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As I watched my kids (ages 3 and 5) instinctively teach themselves how to navigate an iPad this past week, I began thinking about the concept of simplicity. True, when creating business applications, you obviously don’t need to cater the app to preschool kids. Yet, the marketing value of new users being able to open [...]
Skype’s new beta release for developers, called SkypeKit, could change the whole dynamic of the world of communication. How? SkypeKit’s developer tools extend the power of Skype from the PC, Mac and Smartphone to almost any communications device (an HDTV, MID, UMPC, Tablet PC, vehicle, etc.). Here’s the picture that Skype describes on their website:
At Skype, [...]
Google’s acquisition of Global IP Solutions, a VoIP video conferencing provider, will now expand the voice capabilities of the big Internet search and advertising giant. Following Google’s Gizmo5 acquisition and Google’s Voice Services, the question becomes, “Where is Google headed now?”
For the VoIP industry, Google’s new VoIP acquisition is obviously big news. But what about [...]
Today, on the last day of the conference Channel Partner’s Conference & Expo, Cisco execs, Mark Monday and Kerry McDonough, will deliver a keynote speech. In anticipation of their talk,“The Future of VoIP for Small Business,” they commented, “VoIP has enabled innovation in telephony like nothing before it.” The innovation that they are referring to [...]
As I was reading VoIP monitor, and saw the new announcement of Positron and babyTel’s new announcement of their interoperability, a thought crossed my mind. For small to mid-sized businesses with little experience in telephony, or VoIP in particular, reading these daily news reports about VoIP interoperability tests, SIP Trunking, Asterisk based business phone systems, [...]
The plans for Astricon 2010 Open Source Telephony Conference and Exhibition are up and running, so mark your calendar to be just outside Washington D.C. on Oct. 26-28. The press release announced:
AstriCon gives all members of the Asterisk community—from telephony enthusiasts to people betting their businesses on the booming appeal of Asterisk communications—a forum to [...]
Snom technology announced its new partnership with ScopServ International, which expands its VoIP services compatibility with open source systems.“This combination gives users an interoperable end-to-end telephony system from server to desktop,” said Denis Trépanier, president and CEO of ScopServ.
How does this partnership provide added value for Snom’s customers?
With ScopServ’s ScopTEL IP PBX, a web-based graphical [...]
Vocalocity, a leading VoIP provider that exclusively services small businesses, announced Wain Kellum as their new CEO. Vocalocity hopes that Kellum’s leadership experience with “a variety of technology companies through various stages of growth and exit” with drive Vocalocity’s 20 employee team to successful accelerated growth.
Kellum commented in the press release, “Vocalocity has a unique [...]
Digium, the Asterisk Company, announced their sponsorship of an extreme phone makeover contest, in which they will select one company for a complete VoIP phone system transformation.
SMBs may find themselves in a catch 22 when it comes to updating their phone systems. Especially in today’s economy, small to mid sized businesses with tight budgets hesitate [...]
After listening to 16 voicemail messages on my cell phone today, I can definitely relate to a small business user’s need for a voicemail transcription service. On a personal note, I’m stuck between the world of SMSs and voicemail. On the one hand, I sometimes think that I’m only one of a handful who still [...]
Junction Networks announced today (PRWeb) that its OnSIP Hosted PBX, with the introduction of My.OnSIP, was awarded as one of the top 2009 advances in VoIP by VoIP Evolution.
My.OnSIP is “a browser based unified communications tool combining phone presence, IM and real time status notifications.” The novelty of the users’ ability to integrate with other users in [...]
