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 22, 2008 6:18 AM
Posted by: Tony Bradley
Evangelyze Communications,
Microsoft,
Mike Stacy,
OCS 2007,
Office Communications Server,
Response Point,
SmartChat,
SmartVoIP,
UC,
Unified CommunicationsRecently at VoiceCon Evangelyze Communications announced their SmartVoIP solution which enables customers to bridge Microsoft Office Communications Server and Microsoft's small and medium business...
November 17, 2008 4:00 PM
Posted by: Tony Bradley
certificate,
Comodo,
Exchange Server 2007,
Microsoft,
Office Communications Server 2007,
SSL,
UC,
Unified CommunicationsWhile it is possible to build a Microsoft unified communications infrastructure using only private certificates generated internally, it greatly handicaps the effectiveness of the UC environment. In order to communicate with devices connected outside of the network- including laptops of employees...
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...
November 12, 2008 5:05 PM
Posted by: Tony Bradley
hosted UC,
SaaS,
software-as-a-service,
UC,
Unified CommunicationsWhat's better than purchasing, deploying, configuring, administering and maintaining the various hardware and software components of a complete unified communications solution? Well, when I put it like that, what isn't better?? It sounds like a lot of effort and not much fun. The...
November 6, 2008 12:38 PM
Posted by: Tony Bradley
extensible threat management,
SIP,
UC,
Unified Communications,
Unified Threat Management,
UTM,
VoIPsecurity,
WatchGuard,
XTMIf you are going to build an 'all-in-one' security appliance, you also need to adapt with the times and add functionality to keep up with new attacks and technologies. Otherwise, organizations will end up with a UTM (unified threat management) solution, plus a mengerie of one-off solutions that...
October 30, 2008 9:41 PM
Posted by: Tony Bradley
Aspect,
call center,
integration,
Microsoft,
OCS 2007,
Office Communications Server,
presence,
UC,
Unified Communications,
Unified IPBack in June I wrote a post about the newly formed partnership between Aspect Software and Microsoft. Aspect was already an established leader in providing IP-based solutions for call...
October 30, 2008 9:12 PM
Posted by: Tony Bradley
exploit,
patent,
SecureLogix,
threat,
UC,
Unified Communications,
VoIP securitySecureLogix, a leader in VoIP (and unified communications) security, was awarded their first patent in 1998 when they introduced the first firewall for voice networks. As VoIP has grown and been embraced by corporations and consumers alike, SecureLogix has continued to innovate and develop new...
October 25, 2008 2:22 AM
Posted by: Tony Bradley
Microsoft,
OCS 2007 R2,
Office Communications Server 2007,
UC,
Unified CommunicationsMicrosoft's Unified Communications team has been hard at work on the next major release of Office Communications Server 2007. With the product now in limited Beta testing, Microsoft announced some of the features we can look forward to in the next version of OCS 2007. Two of the biggest features of...
