Here is a short list of Questions that we find we constantly get asked regarding the Nortel BCM 200:
How reliable is the Nortel BCM 200?
Nortel Networks carrier-class reliability is well established, and is measured using accepted industry standards. With each release of BCM, Nortel Networks focuses on enhancing product reliability and builds upon industry standards for ease of operability. Providing industry-leading solutions in VoIP, data and optical networking, Nortel Networks offers its enterprise customers the simplicity and cost savings of converged networks, information sharing across platforms and simplified deployment of security measures.
Does the Nortel BCM 200 Scale well?
The Nortel BCM 200 can scale with a business by adding users and advanced feature-rich applications, including Unified Messaging, Multimedia Call Centre, Voice over IP, Interactive Voice Response (IVR), Mobility solutions and many more. In addition, as a business grows, it can add IP phones to its data infrastructure without the need to acquire new hardware or reconfigure the BCM.
Do we really need so may features?
The Nortel BCM provides users with access to hundreds of standard and keycode enabled features and applications, so you can add functionality as your business grows and needs change without the need to purchase new hardware. By providing such a wealth of features, you can a choose the ones that suit your specific business requirements.
Can we streamline our costs?
When customers choose BCM, they can profit from the full operational advantages of IP-based convergence, plus the advanced applications and increased ability to collaborate, which go along with an IP-based infrastructure. By converging voice and data on a single, packet-switched network, customers can reduce maintenance and management costs, since IT staff are only operating one network for both voice and data. This also means that only one cable drop is made to each desk or meeting room to enable both voice and data connectivity.
Is the Nortel BCM 200 easy to administer?
Network Configuration Manager provides a single view of the network with a common database for storing and managing the BCM system, inventory, and configuration information. This centralised database stores information about every network device, allowing the administrator complete visibility of the network.
How Secure is the Nortel BCM 200?
For digital telephony, BCM offers many integrated security features, such as Restriction Services that enables system administrators to prevent toll fraud on a set-by-set basis by forcing each set to adhere to BCM call restrictions.
For clients adopting VoIP, BCM delivers security across the network, including web proxy features similar to the Domain Naming System (DNS) proxy, integrated firewall and security measures like Network Address Translation (NAT), Basic and Stateful packet filtering, Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP), VPN support with IPSec and Secure Socket Layer (SSL).
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