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  • SOFTSWITCH FALLOUT

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    The impact of disaggregation

    Who wins as suppliers break softswitches into multiple pieces?

  • CASE STUDY

    Oakland gets unified

    How the city is now reaping savings and benefits from its VoIP deployment.

  • IT ROADMAP

    Roll outs made easy

    Long-time VoIP implementation pays dividends.

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  • Microsoft grows more powerful in the IP Telephony arena

    Again we look to the No Jitter site which is reporting that Microsoft has entered the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Corporate Telephony. Based on the latest version of the Microsoft Unified Communications suite, Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 (OCS 2007), Gartner places Microsoft in the Visionaries quadrant – high scores on "completeness of vision" but yet with limitations and unproven factors relative to "ability to execute."

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  • IP PBXs are not unified communications

    The No Jitter site today has an interesting discussion on why IP PBX vendors shouldn't be allowed to get away with calling their systems unified communications technology.

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  • A look at VoIP issues, problems

    The Markevanstech page today points to an articel that says among other things, VoIP still has faces many challenges before it can become a mainstream technology. Despite the promise of lower costs and a variety of value-added features, there remains several major hurdles that must be addressed before consumers are completely comfortable with using VoIP as opposed to plain-old-telephone service (POTS) provided by telephone carriers.

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  • Unlocking the iPhone's VoIP potential

    The E-Commerce Times today says the iPhone-using world just got a shot in the arm for VoIP communications. Global IP Solutions (GIPS) has announced support for application developers for VoIP-based utilities running on the iPhone -- which means that actual VoIP calling might not be far off.

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Blogs

  • CONSIDERING CONVERGENCE

    Toshiba Announces AT&T SIP Trunking Interoperability by Matthew Nickasch

    With SIP trunking becoming more and more popular, IP-PBX vendors are looking to provide customers with options for lower-cost trunking functionality. Recently, Toshiba announced SIP interoperability with the AT&T IP Flexible Reach service. This recent advancement solidifies Toshiba's IP-PBX...

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