VoIP Solutions

Poor sound quality and unstable calls are perennial problems for IP telephony. But IP telephony has been used for years by telecommunication companies and has worked perfectly! So what’s going wrong? The poor experience is often blamed not on the telephone, but on the internet connection, which is not geared up to differentiate between phone calls and other traffic on the internet. 

Centralized or hosted Applications (SaaS)

There is a strong trend in the industry to use de-centralized applications such as ERP systems, CRM databases, IP telephony and backup. Some companies choose a hosted solution at an internet service provider (SaaS) and others are centralizing to corporate headquarters maybe via Citrix® or other thin client technologies. The bottom line for both scenarios is a reduced IT burden in the branch offices and the ability to gather IT skills centralized.

Schools, Hotels and institutions

Traffic on the internet is growing faster than the net can keep up with. In just two years, the number of video playbacks has risen from 9 to 25 billion. This can be noticed, especially in housing associations, schools or hotels where many independent people share a fixed amount of bandwidth.

SmartShare StraightShaper™ family of products is a hardware solution providing intelligent bandwidth management guaranteeing all users on the network a fair share of the available internet bandwidth.

SmartShare StraightShaper is based on years of experience in developing network equipment for business-critical environments. Utilizing the unique and patented User Load Balancing™ and Dynamic Quality of Service™ algorithms, the StraightShaper overcomes many of the problems of traditional QoS-based appliances when it comes to installation and configuration ease.

License Upgradeable
SmartShare Systems’ appliances come in a range of sizes to ensure that each of your offices has a properly sized bandwidth management appliance. Plus, with our upgradeable licensing capability, you don’t need to oversize a box for your remote offices and can ensure that you still have room to grow while protecting your WAN Optimization Appliance investment.

Ease of Use and Maintenance
SmartShare StraightShaper is easy to set up and roll out to your users. Installing a unit inline takes just minutes as it operates transparently in the network and can therefore be inserted without any network configuration changes. With an intuitive user interface for maintenance and monitoring, the SmartShare StraightShaper is a virtually administration-free solution.

SmartShare StraightShaper Series
SmartShare StraightShaper comes in three different product series dependant of the required performance.

StraightShaper 300 Series: Designed for deployment in locations where space is limited. StraightShaper 300 delivers the performance needed for small or branch offices.

StraightShaper 1000 Series: Designed for the branch office or the enterprise core, the StraightShaper 1000 series has increased processor and memory scalability to accommodate future features and functional enhancements.

StraightShaper 5000 Series: The StraightShaper 5000 series is designed for large enterprises, housing associations and others where flexibility and ability to upgrade is essential.