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Supporting staff who work from home
More employees than ever are working from home. Unlike in the past where reams of paperwork had to be lugged home, technology now makes it possible to remotely access corporate resources - assuming your company has the right hardware and telecommunications services. Here's a look at the...
Tags: PBX, Analysis, Telephony, VOIP, Telecommuting, Telecommunications, Telecom & Utilities, Networking, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Paul Mah
Blog posts 2008-08-04
Microsoft's Unified Communications products can't run on their own... yet
Microsoft released the first version of Office Communications Server in 2007. A good start for inter-organizational collaboration, OCS omits capability to include outside collaborators. Scott Lowe would be thrilled to see OCS replace his Nortel conferencing bridge as his Nortel PBX will be vanishing soon from campus. ...
Tags: Nortel Networks Corp., Unified Communications, Audioconferencing, Microsoft Corp., PBX, OCS, Telephony, VOIP, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Networking, Scott Lowe
Blog posts 2008-07-12
Asterisk: Good choice for a large project?
Last year, my department was granted the auspicious task of handling the campus telephony services at Westminster College. The existing phone system is a Nortel Meridian switch. The system is rock solid and has a good feature set, but it's not inexpensive at all to maintain or extend....
Tags: Phone, Nortel Networks Corp., Avaya Inc., Asterisk, Telecom & Utilities, VOIP, Telecommunications, Networking, Scott Lowe
Blog posts 2008-05-30
Your VoIP vision could win you a 56-inch Samsung HD DLP TV
Texas Instruments' new Vision for Voice contest asks individuals to submit a short video that describes a specific VoIP product, improvement to a current voice technology, or a new voice technology they would like to see within the next 20 years. Viewers can watch the submitted videos on TI's Vision...
Tags: VoIP, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Vision, Texas Instruments Inc., TV, Corporate Communications, Strategy, Telecommunications, Marketing, Management, Bill Detwiler
Blog posts 2008-04-08
Understand the role of Wi-Fi in unified communications
Wireless technologies have played a big role in opening up Internet access -- and thus the ability to communicate with others in remote locations -- to more people in more places. As communication methods converge, Wi-Fi makes it easier for you to access e-mail, instant messages, faxes, voice mail, and...
Tags: Phone, Mobile, Network, Wi-Fi Network, Unified Communications, WLAN, Cell Phone, Avaya Inc., Convergence, DiVitas Networks, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, VOIP, Networking, Telecommunications, Deb Shinder
Blog posts 2008-03-07
PBX to redundant servers: Thoughts?
Last summer, my IT department assumed responsibility for the campus PBX and associated services. The PBX is a rock-solid Nortel Meridian switch. However, rock-solid doesn't necessarily mean that the switch is the right long-term solution for the College. For a variety of reasons that I won't go...
Tags: Solution, Phone, Nortel Networks Corp., Voice, IP, Server, PBX, Pingtel Corp., Service, SIPxchange, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, VOIP, Networking, Telecommunications, Scott Lowe
Blog posts 2008-03-04
Avoid changing equipment simultaneously with office move
My company went through a physical relocation in January this year. I wrote about some of my experiences in this blog. Today, I'll talk about the move again, but this time with a warning about not changing equipment at the same time as the move. Like most...
Tags: PBX, Telephony, VOIP, Networking, Telecommunications, Paul Mah
Blog posts 2008-03-03
Unified communications terminology cheat sheet
If your organization is considering implementing a unified communications solution, you may feel a bit overwhelmed as you examine the options from different vendors. Understanding the new terminology that has sprung up around the new technologies can sometimes be a struggle.To prepare you to intelligently discuss your...
Tags: VoIP, Phone, Network, Video Conferencing, IM, Unified Communications, IP, E-mail, IP Network, Computer, UC, Instant Messaging, Networking, Telecommunications, Internet, Online Communications, Deb Shinder
Blog posts 2008-02-22
Security threats in a unified world
Amid all the excitement surrounding the unification of our communications technologies, the issue of security sometimes gets lost in the shuffle. Maybe some are assuming that the threats are the "same old, same old" that plague those same communications methods in their more stand-alone forms. But it's that and more....
Tags: SIP, VoIP, Attacker, IM, Vulnerability, Unified Communications, Encryption, Attack, UC, E-mail E-mail, Instant Messaging, E-mail, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Security, Internet, Online Communications, Emerging Technologies, Deb Shinder
Blog posts 2008-02-15
VoIP flaw in BT router or just an unpatched vulnerability?
A flaw that makes it possible to hijack VoIP calls over BT's DSL Home gateway has caused quite an uproar, despite BT announcing that the flaw was brought to light last year and was resolved in subsequent firmware updates. An excerpt from Washington Post: Those at...
Tags: Phone, Router, Vulnerability, British Telecommunications, Flaw, Telephony, VOIP, Telecommunications, Telecom & Utilities, Security, Networking, Arun Radhakrishnan
Blog posts 2008-01-22
3Com to launch two new applications for its multiservice routers
3Com is expected to unveil two applications that run on its MSR series of multiservice routers. One of the applications will give Asterisk VoIP functionality, while the other will offer WAN acceleration and optimization. Excerpt from Network World: The applications are built to 3Com's Open...
Tags: Router, 3Com Corp., 3Com Asterisk IP Communications Platform, WANs, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Network Technology, Networking, VOIP, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Emerging Technologies, Paul Mah
Blog posts 2008-01-18
Unified messaging with Exchange 2007
Microsoft touts Office Communications Server OCS, the successor to Live Communications Server LCS, as the cornerstone of its unified communications solution, but OCS targets enterprise-level organizations. Although pricing for OCS is not yet available, LCS costs $1,199 for the Standard Edition with five client-access licenses CALs or $4,969 for the...
Tags: Message, Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Unified Messaging, Microsoft Office, Benefit, Communications Server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office Communications Server, Hub Transport Server, Client Access Server, Unified Messaging Server, VOIP, E-mail, Servers, Telecommunications, Networking, Online Communications, Hardware, Deb Shinder
Blog posts 2008-01-11
Does UC present new opportunities for spammers?
As we head into a new year, 2008 promises to bring about revolutionary changes in the ways we use familiar communications tools. The premise of the coming integration of different forms of messaging -- e-mail, voice, IM -- into unified communications systems is exciting. UC makes it easy to get...
Tags: Telemarketing, VoIP, Phone, Spammer, Voicemail, News, UC, Spam, Cyberthreats, Telecom & Utilities, E-mail, Telecommunications, Security, Spam And Phishing, Online Communications, Deb Shinder
Blog posts 2008-01-04
SPAM and SPIT: what are the dangers?
People are concerned about getting SPIT in their ears these days. Deb Shinder just wrote about how UC might present new opportunities for spammers today. People look at the new means of communicating with a warm fuzzy feeling inside, rushing to adopt new communications technologies for cost savings,...
Tags: Spammer, IP Telephony, IP, E-mail, Encryption, VOIP, Telephony, Telecommunications, Networking, Chad Perrin
Blog posts 2008-01-04
VoIP providers must allow emergency calls
The UK’s telecommunications watchdog Ofcom ruled this week that VoIP providers must allow access to emergency telephone numbers 999 and 112. The decision comes after a consultation process which began in July of this year. Ofcom is very strict on the issue of access to emergency...
Tags: Phone, Ofcom, Emergency Service, Telephony, VOIP, Telecommunications, Telecom & Utilities, Networking, Justin Fielding
Blog posts 2007-12-09
Will Microsoft Office Communication Server be your next PBX?
Are the days of the legacy PBX numbered?  Besides high price tags and surprise licensing, nothing says "vendor lock in" like a PBX.  In my organization we run a Nortel CS1000 and, in my previous organization, we ran an NEC 2400 IPX.  I've also managed smaller systems...
Tags: Microsoft Office, Server, Microsoft Corp., PBX, Office Communication Server, Telephony, VOIP, Networking, Telecommunications, Scott Lowe
Blog posts 2007-12-06
VoIP hacking software released
A new proof-of-concept software that can eavesdrop on VoIP-based phone calls has been released by UK-based VoIP expert, Peter Cox. Called SIPtap, Cox was inspired to write the software after a chat with PGP-encryption guru Phil Zimmermann, who also created the Zfone. The Zfone is a...
Tags: Software, Hacking, Zfone, Telephony, VOIP, Telecommunications, Networking, Paul Mah
Blog posts 2007-11-23
New hack mimics VoIP phone allowing access to data networks
VoIPWell I contract to a large hotel chain and access to networks is so easy and VoIP is becoming so common that some types of corporate people will pay well to know what guests are saying for financial gain. In other words corporate spying. It's more common than people realize....
Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, cathar.gnostic@..., phone, VoIP, network, data network, VoIP phone
Discussion threads 2007-11-21
VoIP over Windows Mobile: Don't touch those minutes
FringThink you have talked about this before at least something similar that was when you were talking about seamless end user communication but then the fring software sounds great.
Tags: Operating systems, perezjonestsisah@..., Microsoft Windows Mobile, VoIP, mobile, Microsoft Windows
Discussion threads 2007-11-20
What is the Impact of Security Protocols in SIP based VoIP Networks?
For my Research at Uni i am attempting to answer the following question - What is the Impact of Security Protocols in Session Initiation Protocol SIP based VoIP Networks?I have done extensive research into the area, but i am looking for peoples opinions?Any responses would be hugely helpful.Jamie
Tags: Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Telephony, callthecows@..., Security Protocol, VoIP network, SIP, VoIP, security, network
Discussion threads 2007-11-19


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