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Here is your May 2011 edition of Patton CONNECT with news u can use for the telecom and networking technology markets. We trust you will find the news and information useful...


Burt Patton on the Future of VoIP, UC & Cloud Computing
On the cover of April's InfoTECH Spotlight magazine is a photo of Burt Patton, EVP with his brother Bobby, President and CEO—along with the rest of the Patton rock band. On the inside (see page 30), Burt talks about how VoIP has changed in recent years, and the enabling role VoIP gateways play in tomorrow's unified communications and cloud computing trends. The cover-story, "Patton Rocks the VoiP World with SmartNode Gateways" includes Mr. Patton's predictions about the next big wave...

>>see page 30

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Video: Doug Hill on Session Border Controller Technology
Alexis Argent (VoIPon) interviewed Patton's Doug Hill at CeBIT 2011. >>Watch the video to hear Mr. Hill explain how Patton's award-winning enterprise session border router (ESBR) technology solves common challenges for enterprises setting up SIP-trunking, including disaster recovery, bandwidth bottlenecks, voice transcoding and more...

>>more videos...

Let Patton Buy Your Unwanted VoIP Gear!
Patton pays for your out-of-service, obsolete or unwanted VoIP gateways when you replace them with award-winning, SmartNode PRI VoIP equipment!  >>FAQs  Patton's VoIP IAD Port-Replacement Program offers cash rebates up to $1,295 for each T1/E1 PRI VoIP Gateway or Integrated Access Device that you Trade Up to SmartNode!

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Free Patton download – SmartNode™ PSTN gateway configuration tool
Save hours of "fiddling" with this free configuration tool. >>Learn more... Patton's downloadable configurator supports snom ONE & pbxnsip, & 3CX phone systems. >>Get the tool...


Two new products expand Patton's PRI VoIP gateway line
Why pay for a Swiss Army knife when you only need a screwdriver? Patton recently expanded the SmartNode™ T1/E1/PRI Series, adding the SN4940 VoIP Gateway and SN4950 VoIP Gateway-Router to the SN4960 VoIP IAD, now enhanced with session border controller capabilities. The expanded selection offers the ideal, best-priced solution for your specific network infrastructure, business processes, and go-forward communications strategy. full story....


Certified SmartNode™ unified communications with MS-OCS and IBM Lotus Sametime
Microsoft has certified SmartNode™ media gateways in its Unified Communications Open Interoperability Program for Office Communications Server (OCS). Patton lists Microsoft as a Certified IP-PBX Partner. Having announced IBM Lotus Sametime certification in March, Patton anticipates completing Microsoft Lync certification in Q3. >>full story....


SmartNode™ video tutorials – have you seen all of these?
  • Configuring Patton gateways with Trixbox pro
     - Kerry Garrison, VoIPStore
  • Configuring a Patton 4114 FXO Gateway with 3CX
     - Kerry Garrison, VoIPStore
  • How to Configure a Patton 4960 with 3CX
     - Kerry Garrison, VoIPStore
  • Patton Smartnode 4300 FXS IP Channel Bank First Impression
     - Matt Landis, Landis Computer
  • Getting Debug Information from a Smartnode
     - Matt Landis, Landis Computer
  • Configurazione Patton Smartnode 4552 per FreePBX
     - asterweb
  • Configuring VoiceOne with SmartNode
     - Allessandro, VoiceOne


Meet Patton at Upcoming Events Near You...

What?	When?	Where?
SmartNode VoIP Training	25-27 May	Paris, France (French)
Día Neocenter	25-25 May	Mexico City, Mexico
EDSlan Roadshow	25 May	Sicily, Italy
EDSlan Roadshow	8 June	Padua, Italy
Visuality Training	8-10 June	Gaithersburg, MD, USA
SmartNode VoIP Training	8-10 June	Netherlands (English)
SmartNode VoIP Training	8-10 June	Budapest, Hungary (English)
Over IP	14 June	Milan, Italia
CommunicAsia	21-24 June	Singapore
IP Sizzles	30 June	Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA

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