{"id":287,"date":"2012-07-12T13:34:29","date_gmt":"2012-07-12T13:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/convergedsystems.com\/blog\/?p=287"},"modified":"2018-10-09T11:56:38","modified_gmt":"2018-10-09T16:56:38","slug":"benefits-of-sip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.convergedsystems.com\/blog\/benefits-of-sip\/","title":{"rendered":"Benefits of SIP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Session initiation protocol or SIP for short is a protocol used in communications. It is designed primarily to open and close sessions and can be found in applications including video conferencing, VOIP communications, instant messaging and even online gaming. Its benefits are numerous.<\/p>\n<p>SIP is defined by the IETF, an organization dedicated to designing and promoting internet standards. This means the protocol meets certain criteria, one of which is its ability to be used with multiple applications. For example, this protocol is used by cellular networks to handle the streaming of multimedia applications such as video and games.<\/p>\n<p>In business today, technology and the internet are essential. They allow companies to present detailed information, allow them to communicate with customers and associates all over the world and handle essential tasks such as telephone systems. One of the major benefits that <a title=\"SIP Chicago\" href=\"http:\/\/convergedsystems.com\/sip_chicago.html\" target=\"_blank\">SIP offers is versatility<\/a>. The protocol is designed to work with multiple types of security to allow for encryption. It also works well with other protocols allowing it to work well with a wide range of different protocols.<\/p>\n<p>Technology is advancing at a rapid pace. Software and equipment evolve rapidly to provide faster, better and more advanced service. This makes it hard to find things that are going to be able to keep up with the advancing times. The session initiation protocol works well with already established essential protocols to offer a <a title=\"What Is SIP?\" href=\"http:\/\/convergedsystems.com\/blog\/what-is-sip\/\" target=\"_blank\">well rounded and stable protocol <\/a>for just about any network infrastructure.<\/p>\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-32 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox external\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.convergedsystems.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F287&#038;t=Benefits%20of%20SIP&#038;s=100&#038;p&#091;url&#093;=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.convergedsystems.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F287&#038;p&#091;images&#093;&#091;0&#093;=&#038;p&#091;title&#093;=Benefits%20of%20SIP\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:32px;height:32px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" style=\"display: inline;width:32px;height:32px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.convergedsystems.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/64x64\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-32 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox external\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.convergedsystems.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F287&#038;text=Hey%20check%20this%20out\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:32px;height:32px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" style=\"display: inline;width:32px;height:32px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.convergedsystems.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/64x64\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-32 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-linkedin nolightbox external\" data-provider=\"linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Linkedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.convergedsystems.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F287&#038;title=Benefits%20of%20SIP\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:32px;height:32px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"linkedin\" title=\"Share on Linkedin\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" style=\"display: inline;width:32px;height:32px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.convergedsystems.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/64x64\/linkedin.png\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Session initiation protocol or SIP for short is a protocol used in communications. It is designed primarily to open and close sessions and can be found in applications including video conferencing, VOIP communications, instant messaging and even online gaming. Its benefits are numerous. SIP is defined by the IETF, an organization dedicated to designing and&#8230; <a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.convergedsystems.com\/blog\/benefits-of-sip\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Benefits of SIP - Converged Systems Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.convergedsystems.com\/blog\/benefits-of-sip\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Benefits of SIP - Converged Systems Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Session initiation protocol or SIP for short is a protocol used in communications. 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