Converged Applications

Abstract: Programming for limited power/resource devices is a much bigger challenge than the desktop environment. This whitepaper is a general guideline for developers who are taking a leap of faith into the mobile development world, to help them get a head start in terms of selecting the right approach to develop a mobile application. 
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Abstract:  This technical whitepaper describes some typical migration challenges of a single server or traditional load balanced application server to a cloud infrastructure and also covers a recent case study where HSC helped a customer migrate their solution to the cloud.
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Abstract: Web feeds (hereby referred to as 'feed') have always played an important role in providing users content related updates of Websites without having to visit those websites manually. Typical examples of feed usage include users 'subscribing' to the feed of a website (example, CNN.com) and thereby automatically receiving 'news headlines' when the content changes.
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Abstract: roadband IP is a great leveling ground when it comes to converged services being offered by multiple providers. For example, with the availability of Broadband, companies such as Vonage could offer IP based phone replacement solutions threatening the turf of established phone operators.
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Abstract: With the continued tightening of expenses, IT organizations are forced to do more with less. The emergence of open source software has given IT organizations the opportunity to reduce their development cost without sacrificing quality. Software applications such as Apache web server and Open Office productivity package are examples of open source products used by businesses to reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO) within their organizations.The high cost of performance test automation software is requiring QA professionals to begin to evaluate open source alternatives.
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Abstract: The wide deployment of Voice over IP (VoIP), Real-time Text and Video over IP services has introduced new challenges in managing and maintaining voice/real-time Text/video quality, reliability, and overall performance. In particular, media delivery is an area that needs attention.
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Abstract: This paper presents a brief introduction on VoIP and discusses some of the most common deployment challenges that are faced. It also discusses the issue of Spam over Internet Telephony (SPIT), its implications and mechanisms to address this growing concern.
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Abstract: This document has been contributed by HSC to the SIP Forum Test Framework (SFTF) organization at https://www.sipfoundry.org/sftf under the GNU LGPL license. This document captures each MUST, MAY, SHALL, SHOULD and RECOMMENDED clauses of a UAC/S as per RFC 3261 and describes test cases and call flows which could be used to test the required behaviour.
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Abstract: With the increasing acceptance of AJAX as a mechanism to deliver real-time user experiences without the need of proprietary local clients and the increasing demand from consumers to have a better user experience with more features, both the Telecom and the Internet world are looking at means to be able to converge their offerings.
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