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<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'>This is not a sales pitch, and I get nothing for this…<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Qovia simply blows Cisco’s current ITEM
release out of the water, and leaves the awkwardness of Prognosis in the dark. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Cost wise, it is far less expensive than
NetIQ in most installations and can do so much more.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I my opinion it is the best Cisco VoIP
Real-Time management tool there is. We use it throughout our entire enterprise VoIP
Network and have been able to resolve many issues in minutes where we had spent
hours in the past troubleshooting. The best thing I could say that you may win Mgmt
over with… “We use it for <st1:place w:st="on">SLA</st1:place> and
QoS mgmt on remote sites. Since the probes can simulate traffic to each other across
the WAN. Due to mitigation of lost call or poor call quality, Qovia pays for itself
within months instead of years. We have reduced time to roll out new sites as well,
since we can take a few days worth of testing and put it into a few hours worth
of active tests using the probes in conjunction with Qovia Central.”, and
you can quote me on that.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>It is 100% off box so there are not compliance
and SMARTnet issues, plus it utilizes its own DB and does not rely on the CDR
which is not accessible until after the call has ended. We have it integrated
to our NMS it sends e-mail pages to us when there is an issue. That let’s
us actually see the MOS of the active call and on each leg of the call while
the user is on the call. This is great for real-time circuit maintenance; for
example, we can tweak llq (QoS) settings while the call is up to see if that
corrects the issue or not. We can identify bad circuits and codec issues, etc…
We can look at any services and process utilization on the CCMs real-time or historically.
We also use Qovia for capacity planning.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Another awesome feature is the device
inventory reports that will actually show you comparisons to see who is moving
their phone and from where to where. You can run hourly, nightly, weekly,
monthly reports and they are all useful. We had visiting users grabbing phones off
desks and moving them wherever, and we could find them with a simple report as
well as what day it moved to track the culprits down.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Voll, Scott
[mailto:Scott.Voll@wesd.org] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, December 15, 2005
12:07 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> VoIP Forum<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> cisco-voip@puck.nether.net<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> change to Qovia re: QoS
Toolsets</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Are you using it? I saw it at CIPTUG
and am trying to get a quote to show management. Can you give me your
opinion and overall impression?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Scott<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net</st1:PersonName> [mailto:<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net</st1:PersonName>] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>VoIP Forum<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, December 15, 2005
9:00 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Sarff, Dean;
cisco-voip@puck.nether.net<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [cisco-voip] re: QoS
Toolsets</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Qovia is the way to go!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><a href="http://www.qovia.com/">www.qovia.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net</st1:PersonName> [mailto:<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net</st1:PersonName>] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Sarff, Dean<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, December 15, 2005
11:56 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> cisco-voip@puck.nether.net<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [cisco-voip] re: QoS
Toolsets</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><font size=2 color="#3366ff" face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#3366FF'>I’d like feedback from
those users of either NET IQ’s VoIP tools or Integrated Research’s
PROGNOSIS. How do you like your product selection? </span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><a name=""><font size=2 color="#3366ff" face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#3366FF'>Dean Sarff,
MMS A&B IMD, 703-787-1272</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color="#3366ff" face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#3366FF'>Merry Christmas! Happy
Birthday Jesus!</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#3366FF'>May you an your family have a
Blessed Holiday.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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