Managing mobility requires casting a wide net
April 17, 2009Mobility represents one of the fastest-growing line items in most IT budgets as an increasing number of employees request and receive mobile services. Yet most companies don't even have a mobility strategy: Only 40% of the IT pros I work with have deployed one (though another 40% say they're developing one).
Skype for iPhone
April 15, 2009In the days before cell phones and applications like the new Skype for iPhone, there was this thing called the hotel room telephone.
UC security: When the shoe won't fit, compress the foot
April 15, 2009If your security model is location-centric and depends on keeping things separate, how do you respond to a disruptive technology like unified communications? This is a pattern that keeps repeating in many different areas: the security paradigm looked good until a technology comes along, changes the assumptions and reveals the inadequacy of the model.
The Internet Kill Switch
April 13, 2009"To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the making."
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Making a PBX 'botnet' out of Skype or Google Voice?
April 13, 2009Flaws in popular Internet-based telephony systems could be exploited to create a network of hacked phone accounts, somewhat like the botnets that have been wreaking havoc with PCs for the past few years.
Femtocell standard is finalized
April 8, 2009The first femtocell standard has been published by the 3GPP, according to the Femto Forum, an industry organization involved in the standardization process.
Unified communications applications coming to the cloud
April 8, 2009Expect more communications services from cloud computing providers such as IBM's LotusLive Engage that becomes available tomorrow, according to makers of unified communications gear and providers at the recent VoiceCon Orlando show.
Q&A: MagicJack is an invention suited for the phone-bill weary
April 8, 2009Dan Borislow discusses his MagicJack invention and what drives him as an entrepreneur and as CEO of Ymax Corp.
More VoIP News
April 6, 2009View more VoIP news and analysis from Computerworld.com
CTIA: LTE comes into focus
April 3, 2009At the CTIA conference it became clear that LTE is starting to move out of carriers' and device manufacturers' test labs and into the real world.