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D-Link VoiceCenter With Microsoft Response Point Delivers a Fully-Featured Business Phone System With Leading-Edge Productivity and Integration Features

Voice over Internet Protocol VoIP telephone systems are replacing conventional analog phone systems at a rapid pace. Initially, VoIP Voice over Internet Protocol VoIP telephone systems are replacing conventional analog phone systems at a rapid pace. Initially, VoIP solutions focused on toll savings as the primary business driver for adoption....

Tags: D-Link Systems, Phone, IP, Microsoft Corp., Voice Over Internet Protocol Telephone System, Telephony, Home Networking, VOIP, Telecommunications, Telecom & Utilities, Networking, Personal Technology

White papers 2008-09-01

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Skype goes enterprise: It's about time

Skype on Monday announced a beta that will allow it to connect to corporate telephone networks across the globe.  Technically, Skype's beta is dubbed Skype For SIP for Business users (statement, Skype blog, Techmeme). SIP stands for Session Initiation Protocol, which is a standard for voice over...

Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Pricing, Telecom & Utilities, Marketing Research, Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-23

VoIP Solutions Provide Hard Cost Savings and Future Flexibility for Small Businesses

According to analysts, proprietary PBX telephone vendors are phasing out analog systems. Many vendors expect to discontinue hardware sales and support by the end of 2008. Internet Protocol Telephony IPT based on Internet Protocol-Private Branch eXchange IP-PBX software is already replacing these systems at a rapid pace. Small businesses in...

Tags: VoIP Solution, D-Link Systems, IP, Cost Savings, Small Business, Internet, Telephony, VOIP, Home Networking, Sales Strategy, Telecommunications, Network Technology, Networking, Personal Technology, Sales

White papers 2008-05-01

IBM and 3Com Integrate IP Telephony With Core Business Process Applications to Reduce Costs at Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising

A specialized, California-based private college, Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising FIDM has nearly 6,000 full-time students, 1,000 staff and faculty members, more than 30,000 graduates. FIDM needed to substantially reduce telephone costs and implement a Voice-over Internet Protocol VoIP and unified messaging solution that would help take the school...

Tags: Business Process, IP Telephony, 3Com Corp., IP, IBM Corp., VOIP, Telephony, Telecommunications, Collaboration, Telecom & Utilities, Networking

Case studies 2007-11-01

Complete Verizon-Vonage patent analysis Part One: 6,282,574

My interpretation: I agree with Om that the technology described here is so generic that a claim for infringement is highly unlikely. Entitled Method, server and telecommunications system for name translation on a conditional basis and/or to a telephone number, Verizons U.S. Patent 6,282,574 refers to:An enhanced name translation...

Tags: Vonage, Regulatory, General

Blog posts 2007-04-09

The importance of VoIP encryption

VoIP seems poised to really take off, but did somebody forget about encryption? In the light of NSA eavesdropping, the question remainds: can a technology be secure if the government has access to communications? Bruce Schneier wrote in Wired that there are four and only four ways to eavesdrop on...

Tags: telephony, VoIP

Blog posts 2006-04-17

VoIP in the enterprise: making the transition from "wow" to dependable

New car, new house, new relationship, new VoIP. All are susceptible to the "cool" or "wow" factor. Take it from someone who knows.This isn't really the place to talk about the first three "wow factor" candidates I mentioned, but it is perfectly appropriate to sing the praises of an article...

Tags: network, VoIP

Blog posts 2005-07-07

Merger mania promises fewer, bigger telcos

Merger mania promises fewer, bigger telcosAnd Higher Prices and Lower Customer ServiceHistory shows us this...Great just what the consumer needs less choice andless competition. Great! Oh and on an unrelated side note. I was getting my car inspected over the weekend and while waiting I picked up...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, merger, PayPal, telecommunications company, WiMAX

Discussion threads 2005-02-07

Communication breakdown threatens VoIP

Communication breakdown threatens VoIPVoIP inter-connectivityInter-connectivity is only a problem If you dont know what you are doing.I suggest that Companies being talked into partly proprietory solutionsSuch as Cisco or the spin-offs of Clarent and the list goes on,are going to have connectivity problems.Those companies are trying to sell only their...

Tags: Communication Breakdown, ITXC, phone, VoIP, VoIP world

Discussion threads 2003-12-29

Buyers in line for VoIP gear next year

Buyers in line for VoIP gear next yearWhats the big deal oaver VOIP?Voice Over IP? Who cares? Woopty do, its just a lousy phone call. What makes sending it over the Internet so sexy? Ater all once you digitize the voice its just data, the same data the Internet carries...

Tags: Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, VoIP System, phone, VoIP

Discussion threads 2003-12-05

Avaya Case Study: The San Antonio Orthopaedic Group, LLP

The San Antonio Orthopaedic Group TSAOG was established in 1947 for the purpose of providing the highest quality of orthopedic, medical, and surgical care to the regional San Antonio community. The company wanted to upgrade its telephone system with a hybrid Voice over Internet Protocol VoIP solution that was compatible...

Tags: Avaya Inc., VOIP, Telecommunications, Networking

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