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Emerging Threats Combats a Million Plus Pieces of New Malware a Week

By Rich Tehrani on Friday, May 17

There are 250,000 plus new pieces of malware being produced each day equating to one piece per person in the US in...

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Tagged emerging threats, interop, malware, security

NFV-Based Software Telcos Need OSS/BSS Interoperability

By Rich Tehrani on Friday, May 17

One of the goals of ETSI NFV is to allow new entrants to provide solutions to carriers based on software instead of...

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Tagged bss, carrier, ericsson, huawei, interoperability, nfv, nokia siemens networks, nsn, oss, sdn, software telco

SysAid's Lifshitz: The Cloud Will Dominate ITSM Market

By Rich Tehrani on Thursday, May 16

Cloud computing has really become a household word with mainstream media outlets running stories on television about the growth in the space...

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Tagged help desk, itsm, mdm, sysaid

Avaya Takes Networking Lead in SPB

By Rich Tehrani on Wednesday, May 15

At Interop Las Vegas 2013 Avaya was demonstrating their real-world Shortest Path Bridging (SPB) solutions and while interoperating with Spirent, HP and...

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Tagged alcatel-lucent, avaya, hp, interop, lucent, mpls, networking, spb, spirent, zeus kerravala

Alianza Wants to Host Your Software Telco

By Rich Tehrani on Tuesday, May 14

The software telco(r)evolution representing the move from hardware to software is perhaps the biggest trend in the world of carrier telecom this...

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Tagged acme packet, alianza, etsi, hosted ims, nfv, oracle, software telco, software telco congress, virtualization

WebRTC Screen Sharing Using Openfire

By Tom Keating on Tuesday, May 14

I've written about WebRTC screen sharing, but today I came across another WebRTC screen sharing solution leveraging Openfire and using WebSockets and...

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Tagged chrome, desktop sharing, firefox, jabber, screen sharing, unified communications, webrtc, xmpp

LTE Network Interactions

By Jim Machi on Tuesday, May 14

According to a recently released GSMA Wireless Intelligence infographic, there are 163 live LTE networks today, and that figure is expected...

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Tagged 3G, 3GPP Long Term Evolution, Broadforward, Dialogic, Diameter, LTE, Radius, Wi-Fi | Responses

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Google Pimps Nexus 7 tablet on Google home page

August 28, 2012

Rich Tehrani discovered that Google is pimping their Nexus 7 tablet on Google's home page which is renowned for being advertising-free. The Nexus 7 (built by Asus) is the first tablet developed under Google, and is the first device to run Android 4.1 / Jelly Bean, the latest version of Google's mobile operating system. Considering the Samsung (Android) $1+ billion defeat to Apple, perhaps Google who has a huge stake in Android is flipping the bird to Apple.

Google to Apple: "You think you got massive eyeballs viewing iPhones and iPads? Well watch this!

Posted in Apple, Google, Mobile Phones, TMCnet, Tablets

Tagged: advertising, dirty harry, google, nexus 7, rich tehrani, tablet : Related Tags: nexus tablet, tablet google, apple google, google, tablet, android

New Samsung Series 7 & Series 5 All-in-One PCs Feature Windows 8 & Gesture Recognition

August 28, 2012

Samsung today unveiled the Series 7 and Series 5 computers which are all-in-one PCs running Windows 8 with a touch-screen and gesture recognition. The Series 7 will be available in 23" and 27" versions, both of which utilize a 1080p touchscreen. It includes a small keyboard, which can be tucked under the display's metal stand saving on desk space. The 23" Series 7 runs a Core i5 CPU with 6GB of RAM, 1TB of storage and Intel Graphics 4000.

Posted in Computer Software, Gadgets, Microsoft, PDAs & Handhelds, TMCnet, Video Hardware & Software

Tagged: all-on-one, ip phone, microsoft, samsung, series 5, series 7, surface, windows 8 : Related Tags: space series, microsoft surface, graphics price, running windows, unveiled series, series

24's Jack Bauer Bakes Explosive Cupcakes for Hilarious Acer Aspire S5 Ultrabook Ad

August 22, 2012

If you think the image of 24's Jack Bauer baking cookies doesn't emit a masculine, testosterone-busting image of an action superhero, you would be dead wrong! Oh and if your initial thought was of Jack Bauer wearing a kitchen apron stirring the cupcake batter with a traditional spatula, you don't know Jack! Jack uses dual cordless drills to make his explosive cupcake batter. His ultrabook of choice is the Acer Aspire S5 ultrabook for creating his cupcake concoction, which is the sponsor of this advertisement. Here's a few screen grabs:

It's a hilarious ad making me long for a 24 movie. Watch the video:

Posted in Gadgets, Home Entertainment, Tablets

Tagged: 24, acer, baking, cupcakes, jack bauer, kiefer sutherland, ultrabook : Related Tags: cupcake batter, cupcake, ultrabook, bauer

How to install Windows Media Center in Windows 8 Pro RTM

August 21, 2012

If you're wondering how to install Windows Media Center in Windows 8 Pro RTM, you've come to the right place. After installing Windows 8 Pro RTM using a MSDN / TechNet key I noticed Windows Media Center was gone. I use Windows Media Center for DVR, Photo Gallery, Netflix, Hulu, Home videos, playing ripped Blu-ray .iso movie images, and more - all connected to my 55" TV over HDMI. Then I remembered reading about how Microsoft was trying to keep the licensing costs of Windows 8 down and one way was by not licensing various codecs, as they explained here:

Our partners have shared clear concerns over the costs associated with codec licensing for traditional media playback, especially as Windows 8 enables an unprecedented variety of form factors.

Posted in Home Entertainment, Microsoft, Video Hardware & Software

Tagged: activate, add, features, media center pack, microsoft, msdn, product key, rtm, upgrade, windows 8, windows media center : Related Tags: media center, windows media, features windows, install windows, center windows, windows

ooVoo Launches 4-Screen Multi-Party Video for Apple iOS & Android

August 21, 2012

ooVoo, a competitor to Skype today announced 4-way video chat that works on iOS and Android devices. I had a chance to speak with ooVoo representatives to discuss the news and of course, I used ooVoo during our conference call, as seen here:

ooVoo, is a large social video-chat provider with 54 million registered subscribers. With the launch of ooVoo’s new mobile apps with support for 4 simultaneous video streams, they are currently the only major video conferencing product offering this - and for free.

Posted in SIP, Skype, Triple Play, Unified Communications, Video Conferencing, VoIP

Tagged: android, apple, ios, mobile, mobile voip, oovoo, skype, video, video calling, video chat : Related Tags: multi party, simultaneous video, launch oovoo, group calling, party video, oovoo

Skype for Windows 8 Metro / Modern UI How-To Install

August 20, 2012

So you want to try out the new Skype Metro/Modern UI on Windows 8 do ya? Well so do I, so last week I found out how to download and install a leaked copy of Skype for Windows 8.

1. Download the MetroSkype_1.0.0.128_x86.zip file from here. (Ironic Microsoft wants to kill the name Metro yet their Skype team is still using it for their filenames!

Posted in Microsoft, Skype, TMCnet, Tablets, Unified Communications, VoIP

Tagged: app, download, how-to, install, metro, modern ui, skype, windows 8 : Related Tags: skype windows, metro modern, skype, windows, metro

Windows 8 Broke my TAPI Dialing But Problem Solved!

August 17, 2012

I often use TAPI within Outlook to click-to-dial my contacts through our Asterisk-based PBX. This is an under-appreciated feature that more users should take advantage of considering most PBXs support TAPI TSPs.

However, after upgrading my Windows 7 machine to Windows 8 a couple days ago, this functionality stopped working. This feature allows me to simply view/search for an Outlook Contact, right-click the Contact, and then choose the number I want to dial, as seen here:

Instantly, my IP phone rings and I'm connected to the remote phone number. Fortunately, me and TAPI go way back.

Posted in Lync, Microsoft, Skype, TMCnet, Unified Communications, Video Conferencing, VoIP

Tagged: microsoft, netmeeting, outlook, rsat, skype, tapi, TAPIOVERRIDE, tsp, windows 7, windows 8 : Related Tags: phone dialer, windows system, click following, registry editor, locate click, windows

Skype for Windows 8 Metro / Modern UI Leaks

August 17, 2012

Microsoft / Skype is hard at work developing a cool Metro "Modern UI" version of Skype, the new Windows 8 tile-based touch-enabled interface. An image of the Skype Metro style app leaked to Twitter demonstrating how the Microsoft/Skype team has optimized Skype for Windows 8 and Windows RT tablets coming to market.

Cult of Mac likes it, but isn't pleased Apple tablets will be getting the short shaft and not be able to leverage this new UI. It sports the usual voice and video features, but also pinned favorites and a sidebar to display status and message history.

According to Neowin, "The UI is fluid and dare we say fast too.

Posted in Microsoft, Skype, TMCnet, Tablets, Video Conferencing, VoIP

Installing Windows 8! Yeah baby!

August 15, 2012

The MSDN Windows 8 RTM was released for download today so now the fun begin!

Tagged: msdn, rtm, windows 8 : Related Tags:

Auto-Provision VoIP Softphone with QR Code

August 10, 2012

Zoiper, creators of SIP and IAX clients for Apple iOS and Android. has a novel idea of leveraging QR codes to auto-provision VoIP softphone clients. No more typing the SIP registrar, username, password, etc. Their softphone client allows end users to self-provision their VoIP service accounts simply by taking a picture with the device camera to scan a QR code.

From the Ziper mobile app you click the QR icon and the screen then switches to “QR scan mode” where it can capture the image generated by the VoIP provider.

Posted in Android, Apple, SIP, VoIP, Wireless

Tagged: android, apple, auto-provision, credentials, iphone, mobile voip, qr code, sip, softphone, voip, zoiper : Related Tags: username password, manually enter, oiper, credentials, password, users

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