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BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) Adds Microsoft Lync Support

January 27, 2011

According to BlackBerry's BlackBerry Enterprise Server Add-on product website, support for Microsoft Lync is coming soon. In the footnotes it says "Support for Microsoft Lync Server will be available in an upcoming BlackBerry Enterprise Server Service Pack." It will be released as part of BES 5.0.3 which is still in beta. BES 5.0.3 was expected to be released in Q4 last year, so 5.0.3 should be released any day now. Notable new features include:

Support for Microsoft's Office Communications Server 2007 R2 and Lync Server 2010
Support for Microsoft Office 2010 file attachments
Support for Microsoft Hyper-V 2008 R2 virtualization platform

Microsoft is participating at ITEXPO next week and some Lync partners as well, so I'm sure there will be some Microsoft Lync-related announcements made at the show.

Posted in ITEXPO, Lync, Microsoft, TMCnet, Unified Communications, VoIP

ITEXPO 2011 East Speaker List Grows

January 21, 2011

TMC added some more speakers to the ITEXPO 2011 East lineup this week to add to an already impressive list. Check them out:

ITEXPO

Bob Locklear, Director of Business Development-Enterprise Networks Division, ADTRAN

E-03 Vendor Panel: Responding to Today’s and Tomorrow’s Enterprise Requirements

Charles Krogram, Regional Vice President, ShoreTel

UC-04 Integrating Mobility and UC
MW-03 What Can Presence Do For You?

Greg Maudsley, Director of Product Marketing, Juniper Networks

MW-06 Securing Tablets and Smartphones in the Enterprise

Wendy Moore-Bayley, Solutions Marketing, UCaaS, Mitel

E-03 “Vendor Panel: Responding to Today’s and Tomorrow’s Enterprise Requirements”

Katie Butcher (Moderator), President, B-Lynk

C-04 “Everyday Business Conferencing - A New User Experience”

Morgan Krenson, Wholesale Channel Manager, InterCall

C-04 “Everyday Business Conferencing - A New User Experience”

Ari Rabban, CEO, Phone.com

SP-03 “Maintaining Service Quality while Introducing New Next Generation Services”

Wendy Moore-Bayley, Solutions Marketing, UCaaS, Mitel

V-03 “Hosted vs.

Posted in ITEXPO, TMCnet, VoIP

Digium's Danny Windham to Keynote ITEXPO East 2011

January 21, 2011

No one could argue that Asterisk hasn't changed the communications landscape forever. Many startups are using Asterisk or Asterisk derivatives to build enterprise and carrier-based solutions. Well, Digium, the founder of the Asterisk movement is having their CEO Danny Windham keynote at ITEXPO. It'll be interesting to see from Digium's perspective what the current state of Asterisk is -- as well as the future direction. I'll be at ITEXPO obviously and Danny's keynote will certainly be one of the must attend events!

Posted in Asterisk, ITEXPO, SIP, TMCnet, VoIP

Former FCC Chief Kevin Martin to Keynote ITEXPO

January 20, 2011

Former FCC Chief Kevin Martin will be a keynote speaker at ITEXPO taking place February 2-4th in Miami, Florida.

Some background on Kevin Martin. In a resignation statement on his philosophy at the FCC he stated it "has been to pursue deregulation while paying close attention to its impact on consumers and the particulars of a given market, to balance deregulation with consumer protection." Martin added that he "approached his decisions with a fundamental belief that a robust, competitive marketplace, not regulation, is ultimately the best protector of the public interest and the best method of delivering the benefits of choice, innovation and affordability to American consumers."

The statement also included what Martin accomplished during his tenure, including one promoting broadband, and specifically wireless broadband, and protecting consumers from harm, by issuing $150 million in fines, or more than any other chairman. On January 15, 2009 Kevin Martin announced his resignation when the Obama Administration took over. In his letter of resignation to President Bush, Martin wrote, “I have had the privilege of serving at the Federal Communications Commission for almost 8 years, including 4 years as the agency’s Chairman.

Posted in Internet, Mobile Phones, TMCnet, Unified Communications, VoIP, Wireless

Google Voice Adds Number Porting - Carriers Cry

January 20, 2011

I'm a huge fan of Google Voice with it's ability to screen calls, send calls to multiple devices, and voicemail transcription. The Achilles Heel was that you couldn't port your number over. Well my friends, today Google has quietly enabled number porting for Google Voice, which truly is a game changer. (Note: Google is slowly rolling this out, so you may not have this option available.)

Now you can port your home number to Google Voice and then use a service like TELTUB to have unlimited voice minutes to the U.S. and Canada for $5/month!

We've come a long way since my number portability rant back in 2006.

Carriers' response:

Via Engadget & Techcrunch

Posted in Google, Mobile Phones, TMCnet, VoIP, Wireless

Arbinet to Feature Its Newest IP Exchange at ITEXPO East

January 19, 2011

Arbinet plans to feature its newest IP Exchange at ITEXPO East taking place February 2-4, 2011 in Miami Beach, Florida.

Arbinet will participate in IP Communications Industry’s Leading Event at Miami Beach Convention Center in February. I'll be at the show covering the latest IP communications happenings. Just got my flight booked today, in fact.

Posted in ITEXPO, TMCnet, VoIP

ITEXPO Named Top 50 Fastest Growing Tradeshow

January 19, 2011

TMC's ITEXPO was named one of the fastest growing trade shows by Trade Show Executive in their Fastest 50 Awards. I've been with TMC since 1994 - right out of college and I've seen this company grow from 15 employees to over 65 employees. It's been an amazing ride. TMC's ITEXPO has had some stellar companies participate over the years, including Asterisk, Avaya, Cisco, Microsoft, Packet8, ShoreTel, and Skype.

TMC CEO Rich Tehrani said, "Much thanks goes to all of TMC's readers as well as our sponsors, attendees, partners, vendors who supply us decorating services, audio/visual, etc and of course the tireless TMC team who works around the clock to over-deliver for customers.

Posted in Asterisk, Avaya, Cisco, ITEXPO, Microsoft, Packet8, SIP, ShoreTel, Skype, TMCnet, Triple Play, Unified Communications, Video Conferencing, VoIP, Wireless

Zipring VoIP Phone Service Launches

January 18, 2011

Erik Lagerway, who has worked at CounterPath (X-lite fame), blogged for TMC, and has other VoIP street creds to his name launched a new venture today called zipring. It kind of reminds me a bit of Google Voice, but I really need to delve into this further and see exactly how this compares. Might even be similar to the new TELTUB service I reviewed yesterday. Anyway, I thought I'd share the news:

Zipring Integrated VoIP Phone Service Launches for Consumers: Works with Every Phone and Mobile Device

Zipring delivers new open standards phone service unlike any other phone on the market

Posted in Mobile Phones, SIP, TMCnet, VoIP, Wireless

TELTUB + Google Voice = $5 Unlimited Calling to U.S. & Canada

January 17, 2011

TELTUB is offering unlimited free calling to the U.S. and Canada for $5/month. Their gHome product takes a user's Google Voice account and converts it into a SIP-based VoIP service which can then be used as a cheap home phone-line using a SIP analog telephony adaptor (ATA) and your broadband connection. Users can use their own standard VoIP adaptor or order a pre-configured one from TELTUB.

Posted in Android, Asterisk, Reviews, SIP, Social Networking, TMCnet, Unified Communications, VoIP

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