With the help of UC professionals, Variphy has become the de facto standard for CUCM reporting and it is for a very good reason. Variphy gives you access to data and details that would be extremely difficult, dare we say impossible to generate natively in CUCM. In no specific orderContinue Reading >
Kari’s Law, are you compliant?
March 5, 2018 in: CDR Reporting by: panicatthecisco
On February 16th 2018 President Donald Trump signed into law H.R. 582 a legislation better known as Kari’s Law that requires that all emergency callers are able to dial 9-1-1 directly from phones associated with multi-line telephone systems (MLTS) commonly found in hotels, offices and other enterprises. (Yes, this appliesContinue Reading >
How to alert for possible Toll Fraud
December 27, 2017 in: CDR Reporting by: panicatthecisco
Toll fraud is long-standing issue that impacts many organizations telephony systems. This illicit use of a telephony system to make calls, not necessarily long distance or international calls, is difficult but not impossible to combat. In a Cisco VoIP environment you can use CUCM Class of Service, Cisco Native GatewayContinue Reading >
Unraveling the CDR data from CUCM to make it useful and accessible
November 29, 2017 in: CDR Reporting by: Weston Nanini
Most Cisco UC clients who have made the decision to go with CUCM fail to realize the investment made. Cisco was likely chosen because it is the most complete solution, but a lot of the data available tends to go unused. Whether because the data is difficult toContinue Reading >
Winner of the Pennywise Halloween mask in Variphy’s Friday the 13th contest announced!
October 27, 2017 in: Contests by: Phil Corbin
Congratulations Matt Billmeier, the winner of the Pennywise Halloween mask in our ‘Friday the 13th’ contest! We can’t wait to see pics of you trick or treating with your new mask!
Gartner has listed Variphy as a leading Technology Provider for Unified Communications and Cisco UC Tools Solutions
October 9, 2017 in: CDR Reporting, Customer Reviews by: Phil Corbin
Gartner has listed Variphy as a leading Technology Provider for Unified Communications and Cisco UC Tools Solutions. Unified Communication customers were asked to provide in-depth feedback on Variphy’s Cisco CDR Reporting and Analytics software which was then rigorously vetted by Gartner (the world’s leading research and advisory company) to ensureContinue Reading >
Cisco Live 2017 interview with Tim from Northwest Community Credit Union
August 14, 2017 in: CDR Reporting, Events by: Phil Corbin
We sat down with Tim from Northwest Community Credit Union at Cisco Live 2017 to hear how he discovered Variphy and why it was chosen as their CDR Reporting and Call Analytics solution. The Challenge Tim was unable to easily read CDR files and figure out call logs at theContinue Reading >
IT Manager managing a large network
June 22, 2017 in: CDR Reporting by: Weston Nanini
This week lets talk about the IT Manager managing a large network, perhaps with global resources deployed. You have a difficult task, with so many hands involved in the management of your Cisco UC environment, many things can go wrong. And of course your infrastructure is critical to the successContinue Reading >
You’re an IT Manager on an Island
May 10, 2017 in: CDR Reporting by: Weston Nanini
Ok, you’re an IT Manager and you’re managing not only Cisco UC infrastructure, but all the other network infrastructure and security that your company needs to function. It’s critical for you that you can make the best possible decision in a timely manner. If you’re in a small organization, you’reContinue Reading >
Let me introduce myself
April 21, 2017 in: CDR Reporting by: Weston Nanini
Let me introduce myself, I am the sales guy who sees all the angles. You may be thinking, “great, last thing I want to do is deal with this guy”. But let me tell you why you’re wrong. You see, all I really need to know is what your roleContinue Reading >
Teaching Next Generation Youth Importance of CDR Analytics
April 15, 2017 in: CDR Reporting by: Dan Schmitt
Walt Disney once stated, “Around here, we don’t look backwards for very long… We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things because we’re curious… and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths”. Having the ability to educate students last week at Crete-Monee Middle School Career DayContinue Reading >