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Telus Communications Migrates from TDM services to VoIP Services

In this video, Curtis Sperle, Director of Voice & Collab Services at TELUS Communications, discusses the company's transition from traditional TDM-based networks to modern VoIP and cloud solutions. Key points include: Modernization Strategy: TELUS is migrating its copper-based services to an IP-based infrastructure to improve scalability and reliability. Strategic Partnership: Ribbon serves as a primary vendor, providing essential components like Session Border Controllers (SBCs) and PSX for call control.

We're Past Human-Scale Operations. Here's Why.

Ever been on a 100-person P1 call where everyone says, “It’s not us”? That’s not a people problem. It’s a broken operating model. More tools. More data. More teams. And somehow… slower resolution. This is what happens when observability is fragmented across silos. Each team has data, but no one has shared truth—and human-scale operations can’t keep up with modern IT complexity. This clip breaks down why the old model no longer works.

Secure Fleet Management with MDM: Lockdown Solution for Truck Drivers

Are you struggling with device theft and misuse in your fleet management? Discover how to take control with AirDroid Business! With cutting-edge features like App management, kiosk mode and customized alerts, you can limit access to work-related contents only and quickly respond to unusual device activity Role-based Device Grouping.

To change your engineering culture, start by asking your team what sucks

Most engineering leaders have a very known and very annoying "normal error." It's the log entry or deployment glitch that has been around so long that it is simply accepted as part of the status quo. Jeff Schnitter, a Solution Architect at Cortex, describes this as a form of organizational Stockholm syndrome. This mindset is unsustainable for several reasons.

Who should be on-call

There usually isn’t a hard and fast rule about who should be on-call. Teams often look for criteria like seniority, experience, or expertise. While those factors certainly help, they might matter less than you think. It is often more useful to look at whether your processes are ready. When incident responses rely on memory and intuition rather than documentation, even experienced engineers can struggle. They might handle things through internal knowledge that isn’t available to everyone else.

Introducing Megaport On-ramp as a Service

Megaport On-ramp as a Service is the fastest way for service providers to offer secure, private connectivity to mission-critical applications, and it’s now available. Considered the gold standard, private connectivity is the superior way to reach enterprise applications, storage services, or security services. But for most service providers, offering a private on-ramp for customers to connect to isn’t straightforward.