VoIP requires strict attention to security best practices; Skype outage disables millions of users

Convergence & VoIP News Alert This newsletter is sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent Special Report: Managing VoIP with a Lean Staff Discover how IT executives are managing the riding tide of VoIP and collaborative applications rollouts and operation despite lean network staffs with Network World's latest Special Report "VoIP and Beyond". Click here to download this Special Report. Network World's Convergence & VoIP News Alert, 08/20/07 VoIP requires strict attention to security best practices, 08/16/07: New exploits against VoIP continue to emerge, but experts say these demonstrations reveal the need for vigilant security and are not fatal flaws to the technology. Skype problems may continue throughout the day, 08/17/07: Skype is still trying to restore service to millions of its customers almost 24 hours after they began to experience problems logging in to the VoIP service. Skype outage appears to be over, 08/17/07: A log-in problem that shut many users out of Skype's popular VoIP service for nearly 14 hours appears to be over. Get Up to Speed on the Latest in WLANs Easily stay on top of the latest developments and issues in WLAN technology, standards, security, telephony, management and more with Network World's latest Executive Guide, "Keeping Up With the Wireless Whirlwind." Click here to download! Skype outage disables millions of users, 08/16/07: Skype is experiencing software problems that have disconnected service for millions of users. Making the leap to cheap VoIP?, 08/15/07: We are sure you take it as a matter of course that the whole world is going to IP and that VoIP is "the future." Of course it is! Whether you're talking about residential users migrating to Vonage and the like, large enterprises moving call centers and PBXs to IP, or carriers moving to VoIP in their core networks, the move is in progress and inevitable. Opinion: Eat packets, VoIP boy, 08/15/07: Who knew that using VoIP was so fraught with disaster? After I posted M. K.'s tale of VoIP woe on Monday, I received an outpouring of comments and emails from other TeleBlend sufferers. I've never seen so many Cringesters so p**sed off at a company whose name isn't Microsoft. Skype 2.7 for Mac beta ships, 08/16/07: The new version of Skype introduces a range of features to the popular VoIP software: group contacts, Address Book support and more.

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