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Millennium Hotels CIO: Eli Salant

The Millennium & Copthorne Hotel chain has operations in Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Americas, Middle East and North Africa. In 2005, the group reported 595 million pounds in revenue. In this Vision Series interview, Millennium’s New Zealand-based vice president for IT, Eli Salant, tells ZDNet Australia managing editor...

Tags: Hotel, Internet, Board, Quality, Guest, New Zealand, Technology, Voice Over IP Technology, Corporate Governance, Wireless LANs, Roi/Tco, Telephony, Network Technology, VOIP, Telecommunications, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Networking, Administrator

Blog posts 2006-12-12

Network Convergence and the NAT/Firewall Problems

Voice over IP technology is fueling the rapid growth on network convergence. Most enterprises today sit behind Firewalls and also use private IP addressing behind NATs Network Address Translators. These NATs and Firewalls cause significant problems for multimedia over IP to work and function properly. There are presently two standards...

Tags: SIP, VoIP, Network, Network Address Translation, Convergence, Voice Over IP Technology, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Firewalls, Networking, Emerging Technologies

White papers 2002-11-04

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Nokia frustrated by iPhone US success? Sues Apple over wireless patents

Yes, Nokia has to be frustrated, but, they should put their efforts into anAndroid phone and forget the patent lawsuits. Patents...If Apple didn't get an agreement to use Nokia's IP, then Apple should face a court of law and be held to account.Considering all the other phone makers realize this...

Tags: Cellular phones, Apple iPhone, wireless, Nokia Corp., Apple Inc., patent, GSM

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

Cisco goes shopping (again) scoops up Starent

Updated: Cisco said it will buy Starent Networks in a deal valued at $2.9 billion. The move comes shortly after Cisco bought Tandberg. Starent provides mobile Internet Protocol IP gear. Cisco will use Starent's equipment to better target carriers, which are increasingly relying on wireless units to...

Tags: Starent Networks Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-13

Communications Solution Increases Productivity for Global Conferencing

InterCall, the world's leading conferencing and collaboration service provider, offers a range of unified communications solutions, including design, implementation, and adoption services. InterCall wanted to use unified communications internally, to streamline communications and to become more familiar with issues its customers face. The solution needed to help teams connect more...

Tags: Unified Communications, Microsoft Corp., InterCall, Collaboration

Case studies 2009-10-01

Report: Skype founders sue eBay; could complicate Skype sale

should have GPLed the codeand no suit was necessaryRE: Report: Skype founders sue eBay; could complicate Skype saleits funny CPP has part in Skype and you can't even get a local number with skype in Canada without a 3rd party....like c'mon!! Living in Canada sucks no Zune pass no Zune...

Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., eBay Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-16

It's Official: Avaya Acquires Nortel Enterprise

Now What Can Nortel Customers ExpectOkay now that is over, we are all now interested in product rationalization that is going to occur. RE: It's Official: Avaya Acquires Nortel EnterpriseThis seems like it will be very interesting over the next several months. I think that Nortel Customers can expect to...

Tags: Wi-Fi, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Wireless and Mobility, Avaya Inc., Avaya Acquires Nortel Enterprise, Nortel Networks Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-14

FCC to vote on wireless industry competition inquiry; Watch out Verizon and AT&T

How does the current setup stiffle innovation?Is the fcc indicating that they feel phones are not as advanced as they should be, or that wireless networks are not as innovative as they chould be?The current setup prevents consumers from ....1. Choosing the device they want2. Using it with...

Tags: 3G, Federal government, Cellular phones, Wireless and Mobility, Asian Governments, bureaucrat, Verizon Communications Inc., AT&T Corp., FCC, phone

Discussion threads 2009-08-21

Will pre-teens really adopt the new iPod touch as a VoIP phone?

Will pre-teens really adopt the new iPod touch as a VoIP phone?NO! Apple will block VOIP appsOnes like Ventrillo and TeamSpeak will be blocked if they plan on making an app.some have already been blocked... I forget the names. But ones like Skype and Fring are allowed since you...

Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Digital media, Digital music, phone, VoIP phone, VoIP, Apple Inc., Apple iPod Touch, Apple iPod, new iPod Touch, camera, Fring

Discussion threads 2009-07-22

The Harsh Reality of Suburban Broadband, Part Deux

Goddamit! Why have I been offline for so long? As I explained in a previous article last summer about my broadband situation, my employer, like many large technology services companies, has elected to classify my work situation as "Home-Based", in that...

Tags: Cablevision Systems Corp., Broadband, Mike, Cable Guy, Modems, Cable, Network Technology, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Hardware, Components, Personal Technology, Networking, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-06-26

The IP That Is Strangling Voice Over IP

Voice over IP VoIP has been a hot topic in the telecom arena for many years. But its progress into the telecom market has been far slower than originally expected...in the US, that is. VoIP has grown by leaps and bounds in Western Europe. Market research from Telegeography indicates that...

Tags: IP, Nerac, Telephony, Telecommunications, VOIP, Telecom & Utilities, Networking

White papers 2009-05-11

The Journey Forward: Passive Optical LAN for the Corporate Wide Enterprise - How Passive Optical LAN Solutions Enable The-Journey to Enterprise IT Resource Optimization

These days, virtually everyone who works in an office environment is struggling with the enterprise-wide mandate to do more work with less money and resources. Based on the same proven and standards based technology as Verizon's successful FiOS service, a Passive Optical LAN POL is a point-to-multipoint network in which...

Tags: Optimization, Information Technology, Network Connection, Motorola Inc., LANs, Network Technology, Ethernet, Networking

White papers 2009-05-01

Five things I'd like to see from my broadband provider

Tom Steinert-Threlkeld posted yesterday five things he would like to see change about his cable operator. As cable is practically a thing of the past over here in the UK, with satellite and Freeview free digital channels hitting most television sets, I thought long and hard about where the next...

Tags: House, Bandwidth, VoIP, P2P, Broadband, Peer To Peer (P2P), Telecommunications, Internet, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-04-08

Keeping Bad Stuff Out and Good Stuff In with the Right Unified Communications Tools

"Real-time" communications, including public instant messaging IM, enterprise IM, A/V conferencing, voice over IP VoIP and mobile messaging are used throughout most enterprises. Whether for business or personal reasons, they often exist in a free-for-all with few constraints on usage. While such communications systems can be of great value to...

Tags: IM, Compliance, Unified Communications, Messaging, Instant Messaging, Groupware, Internet, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software

Webcasts 2009-04-01

Class war and open source

One of India's main political parties, the BJP, has decided to make open source a focus of its new election manifesto. (BJP logo from Brandsoftheworld.com.) Why? Class. While India has a large, educated middle class, it has a much larger number of poor, and...

Tags: India, Party, BJP, IT Vision Document, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-03-16

Chewing the FAT in the Microsoft vs. TomTom case

Chewing the FAT in the Microsoft vs. TomTom caseWhat will happen next?Lawyers will make lots of money. Society will not benefit.RE: Chewing the FAT in the Microsoft vs. TomTom caseMy TomTom 730 is a dream GPS unit. Glad I read about this Microsoft case. I would have never purchased a...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Perlow, TomTom, Microsoft Corp., patent

Discussion threads 2009-03-06

What's going on with Skype for Business?

Rumors coming out of Skype have it that the company is going to be taking a fresh look at the business market once again. Skype has long said that a large percentage of its customers are business users. I believe it. I've almost completely switched over to...

Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., Asterisk, Smb/Sme, Telecom & Utilities, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2009-03-02

Rapidly deploy new services with confidence in service quality

Telecommunications operators compete in a market defined by change and continually advancing technology. Up-to-the-minute technologies such as IP virtual private network (IP-VPN), IP television IPTV and Voice over IP VoIP are must-have offerings that can make the difference between keeping a large corporate account and losing out to a competitor.

Tags: VoIP, IP Television, IP, VPNs, TVs, Telephony, Networking, Tv & Home Theater, Telecommunications, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Network Security, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment

White papers 2009-02-04

Julius Genachowski & The FCC: A Failure to Communicate?

So Julius Genachowski is to be Barack Obama's choice to head the Federal Communications Commission. Genachowski and president-elect Obama were classmates at the Harvard Law School. And Obama was his boss back then, too, at the Harvard Law Review. GigaOm...

Tags: FCC, Barack Obama, Broadband, Ticketmaster Corp., Interactive Corp., Wireless, Federal Government, Internet, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Wireless And Mobility, Government, Networking, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-01-13

Making the Most of Fax Virtualization with Boardless Technology

Virtualization software products such as VMware, Hyper-V and Xen have emerged as powerful tools to answer these challenges by running multiple applications and increasing hardware utilization. At the same time, IP-based fax servers have been gaining predominance over conventional solutions, with sales growing at a rate of over 50 percent...

Tags: Fax Server, Hardware, Fax

White papers 2009-01-01