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SIP is the future of telecommunications

SIP is the future of telecommunicationsahhh no mention of IAX(2)?IAX(2) is better than SIP... they just want to focus on what they have and not what they should be using.I cisco, but at times like this... it makes me wonder.RE: SIP is the future of telecommunicationsYep, you can buy a...

Tags: Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), IAX2, telecommunications, SIP, Asterisk, IAX

Discussion threads 2008-09-22

Open Source VoIP: Asterisk or FreeSwitch?

When the time came for a new PBX, Brian Snipes chose to do something a bit unconventional. The IT manager at law firm Hare, Wynn, Newell, and Newton LLP didn't purchase a commercial PBX, nor did he settle on the open source market leader,...

Tags: Phone, PBX, Attorney, FreeSwitch, Asterisk, Telephony, VOIP, Open Source, Telecom & Utilities, Networking, Telecommunications, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2008-07-22

Build a standalone voicemail server with this VoIP hack

This excerpt from VoIP Hacks: Tips & Tools for Internet Telephony explains how you can access Asterisk's extremely powerful voicemail application in 30 minutes or less. Asterisk contains an extremely powerful voicemail application, but accessing that application requires some configuration manipulation. In this downloadable excerpt from VoIP...

Tags: IP Telephony, Server, Tool, Asterisk, VOIP, Telephony, Telecommunications, Productivity, Networking

Download resources 2006-01-13

VoIP Hacks: Build a Standalone Voicemail Server in Less Than a Half-Hour

Asterisk comprises many quality applications, and voicemail is one of them. In fact, Asterisk is perhaps best known for the feature set of its voicemail system. In this section, the paper demonstrates how one can harness Asterisk's extremely powerful voicemail application in 30 minutes or less. This way, everybody in...

Tags: VoIP, Voicemail, Server, O'Reilly Media Inc., Asterisk, Telecommunications

Book chapters 2005-12-13

Additional Resources

California governor: Silicon Valley Should Go to Germany

After more than a hundred years of talk about the Pacific Rim economic opportunities for California, Silicon Valley and other California businesses are firmly focused on the west rather than the east. But Thursday morning California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will be at Intel's HQ in the heart of Silicon Valley...

Tags: California, CeBit, Transportation, Strategy, Corporate Communications, Management, Marketing, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-10-01

How to read your FBI file

As part of the occasional series Life in post-Constitutional America I'm pleased to offer a brief primer on How to read your FBI file. It isn't as easy as you'd think, since the FBI has failed several times to create a modern data management system - which may not be...

Tags: FBI, File, Mistakes, Federal Government, Government, Data Management, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-10-01

4 bln mobile subscriptions by year-end 2008

The number of mobile phone subscriptions in the world will reach 4 bln by the end of 2008 driven by growth in developing economies, the International Telecommunications Union said. by AM

Tags: Mobile, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, AM

Blog posts 2008-09-26

Ballmer: Tech industry still buoyant

Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said he still sees a "certain buoyancy" among technology and telecommunications customers worldwide, despite recent U.S. economic woes. SANTA CLARA--Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Thursday he still sees a "certain buoyancy" among technology and telecommunications customers worldwide, despite recent U.S. economic woes....

Tags: Steve Ballmer, Industry, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Strategy, Networking, Management, Reuters, Microsoft, economy

News items 2008-09-26

Growth of display ads by industry

Industry Estimated Spend Q2 2007 Estimated Spend Q2 2008 % Change Financial Services $1,513,499,500 $1,107,215,800 -27% Web Media $903,731,700 $ 895,871,500 -1% Retail Goods & Services $657,760,600 $611,790,900 -7% Telecommunications $541,705,300 $512,837,800 -5% Automotive $208,170,300 $301,249,900 45% Consumer...

Tags: Goods, Advertisement, Industry, Advertising & Promotion, Strategy, Telephony, Marketing, Management, Networking, NB

Blog posts 2008-09-24

Who gets traffic from paid search

Category Aug-08 Jul-08 Growth Shopping - Office Supplies 43.15% 39.81% 8% Travel - Agencies 35.32% 39.28% -10% Business - Telecommunications 30.97% 28.77% 8% Business - Legal 30.72% 32.18% -5% Pharmaceutical and Medical Products 30.43% 29.95% 2% Source: Hitwise...

Tags: Paid Search, Search, Telephony, Networking, NB

Blog posts 2008-09-24

IBM expands cloud computing footprint

IBM on Wednesday said that it has opened four new cloud computing centers sprinkled around emerging markets. The latest additions give Big Blue 14 cloud computing centers. Specifically, IBM rolled out cloud computing centers in Sao Paulo, Brazil; Bangalore, India; Seoul, Korea; and Hanoi, Vietnam. ...

Tags: IBM Corp., Cloud Computing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-23

News to know: Windows 7; Oracle OpenWorld; Adobe CS4; Search 2.0

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: Windows Live team confirms Win7 to replace subsystems with services Ed Bott: How to set up a new PC in one easy session ...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, BEA Beehive, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Oracle Open World, Help Desk, Java Development Tools, E-books, Enterprise Software, It Operations, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Personal Technology, Software

Blog posts 2008-09-23

SIP is the future of telecommunications

As was clear from last week's ITEXPO in Los Angeles, SIP is shaping up to be the standard replacement protocol for the traditional TDM / SS7 network. SIP trunking starts to make it possible to offer an end-to-end digital communications solution that can call any number in the world...without...

Tags: SIP, Telephony, Protocol, Telecommunications, Conference, SS7, T1 Connection, Session Initiation Protocol Trunk Connection, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Emerging Technologies, John Carroll

Blog posts 2008-09-22

Google's insightful looking glass

A few weeks ago I got a heads-up from Google's PR about their new search tool. Dubbed Google Insights for Search, it allows you to apply parameters to search for what other people are searching. Sounds a little strange and it did take a while for my...

Tags: Google Inc., Web Site Development, Public Relations, Productivity, Web Technology, Entrepreneurship, Search, Digital Music, Digital Media, Internet, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Management, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-09-19

Are you suffering from information filter failure?

Clay Shirky, an author and an instructor at New York University's Interactive  Telecommunications Program, says personal lives are a thing of the past, privacy is an  information management problem and life is quickly becoming a systems design issue. Shirky, speaking at the Web 2.0 Expo in New...

Tags: Information, RSS, Web 2.0, Strategy, Security, Internet, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-18

Perfect Telecom Icons (zip)

Speed up development of communication products and services and enhance the usability and look of your new project with ready-made Perfect Telecom Icons. Perfect Telecom Icons library includes icons representing symbols and actions used in telecommunications. There are icons to represent different kinds of phones including mobile, download and upload...

Tags: Phone, Icon, Aha-soft, Perfect Telecom Icons Library, Telecom & Utilities, Telephony, PDAs, Modems, Telecommunications, Networking, Handhelds, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2008-09-17

Did McCain invent the BlackBerry?

Did John McCain invent the BlackBerry? Well, no one actually said he did, although the Telegraph headlined a story as such. As the LA Times reports the episode, here's what happened: Asked by reporters today about McCain's grasp of technological issues, senior policy...

Tags: Technology Innovation, John McCain, RIM BlackBerry, Tech Policy, Handhelds, Hardware, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-16

Wall Street's meltdown and the potential technology hit

Folks are waking up Monday to a Wall Street meltdown as Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, Bank of America acquired Merrill Lynch and companies ranging from Washington Mutual to AIG are on the ropes. While the technology industry is removed from this carnage it will still feel considerable ripples--some tech...

Tags: Bank Of America Corp., Data Center, Financial, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Financial Service, Goldman Sachs & Co., Wall Street, Morgan Stanley, IPO, Data Centers, Financial Planning, Investment, Financial Accounting, Financial Services, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-15

Text message pricing: Is Sen. Kohl fighting the wrong battle?

Text message pricing: Is Sen. Kohl fighting the wrong battle?I agreeWhile I like most believe the cost of text messaging is too high, surely there are other areas in which the service providers can be scrutinized. Unless collusion can be shown, I don't see anything the companies could be doing...

Tags: Government, Cellular phones, Telecom & Utilities, OK Here, Kohl, phone, Text message pricing, SIM card, cell phone service

Discussion threads 2008-09-10

IT services rates under pressure over economy

Technology services suppliers may be getting squeezed by customers demanding better rates amid a weak U.S. economy, according to a report from Forrester. In a report gauging IT services spending Forrester found 70 percent of firms are negotiating lower rates with suppliers and 57 percent are cutting...

Tags: IT Services, Information Technology, Outsource, Forrester Research Inc., Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-10