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Digium (Unofficially) Announces R-Series Redundancy Analog & PRI Appliances
Today, at a standing room only session presented by Digium's Jason Parker he discussed Digium's R-Series (R = Redundancy) appliance, which adds redundancy to analog & PRI trunks. It comes in two models - an analog model supporting 8 analog...
Digium's Mark Spencer Questions Panasonic About Android APKs/Apps
Digium's Mark Spencer who founded Asterisk and AstriCon has no qualms about asking speakers at his conference a question and keeping them on their toes. He asked Panasonic's Hiroshige "Hiro" Kamine a technical question about the Panasonic IP phones supporting...
Mark Spencer, Allison Smith & the AstriCon Luncheon - Humor Alert!
Today's luncheon at the AstriCon conference was packed to the gills. I saw an open seat at Mark Spencer's table and some Digium folks. But the tables were so crammed close together that I couldn't figure out how to traverse...
AstriCon VoIP Security - $400,000 toll fraud - YIKES!
During an AstriCon session on VoIP security the speaker discussed how easy it was to hack voicemail PINs, but not to listen to your voice messages but to initiate "call backs" using spoofed CallerIDs. Essentially, this leverages the "call back"...
Switchvox 5.5 - Sneak Peek!
I caught the tail half of Digium's Tristan Barnum's AstriCon session. Tristan Barnum is the Director of Product Marketing for Switchvox at Digium. In her AstriCon session, Tristan stressed how she never ever tells what Switchvox is up to and...
AstriCon Video Snippet of an AstriCon Session
For those that couldn't make AstriCon, thought I'd share this brief ~5 minute snippet of the 1st AstriCon session on Tuesday 10/25/11. Gives you some flavor of the awesome attendance and a little bit of the show content. I captured...
360° Panoramic of Astricon Exhibit Floor
Here's a 360° panoramic of the Astricon exhibit floor taken at 1:54pm today. The show floor opens at 5pm today, so this is a sneak peak! The Astricon exhibits are still being setup in this panoramic. I wanted to take...
AstriCon - Panoramic Image of 1st Session
I captured a panoramic image of the first session taking place at AstriCon in the Westin Westminster hotel in Denver, Colorado. It's an interactive panoramic, so use your mouse to move around. I didn't do a 360 degree panoramic since...
Polycom VVX 500 Launches
In 2009, Polycom announced the Polycom VVX 1500, a touch-screen business media phone, that combines IP telephony with business-class video and the ability to integrate with business applications. It was a little bit clunky to be honest, so I'm intrigued...
Interactive Intelligence launches Quick Spin, a Cloud-based Unified Communications Trial Program
Interactive Intelligence today launched Quick Spin, a trial program that enables organizations to try their communications-as-a-service (CaaS) service for free. Interactive Intelligence gave me a demo of Quick Spin last week and I was pretty impressed. It features unified...
It's Official - Skype Now Part of Microsoft!
Both the U.S. and Europe anti-trust authorities approved the acquisition in recent days. Now it is official - Skype is officially now part of Microsoft with the closing of the $8.5 billion acquisition. On October 13, Skype became an official...
Rebtel Mobile VoIP app hops between 3G and WiFi/data Networks
Rebtel just launched version 2.0 of its free iPhone app, which allows users to make and receive free international calls using WiFi, 3G, or local minutes. TechCrunch discusses Rebtels's "new proprietary technology called “KeepTalking”, which allows users to transition (mid-call,...
Nimbuzz launches Video calling for iPhone and PC
Nimbuzz today launched video calling for the iPhone and PC. You can download them here: Download Nimbuzz for iPhone Download Nimbuzz for PC The Nimbuzz video calling works over 3G/4G as well as WiFi. Interestingly, they are also offering...
Andrea SuperBeam Buds Headset review
We all have come to love our stereo headsets featuring separate audio channels for both the left and right ear, but what about dual or stereo microphones? If stereo speakers makes 'sounds' better for you, why can't stereo microphones make...
Cisco UC320W Review
Cisco isn’t known for hitting the SOHO/SMB space of 1-24 users, even with their feature-rich, but not entirely inexpensive Unified Communications Manager Express (UCME) product line. UCME’s sweet spot is 30-100 users, while Cisco’s new UC 320W product works with...
Skype 2.5 for Android Adds More Video Support
Today, Skype announced Skype 2.5 for Android added "white listing" video support for an additional 14 Android devices, bringing the total to 41 Android devices that support video. It is now available on several Motorola devices including the Atrix or...
Amazon Kindle Fire - Hot or Not?
The Amazon Kindle Fire 7-inch tablet aims to take on the Apple iPad, but will the Fire catch fire with consumers? Amazon has loyal Kindle e-reader users, but part of its draw is the e-ink screen which works in...
New Skype for iPhone & iPad Released
Today Skype announced a new version of Skype for the iPad and iPhone with the coolest new feature being a anti-shake software algorithm that smooths the video even if you have a shaky hand. It only works with the rear-facing...
Apple iPad - Your Next Desktop Phone?
I've been thinking about how the Apple iPad could really disrupt the VoIP space and become your next desktop phone. Think about the impact to companies such as Cisco, Polycom, Aastra, snom, Grandstream, and others. While these companies do offer...
Madison Cain, Daughter of Journey's Jonathan Cain, uses Skype for Vocal Teaching
Madison Cain, 17 year old daughter of legendary Journey keyboardist and song writer Jonathan Cain apparently works with a vocal teacher via Skype to improve her singing skills. Score another useful feature for Skype! I knew Skype was used for...
Skype Integrated GroupMe App?
So I got this email from Skype saying this: We’re excited to introduce GroupMe – the newest member of the Skype family.GroupMe is the easiest way to chat with the people and groups you really know, wherever you are. GroupMe...
CosmoCom and Telesphere Announce Partnership at ITEXPO
Contact centers looking for a comprehensive hosted voice, email and chat solution will be happy to learn that Telesphere, a Cloud Communication Service provider today announced a relationship with CosmoCom. CosmoCom is one of the early pioneers of cloud-based contact...
Hookflash for iPad Launches
Hookflash is skipping the iPhone and jumping right to the larger screen iPad to offer their feature-rich peer-to-peer communications and social media app. This goes to the heart of an article I've been thinking about for months about how the...
magicJack Plus Update
Here are some updates for the magicJack Plus, which I recently reviewed.The magicJack Plus will be officially available this week on www.magicJack.com and will be available in major retailers before the holidays.Other important updates: Number porting capability will be included....
Artisan Infrastructure Solves the MSP Competition Conundrum
At ITEXPO I met with Artisan Infrastructure's CEO Brian Hierholzer to discuss how Artisan offers a compelling cloud-based solution for MSPs and service providers. Brian explained that one problem with existing managed service providers (MSPs) is that they often compete...
