Monday, March 23, 2009

Skype for SIP targets business customers; Force10 fortifies data centers with new switch

New service enables Skype client software to connect with corporate IP PBXs; Extreme extends connectivity, management to LAN edge
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Skype for SIP targets business customers

Tim Greene By Tim Greene
Skype is making its second run at corporate business with a service that lets its peer-to-peer VoIP clients interact with existing IP PBXs, and this may be just the start of a larger push. Read full story

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03/23/09

Today's most-read stories:

  1. No business case for IPv6, survey finds
  2. Rootkit to exploit Intel chip flaw to be posted 3/19/09
  3. IBM/Sun deal could benefit Java, says Google's open source chief
  4. Skype for SIP targets business customers
  5. Voluntary separation scheme for Dell's Malaysian staff
  6. Hidden commands
  7. Ukrainian cybercriminals raked in $10K/day, Finjan reports
  8. E-mail evidence in Madoff case includes another scam
  9. Power grid is found susceptible to cyberattack
  10. Tweeted out of a job: "Cisco Fatty" story
  11. Students learn through robot battles


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