Miercom
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Recent tests and articles
Miercom, is a privately held Princeton Junction, NJ-based network consultancy, specializes in networking and communications-related product analysis and testing, consulting and research. Miercom’s highly-skilled employees, many with over 20 years experience in the networking industry, have developed methodologies for testing products from voice over IP equipment to storage area networks.
Leading technology companies submit their products for Miercom for review in anticipation of earning its prestigious "NetWORKS As Advertised" award. Only products that meet stringent test requirements, including product-usability and performance capability, receive it. Miercom also offers on- and off-site diagnostic consultation, equipment recommendation and selection, cabling/fiber planning and design, installation of high-end equipment, assistance with customized strategic network planning and direction, specialized technology reports, and technical guides. Miercom, founded in 1988, is an independent networking consultancy and product test center located in Princeton Junction, NJ. The company pioneered the comparative assessment of networking hardware and software, having developed methodologies for testing products from ATM switches to voice-over-IP equipment. Miercom, a proud member of the Network World Lab Alliance, is the undisputed leader in the independent networking validation industry, and sets the standard for credible, competent, unbiased, and realistic testing.
In 1995, Miercom launched its "NetWORKS As Advertised" program, in which any vendor can submit its networking-related products for a comprehensive, independent assessment. Miercom also publishes special reports on important and leading-edge networking technologies. Visit www.miercom.com for more information on Miercom’s full line of products and services.
Rob Smithers
Rob Smithers, president of Miercom, has over 12 years experience in design, troubleshooting, and testing of networking and communications products. He has tested and certified through his lab over 1000 networking products to date.
Prior to being named president, as vice president of technology, Smithers managed the competitive and interoperability test lab for three years; and has offered consulting design experience to Fortune 500 companies.
Rob has presented and taught sessions on VoIP, VPN, ATM and other technologies at trade shows such as COMNET and Networld + Interop. He has a BSEE from Lehigh University and has a reserve command in United States Army Reserves.
Betsy Yocom
Betsy, Managing Editor,, leads the Miercom research team, which publishes in-depth special reports on leading-edge technologies; develops articles for leading trade publications, and assists with consulting projects. Betsy also writes Miercom’s Summary Reports, and technical guides, based on laboratory testing results. She is credited with many by-lined articles covering topics such as VoIP, VPNs, IP PBXs, and IDS systems.
Betsy has over 20 years in technical publishing, product development and marketing. Her experience includes various technical-publishing positions with McGraw-Hill, including Group Managing Editor, Communications and New Product Development Manager at Datapro; marketing management (LANs and switches) for Bell Atlanticom Systems; and technical documentation and training management for SmithKline Beecham. Betsy's educational background includes a B.A. from Rowan University, graduate work at Wesleyan University, and an M.S. in communications from Drexel University.
You can reach all of these Miercom employees at www.miercom.com.
Recent tests and articles by Miercom:
Is Microsoft Office Communications Server your next IP PBX?
Jun. 25, 2007
When OCS's software-based VoIP engine is coupled with Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 client software, users have access to IP telephony, instant messaging and presence awareness.
Using Microsoft's OCS as a unified messaging platform
Jun. 25, 2007
Office Communication Server, Exchange and Office Communicator put voice on a level playing field in Microsoft nets.
Open source IP PBX: Pingtel SIPxchange
Apr. 09, 2007
Of Pingtel's three open source IP PBXs, we tested SIPxchange Enterprise Communication Server, Version 3.7. Pingtel also has the SIPxNano for fewer than 30 users, as well as a free, downloadable version of its sipX ...
Digium's AsteriskNow provides solid IP PBX base
Apr. 09, 2007
Three of the four products in this Clear Choice Test have a version of Asterisk at their core, but Asterisk founder Digium also assembles and supports several of its own packaged versions of Asterisk: Asterisk Business ...
IP-PBXs built on open source software show promise
Apr. 09, 2007
In this Clear Choice test of four open source-based IP PBX systems, we found products that are well suited for the low end — defined in this testing as supporting as many as 250 concurrent users. By providing simple ...
Open source IP PBX: Fonality PBXtra
Apr. 09, 2007
Fonality's PBXtra 3.5 Professional edition appliance is based on CentOS 4.3 and Asterisk 1.2. Fonality sells two other retail versions -- Standard and Call Center -- and offers a free downloadable open source IP PBX ...
Open source IP PBX heritage
Apr. 09, 2007
All of the systems examined in this Clear Choice were based on Asterisk. From its inception in 1999, when Digium's Mark Spencer developed the Asterisk IP PBX, it has been one of the most widely used and freely ...
How we tested open source IP PBX
Apr. 09, 2007
The open source-based IP PBX products were connected into our standard IP PBX test bed, which was configured with a subnet using an Extreme Networks Summit 24 L2/L3 switch simulating a typical enterprise location. The ...
Open source IP PBX: Escaux net.PBX
Apr. 09, 2007
We tested the open source net.PBX Communications edition from Escaux. It is built on Linux Debian 2.6.18 and Asterisk 1.2 and ships preloaded on a 4U appliance with Digium analog or T-1/E-1 cards installed. Escaux also ...
Open source IP PBX: Four Loop Switchvox
Apr. 09, 2007
Four Loop offers two versions of the Switchvox v2.6 retail open source-based IP PBX, the Switchvox SOHO and the Switchvox SMB, which we put in the rack for this review. The SOHO is designed for a smaller number of users ...
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