Defusing the IP telephony timebomb
Blog When the network gets busy, IP telephony systems can fail. Your current phone system could well be looked after by the facilities team, whereas your computer network and systems are looked after by IT, which is the natural place for IP telephony.
[October 14, 2009, 12:03]
Skype for SIP goes public
News Skype has opened up its beta programme to integrate existing business IP telephony systems with the popular VoIP provider's services. Skype for SIP lets companies receive calls on their existing IP telephony systems from Skype users for free, apart...
[December 2, 2009, 15:16]
Public sector cool on VoIP
News UK public-sector organisations aren't rushing to install IP-based telephony systems. Public-sector organisations are interested in IP telephony — almost three-quarters of respondents said they are actively considering VoIP — but they prefer to take...
[December 7, 2006, 10:20]
GNU Bayonne 2
Downloads Bayonne offers a script driven threaded multiline state event telephony service for building voice response systems and telephony plugins for runtime driver configuration. Bayonne may be used to build telephony based system administration, home...
[September 27, 2005, 8:00]
Vonage and Verizon go head-to-head in court
News A Vonage co-founder insisted in federal court on Tuesday that his company never copied Verizon's internet telephony systems, while a Verizon executive maintained that the rival company's alleged infringement has done serious harm.
[February 28, 2007, 8:17]
Cisco upgrades IP telephony security
News Cisco Systems says that it has improved security on its Internet Protocol telephony products. Cisco also enhanced support for a protocol that will help customers link their existing telephone systems to its IP telephony products.
[October 26, 2004, 9:00]
Sylantro Systems Corp. Improves Application Reliability and Performance for Its Customers
White Papers Sylantro allows network operators to rapidly deliver high value, high margin managed telephony services without the cost and complexity of today's in house systems, giving users new flexibility in their communications services.
[July 11, 2007, 1:00]
IBM has your IP phone number
News The deal marks IBM's first move into the corporate market for so-called IP telephony, where Electronic Data Systems, Hewlett-Packard and other companies have already staked their claims. Bogen said IBM can use its nearly 20 percent share of the...
[December 12, 2002, 7:01]
EU agency backtracks on Skype crime claims
News One week ago, Eurojust announced it planned to "play a key role in the co-ordination and co-operation of the investigations on the use of internet telephony systems [VoIP], such as Skype". The agency said its role would be to smooth out the...
[February 27, 2009, 14:13]
Security tools probe VoIP flaws
News The programs are meant to test the security of increasingly popular Voice over Internet Protocol telephony systems, Dave Endler, director of security research at TippingPoint, said in an interview. The tools were designed to help administrators...
[August 3, 2006, 10:40]
Typex Integrates Voice Communications on IBM System i
White Papers The company wanted to enable greater flexibility and mobility for employees; reduce the cost of voice communications between company sites; enable the integration of voice communications with ERP, CRM and other core business systems; simplify and...
[April 5, 2007, 1:00]
EU to investigate VoIP-tapping techniques
News Our aim is not to stop users from taking advantage of internet telephony, but to prevent criminals from using Skype and other systems to plan and organise their unlawful actions. According to Eurojust's statement, the investigation will try to...
[February 20, 2009, 16:43]
Skype to be integrated into Asterisk PBXs
News The beta version of Skype For Asterisk, an add-on channel driver module, will make it possible to use the popular web-telephony service through Asterisk-based, small-business phone systems. Working together with Skype, our goal is to help...
[September 26, 2008, 12:32]
Call Center: The "Killer App" for VoIP
White Papers The viewers will learn: what benefits one should expect from today's IP based telephony, the alternative approaches to IP based telephony and their pros and cons, how to make the business case for IP based systems, and where the major...
[July 20, 2006, 0:00]
VoIP spam tipped to rocket
News But Cisco Systems, the vendor which has sold the most IP telephony systems, is less convinced about the threat. NEC has warned businesses that telephony spam levels are about to soar. Telephony spam could soon comprise over half of all phone calls...
[January 29, 2007, 15:46]
VoIP security fears spook IT pros
News However, security experts from CapGemini said there were hard cost savings to be achieved through Internet telephony, and VoIP systems could be secured. Internet telephony is still not mature enough a platform to support business communications...
[May 3, 2006, 13:30]
TeamCall
Downloads TAPI (Telephony Application Interface): TeamCall supports the standard interface of Microsoft systems and applications. Via TeamCall JTAPI support, developers are able to integrate professional telephony functions into their Java software.
[July 21, 2005, 8:00]
KPMG issues stark warning over VoIP
News Exposures that were experienced with traditional systems are more prevalent with VoIP and IP Telephony, as networking awareness is more widespread. Although there is extensive information available from numerous sources regarding the benefits of...
[October 28, 2004, 11:19]
Encryption pioneer enters VoIP arena
News Zimmermann has developed a prototype of an Internet telephony application that encrypts calls to prevent eavesdropping. Internet telephony is increasingly popular because it is cheaper than traditional phone service or, in some cases, free.
[July 27, 2005, 9:30]
CeBIT 2002: Plantronics brings Bluetooth headset to ordinary mobiles
News Plantronics partner Norwood Systems was at the launch to demonstrate an office telephony system based on the Bluetooth headset, Bluetooth access points and a telephony server, giving you the ability to make and receive calls anywhere within range...
[March 14, 2002, 10:41]



