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January 10th 2012 The SIP School connects with OnSIP New York (PRWEB) January 09, 2012 As the provider of the global standard in SIP training and certification, The SIP School has taught thousands of employees in the telecommunications industry how to better support their clients, products and services. Until recently, students training to become an SIP School Certified Associate (SSCA®) were instructed in their first session to create a SIP address with any free service. Today, The SIP School announces another option by working with OnSIP as their SIP service provider – leveraging the OnSIP API to provision each student with a SIP address on thesipschool.com domain. “We are very excited to provide OnSIP services on The SIP School’s thesipschool.com domain,” said Rob Wolpov, President of OnSIP. “While we offer an enterprise-grade hosted phone service to businesses, OnSIP is, at its core, a highly scalable SIP platform, built to support real time communications using Internet domains. Anyone can sign up for an OnSIP account and take advantage of free SIP addresses, SIP domain hosting, and SIP calling using their own domain. We are glad to support The SIP School in training more people on the advantages of SIP in the future of real time communications.” OnSIP originally began SIP domain hosting to encourage their customers to simplify communications and boost their corporate branding by creating SIP addresses for employees that match their email addresses. With the OnSIP API, customers can integrate SIP address provisioning into their own service offerings as The SIP School has accomplished. “OnSIP is offering a fantastic service that we wanted to make available to our students to help them in their SIP studies,” said Graham Francis, CEO of the SIP School. “We provisioned thousands of existing student accounts using the OnSIP API, and every new student that signs up for training from now will automatically get their new SIP account provisioned for them again via the API. OnSIP made it really easy for us to do this, and it’s a service we recommend highly”. To learn more about SIP, visit http://www.thesipschool.com. For SIP services and business phone services, visit OnSIP.com. About OnSIP Having helped over 10,000 customers, Junction Networks is a leading provider of business VoIP service to small and medium-sized businesses. OnSIP, by Junction Networks, is an intuitive and reliable business phone service on the Internet for companies with 5 to 100 employees. OnSIP customers enjoy the benefits of a business class phone system, without the traditional high cost, burden, and inflexibility. For more information, visit http://www.onsip.com. About The SIP School The SIP School is the global leader in SIP education with over 5,500 students registered for its training programs. It is the issuing authority for the SSCA® Certification that is endorsed by the Telecommunications Industry Association along with many manufacturers of SIP devices and providers of SIP based services. For more information, visit http://www.thesipschool.com.
December 15th 2011 Almost NEWS...! It's been a while since a news item was placed here and the frustrating thing is that there is so much to announce that we can't announce yet. We cant announce until January 2012 our new SIP partner who is helping us to provide all students @thesipschool.com SIP accounts. We cant announce yet the contract with one of the largest service providers in the world where we supply SIP and VoIP training and certification We can't annouce yet the agreement with one of the largest Telco manufacturers in the world where the SSVP is a pre req for dealers and the SSCA is a recommended certification before dealers resell a new great SIP edge device And we can't annouce the new work were doing with a giant in Telco where we're producing some new content for them? FRUSTRATING..!!!! But of course, we will announce all these things when Press and Marketing staff have done their stuff. So until then, it's a big thanks for being a supporter of The SIP School and have a great Holiday!
Brand new content going live this week! So after a few months of hectic writing The SIP school is pleased to roll out its latest updates to the SSCA® SIP training program. There are the usual changes due to the ever evolving nature of SIP but most notably this time around is a brand new module on SIP and Fax over IP and quite a revamp of SIP trunking, which of course is the one thing everyone talks about in the industry. Full update details can be found at this link http://www.thesipschool.com/newcontent.html We felt that a module on SIP and Fax over IP was much needed as people are finding that the service works well, badly or not at all and as Fax just doesn’t seem to want to go away then it’s got to be made to work over SIP trunks. The module teaches the basics of faxing, the transition to Fax over IP, the main FoIP protocols available and then heads off into troubleshooting and testing. We hope that this module proves a hit and enables people to cope with this old technology running over brand new links. SIP trunking has also been updated quite a bit with the inclusion of an ITSP checklist. This list is designed to be a guide for people who are looking to sign up for SIP trunking services but are not sure how to start and what questions to ask. It’s not an exhaustive list but we think it’s a good ‘stake in the ground’. Anyone who uses the list and wants to offer suggestions for improvement will be helping everyone out as again, we’ll keep it updated. May 6th 2011
Westcon Group - Shouting from the hilltops! We've been associated with Westcon in the UK for around 6 months and now we're partnered with Westcon in the USA. Westcon are Avaya's largest distributer in the states and have partnered with us to get people up to speed on SIP. Recent announcements to the press are all here and it's great to see such enhusiasm for our program from a global presence such as Westcon.
http://us.convergencepoint.westcon.com/ http://www.thevarguy.com/2011/05/02/westcon-group-wants-partners-to-get-sip-schooled/ http://www.echannelline.com/usa/story.cfm?item=26771 http://www.channelbuzz.ca/2011/05/westcon-sends-vars-to-sip-school-1701/
May 6th 2011 Changes in the Sales and Marketing course "SIP Communications for Sales and Marketing professionals" is now Live and replaces the old SIP Trunking for Sales/Marketing program. The reason being is that we've added in content to cover Unified Comms and Hosted PBX so it's not just about SIP Trunking anymore. The new certification name / logo - SSMP™ stands for SIP Sales and Markeitng professional. Any existing certified user will be able to see the changes on their certificate right away. The SIP Survey 2011 - The results are in! In February, The SIP School in association with Techistan carried out a survey to find out what's really happening in the world of SIP and SIP trunking. In fact we wanted to see what problems people were getting and work out what people need to do in order to get SIP Trunking right the first time. We found that problems ranged from Codec issues, No - Audio, Failure to keep systems patched, Call transfer issues and many many more. And this is in an industry that has the ambition to displace TDM Trunks completely...!!! With comments and insight from AudioCodes, Avaya, the SIP Forum, Mitel, Level 3, Ingate, Broadvox, Sonus Networks and more, you should download this report, grab a coffee and take 10 minutes to find out what's really going on out there and to make sure that you don't fall foul of some of the issues we found. To get access to the full report, please register on our mailing list and we'll send you a link right away. http://www.thesipschool.com/connect.html - If you are already on our mailing list, you'll be receiving the link shortly. February 21st 2011 SoTel Systems partnering with The SIP School Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - February 14, 2011 - The SIP School continues to establish itself as the provider of the global standard in SIP Training and certification by gaining a major partner in SoTel Systems. Based out of Saint Louis, Missouri, SoTel offers SIP services from trunking to collocation hosting services. On deciding to offer The SIP School’s range of SIP and VoIP training programs to SoTel clients, Value Added Resellers and SIP service agency channel, SoTel had this to say: “The choice of SIP School was really not a decision at all. They are simply the best self-paced learning option for gaining not only knowledge of SIP Technology, but also how to sell it and the potential for an enterprise-class certification program for SIP through them is the ‘icing on the cake.’ This program is key to the education and certification of not only our Value Added Resellers but also our SIP channel partners. This is part of our complete plan for becoming the SIP Partner to have for all telecommunication VARs in 2011 and beyond.” - Kevin Hill, Manager - Technical Assistance Center, SoTel Systems, LLC “Our partnership with The SIP School will allow us to leverage our knowledge of SIP trunking to strengthen our relationship with our partners and customers. Offering The SIP School’s training will elevate our partners to a higher level of education, which is vital in today’s competitive market.” - Adam Goebel, Channel Director of Sales for SoTel Systems LLC “The SIP School will enable our partners to have a true understanding of SIP. Our partners will not only know how to work with SIP service, but they will also understand how to get the most out of this new and exciting technology.” - Nick Kramer, Channel Director of Inside Sales, SoTel Systems, LLC Graham Francis, CEO of The SIP School said: “This partnership with SoTel is great for us. Being able to offer our training and certification to clients of SoTel with their great range of SIP services will further establish The SIP School as the industry’s choice for learning and qualifying on SIP.” “The SIP School e-learning program is a great choice for companies who need to get their team trained on SIP whilst looking to slash travel and subsistence costs,” he said. Francis added that The SIP School has been updated constantly to keep up with the ongoing development of SIP since its launch in 2007 and is confident that the inclusion of modules such as ‘SIP in Unified Communications’ will tempt even more companies to join up. “Our SSCA® SIP certification is certainly the only one worth attaining as it’s now recognized by so many important companies and organizations around the world.” February 15th 2011 SIP Facts Not Fiction Revealed by the SIP School and Techistan at Enterprise Connect Contributing to truth and business development in VoIP and SIP-related business is a quest of The SIP School, Techistan online magazine, DIDXchange and thousands of others who will participate in Enterprise Connect Feb. 29 - March 3, 2011 in Orlando, Florida. The trio will use this opportunity, of the gathering of brightest minds, organizations and ideas, to share results of the complete cycle of months of systematic observation, measurement, experiment, formulation, testing and modification of the industry's experience with SIP (session initiation protocol).
January 31st 2011 SIP School comments on the SIP Trunking Report I know there's only one comment from The SIP School on here, but it's still a valuable point so go read the whole doc... Communications Technology Insight: SIP Trunking in the Enterprise On the surface, SIP trunking is an attractive alternative for nearly every enterprise ... the benefits are compelling. Yet, questions about cost, reliability and interoperability remain for most enterprise IT execs faced with the decision to implement. » 64 percent of respondents are NOT currently using SIP trunking in their enterprise Download the free report here: Westcon links up with The SIP School WESTCON Convergence has partnered with a well known provider of the global standard in SIP training and certification. The distributor's collaboration with The SIP School offers resellers a range of online SIP-based technical and sales courses. Through a Westcon portal, resellers can access the full e-learning programme of training and SSCA certification, as well as an online sales and marketing resource centre. David Grant, Senior Vice President for Westcon Group Europe, said: "Standard vendor training alone does not always equip resellers with the requisite knowledge around the very protocol upon which their solutions are built. The SIP School training plugs the gap for sales, marketing and technical staff and offers the foundation for selling today's multi-vendor solutions.” October 12th 2010 We're at IPEXPO Theatre: Communications & Mobility This session called The Secrets of SIP Trunking 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. Click here for speaker information and here for registration
September 21st 2010 Networking 4 VoIP is now Bicsi recognised. https://www.bicsi.org/event_details.aspx?sessionaltcd=OV-VOCAL-UK-0810-1 Formally known as the Lan/Wan for VoIP course, Networking 4 VoIP is now worth 6 Bicsi CEC credits so is even more valuable to the student who passes the certification test. Also, pass the test and use the SSVP letters on your business correspondence, yes you are now a SIP School VoIP Professional. For now, all the content is exactly the same but we'll be embarking on a content 'refresh' program that will be rolled out in stages up to and including Q1 2001. Watch this space as they say :) September 15th 2010 SIP in Action - Date/Time change Due to various factors, the session called 'SIP in Action' due to run on October 4th at ITEXPO in LA has moved to Oct 5th at 2:00pm and is co-located in the Ingate room. Please note the change in your diary if you are planning to visit. September 6th 2010 The SIP School™ gains recognition from Acme Packet The SIP School continues to establish itself as the provider of the global standard in SIP Training and certification by gaining a major partner in Acme Packet. Acme Packet with their extensive NET-NET family of products, enables the delivery of trusted, first-class interactive communications—voice, video and multimedia sessions—and data services across IP network borders and has 1105 customers in 105 countries which includes 91 of the top 100 service providers in the world; and 11 of the Fortune 25. Graham Francis, CEO of The SIP School said: “This partnership with Acme Packet is fantastic for us. Being able to offer our training and certification to clients of one of the largest VoIP companies in the world further establishes The SIP School and the SSCA® Certification program as the industries choice for learning and qualifying on SIP” “The SIP School e-learning program is a great choice for companies who need to get their people trained on SIP whilst looking to slash travel and subsistence costs”, he said. Francis added that The SIP School has been updated constantly to keep up with the ongoing development of SIP since its launch in 2007 and is confident that the inclusion of modules such as ‘SIP in Unified communications’ will tempt even more companies to join up. “We have more ‘industry giants’ evaluating our SIP training and SSCA® certification program and we will be announcing further endorsements over the coming weeks”, he said. August 13th 2010 ITEXPO Conference announcement "SIP In Action" by The SIP School™
April 7th 2010 Learn how to Market and Sell ‘SIP Trunking’. 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. March 31st 2010 The SIP School™ joins the ITSPA 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 www.itspa.org.uk February 9th 2010 The SIP School™ to Speak at UCEXPO Olympia, London - March 2010 The SIP School™ to Speak at Ingate SIP Trunk Summit at ITEXPO East 2010 September 30th 2009 TeleMatrix choose The SIP School and the SSCA™ August 11th 2009 Audiocodes recommendation for The SIP School™
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. July 28th 2009 Brekeke partner with The SIP School™
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 and 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”
June 23rd 2009 BICSI recognise The SIP School™ The SIP School 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 @ www.bicsi.org
Graham Francis, CEO of The SIP School said: "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”. June 10th 2009
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