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The best VoIP solution is ...

What about hosted?Wondering if you guys would be willing to discuss the most obvious omission... hosted. It's like choosing which car to buy when its cheaper to take a limo.RE: The best VoIP solution is ...Your article was only comprehensive if you consider just the IP-PBX and desktop telephone;...

Tags: Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Fax, Zultys, Voice Mail, VoIP Solution, AC power, SIP, VoIP

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

The best VoIP solution is ...

Businesses looking to implement a new VoIP solution or expand their existing investments are certainly spoiled for choice, and the benefits are not only available to the big spenders. by Andy Smith

Tags: VoIP Solution, VOIP, Telephony, Telecommunications, Networking, Andy Smith

Blog posts 2009-09-21

Secure Voice Over IP (VoIP) Solutions: Delivering a Robust, Secure VoIP Solution That Counters Both External and Internal Threats While Providing Superior Quality of Service

This paper discusses the key security challenges to consider when deploying VoIP solutions, and describes Alcatel-Lucent's VPN Firewall Portfolio and how it meets the security requirements of today's and tomorrow's VoIP networks and applications. Creating high levels of security is essential to fully leverage VoIP technology and the many advantages...

Tags: VoIP Solution, Lucent Technologies Inc., QoS, IP, Alcatel, Telephony, VOIP, Telecommunications, Networking

White papers 2008-11-05

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

Communications Provider Expects to Improve Productivity, Reduce Costs With VoIP Solution

As Canada's largest telecommunications company, Bell wants to create a more integrated, easy-to-navigate, and cost-efficient real-time communications environment for its workers. The initial results of testing the unified communications functionality in Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 show the potential to increase productivity within remote and local teams and avoid costs...

Tags: VoIP Solution, VoIP, Unified Communications, Microsoft Corp., Collaboration, Telecommunications

Case studies 2007-12-01

s.Oliver - With VoIP Solutions by Avaya Communication Channels of the Future

s.Oliver was faced with the challenge of updating its telecommunications systems and making them "Connection-ready" for the future. Historically developed legacy systems consisting of various technological generations could not be centrally and uniformly administrated. Therefore, the goal was to homogenize heterogeneously developed telecommunications systems and make them more flexible. The...

Tags: VoIP Solution, Avaya Inc., Telephony, Telecommunications, Telecom & Utilities, VOIP, Networking

Case studies 2007-09-01

Mitel Vs. ShoreTel: Two VoIP solution providers in Patent suit

(Hey guess what, this isn't an iPhone post!!)But it's important to one of our core missions.Fellow VoIP blogger Jon Arnold's just back from a Mitel conference. They make VoIP products and solutions.Mitel is suing ShoreTel big time. Oh, and ShoreTel makes VoIP products and solutions.Jon's take is here.I share...

Tags: Regulatory

Blog posts 2007-06-28

Digium Asterisk-Vyatta VoIP solution poses threat to Cisco and others

Digium Asterisk-Vyatta VoIP solution poses threat to Cisco and othersI would be scared...If I were Cisco, plus I would add Avaya Lucent and Nortel, just to name a couple of large telecom PBX companies. We have deployed 5 Astersik based PBX in our company at 4 of our regional offices,...

Tags: Alcatel-Lucent, Asterisk PBX, Cisco Systems Inc., Digium Asterisk-Vyatta VoIP solution, PBX, VoIP Solution

Discussion threads 2007-05-24

Digium Asterisk-Vyatta VoIP solution poses threat to Cisco and others

A new joint marketing and development agreement between open-source router platform developer Vyatta and open source Asterisk VoIP solutions platform developer Digium holds lots of promise.This promise is largely an artifact of what both companies are bringing to the table.As Phil Hochmuth of Network World notes, Vyatta makes the Open...

Tags: Asterisk, Cisco, Predictions and Observations

Blog posts 2007-05-24

Interop '07: Cisco layers push-to-talk on top of VoIP

While a bunch of the solutions I've spotted on the Interop show floor so far have come from small innovative companies, Cisco is here demonstrating that even the big-boys can come up with a cool idea or two. Earlier today, Cisco CEO John Chambers took the stage for the...

Tags: General, Hardware Infrastructure, Interop 2007, IT Management, Mobile, Telephony, Wired &, Wireless

Blog posts 2007-05-22

Would you really buy a 150-line VoIP solution at CompUSA?

Would you really buy a 150-line VoIP solution at CompUSA?Factors on small business acceptanceFor many small businesses, they've already made the investment into a phone system, and the rates they get a pretty cheap. A 10K phone system investment is nothing to sneeze at for a small company, so...

Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telecom & Utilities, VoIP, phone, VoIP Solution, CompUSA Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-03-17

Would you really buy a 150-line VoIP solution at CompUSA?

Yesterday at Spring VON 2006, CompUSA announced its partnership with Bandwidth.com and Sylantro Systems to offer what it called the first full-featured hosted VoIP service for small and medium-sized businesses in the retail industry. Target audiences will be businesses in need of 10 to 200 lines. I have one word...

Tags: CompUSA Inc., VoIP

Blog posts 2006-03-16

New Orleans city government improvises VoIP solution: fields Bush call

The Wall Street Journal reports that during the first several days of the crisis after Hurricane Katrina hit, New Orleans city officials used VoIP for most of their communications with the outside world.Cell and land-line service was down. Satellite telephony is expensive, plus the type of satellite phones available...

Tags: VoIP, New Orleans City

Blog posts 2005-09-10

VoIP solutions pitched to cable TV operators at industry confab

Every year, the National Cable Telecommunications Association holds a convention for cable television programmers and operators. The current NCTA starts today in SF. I'm not there, but I am monitoring developments closely.On the tech side, a big emphasis this year is on showing cable system operators products and solutions that...

Tags: cable, cable television, Russell Shaw, VoIP, VoIP Solution

Blog posts 2005-04-04

VoIP solution for Africa wins award

VoIP solution for Africa wins awardHA HACan you see the parallels to the WiMAX steamroller? There is still an ISP in this case, but one the steamroller gets moving, even that ISP is in trouble. I can't wait!RE: hahaCan you elaborate on why you find this humorous?

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, VoIP Solution, VoIP

Discussion threads 2005-03-14

VoIP solution for Africa wins award

I've just read a list of the Wireless Innovation Contest 2005. The awards, which were announced today at the CTIA wireless show in New Orleans, are sponsored by the Wireless Innovation Network of BritishColumbiaWINBC and the Network for Emerging Wireless Technologies NEWT.The description of the Community award winner is especially...

Tags: wireless

Blog posts 2005-03-14

Award-Winning HP OpenView Management Software Lights the Way for Hawaiian Electric Company's Powerful VoIP Solution

Before 2005, Hawaiian Electric COmpany HECO lacked any software management capability to centrally manage business critical services such as billing, enterprise resource planning, and communications. The HECO business strategy called for a data center consolidation followed by a migration of core business applications off an IBM mainframe to updated distributed...

Tags: VoIP Solution, Software, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP OpenView, Telephony, Utility Computing, VOIP, Tools & Techniques, Telecommunications, It Management, Networking, Management, It service Management

Case studies

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News to know: Microsoft store; Domain names; Blackberry Storm2; VoIP; Android

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.: Robin Harris: A visit to Microsoft's first store Zack Whittaker: Web addresses to extend to non-English languages...

Tags: Data Center, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Domain Name, Sam Diaz, Data Centers, Sales Strategy, Telephony, VOIP, Storage, Telecommunications, Hardware, Data Management, Sales, Networking

Blog posts 2009-11-02

In recession, VoIP makes strong case for cutting your home landline

Tempting, but I will passI've considered VoIP several times over the years, but it usually just takes a few phone calls with a friend or relative who is using VoIP before I change my mind! Not infrequently, the conversation becomes a warbling mess. Then there are times we...

Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, VoIP, phone, recession

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

40 years ago the Internet was born - now it devalues everything it touches

you are devaluing your proffesionshame on you.internet is one of the greatest invention in human history.Establishing walled islands on the InternetThe Internet is like a huge river, or better yet, sea, that allows users to move from small island to small island web application, to find the things they care...

Tags: Web site development, e-reader software, e-reader, Internet, Web site

Discussion threads 2009-10-29