October 11, 2009 3:43 AM
Posted by: Tony Bradley
IP,
OCS 2007 R2,
Office Communications Server,
SIP,
SIP trunking,
Sprint,
UC,
Unified Communications,
VoIPSprint was one of the first SIP trunk providers certified with Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 (OCS 2007 R2). Now it is expanding...
September 30, 2009 3:20 AM
Posted by: Tony Bradley
Alan Johnston,
Avaya,
Lawrence Miller,
Peter Gregory,
session initiation protocol,
SIP,
SIP Communications for DummiesAvaya has sponsored the free eBooklet- SIP Communications for Dummies-2nd edition. The book is written by Lawrence Miller and Peter Gregory, with a foreword by Alan Johnston and covers a range of topics...
September 18, 2009 11:08 PM
Posted by: Tony Bradley
presence,
single number,
SIP,
SIP URI,
UC,
Unified CommunicationsWhat is the ultimate goal of unified communications? For you, the user?
Organizations have all kinds of potential reasons for adopting unified communications. Cut costs. Improve efficiency. Communicate more effectively. Streamline business processes. Converge voice / network administration. The...
July 31, 2009 8:21 PM
Posted by: Tony Bradley
risks,
Security,
SIP,
toll fraud,
UC,
Unified Communications,
VoIPToll fraud is not new. Toll fraud has existed in some form, more or less, since telecom providers have charged customers for placing calls. But, just as technology and the computer / Internet revolution have streamlined productivity and helped people to work more efficiently, it provides the same...
July 31, 2009 8:09 PM
Posted by: Tony Bradley
Reality Check podcast,
session initiation protocol,
SIPAre you familiar with SIP? SIP, which stands for Session Initiation Protocol, is the protocol that provides the backbone for most VoIP and unified communications platforms. SIP binds multiple media types together and allows for the seamless integration of voice, video and IM. In a recent
July 31, 2009 3:12 AM
Posted by: Tony Bradley
deployments,
MPLS,
SIP,
SIP trunking,
UC,
Unified Communications,
VoIPVoIP and unified communications each have a lot of promise in and of themselves. They each deliver innovative tools that allow businesses to operate more effectively and efficiently. As the Executive Summary of this presentation states though, deploying UC is not without...
November 30, 2008 5:05 AM
Posted by: Tony Bradley
Nortel,
SIP,
Sipera Systems,
UC,
Unified Communications,
VLAN,
VoIP securityWhen voice was just voice, it did not pose a security risk to the data network...at least not directly. It could be argued that there is still potential to exploit the voice network for social engineering purposes that result in a compromised data network, but that is a semi-convoluted argument and...
November 22, 2008 6:32 AM
Posted by: Tony Bradley
Cisco,
CUCM,
Evangelyze Communications,
Microsoft,
Mike Stacy,
OCS 2007,
Office Communications Server,
SIP,
UC,
Unified CommunicationsAccording to a recent Gartner Magic Quadrant report for Unified Communications, Microsoft, Cisco, and Nortel are the industry leaders in terms of both innovation and the ability to actually deliver that innovation to customers. Nortel and Microsoft have an intimate partnership through their ICA...
November 14, 2008 2:29 PM
Posted by: Tony Bradley
Denial-of-Service,
DoS,
media channel,
Microsoft,
RTP,
SIP,
UC,
Unified Communications,
VoIP security,
VoIPshieldVoIPshield, a VoIP security solutions company based in Ottawa, Canada, recently discovered vulnerabilities affecting the RTP (Real-time Transport Protocol), a standard data format used for delivery of audio and instant messaging packets over the Internet. Microsoft Office Communications Server...
