Alcatel-Lucent Goes SIP Crazy
February 15, 2007 02:31 AM
Behind the discussions of innovation and enterprise-focus that permeated the keynotes and speeches here at the Alcatel-Lucent enterprise forum in Paris, the company demoted the SIP focus that will occupy much of is innovation this year....
New Meaning to Expensive WiFi
February 14, 2007 13:46 PM
I'm here at the Alcatel-Lucent user forum on the day of love in the city of love getting a brain dump on Alcatel-Lucent's...
Don't Blacklist the Sex Offenders
January 31, 2007 23:40 PM
New legislation announced to combat sex offenders smacks more of online politicking than it does of providing real means of protecting our kids....
Top 100 iProducts
January 24, 2007 21:21 PM
In the bowls, so to speak, of Apple's skunkworks designers are hard at work on, err, the iPottie?...
Avaya Fills Enterprise Hole With Carrier-Centric Acquisition
January 17, 2007 15:27 PM
Avaya took a play from the carrier page book last Friday with its acquistion of Ubiquity Software, service provider supplier. The $144 million deal might sound like a move by Avaya into the world of carrier voice. In fact, the...
Apple's Top 10 iPhone Gaffes
January 15, 2007 20:09 PM
Having woken up from my spout of iPhone induced gizmo-lust, I've uncovered 10 ways Sir Jobs and co. have flubbed the iPhone introduction. And so without further adieu here they are......
Nortel's Vision For Telephony
August 22, 2006 22:59 PM
I bumped into the Phil Edholm, chief technology officer and vice president of Strategy and Architecture for Nortel's Enterprise Solutions and Packet Networks group, here in the halls at VoiceCon. We spoke about the opportunities for Nortel in light of...
Service Providers: Whom Can You Trust?
August 16, 2006 00:33 AM
News.com is reporting that the fall out from AOL's privacy fiasco has begun....
More Bad News For Internet Telephony Providers
August 02, 2006 10:33 AM
Internet telephony providers are in for some more rough times. The IRS and Department of Treasury helped traditional carriers cut their costs yesterday by eliminating the three percent Federal Excise Tax (FET) on long-distance telecoms. They also chose not to...
The Normalcy of War
July 19, 2006 20:22 PM
We're at war ??? again. No kidding. It seems that life in Israel is the stuff that happens between battles and bombings. Only what's so strange about the Lebanon war, at least for this Jerusalem-based journalist, is how normal it...
FBI: We Want Your IMs
July 11, 2006 21:53 PM
CNET News is reporting that new legislation being drafted by FBI will require ISPs to wiretap conversations and force makers of networking gear to alter their hardware to accommodate that capability....
Telecoms in the Kingdom of Hippos
July 11, 2006 15:29 PM
It's easy for us urban dwellers to forget that most of the Internet world doesn't live pining away for optical-driven packet performance or even broadband. Their more immediate needs are just getting predictable Internet connectivity, the sort that proved darned...
Should IT Embrace Web 2.0 Software?
June 20, 2006 12:30 PM
I recently signed up for CampFire, the Web-based chat site and was once again impressed by the impact social networking software will have on the enterprise....
What's Missing from the AIM Pro Beta
June 15, 2006 20:59 PM
AOL shipped the beta of its new business-oriented IM client, AIM Pro, this week and while the client has a lot to offer business there's plenty that could be improved....
VoIP's Real Security Threat
June 14, 2006 01:02 AM
Reading about the Asterisk vulnerability that was announced yesterday along with Edwin Pena's $1 million VoIP scam might give one the impression that today's corporate VoIP networks are at serious risk. Nothing could be further from the truth....
Could Net2Phone Sue More Than Skype?
June 07, 2006 19:08 PM
Net2Phone's lawsuit against Skype may ruffle more than just the feathers of the leading VoIP service provider. It could reshape much of the industry....
Microsoft's LCS: The New IP PBX?
May 29, 2006 19:56 PM
Barbara Darrow reports today that Microsoft will finally clarify its plans next month to turn Live Communications Server (LCS) into a next-generation telephony server. Details are to be released at Microsoft's unified communications event in June....
An Open Letter to Vonage's CEO
May 25, 2006 23:55 PM
An Open Letter to Mr. Michael F. Snyder, Director and CEO of Vonage Dear Mr. Snyder, Congratulations on your new position, though in the wake of the yesterday's catastrophe of an IPO I'm not sure anybody's going to be envious...
What IT Can Learn from Crazy Eddie
May 17, 2006 15:06 PM
While reading Gartner's analysis of Kraft's $1.7 billion outsourcing deal to EDS, I was struck again by the importance of IT competitiveness in today's market place....
Republicans: Government Should Censor the Web
May 11, 2006 20:30 PM
Should the government be restricting the Web sites we surf? Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick thinks so. According to a news report yesterday, he and fellow Republicans want to extend federal laws that will prevent minors from accessing social-networking sites, such as...
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