Teledata
The
Birth of a New Generation of Tele-Data Professionals
by Dell Crill
As
the technology and demand for Voice over Frame Telephony increases at and
alarming rate many companies have turned to Telecom professionals for the
integration of these systems. Until recently the thought of telephone and
data forming a marriage was not recognized nor accepted by those in the IT
profession. Telecom was always seen as a separate service, an entity that
coexisted alone side of the computer technology field and its only purpose
was to tie LANs together. Many of the large manufactures of VOIP and PBX
systems are marketing new hardware and software that will allow the
convergence of voice and data over internal network structure or the
internet itself. These new Tele-Data systems are not your average network
switch or router. They are complex telecom switches with data backbones.
These new phone systems offer complete in one box solutions that give the
owner an array of options and flexibility. This new technology is quite cost
effective to implement compared to replacing an industry standard PBX . The
implementations of these new hybrids require much skill in the telecom side
of the house but also require the network knowledge of a seasoned IT
professional. Thus, combining these skill requirements forms a new kind of
jack of both trades position that has become increasingly sought after by
large and small companies considering VOIP technology. The once
irreplaceable DBA may find him or herself in need of Telecom systems
training that will enable them to implement these new Tele-Data systems with
out the added expense of hiring an out side vendor to install and maintain
this equipment. The DBA or
Network Administrator that is not willing to get educated in this new
evolving technology may find them selves without the newly required skills
necessary to keep a once valuable position. All IT professionals should be seeking further information in
the VOIP and Data convergence market. Educating themselves on how to design
and implement tele-data systems will only make them much more attractive to
there employer. You have to ask yourself? Which one of these positions will
your company require in the next five years?
Dell Crill
