Four VoIP must-haves; VoIP veteran shares lessons learned

Convergence & VoIP News Alert This newsletter is sponsored by New Edge Networks MPLS: The tool for a robust virtual workplace Get real-world advice on how to best support and manage your organizations virtual workforce. Listen to this complimentary Webcast, Building IP Networks for the Distributed Workforce, to hear how selecting the right WAN service to support distant employees can make all the difference. Click here to register now. Network World's Convergence & VoIP News Alert, 11/05/07 Four VoIP must-haves, 11/01/07: For Hitachi Consulting, four key features of its IP phone system stand out. VoIP veteran shares lessons learned, 11/01/07: When you’ve lived with VoIP for more than seven years, as Mike Shisko has, you learn a thing or two about what works and what doesn’t. Inadequate prioritization techniques can derail a deployment, for example. So can choosing the wrong security gear. Despite some setbacks, the director of IT for Hitachi Consulting wouldn’t do voice any other way. VoIP apps branching out, panelists say, 10/31/07: There was a time when vendors billed VoIP primarily as a money-saver. But according to some companies attending this week’s VON Fall 2007 conference, VoIP’s ability to mash up voice with other data applications could be its biggest asset for businesses. Find the Best Audio Conferencing System Download this whitepaper, "Navigating a New Generation of Conference Phone Solutions," to learn how to select the right audio conferencing system to meet your business needs. Discover what to look for based on the size of the room the system will reside, the types of meetings that the system will support and number of participants. Get all of the details today. Click Here for More Information VON panel to telcos: Sell more ads, 11/01/07: Although telcos are used to being the only major players for voice services, they’ll soon have to change their business models to compete with such upstarts as Skype and Google, said panelists at this week’s VON conference in Boston. IBM taps Alcatel for unified-communications strategy, 10/30/07: IBM and networking provider Alcatel-Lucent are teaming up to take Microsoft head-on in the unified-communications market. The (too) many faces of Microsoft: Microsoft Subnet blogger Michael Dortch shudders over the three faces of Microsoft, as why does is it competing against itself in the SMB unified communications market? Editor's note: Starting the week of Nov. 12, you will notice a number of enhancements to Network World newsletters that will provide you with more resources and more news links relevant to the newsletter's subject. The Convergence & VoIP Newsletter, written by analysts Steve Taylor and Larry Hettick, will be merged with the VoIP News Alert and will be named the Convergence & VoIP Alert. You'll get Steve and Larry's analysis of the convergence and VoIP market, which you will be able to read in full at NetworkWorld.com, plus links to the day's convergence news and other relevant resources. This Alert will be mailed on Mondays and WedneWAN + WAN ALertsdays. We hope you will enjoy the enhancements and we thank you for reading Network World newsletters.

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