Paltalk profits from winning combination

The battle over voice, the war of UC; Clearwire adds Huawei to WiMAX vendor roster Convergence and VoIP Alert NetworkWorld.com | Update Your Profile Sponsored by IBM NWW Data in Action: Effective data management for smarter outcomes Date: August 19, 2009 Exhibit Zone 8:00 am PDT / 11:00 am EDT to 12:00 pm PDT / 3:00pm EDT Join us for a special, complimentary Virtual Conference, offering valuable information for lowering IT costs through industry-leading performance, enhanced storage compression and improved automation. Spotlight Story Paltalk profits from winning combination Last month, Paltalk announced it completed a buyback of its shares from investor Softbank Capital Partners after having achieved years of profitability. The Paltalk platform was launched in 1998 and has more than 4 million unique users a month with nearly 100,000 people simultaneously chatting in rooms at any given time. Read full story Related News: The battle over voice, the war of UC Last week, I wrote about the possible implications of the new lineup of FCC commissioners. They certainly haven't wasted any time: On Aug. 3, the FCC launched a full-scale investigation into the decision by Apple and AT&T to reject Google's voice application for the iPhone. Clearwire adds Huawei to WiMAX vendor roster Clearwire rounded out its roster of WiMAX equipment vendors Tuesday by announcing that Huawei will be supplying the carrier with WiMAX radio access network (RAN) equipment. Connecting Google Voice directly via a SIP phone An interesting discussion on the Broadband forum of DSLReports.com documents how to reach a Goolge Voice number via a SIP phone. "this is a direct connection, without going through Gizmo or any other SIP provider," the user claims. How Best Buy.com Uses SharePoint For Business Process Automation Our guest is Sarah Haase, Collaboration Manager for Microsoft SharePoint at BestBuy.com. Sarah leads the charge assisting groups within BestBuy.com using SharePoint for knowledge management and business process automation. Sarah also manages the company's internal wiki which runs on Confluence. August Giveaways Cisco Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of Practical Intrusion Analysis; Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of SCCM 2007 Unleashed. Google Subnet is giving away 15 copies of Web Geek's Guide to Google Chrome. Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet, Microsoft Subnet and Google Subnet home pages. Deadline for entries is August 31. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are Black Hat's best How well you remember the Black Hat conference's most notorious incidents? Wireless burning questions How much longer are you going to hang onto that Ethernet cable? And other questions. Unified Communications Information Kit Get the inside track on advanced communications and collaboration solutions from IBM with our complimentary Information Kit. Learn how to reduce your communication costs, consolidate servers, boost productivity and increase your competitive advantage. Unified Communications Information Kit Optimizing the Data Center The Editors of Network World present this Executive Guide: Taking Virtualization Up a Notch. Read it and find out what you need to know about virtualization as it creeps into every corner of your data center. Optimizing the Data Center   August 12, 2009 TOP STORIES | MOST DUGG STORIES 10 worst video game systems of all time Five Reasons It's Time For a Verizon iPhone Five netbooks Microsoft has crushed Cash for IT clunkers? Do HP, 3Com value claims trump Cisco? Storage start-ups rethink data access Review: Cisco IPS 7.0 raises the bar Why Microsoft is sabotaging desktop virtualization Cyber attackers empty business accounts in minutes Five ways to get affordable certification skills 5 Ways to Cut Energy Costs Considering the current economy, it's imperative to consider the obvious and not so obvious ways to minimize IT energy bills. Review these steps to a more energy efficient Data Center Learn more Compare products, get advice, and check out tests and reviews from the experts at Network World. Over 70 categories. Visit now   This email was sent to networking.world@gmail.com Complimentary Subscriptions Available for newsletter subscribers. Receive 50 issues of Network World Magazines, in print or electronic format, free of charge. Apply here. Terms of Service/Privacy   Subscription Services Update your profile To subscribe or unsubscribe to any Network World newsletter, change your e-mail address or contact us, click here. Unsubscribe Network World, Inc., 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham, MA 01701 Copyright Network World, Inc., 2009 www.networkworld.com