Virtual CPE (vCPE) products offer perhaps the highest return on investment (ROI) of any networking solution available today. Why? Keep reading. . .
Conceptual aerial view of a global network
Written in simple, layman’s terms, Patton’s latest publication makes it clear.
Authored by Glendon Flowers, the educational white paper, A Guide to Virtual CPE, de-mystifies the underlying technology of vCPE solutions.
As you read through the document, you will learn about the important features and the different types of vCPE. The guide also offers expert guidance on how to select the right vCPE for your networking challenges and environment.
What’s Inside the Guide?
Besides the obligatory “what is it?” and “how does it work?” the guide also covers some important related concepts—including hypervisor, edge orchestration.
Example Data Center Where Edge Orchestration May be Hosted
Two other important trending topics in the world of networking are also briefly explained:
NFV – Network Function Virtualization
SDN – Software-Defined Networking
Virtual CPE deployed as an enterprise session border controller (eSBC) in a SIP trunking application
Some of the network functions a vCPE can provide are also covered:
eSBC – Enterprise Session Border Controller
SIP Trunking application
Hosted PBX application
IP Access Router
VPN Server
Virtualized IPv4 to IPv6 Network Gateway
The publication finishes by providing a five-step guide for selecting the right vCPE for your needs.
Get the White Paper: A Guide to Virtual CPE
What do you think?
Are you clear about vCPE technology? Will you read the guide?
Do you know what sort of network function you might use a vCPE to provide?
Add your thoughts in the comments below…
As director of the Marketing Communications department, Chris manages the creation of advertising, product literature, user documentation, and the Patton web sites. Chris has over 30 years of experience working in the computing and telecommunications industries. Previously, Chris has held Senior Technical Writer and Principal Writer positions with Hughes Network Systems, Star Technologies, and TRW, and a Senior Field Engineer position with PE Systems. Chris has received several international awards of excellence for his technical documentation from the Society of Technical Communications. He worked for two years in Saudi Arabia.
Get your mini-eSBC up and running with this six-minute tutorial. Cloud-powered and feature-packed, the SN500 is the world’s smallest and lowest-cost enterprise session border controller. This video quick start guide tells all you need to know to get your new SmartNode all set up—including . . .
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Four things you need to get started:
Internet Access
Ethernet Cable
Pinhole Tool (pick your fave)
Connected computer
Six steps to onboarding your SmartNode
Watch the video to learn what they are. . .
Three options to configure your device using the Patton Cloud:
Patton Provisioning Service (download the config to your SN500)
Patton’s Web Wizard
External (third-party) configuration server
After you choose the best configuration option for your network environment, you can check the video for that too! Here they are . . .
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What do you think?
Did we answer all your questions?
What sort of application are you implementing with your SN500?
Add your thoughts in the comments below…
Glendon is responsible for creating corporate marketing and technical content including press releases, web copy, white papers, case studies, educational and tutorial pieces as well as other publications. He serves as editor in chief for Patton’s email newsletter and other outbound communications. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from UMUC and a Bachelor of Music in percussion performance from UMCP. Mr. Flowers is a single father with three adult daughters: Lauren, Hannah & Sarah (twins). He plays guitar, bass, keyboards, drums and percussion and enjoys composing and arranging music and songs.
Over the decades, Patton has won so many awards I can barely keep track of them all. This year, the SmartNode™ SN4740 High-Density Analog FXS VoIP Gateway has scored yet another prize for the brand.
Now in 2021, the prize-winning product from Patton delivers reliable IP telephony and unified communications for MTU/MDU and hotel/motel/hospitality environments.
SN4740 hotel application
In case you missed it, we have covered this product before in some earlier blogs…
> >UC for MTU/MDU or Campus… [part I] > >UC for Hotels… [part II]
VoIP for campuses, apartments, hospitality. First announced one year ago, the SN4740 is designed to enable unified communications (UC), SIP trunking, and IP telephony for hotels, motels, MTU/MDU or campus environments using analog phones.
SmartNode SN4740 Front View
Six Miles! Remarkably, the SN4740 can extend 128 FXS lines up to six miles or more while converting the analog voice from existing legacy handsets into a packetized data stream for transmission over the Internet using a SIP-Trunk service.
SmartNode SN4740 Rear View Showing RJ-21 Interface
There is more. For further details, check the press release. . .
> >Patton Awarded 2021 Product of the Year by Internet Telephonyfor its High-Density Analog VoIP Gateway
What do you think?
Would you prefer to keep your analog phones or can you afford to replace them with SIP hard phones?
Which benefits of transitioning to IP telephony are most attractive to your business?
Add your thoughts in the comments below…
Glendon is responsible for creating corporate marketing and technical content including press releases, web copy, white papers, case studies, educational and tutorial pieces as well as other publications. He serves as editor in chief for Patton’s email newsletter and other outbound communications. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from UMUC and a Bachelor of Music in percussion performance from UMCP. Mr. Flowers is a single father with three adult daughters: Lauren, Hannah & Sarah (twins). He plays guitar, bass, keyboards, drums and percussion and enjoys composing and arranging music and songs.
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