October 19, 2008 1:28 PM
Posted by: Tony Bradley
Encryption,
Security,
VLAN,
VoIPOne of the biggest problems with information security is that it is almost always reactive. The entire antivirus industry is built on a model where new threats are unleashed on the unprotected public first, then the antivirus vendors capture a sample and create a defense for the threat to add to...
September 30, 2008 1:59 PM
Posted by: Tony Bradley
Cisco,
CUCM,
exploit,
patch,
Security,
update,
vulnerabilityCisco is preparing to launch the next release of their Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM) product - CUCM 7.0. But, last week they released an update for the current CUCM release. Actually, they released a total of 12...
September 28, 2008 4:05 AM
Posted by: Tony Bradley
Callwave,
Cisco,
CUCM,
Fuze,
iPhone,
Microsoft,
OCS 2007,
smartphone,
streaming video,
Video conferencingThrow away your excuses. You won't be missing any more meetings. As long as you have your mobile phone, you will only be a click away. CallWave is rolling out the Beta version of FUZE which, according to a...
September 19, 2008 8:38 PM
Posted by: Tony Bradley
Cisco,
Gurdeep Singh Pall,
Microsoft,
UC,
Unified CommunicationsAs unified communications entered into the mainstream consciousness, a few major players emerged. Two of them were Cisco and Microsoft. They have very different visions for what unified communications means and very different approaches to get their customers there.
At one point, they actually...
September 19, 2008 8:21 PM
Posted by: Tony Bradley
Cisco,
CUCM,
instant messaging,
Jabber,
UC,
Unified CommunicationsWith the speed of computers and networks today, email is virtually instant. But, many corporations consider instant messaging to be a valuable complement to email communications and a vital component of efficient communications. When 10 seconds is just too long to wait for an email to be delivered,...
July 31, 2008 8:56 PM
Posted by: Tony Bradley
NEC,
UC,
Unified CommunicationsThere are a number of big players in unified communications. Everyone is familiar with Microsoft, Cisco, Avaya, and Nortel. Most people are familiar with NEC as a company. But, does NEC play in the UC sandbox? Few realize it, but yes.
June 30, 2008 4:29 PM
Posted by: Tony Bradley
Cisco,
Cisco Unified Communications Manager,
Denial-of-Service,
DoS,
Secunia,
vulnerabilitySecurity vulnerability research firm Secunia reports "A vulnerability and a security issue have been reported in Cisco Unified Communications Manager, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions or to cause a...
June 30, 2008 2:42 PM
Posted by: Tony Bradley
Active Directory,
contacts,
EC,
Evangelyze Communications,
filter,
LDAP,
Mike Stacy,
OCS 2007,
UC,
Unified CommunicationsFor most organizations, the fact that OCS 2007 can pull the contacts from Active Director is not a problem. However, situations can arise in larger companies with separate subsidiaries where one group is deploying OCS and another isn't, or where multiple organizations within the company are...
June 7, 2008 1:56 PM
Posted by: Tony Bradley
Aspect,
Call Centers,
customer service,
latency,
Microsoft,
UC,
Unified CommunicationsMicrosoft has a unified communications offering for small and medium businesses (SMB) with Response Point. They also have a more robust solution for enterprises providing even more features, functionality, and power for unified communications...
