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Skype in the Enterprise

November 25, 2005

Two months ago, on September 26, 2005 I wrote an article titled VoIP Killed the PBX Star. This article received a tremendous amount of traffic and from what I am told was posted on quite a few PBX vendor intranets and became required reading at a number of communications companies. In the article I outlined various threats to PBX vendors and came up with ways to fight back.

One of the biggest threats I discussed was the establishment of enterprise Skype-like products. Coincidently, the day my article was posted, a company by the name of BlueNote Networks released what seems to be the first software designed to be like Skype for the enterprise.

Let's think about this for a moment.

Posted in Broadband, Conferencing, ITEXPO, SIP, Technology, VoIP

Google Internet Booth

November 25, 2005

You may have seen an Intel WiFi demo area at an airport or in some major metropolitan areas. Microsoft too has set up these areas for people to come and use WiFi while simultaneously learning about the company's products and services.

Bearing this in mind it might not be so surprising to hear Google too has set up such areas in the Heathrow Airport in London. Since Google now gets the opportunity to see their customers live they can ask questions and take surveys. For example, they can find out what people do when they travel.

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Return Receipt Frustration

November 24, 2005

First of all to everyone in the world, Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

Even if you don't celebrate, have some turkey -- it is good for you. Lots of tryptophan and as a bonus it is low in fat and calories and high in protein.

If e-mailed return receipts in Microsoft Outlook frustrate you and you would like a better system for managing them, you might want to read this article.

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CableLabs VoIP Peering RFI

November 22, 2005

I expect the entire cable industry to adopt VoIP peering soon. Take a look at this VoIP Peering RFI from CableLabs. I imagine that I could be right on with my prediction of 2006 being the year of VoIP peering. Still, I want to be a bit cautious as I am still waiting for the year of videoconferencing to finally arrive.

Getting back to VoIP peering, it is exciting to see the major players in the market like cable companies getting into the game. I am equally excited about the world’s next VoIP Peering Summit happening in conjunction with Internet Telephony Conference & Expo East in Ft. Lauderdale Florida, January 24-27, 2006.

Posted in Broadband, IPTV, ITEXPO, JITC, Open Source, SIP, Speech Technologies, Technology, VoIP, WiMAX, Wireless

Hackers Targeting Programs

November 22, 2005

Just when you thought it was safe to compute, hackers are beginning to exploit vulnerabilities in PC-based programs instead of server based software and operating systems. Full story.

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Pixel Ads

November 22, 2005

The concept is fascinating but if I have to choose between pixel-based ads being a fad or a trend I would have to say fad. I just checked out PixelBay.org, one of the companies in this space and was fascinated o see so many ads. Some of the ads reminded me of messages I get in my inbox as spam, making me wonder if there is a need for legitimate advertisers to ever use such a service.

The cost is so low that I am sure advertisers are drawn to the concept just to see if it works. How low?

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RIM vs. NTP

November 20, 2005

Here is a great recap of the court case between RIM and NTP. It may be important for you to read if you or anyone in your company relies on Blackberry service. If things continue to go against RIM, expect the real possibility of Blackberry service being shut down in the US. Government users are excluded but as this article points out, it may be difficult to know who a government user is or isn't.

See Russell Shaw's comments on the case.

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NY Times Goes Offline

November 13, 2005

Will the New York Times ever go offline or will Google and Amazon merge? Here is an interesting video focusing on some past history as well as the future of computing and media. It is about eight minutes long and is captivating and scary at the same time. There is a portrayal in this production of Google becoming so powerful that it will define news media and all other media as well. I hope you appreciate it.

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Killing Backlights

November 12, 2005

I have learned a valuable lesson as of late. Perhaps the most fragile component in a laptop -- while it is off anyway is the screen backlight. The way I know this of course is because I have recently killed 2 or 3 on the same laptop. Coincidence?

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LooksToGoodToBeTrue

November 9, 2005

For some reason when I learned of this website I thought of MC Hammer and Too Legit 2 Quit (Hey Hey) but LooksTooGoodToBeTrue is a real honest-to goodness site that is worth visiting before you get a computer for the first time. Who am I kidding, the site is intended for novices but can help those using PCs for a decade or more. In fact I know someone who recently gave away their entire identity online when they answered an e-mail they thought was from an online site. Ouch!

Anyway for those of you reading this blog you are probably experienced enough to not get taken advantage of online.

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