Verizon: IP Multimedia Subsystem on the cusp of being viable in 2008

Convergence & VoIP Alert NetworkWorld.com | VoIP & Convergence Research Center | Update Your Profile Verizon: IP Multimedia Subsystem on the cusp of being viable in 2008 By Steve Taylor and Larry Hettick Continuing our series on the progress of IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), today we'll highlight perspectives and progress from Verizon featuring excerpts from an interview we had recently with Bill Goodman, Verizon's director for Multimedia Services Architecture. Like other large carriers, Verizon has been working on converged network architectures and, according to Goodman "before we called it IMS, we had spent 10 years working on integrated environments. As the industry developed an IMS framework, we've been happy to see it move forward as a standard." In 2005, Verizon brought in multiple vendor platforms as a proof of concept to refine the company's requirements for IMS and 2007 has been largely a year to validate those requirements and to progress with implementation planning. Read full story Steve Taylor is president of Distributed Networking Associates and publisher/editor-in-chief of Webtorials. For more detailed information on most of the topics discussed in this newsletter, connect to Webtorials, the premier site for Web-based educational presentations, white papers, and market research. Taylor can be reached at taylor@webtorials.com Larry Hettick is a Principal Analyst at Current Analysis, the leading provider of competitive response solutions. A 25 year industry veteran, he has focused on Convergence and VoIP since 2000. MORE STORIES SPONSORED BY QUALYS Learn how to Better Secure Your Network Discover how to quickly repair vulnerabilities, reduce the number of false positives and negatives and reduce your total cost of ownership when it comes to network security. Click here to read this whitepaper now. 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