Advantages: ease of use, strong, durable, linking into GAL, remote managment and upgrades from call manager. Disadvantages: Call quality is dependant on quality of the Network. Duplex settings, over utilized network, etc
In my experience with the Cisco IP phone 7941, which has been for 5 years or so, has been nothing but pleasure. There features to link into AD and the ability to log onto any phone in the building and look up a user on the GAL on AD is very handy indeed. Call Transfer,Conference, Mute are the standard features.
The Phones will have to be set up to work with a call manager, Which is a centre point to manage the phones, and has the ability to record conversation for quality control, etc.
They have 2 options when it comes to powering these phones, on is to buy a power adapter, the other is to buy a Cisco Switch that can supply power to the phones via Ethernet.
They are strong and reliable, they have been used as call centre phones, and we know what kind of abuse they would be put through in that environment.
All in all, i would rate ...
Advantages: More money @ work, More Knowledge Disadvantages: !!!!!!
I work in the Network Security Industry & work for a company called Equant (Who provide Global Network solutions & own the largest privately owned Network in the World), & was looking for a basic level Cisco course to achieve an acreditation.
The ICND course (Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices) is an ideal course to start. Although very Cisco orientated (as you could imagine), it doe sgive you a valuable basic knowledge of how the Cisco products interact with each other & other devices & networks (ie: Novell, which has recently dumped it's own IPX protocol, in favour of IP, this makes things easier as you can now deal with IP addressing & not just MAC addresses).
I went on an ICND course provided by a company called Getronics, based in Milton Keynes, I am now planning to take the Cisco CCNA exam, which is the first Certification ...
Advantages: Improved speed & battery life Disadvantages: Camera still lacks behind competition
Apple have improved on the Iphone 3G on their latest masterpiece, the Iphone 3GS. As well as all the advantages of the original Iphone such as a great user interface, superb internet capabilities & the ability to download an application for almost anything, the 3GS offers some new features. I would say the most obvious is the improvement in speed in general, you can definetly notice it when opening messages and using the various different applications. Also the battery life has been slightly improved but not hugely. Other improvements include a slightly better camera to just over 3 megapixels which is the only disappointment as it still lags behind the competition & there is still no flash or zoom capabilities. Also added is a video camera facility with the option of editing the videos on your device. Another improvement is a compass ...
