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The Real Reason Why Acme Packet Bought Covergence

The Real Reason Why Acme Packet Bought CovergenceSession Border Controllers and UCDave,You are right on about the future of SBCs in the evolving mixed network environment of UC. They will be a key element in the "virtualization" of business communications and especially where real-time, person-to-person voice contacts are involved as...

Tags: VOIP, NETWORKING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Covergence, REAL REASON, Acme Packet

Discussion threads 2009-05-06

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Zune HD release date and Apple iPod announcement uncomfortably close to each other

Seriously?I don't think this is such a bad idea. What if, and this is a big what if, Microsoft announced something more than just the Zune HD? Am I the only one that finds it odd that Microsoft is so open with releasing information about this thing? We practically know...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple Inc., Apple iPod, Microsoft Zune, Zune HD, Microsoft Corp., camera, convergence, convergence device

Discussion threads 2009-08-13

News to know: Cisco; Kindle DX; MySpace; Microsoft

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Cisco's third quarter: Better than expected; Sales down; Economic recovery 'eventual' Andrew Nusca: Amazon Kindle DX: The solution to...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Twitter, Amazon Kindle, MySpace, Notebooks, Strategy, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-07

The Real Reason Why Acme Packet Bought Covergence

Last week the SBC market was shaken up when Acme Packet purchased Covergence, Inc. At first glance, this would seem to be a simple consolidation play with a large competitor purchasing a smaller rival. Yet behind the scenes, Covergence gives Acme Packet some important strategic technologies that could ultimately enable...

Tags: Acme Packet, Covergence Inc., Covergence Acquisition, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Telephony, VOIP, Collaboration, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Networking, Telecommunications, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2009-05-06

Three Challenges for Avaya's Aura

There's lots of buzz about Avaya's new Aura Session Manager announced earlier today and for good reason. Aura seems to provide a new paradigm offering a common programming interface into PBXs and social media. Developers can use Aura to create a single application that could blend telephony and presence with...

Tags: PBX, Avaya Inc., Aura Session Manager, Telephony, VOIP, Social Networking, Networking, Telecommunications, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2009-03-30

Three Ways IT Can Become a Baby Bell

With cutting costs looming as THE big issues for IT next year, Unified Communications vendors are turning to service providers as a model for reducing capital expenditures.  I’m hearing three approaches from  vendors along these lines. Here what...

Tags: Information Technology, PBX, Baby Bell, Covergence Session Manager, Aastra, Telephony, VOIP, Strategy, Telecommunications, Networking, Management, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2008-12-15

SIP trunking 101

Voice, instant messaging, and video no longer have to be islands of collaboration. Kenneth Kuenzel, founder and CTO of Covergence, shows how SIP trunking enables organizations to not only connect these tools, but control, manage and repair them.

Tags: SIP, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Emerging Technologies, SIP Trunking

Whiteboards 2008-07-07