tag:blog.tmcnet.com,2014:/blog/tom-keating//4/tag:blog.tmcnet.com,2005:/blog/tom-keating//4.1514- 2014-03-29T00:05:07Z Comments for Merrill Lynch Goes VoIP VoIP & Gadgets blog - Latest news in VoIP & gadgets, wireless, mobile phones, reviews, & opinions Movable Type 4.38 tag:blog.tmcnet.com,2005:/blog/tom-keating//4.1514 2005-02-10T21:55:55Z 2008-04-10T21:35:28Z Merrill Lynch Goes VoIP Merrill Lynch reported that it will install IP PBX and phone gear from Avaya and Cisco with the U.S., Brazil, Australia and Japan headquerters installing an Avaya IP-PBX supporting 10,000 employees and their branch offices using Cisco IP phones with... Tom Keating http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/ Merrill Lynch reported that it will install IP PBX and phone gear from Avaya and Cisco with the U.S., Brazil, Australia and Japan headquerters installing an Avaya IP-PBX supporting 10,000 employees and their branch offices using Cisco IP phones with a centralized Cisco IP-PBX that will support 14,000 financial advistors.

When a huge financial firm like Merrill Lynch puts its trust in VoIP and sees it as a secure technology when you consider all the possible liabilities due to the multi-billion dollar transactions they do daily, one has to stand up and take notice...

It is also significant because Merrill dropped Cisco as it's VoIP provider for 7,500+ workers in its New Jersey headquarters and in Japan in mid-2003 due to security concerns. I guess Merrill Lynch got over that mental hurdle or Cisco and Avaya did a great job selling them.

]]> tag:blog.tmcnet.com,2005:/blog/tom-keating//4.1514-comment:1668 Comment from James Seng on 2005-02-11 James Seng http://james.seng.cc/ isn't this old news? i mean, i heard of this 2 years back.

in fact, back then, they are actually rolling back their pstn phone.

]]> 2005-02-11T08:49:14Z tag:blog.tmcnet.com,2005:/blog/tom-keating//4.1514-comment:1671 Comment from Tom Keating on 2005-02-11 Tom Keating Yep, it is old news, except like I said, Merrill Lynch "pulled" their VoIP out in 2003, and then 2 years later they re-deployed it.

I guess the real story should be what changed their minds? What changed security-wise that made them comfortable with VoIP?

]]> 2005-02-11T15:11:05Z tag:blog.tmcnet.com,2005:/blog/tom-keating//4.1514-comment:1676 Comment from Candace Holman on 2005-02-11 Candace Holman Merrill Lynch has been with Cisco in the past and now mixes Cisco and Avaya:

News.com Merrill Lynch

Maybe a better title would be: Merrill Lynch goes Avaya. What makes you think it was a security thing?

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