The 9608G IP Deskphone is ideally suited for everyday users who consider the phone to be one of many useful communication tools and who rely on common functions like directory and speed dial to enhance productivity and collaboration.

The high-performing Avaya 9608G IP Deskphone features a monochrome display, 4 softkeys, high definition audio quality, integrated Gigabit Ethernet interface, headset support, and up to three 12- or 24-button Expansion Modules.

Part of the 9600 Series IP Deskphones, the 9608G leverages your enterprise IP network to deliver sophisticated voice communications from headquarters, remote locations, or home offices. Integrated with the Avaya Aura and IP Office Platforms, the 9608G optimizes communications through a flexible architecture that leverages existing investments and accommodates changing business needs.

Key Features and Benefits

• • Delivers high definition audio that can increase productivity by reducing fatigue and provides easier-to-understand multi-party calls through the wideband audio codec in the handset and headset.
• • Simplifies call control on the display using softkeys for everyday functions such as transfer, conference and forwarding; also makes it easy to perform everyday tasks such as quick access to the corporate directory.
• • Provides visual queues that can speed task management through 8 dual-color Red/Green LED buttons.
• • Improves flexibility through support of a secondary Gigabit Ethernet port for a PC.
• • Enables high-speed call handling through support of up to three 12- or 24-button Expansion Modules.
• • Offers consistency through a common interface with soft clients and mobile endpoints.
• • Accommodates advanced unified communications solutions with Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) based infrastructure on the Avaya Aura platform.
• • Supports reduced energy consumption and lower costs through Power-over-Ethernet Class 1 design with “sleep mode”.

ECS is an authorized AVAYA Business Partner located in Seattle, WA & Portland, OR.

ECS provides local technicians for on-site work installing and servicing a variety of voice/data equipment, ie; Avaya Aura Servers, Gateways, Messaging, Telephones, Firewalls, Ethernet Switches, Low Voltage Cabling, WiFi, CCTV, POS, Paging, etc. 

ECS provides services in the states of Washington & Oregon, primarily in the greater Seattle & Portland areas.

With offices in the Seattle, WA and Portland, OR metro areas, ECS offers Local Service & Installation for Video Security Camera Systems.

ECS has years of experience installing Analog, Digital, & IP video surveillance systems for Seattle & Portland area businesses.

Professional Video Security Technology

We provide a large number of Video Security solutions for every budget, big or small. We specialize in integrating HD quality IP surveillance cameras with NVRs and video management software solutions. We also provide wireless networking, and other essential network technologies that are required for a successful security solution installation.

A great benefit of IP surveillance is that you can view your live camera feeds from your smartphone or tablet device. We offer a wide range of outdoor IP cameras, specifically designed for withstanding harsh or unpredictable weather conditions. ECS can design a customized video surveillance system for large or multi-site organizations that may have strict IT requirements or limitations.

Security cameras can do much more than safeguard against shoplifters and vandalism, they can also maximize business operations and increase ROI. We offer many IP surveillance camera systems that seamlessly integrate with POS terminals, including self-checkout stands and ATMs. Advanced retail analytics allow you to track employee productivity, customer transactions, and receipt data so you can pinpoint fraudulent activity.

ECS is a Video Surveillance System reseller located in Seattle, WA & Portland, OR.

ECS provides local technicians for on-site work installing and servicing a variety of voice/data equipment, ie; Avaya Aura Servers, Gateways, Messaging, Telephones, Firewalls, Ethernet Switches, Low Voltage Cabling, WiFi, CCTV, POS, Paging, etc. 

ECS provides services in the states of Washington & Oregon, primarily in the greater Seattle & Portland areas.

ECS provides Video Camera Security Systems with the right cameras for any Commercial Video Surveillance Installation.

From the most affordable Analog Video Security Cameras to the most Advanced HD IP Video Security Cameras and Wireless IP Networked Video Security Cameras, ECS offers a complete range of Cameras, Housings and Mounts.

We can help you plan and install a complete Business Video Surveillance System or install the system that you purchased. We can handle all the cabling & camera installations, as well as setting the system up and connecting to your network.

Video Cameras for every purpose, in every environment:

• • Digital and Analog Cameras
• • Infrared, Low-Light and Thermal Cameras
• • Wireless Cameras
• • IP-Networked Cameras
• • Transit & Mobile Cameras
• • Pan, Tilt, & Zoom (PTZ) capabilities
• • Indoor & Outdoor Camera solutions
• • Monitoring & Remote viewing from smart phones or tablets
• • Housings to protect against weather and vandalism
• • Complete design, installation and maintenance services

ECS is a Video Surveillance System reseller located in Seattle, WA & Portland, OR.

ECS provides local technicians for on-site work installing and servicing a variety of voice/data equipment, ie; Avaya Aura Servers, Gateways, Messaging, Telephones, Firewalls, Ethernet Switches, Low Voltage Cabling, WiFi, CCTV, POS, Paging, etc. 

ECS provides services in the states of Washington & Oregon, primarily in the greater Seattle & Portland areas.

Ethernet Network Cabling

Providing commercial-grade Network cabling throughout a business facility involves the installation of connectors, connecting hardware, and cables using unshielded twisted pair (UTP), screened (foil) unshielded twisted pair (F/UTP), shielded twisted pair (STP), or multi-mode or single-mode fiber optics.

Unshielded Twisted Pair Wiring

UTP cables come in a variety of grades for many different applications. Category 6 UTP cable uses larger cable diameters to mitigate crosstalk in 10G BASE-T applications. Category 5e and 6 are also offered.

Screened (Foil) Unshielded Twisted Pair Wiring

Category 6A F/UTP cabling prevents alien crosstalk through a cable shield.  The cable design resists deformation and allows less restrictive installation practices.  The smaller cable diameter offers a greater pathway fill density.  Connectors are available in flat, angled and keystone versions, and are designed with simple grounding in mind.

Fiber Optic Wiring

Fiber optic network cabling is the most common network connection for data centers, though F/UTP and S/FTP are gaining popularity.  Fiber optic cabling is available in single-mode and multi-mode forms.  A mode is the path a ray of light follows while traveling down a fiber cable.  Multimode fiber allows more than one mode of light. Common multimode core sizes are 50 µm and 62.5 µm.  Single-mode fiber allows for only one pathway, or mode, of light to travel within the fiber. The core size is typically 8.3-10 µm.

Copper cabling standards are designated as Category 5e, Category 6, & Augmented Category 6. This numbering system refers to the specifications defined by committees of ISO, ATM, TIA, CSA, CENELEC and JSA/JSI. The ANSI / TIA / EIA-568 standard, for example, is a telecommunications cabling standard for commercial buildings covering Category 5e, 6 and 6A.

Structured Cabling Systems

Network cabling and wiring systems rely on a variety of structured cable system components working in together.  The weakest link in a cabling system represents its highest performance.

Some of the components of a cabling system include: floor-mount data racks, wall-mount data racks, data cabinets, patch panels, wire management, power distribution units (PDU), patch cables, cable troughs, & rack accessories.

ECS is a Network Infrastructure Cabling company located in Seattle, WA & Portland, OR.

ECS provides local technicians for on-site work installing and servicing a variety of voice/data equipment, ie; Avaya Aura Servers, Gateways, Messaging, Telephones, Firewalls, Ethernet Switches, Low Voltage Cabling, WiFi, CCTV, POS, Paging, etc. 

ECS provides services in the states of Washington & Oregon, primarily in the greater Seattle & Portland areas.

What is Network Infrastructure?

Network infrastructure is the hardware and software resources of an entire network that enable network connectivity, communication, operations and management of a network.

Network infrastructure provides the communication path and services between users, processes, applications, services and external networks, including the Internet. Network infrastructure is part of the IT infrastructure. The entire network infrastructure is interconnected, and can be used for internal communications, external communications or both.

A typical network infrastructure includes:

Networking Hardware:

• • Routers/FireWalls
• • Switches
• • LAN cards
• • Wireless routers
• • Cables

Networking Software:

• • Network operations and management
• • Operating systems
• • Firewall
• • Network security applications

Network Services:

• • T-1 Line
• • DSL
• • Satellite
• • Wireless protocols
• • IP addressing

ECS is a Network Infrastructure company located in Seattle, WA & Portland, OR.

ECS provides local technicians for on-site work installing and servicing a variety of voice/data equipment, ie; Avaya Aura Servers, Gateways, Messaging, Telephones, Firewalls, Ethernet Switches, Low Voltage Cabling, WiFi, CCTV, POS, Paging, etc. 

ECS provides services in the states of Washington & Oregon, primarily in the greater Seattle & Portland areas.

Structured Cabling is a cabling infrastructure that can support Servers, PCs, network appliances, phones and other devices. It’s the backbone that links everything together, from voice and data to multimedia and network services such as SIP, ISDN, ADSL, WAN, and LAN.

Horizontal Cabling includes the outlets/jacks, horizontal cable, patch panels, physical terminations and patch cords. (or jumper wire, that comprises the horizontal cross-connect)

Data Cables are any media that allow baseband transmissions (binary 1,0s) from a transmitter to a receiver.

Backbone Cabling is inter-building and/or intra-building cabling connections in structured cabling between entrance facilities, equipment rooms and telecommunications closets. Backbone cabling consists of the transmission media, main and intermediate cross-connects and terminations at these locations.

An organized structured cabling system provides the following benefits:

• • MAC’s are much quicker due to organization
• • Potential for downtime is reduced drastically due to organization.
• • Time savings; cable and port tracing becomes a much easier job with a structured cabling system.
• • Aesthetics; Never underestimate the looks! A structured cabling system always looks much cleaner.

ECS is a Structured Cabling company located in Seattle, WA & Portland, OR.

ECS provides local technicians for on-site work installing and servicing a variety of voice/data equipment, ie; Avaya Aura Servers, Gateways, Messaging, Telephones, Firewalls, Ethernet Switches, Low Voltage Cabling, WiFi, CCTV, POS, Paging, etc. 

ECS provides services in the states of Washington & Oregon, primarily in the greater Seattle & Portland areas.

What is Internet Protocol (IP) ?

Internet Protocol (IP) is the principal set (or communications protocol) of digital message formats and rules for exchanging messages between computers across a single network or a series of interconnected networks, using the Internet Protocol Suite (often referred to as TCP/IP). Messages are exchanged as datagrams, also known as data packets or just packets.

IP is the primary protocol in the Internet Layer of the Internet Protocol Suite, which is a set of communications protocols consisting of four abstraction layers: link layer (lowest), Internet layer, transport layer and application layer (highest).

The main purpose and task of IP is the delivery of datagrams from the source host (source computer) to the destination host (receiving computer) based on their addresses. To achieve this, IP includes methods and structures for putting tags (address information, which is part of metadata) within datagrams. The process of putting these tags on datagrams is called encapsulation.

Think of an analogy with the postal system. IP is similar to the U.S. Postal System in that it allows a package (a datagram) to be addressed (encapsulation) and put into the system (the Internet) by the sender (source host). However, there is no direct link between sender and receiver.

The package (datagram) is almost always divided into pieces, but each piece contains the address of the receiver (destination host). Eventually, each piece arrives at the receiver, often by different routes and at different times. These routes and times are also determined by the Postal System, which is the IP. However, the Postal System (in the transport and application layers) puts all the pieces back together before delivery to the receiver (destination host).

Note: IP is actually a connectionless protocol, meaning that the circuit to the receiver (destination host) does not need be set up before transmission (by the source host). Continuing the analogy, there does not need to be a direct connection between the physical return address on the letter/package and the recipient address before the letter/package is sent.

Originally, IP was a connectionless datagram service in a transmission control program created by Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn in 1974. When format and rules were applied to allow connections, the connection-oriented Transmission Control Protocol was created. The two together form the Internet Protocol Suite, often referred to as TCP/IP.

Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) was the first major version of IP. This is the dominant protocol of the Internet. However, iPv6 is active and in use, and its deployment is increasing all over the world.

Addressing and routing are the most complex aspects of IP. However, intelligence in the network is located at nodes (network interconnection points) in the form of routers which forward datagrams to the next known gateway on the route to the final destination. The routers use interior gateway protocols (IGPs) or external gateway protocols (EGPs) to help with making forwarding route decisions. Routes are determined by the routing prefix within the datagrams. The routing process can therefore become complex. But at the speed of light (or nearly so) the routing intelligence determines the best route, and the datagram pieces and datagram all eventually arrive at their destination.

ECS is a Network Infrastructure company located in Seattle, WA & Portland, OR.

ECS provides local technicians for on-site work installing and servicing a variety of voice/data equipment, ie; Avaya Aura Servers, Gateways, Messaging, Telephones, Firewalls, Ethernet Switches, Low Voltage Cabling, WiFi, CCTV, POS, Paging, etc. 

ECS provides services in the states of Washington & Oregon, primarily in the greater Seattle & Portland areas.

What is Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) ?

Transmission control protocol (TCP) is a network communication protocol designed to send data packets over the Internet.

TCP is a transport layer protocol in the OSI layer and is used to create a connection between remote computers by transporting and ensuring the delivery of messages over supporting networks and the Internet.

Transmission Control Protocol is one of the most used protocols in digital network communications and is part of the Internet protocol suite, commonly known as the TCP/IP suite. Primarily, TCP ensures end-to-end delivery of data between distinct nodes. TCP works in collaboration with Internet Protocol, which defines the logical location of the remote node, whereas TCP transports and ensures that the data is delivered to the correct destination.

Before transmitting data, TCP creates a connection between the source and destination node and keeps it live until the communication is active. TCP breaks large data into smaller packets and also ensures that the data integrity is intact once it is reassembled at the destination node.

ECS is a Network Infrastructure company located in Seattle, WA & Portland, OR.

ECS provides local technicians for on-site work installing and servicing a variety of voice/data equipment, ie; Avaya Aura Servers, Gateways, Messaging, Telephones, Firewalls, Ethernet Switches, Low Voltage Cabling, WiFi, CCTV, POS, Paging, etc. 

ECS provides services in the states of Washington & Oregon, primarily in the greater Seattle & Portland areas.

What is a Firewall ?

A Firewall is software used to maintain the security of a private network. Firewalls block unauthorized access to or from private networks and are often employed to prevent unauthorized Web users or illicit software from gaining access to private networks connected to the Internet. A Firewall may be implemented using hardware, software, or a combination of both.

A Firewall is recognized as the first line of defense in securing sensitive information.

Firewalls generally use two or more of the following methods:

• Packet Filtering: Firewalls filter packets that attempt to enter or leave a network and either accept or reject them depending on the predefined set of filter rules.
• Application Gateway: The application gateway technique employs security methods applied to certain applications such as Telnet and File Transfer Protocol servers.
• Circuit-Level Gateway: A circuit-level gateway applies these methods when a connection such as Transmission Control Protocol is established and packets start to move.
• Proxy Servers: Proxy servers can mask real network addresses and intercept every message that enters or leaves a network.
• Stateful Inspection or Dynamic Packet Filtering: This method compares not just the header information, but also a packet’s most important inbound and outbound data parts. These are then compared to a trusted information database for characteristic matches. This determines whether the information is authorized to cross the firewall into the network.

ECS is an authorized Dell SonicWall reseller located in Seattle, WA & Portland, OR.

ECS provides local technicians for on-site work installing and servicing a variety of voice/data equipment, ie; Avaya Aura Servers, Gateways, Messaging, Telephones, Firewalls, Ethernet Switches, Low Voltage Cabling, WiFi, CCTV, POS, Paging, etc. 

ECS provides services in the states of Washington & Oregon, primarily in the greater Seattle & Portland areas.

Connect Your Small Business with Affordable, Reliable, IP Office Intuitive Communications

Future-ready IP Office Business Communications Built for Your Needs

Quickly and reliably connect your people and customers using IP Office, an efficient and affordable phone system.

We know the phone is the lifeblood of a small business, and the IP Office Platform supports phone basics but also delivers powerful communications typically found in large businesses.

Help your staff become more efficient and more productive.

IP Office functionality includes:

• • Full-featured, high-quality audio speaker phones and voice messaging
• • A versatile receptionist console that speeds call handling
• • Mobile capabilities that make it easy be as productive and responsive on the road as in the office

Get an all-inclusive solution at a price and scope designed for small businesses.

IP Office scales with your business growth and uses VoIP to reduce communications costs.

Choose the ideal deployment. IP Office can be installed on your premises, fully in the cloud, or as a combination of both. You decide what best suits your needs and budget.

Start with the Basics and Grow

IP Office expands as you do, easily supporting more users and new capabilities. User admin is fast and seamless. And it’s easy to turn on new productivity features as they’re needed to keep pace with your customers.

Communicate More Effectively

Give each user one number to connect with co-workers, partners, and customers from anywhere, at any time, on any device.

Be Always Open for Business

Never let a call go unanswered. IP Office capabilities range from simple voicemail to email to full office capabilities available on the go or at home.

ECS is an authorized AVAYA Business Partner located in Seattle, WA & Portland, OR.

ECS provides local technicians for on-site work installing and servicing a variety of voice/data equipment, ie; Avaya Aura Servers, Gateways, Messaging, Telephones, Firewalls, Ethernet Switches, Low Voltage Cabling, WiFi, CCTV, POS, Paging, etc. 

ECS provides services in the states of Washington & Oregon, primarily in the greater Seattle & Portland areas.