| VoIP News Headlines
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 Microsoft
announces plans to make a broad push into the business-telephone
market, including desktop phones and videoconferencing
devices designed by Microsoft and sold by partners, with some
available as soon as June 2007. The plan sets the stage for
Microsoft to take on other giants, such as Cisco, Avaya &
Nortel in the industry march to replace traditional phone systems
with more flexible and cheaper Internet technologies.
MarketWatch.com 6/26/6 |
| Microsoft Wants Your Office Telephone The founding vision for Microsoft Corp. was a computer on every desk, each one running Microsoft software. The next dream is every office phone. Microsoft Monday announced a broad initiative into the business telephone market, including desktop phones and videoconferencing devices designed by Microsoft and sold by partners, with some available as soon as June 2007. Microsoft software programs would link the new phones to computers so that they can handle voice functions, such as making a phone call and receiving voice mail. WSJ.com (subscription required) 6/26/6
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| Microsoft's big IP telephony play Offering enterprise customers a full-blown communication system integrated with Office desktop software might give Microsoft some competitive advantage over established IP telephony vendors. It's not clear, however, if large companies are ready to trust Microsoft as a source of telephony, particularly when these users believe that other vendors may be capable of doing a better job working across multiple platforms. SearchWinIT.com 6/26/6 |
| Microsoft Plans to Blend Phones With Computers NYtimes.com 6/26/6
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| IP-PBXs
For SMBs: From Avaya to Zultys Solid performance and
features from four IP-telephony packages designed for small to
medium businesses. Business Communications Review 6/20/6 |
| WEBCAST
- Challenges and Solutions for Voice over Wireless LANs.
NetworkWorld & Trapeze Networks 6/20/6 |
| WEBCAST
- IP Telephony Reality Check: A real world look at the
costs & benefits of VoIP. NetworkWorld, ShoreTel &
Nemertes 6/19/6 |
| Kimberly-Clark's VoIP Plan for 200 Sites
K-C consolidates voice traffic for more than 200 sites into three data centers applying a conservationist's approach to its VoIP and IP telephony plans. NetworkWorld.com 6/19/6 |
Enterprise VoIP Success
Case study where a
SMB goes beyond Vonage to find a more scalable solution; adding intelligence to the phone. Line56.com 6/19/6 |
| Users: Hybrid PBXs
Work Cost savings, features outweigh wholesale TDM-to-IP upgrades. While the industry pushes IP as the future of telephony services, network professionals who manage business phone networks say hybrid IP/legacy PBXs are helping introduce productivity gains and cost savings without forcing networks to undergo dreaded R&R - as in "rip and replace" - upgrades. NetworkWorld.com 6/19/6 |
| Business VoIP Comes of Age Henry Kaestner, CEO of Bandwidth.com shares why the company recently signed an agreement with Sylantro Systems and CompUSA to distribute its VoIP services through the retailer's chain. IT Business Edge.com 6/19/6 |
| Is Your VoIP Phone Vulnerable? Security experts warn that attacks on Internet-based calling systems—though rare now—may be just around the corner. Businesses, be ready. BusinessWeek 6/16/6 |
| eBay tests Skype/VoIP calls for customer service Online marketplace eBay said Tuesday that its U.S. auction business plans to incorporate its Skype Internet telephone-calling service, setting the stage for a new wave of online customer service. Reuters 6/16/6 |
| Universal Service fees to raise cellular, VoIP bills? Consumers would likely face higher wireless and Internet telephone bills under a plan that could be approved by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission next week, sources familiar with the matter said Wednesday. Reuters 6/16/6 |
AD: See What Your Voice Can Do
A flash video ad by Avaya pitching IP and other Avaya solutions that was seen on BusinessWeek.com
Watch
the animated ad. View the
ad landing page after clicking on
the ad. BusinessWeek/Avaya 6/13/6 |
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Nine Tips For Deploying Enterprise-Class VoIP
Whether to deploy VoIP is no longer an issue --- it's something you have to do.
But there are a lot of high-level steps you need to take before deploying. It's
not just technology you need to be concerned about. In fact, say many experts,
hardware and software may be the least of your problems. It's the business
issues you should be concerned with most. Which issues are important --- and
what to do about them? We've talked to several experts, who offer their
advice. Brett Shockley, CEO of Spanlink Communications, a consultant in VoIP
solutions based in Minneapolis, suggests the following ... CMP.com 6/12/6
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| The Inside Story of A Million-Dollar VoIP Scam
A Miami man allegedly
defrauded Internet voice providers to the tune of $1 million, with a
sophisticated hacking scheme. Here's the inside story of exactly how he did it.
CMP.com 6/8/6
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| Six Reasons Not to Deploy VoIP There's plenty to like about VoIP. There's also plenty to hate. While VoIP vendors are good at touting the former, they tend to ignore the latter. Here, then, are six "gotchas" picked up over the years of deploying and reporting about all things VoIP-related--none of which will eliminate the technology from your business' consideration, but all of which must be accounted for when you consider the technology. CMP.com 5/22/6 |
 Shifting
to VoIP: The SMB market for VoIP This supplement focuses on
opportunities and tools in the VoIP arena, including a report on how SMBs are
the sweet spot for hosted PBX services and a side-by-side comparison of hosted
PBX suppliers and their partner programs.
In this supplement, you'll also find an introduction to new appliance-like IP
PBXs you can offer to your small business clientele; VoIP System Anatomy 101 for
partners new to next-gen solutions; and new VoIP products from Cistera Networks,
Signate, BroadTalX, Vertical and more. Phone+
5/9/6 |
| VoIP: Are we there yet? Even in these times of rapid technology development, changes in consumer behavior can be a maddeningly slow process. Anyone who's followed the emergence of IP services since the late 1990s has endured a steady diet of hype surrounding voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP. The dream for VoIP enthusiasts has always been the retirement of the dinosaur-age public switched telephone network in favor of a more dynamic, connectionless network using the Internet Protocol. CNET 3/16/6 |
| The ROI of VoIP A step-by-step guide to determining the true cost and benefits of VoIP. When it comes to VoIP, most network managers are satisfied that the technology works. The challenge is developing cost analyses: What will the new technology cost to roll out and support, and what benefits can companies expect to reap? NetworkWorld 7/11/5 |
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