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Voice networking and VoIP

  • October 31, 2006 31 Oct'06

    Net neutrality: All or nothing, or somewhere in between?

    The notion of net neutrality can hinder VoIP QoS guarantees and thus has incited a contentious debate.

  • October 25, 2006 25 Oct'06

    Cisco launches mega videoconferencing system

    Cisco Systems Inc. has talked about TelePresence and demonstrated it, and now it's finally something enterprises can buy, but at six figures it's a high price to pay.

  • October 24, 2006 24 Oct'06

    How does the service provider differentiate between data and VoIP as data?

    For our mobile devices in trucks, we use GSM/GPRS communication. Our customers are paying for a certain data amount -- depending on the service package to which they subscribe. We use a modem in our device, which can do both data and voice. But as I...

  • October 23, 2006 23 Oct'06

    Comparing VoIP vendors

    For many companies, the tough decision isn't whether to use IP telephony or not -- it's which vendor to choose. We've collected some of Carrie Higbie's tips and tricks for vendor selection, garnered from her "Ask-the-Expert" section. Carrie ...

  • October 23, 2006 23 Oct'06

    Comparing VoIP vendors

    For many companies, the tough decision isn't whether to use IP telephony or not -- it's which vendor to choose. We've collected some of Carrie Higbie's tips and tricks for vendor selection, garnered from her 'Ask-the-Expert' section. Carrie ...

  • October 22, 2006 22 Oct'06

    EMC plays catch-up with Clariion

    Clariion arrays now have support for both Fibre Channel and iSCSI in one box, as well as other features that competitors have been using against EMC for some time.

  • October 19, 2006 19 Oct'06

    Xiotech, Pillar scale down, support iSCSI

    Xiotech, Pillar introduce entry-level iSCSI arrays; Overland loses Dell deal; EMC and IBM report earnings.

  • October 16, 2006 16 Oct'06

    Cisco ramps up unified communications tools

    Cisco last week released a host of new products to enhance its suite of unified communications tools, including an IP phone that's easier for end users to accept.

  • October 11, 2006 11 Oct'06

    Does Spanning Tree Protocol have an adverse effect on VoIP?

    Do you know if Spanning Tree has an adverse effect upon VoIP? If so, what is the best way to provide LAN-based switch redundancy to VoIP gateways?

  • October 11, 2006 11 Oct'06

    Briefs: VoIP management; mobile E911; and Windows 2003 support

    Qovia releases its new VoIP management system; 911 Enable made E911 mobile and Codima announced support for Windows 2003 server.