Here is part of my Internet Telephony Magazine Publisher's Outlook December 2006: ----------- Certainly the biggest news in recent months is that Cisco Systems, the world’s biggest vendor of computer-networking equipment, reported first-quarter 2007 net sales of $8.2...
To be more fair, at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Cisco, Avaya Nortel and Siemens voice systems will all be replaced by Alcatel in a $300 million deal that seems more like a service provider network than one needed for...
If you have ever driven to TMC’s headquarters in Norwalk, Connecticut from I95 North you know about congestion. You see there are two exits that are a stone’s throw away from each other – 14 and 15 - and just...
We have received some nice comments about the following article regarding the Cisco 4-Slot CSR-1 Router from Zippy. I have to share this excerpt and a specific quote which I bolded below.---"As we start to see the abilities of the...
MetaSwitch has always been a leading edge technology company and they know acronyms well. Perhaps that is why they aren’t afraid to launch YAIPCA or Yet Another IP Communications Acronym. In this case it is COMETE! Or Cable Operator Multiservice...
Avaya announced a profit decrease and replaced Don Peterson as CEO on the same day. Louis D’Ambrosio is the new CEO. I liked Don – he was a great guy. Unfortunately on Wall Street how nice you are rarely matters...
If you are using a number of wireless products made by Cisco you will likely want to read this article to be sure you do what is needed to stay secure. ...
Here are recent stories of interest. My favorite has to be Survey: IPods More Popular Than Beer followed by QUALCOMM's VoIP news and of course how often do I get to talk about JFK. The VoiceGenie news is old but...
Here is an overview of some companies I have recently met with:Bluenote Networks continues to make noise. The company makes products that leverage p2p and SOA to enable companies to communicate more effectively. Soon they will open up an API...
Here is my second Publisher's Outlook in issue number 2 of SIP Magazine. Hope you enjoy it. It doesn't have a title yet. Possible options are Avaya boards the SIP train, Avaya SIPs its way to the top of the...
I just learned that Judges In Pennsylvania will have IP-based panic buttons that link to security forces. By integrating the Cisco IP Communications network, the IPCelerate,IPsession server is able to identify each judge by name and specific location whenever a...
According to Cisco CEO John Chambers, America has fallen behind in math and science. Here is a direct quote from an article appearing on CNET: Education and research. It is no longer accurate to say America is falling behind on...
The worst thing you can do at an industry event is miss one of the most important things that are happening. At Internet Telephony Conference & Expo next week for example there is just so much happening that you will...
I will speaking at this Tech Data conference next week (I will just find any excuse to go to Florida in the winter :-)The reseller opportunity in VoIP is huge and this is an area we focus on extensively at...
One of the exhibitors at the last Internet Telephony Conference & Expo in Los Angeles took a survey of people who came to their booth and one of the questions asked from people who haven’t deployed VoIP was which PBX...
Take a look at AGN Networks if you are looking for SIP trunking. What does that mean? Well if you are looking to put in an IP PBX or you already have one be sure to also consider connecting your...
The battle for the living room is heating up according to the Associated Press and in 2006 we can expect over one billion dollars to be spent promoting technologies aimed at bringing mainstream computing into our living rooms.Microsoft Media Center...
According to Dittberner Associates the market for carrier VoIP products has grown at an astonishing rate of 67.8% in the third quarter of 2005 vs. the second quarter. Over 27.3 million media gateway, softswitch and integrated VoIP ports were shipped...
Cisco announced today they are buying Scientific Atlanta a global leader in set-top boxes for $43 per share. Some of the reasons for this purchase are that video is becoming a bigger market for service providers and Cisco is responding...
TMC’s Bob Liu and Tom Keating wrote an excellent article on Microsoft and Cisco collaborating on the ICE standard, a technology used to enable VoIP traffic to more easily permeate firewalls in a secure fashion. Currently, session border controllers (SBCs)...