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Cloud, consumers give Skype enterprise boost
News Cloud computing revolution and consumers driving IT adoption provide opportunity for VoIP player to shake off non-enterprise grade label, says Asia-Pacific exec.
Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., Phone, Small And Medium Enterprise, IP, Cloud Computing, Small And Medium Business, telephony, customer service, SIP, online application
Skype, Truphone biz threat to be small
News Their voice over IP services targeted at enterprises will likely remain limited to SMB space, and pose no significant threat to larger unified communications players.
Tags: Communications, VoIP, VoIP/IP telephony, Skype Technologies S.A., IBM Corp., Security, Cisco Systems Inc., Singapore, Small And Medium Business, Service
Smaller deployments also see UC gains
News case study Three Asian organizations tell their stories of the road to unified communications, from initial tests to discovering productivity and cost benefits.
Tags: Communications, VoIP/IP telephony, Microsoft Corp., Training, PBX, Tool, Singapore, Opulent Techno, Astra, Harsono
Configuring VoIP in Twinkle
Techguide If you need a reliable and capable SIP softphone for Linux, Vincent Danen suggests using the feature-rich Twinkle to configure its use.
Tags: VoIP, VoIP/IP telephony, SIP, Fedora Project, Twinkle, Phone, laptop computer, authentication, VoIP, headset
Skype targets businesses with new service
News The new Skype For SIP offering allows companies to use their existing phone system to make cheap phone calls over the Internet.
Tags: Employee communications, Communications, Skype Technologies S.A., Cisco Systems Inc., Business, Cell Phone, PBX, IP, Service, public Internet
Google buys Gizmo5 for Google Voice
News Terms of the deal for the VoIP software company were undisclosed, but Google's second acquisition of the week will be used to help Google Voice.
Tags: VoIP, VoIP/IP telephony, Google Inc., Skype Technologies S.A., Gizmo5, Phone, Internet telephony company, telephony company, Voice, TechCrunch
Skype to be integrated into Asterisk PBXs
News Small businesses that use the Asterisk open source PBX platform will be able to control Skype calls using such systems.
Tags: VoIP/IP telephony, VoIP, Business applications, Skype Technologies S.A., Open Source, phone, telephony, Channel Driver, software, blog
Nortel buys unified-comms firm Pingtel
News The communications equipment maker has bought one of its software suppliers, Pingtel, in a deal Nortel claims will help promote open source communications.
Tags: Open source, Next-generation technology/networks, Mobile platforms/communications, Nortel Networks Corp., Security, Pingtel Corp., software, unified communications, financial, R&D
Siemens Gigaset S450 IP
Reviews A reasonably-priced office handset that can be bought in multi-packs, the Gigaset S450 IP is a decent VoIP dual-mode handset. However, there are some drawbacks that limit its appeal.
Amazon launches Hadoop data-crunching service
News Customers can use MapReduce to pay by the sip as they do things like index the Web, mine data, and conduct financial analysis or bioinformatics research.
Tags: Cloud computing, Data mining & analysis, Amazon Elastic MapReduce, Apache Hadoop, Dana Gardner, Cloud computing, Amazon.com Inc., API, software, job
Cisco adopts IP telephony standard
News Support of key IP standard paves way for more features, easier integration with other vendors' products.
Tags: Personal Computers, Mobile/Wireless, VoIP/IP telephony
Solwise VOIP-EL404
Reviews The VOIP-EL404 lacks the scalability and frills of some of its competition, but it's easy to deploy and performs reasonably well.
Avaya launches end-to-end SIP kit
News The communications firm claims its new software and phones will bring multimedia capabilities and intelligent routing into the contact center.
Tags: VoIP/IP telephony, VoIP
Analyst unimpressed by fixed-mobile convergence
News A top wireless analyst has warned businesses to consider carefully any deployment of converged fixed-line and mobile solutions.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Mobile platforms/communications
BlueNote boosts VoIP Web-services suite
News BlueNote Networks has added two voice-interaction services to its VoIP Web-services offering, allowing companies to build interactions into business applications.
Tags: Web services
