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Zultys adds Android client for VoIP phone calls

Zultys has upgraded the software in its MX family of IP PBXs and added a Mobile Communicator client for Android-based smartphones, the company said on Tuesday.
Aerohive pushes branch networks to the cloud

Aerohive Networks is planning to put branch offices' networks in the cloud for a annual fee starting at $99 (£63).
Avaya exec says Microsoft Lync not ready for business

A gap between what Microsoft promises with Lync's telephony and what it delivers makes Lync a poor choice as an IP PBX replacement for large organisations, according to a former Microsoft "Most Valuable Professional" who now works for Avaya.
Voice calling networks make botnet control easy, say Defcon researchers

Botnets and their masters can communicate with each other by calling into the same VoIP conference call and swapping data using touch tones, researchers demonstrated at Defcon.
Skype hires Cisco's Bates as CEO

Skype has named Tony Bates as its next CEO, hiring him away from Cisco Systems, where he led some of the company's core businesses.
Skype launches Skype Connect enterprise voice calling

Skype has launched a Session Initiation Protocol-based voice service for businesses that integrates free and low cost calling into corporate IP PBXs, providing an opportunity to add voice features to corporate websites and to cut back on some phone expenses.
Skype cuts company VoIP phone bills

Any business that has a corporate VoIP system can now use Skype's SIP trunking service as a way to cut the cost of corporate phone bills.
HP, 3Com deal causes product headaches

HP and 3Com fit remarkably well together when considering the target markets that drove them together in this week's blockbuster $2.7 billion deal: core Ethernet switching and China. But most of the rest ? lowend, SMB and edge switching, plus wireless networking ? faces considerable overlap.
HP set to buy 3Com

HP is set to buy networking company 3Com in a move that will shake the enterprise networking market
IBM to offer open source VoIP for small business

Small businesses can buy Asterisk open source IP PBX software as an add-on to IBM?s Smart Cube office-in-a-box package.

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Corporate PBX is still alive and kicking

The role of the PBX is changing in importance, but it's still too early to issue a death certificate, according to Infonetics.
Top 10 Cisco rivals

Competition is only getting tougher for Cisco as it continues to expand in 30 or so new markets while attempting to maintain growth in its core routing and switching businesses.
How size affects your view of unified comms

Europe's large enterprises and small-medium enterprises see the dilemmas and challenges of unified communications rather differently.
Unified comms: an industry in evolution

Did this week's Unified Comms show in London show the VoIP vendors looking towards the next big step in telephony's evolution, or merely the next bandwagon to jump on?
Does Motorola's 802.11n kit put it back in the Wi-Fi game?

Motorola took its time bringing out an 802.11n AP for its enterprise Wi-Fi, but it may not be too late for the product to make an impact.
The Asterisk marks the spot

The open source PBX software is now at the centre of an alternative telephony market.
Femto cells get real

New moves to standardise femto cells are a sign that indoor 3G is getting real, says Andy Tiller of ip.Access
Are unified communications here at last?

So far, IP communications that follow users across voice, IM, email and other media have benefitted a narrow group. That may be about to change.
Dual-mode VoIP starts to bite

It's been too much hassle to do it till now, but with handsets at the ready and savings to be made, some users are going ahead with VoIP on Wi-Fi enabled phones.
Office phones face new threats

Enterprise desktop phones face growing competition from wireless handsets, but they aren't going the way of the typewriter just yet.

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Cutting the costs of VoIP

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How to give your telecommuters voice

FMC - just wait and let it happen

Case Study: University dumps Cisco VoIP for open source Asterisk

Simple things you can do with VoIP

Case Study: Managing VOIP effectively

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An Open Approach to Advanced Messaging

An open approach to IP telephony applications, running alongside your TDM and IP PBXs, has the power to change how your business communicates. It is these ?next-generation? open applications, and not the phones or the PBX, which will deliver the business value that converged networks promise. New functionality under the umbrella of Unified Communications allows users to work with voice messages as easily as email and to work remotely as easily as locally. Speech interfaces can save time and mask complexity. This white paper explores how as you deploy your VoIP implementation, these new end-user communication capabilities make your organisation more productive, more responsive, and ultimately more competitive.
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Converged Messaging Architecture: Five Key Components

Advanced messaging used to come at a high price - separate message stores, duplicate databases, and increased administration. A single infrastructure for voicemail and email reduces costs by more than 60% ? while delivering powerful new user features. In evaluating your enterprise Unified Voice Messaging alternatives ? be sure to assure IT flexibility and efficiency in your transition between TDM and IP PBX platforms. This white paper explores what to avoid ? ultimately minimising network, budget and staffing requirements for your enterprise converged message solutions.
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An Open Approach to Advanced Messaging

An open approach to IP telephony applications, running alongside your TDM and IP PBXs, has the power to change how your business communicates. It is these "next-generation" open applications, and not the phones or the PBX, which will deliver the business value that converged networks promise. New functionality under the umbrella of Unified Communications allows users to work with voice messages as easily as email and to work remotely as easily as locally. Speech interfaces can save time and mask complexity. This white paper explores how as you deploy your VoIP implementation, these new end-user communication capabilities make your organisation more productive, more responsive, and ultimately more competitive.
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Building Reliable IP Telephony Systems

No enterprise voice system today is without such applications as auto attendant and voicemail, so we examine application reliability and the need to hold applications to the same reliability and availability standards as the voice system hardware. And we finish by looking at soft reliability issues?the impact that software problems, administrative and maintenance activities, and network quality can have on voice system availability.
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Reaching Today?s Decision Makers An Overview of the Telephony Market

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