N-able Technologies Forms IP Telephony Coalition with Mitel
With this new technology, MSPs and IT leaders can serve their customers 24/7 and deploy their call control software in a virtualized environment. The Virtual MCD controls VMware vSphere 4 to enable MSPs to combine Mitel’s voice and unified communications applications besides non-voice business applications. More...
Microsoft's Lync fills gaps in VoIP
"This is an area where Microsoft has been playing catch-up. Everyone asks can Lync replace a PBX Customers may now be willing to consider it," he says. More...
Discovering More Ways to Share on Your Windows Network
In the previous part of this article series, we discovered how you could improve your network (and pocketbook) with VoIP and Wi-Fi phones, keep an eye on employees using network cameras, and display your digital photos and video in digital photo frames. More...
Airline Wi-Fi sparks security concerns
British explosives consultant Roland Alford created a stir when he told New Scientist magazine that Wi-Fi is a "Pandora's box" for terrorists and that giving passengers Internet access "gives a bomber lots of options for contacting a device on an aircraft. More...
BE offers wholesale alternative to BT broadband
BE says it plans to give BT a run for its money in the broadband market, by offering ISPs wholesale access to its network. . More...
DrayTek release new hybrid IP PBX for SMEs, integrating analogue, ISDN and VoIP (SIP trunking)
DrayTek have launched a new IP PBX for small-to- medium sized businesses (SMEs) providing a complete data and voice communications platform. The VigorIPPBX 3510 is aimed at businesses with up to 100 employees. More...
Facebook messaging incorporates Office document sharing
What the Facebook messaging does--especially when the Microsoft Web Apps integration is considered--is make Facebook a more direct competitor for Google Apps as an online platform for business. More...
New Solution Enables Microsoft Lync to Talk to Land Mobile Radio users (VHF, UHF, P25, etc.)
One of Microsoft’s partners, Twisted Pair Solutions, maker of WAVE software now supports Microsoft Lync. WAVE Lync Communicator extends Lync by adding push-to-talk connectivity between office-based workers and their mobile worker colleagues who use two-way radios and smartphones. More...
Google Voice finally debuts in the App Store
Sure, iTunes now has the Beatles Anthology available for download, but Apple‘s got bigger news: the Google Voice app is here. It may not have warranted a full-page notice, but there are plenty of iPhone users out there celebrating Google Voice‘s long-coming availability in the App Store. More...
Ooma Telo: The Anti-MagicJack
Ooma may be a VoIP system, but it’s got a spin that doesn’t bear much resemblance to something like MagicJack. It’s built around a classy-looking box (with a remove unit for use in another room) which you plug into a telephone and your home network. More...