applications.
The major players in the VOIP market are staking out their positions. Traditional PBX vendors like Avaya, Nortel and NEC all offer data switches and routers as part of their VOIP migration strategies, while Cisco, obviously, is trying to leverage its data dominance into acceptance of its IP-PBX products as replacements for the legacy TDM gear.
Yet pure-play data vendors need to make sure they're not left out in the cold as customers plan their data network upgrades to support voice. One such vendor, Foundry Networks, recently announced a new wiring closet switch, the FastIron Edge Switch, highlighting several new features aimed specifically at supporting VOW and other real-time traffic and making the case that, even if you buy a Cisco LP-PBX, you can use Foundry data gear.
Supporting Voice
Foundry's product marketing manager for enterprise solutions, Anthony James, starts by asserting that Foundry's products have always offered the kind of high performance required in a …
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