4.Are you visible?

What does this mean? Well, with very few exceptions in life you need to be seen to be doing your job. Your colleagues need to know what you do. Your boss needs to know what you do. Your customers (anyone who uses your services) need to know what you do. You can’t help others if they don’t know you are there to be called on if need arises.

So not just for your own well being but for that of others you must be seen. You cannot shut yourself away in a corner and work unseen if you are to useful.

Do a good job and be seen doing it. Everybody gains.

5.Are you relaxed?

To make good decisions you must be relaxed. You can’t take in all issues when you are stressed out. You can’t consider all possibilities when you are in panic mode.

The first step is to ensure that you can answer ‘Yes’ to preceding four questions, because better you tackle issues raised more effective you and all your staff will be. The nearer you can get to overcoming problems presented less stressed you will be.

By addressing these questions you will inevitably become more relaxed. It will follow naturally. You will find that you are that much closer to your work being a real pleasure. You will be that much closer to success.

So ask yourself these questions and if you can’t honestly answer ‘Yes’ to them all start planning what you are going to do about it. Then put your plan into action.

4 Steps to a Successful VoIP Readiness Assessment

1) Conduct a complete inventory of your existing network. Identify routers, switches and links in your network and store their configuration data in a database. This step is crucial before you can move to step 2.

2) Determine current CPU, memory and bandwidth of your network devices, routers and switches. This information will give you a "baseline" of your existing network infrastructure and current capacity.

3) Simulate and compare VoIP usage scenarios to estimate call capacity of network.

4) Determine how well VoIP will perform on your network by measuring simulated VoIP traffic and calculating call quality based on a Mean Opinion Score (MOS).

We have recently added a VoIP bandwidth calculator tool to help you determine various codec, MOS, and bandwidth scenarios. Go to www.telconassociates.com for more information.

While VoIP can ride over highways that your data currently does, it is a new application with new rules. A VoIP readiness assessment will give you information you need to incorporate a VoIP solution without unnecessary hassles and expenses due to lack of proper planning and research.

If you are considering migrating to VoIP and need help, contact us and we'll help guide you to right sources.

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