========================================================= ------- eWEEK.com VOIP UPDATE -------- ========================================================= September 20, 2004
========================================================= Sponsored by IBM A happy relationship? Between telecom companies and their customers? Why not? In an on demand world, customer churn is a prime concern. And customized service is the answer to keep customers loyal and happy. IBM middleware can make it happen. See how in demos, case studies, white papers, and more. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1116-22-43-4482-126472-1 ========================================================= ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. Opinion: IBM-Avaya Speech Deal Offers More Access to Customers 2. News: Cisco to Buy SIP Trailblazer Dynamicsoft 3. News: BorderWare Firewall Fights VOIP Threats 4. News: IP PBXes Get a Little Help from Qovia 5. Review: Nokia Shocks, Amazes with New Fashion Phones 6. News: Nuance Upgrades Text-to-Speech Software Visit eWEEK.com's VOIP Topic Center http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1116-22-43-4482-126475-1 ========================================================= VOIP Update ========================================================= 1. Opinion: IBM-Avaya Speech Deal Offers More Access to Customers There's not a lot of news in IBM's open-source gift to the speech application developer community, but behind it are a new level of horsepower and more access to potential customers. Read up on what IBM announced at last week's SpeechTEK expo. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1116-22-43-4482-126478-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: Cisco to Buy SIP Trailblazer Dynamicsoft Cisco announced that it will buy SIP infrastructure provider Dynamicsoft, which has been instrumental in developing the SIP (session initiation protocol) VOIP signaling protocol and its attendant network servers. The deal represents Cisco's second VOIP acquisition in as many months. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1116-22-43-4482-126481-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: BorderWare Firewall Fights VOIP Threats BorderWare has joined Ingate Systems and others in providing an edge solution to keep out traditional threats to the enterprise and also threats unique to VOIP. Read up on the new SIPassure-400 firewall here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1116-22-43-4482-126484-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: IP PBXes Get a Little Help from Qovia To bring the benefits of voice-over-IP monitoring and management into small and large offices, Qovia later this month will roll out two new versions of its server appliance and accompanying software. Learn more about these upcoming products. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1116-22-43-4482-126487-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. Review: Nokia Shocks, Amazes with New Fashion Phones PC Magazine reviewed three new fashion phones from Nokia. The new styles stack up when it comes down to function, not just form. Check them out. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1116-22-43-4482-126490-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. News: Nuance Upgrades Text-to-Speech Software At the SpeechTek Exposition & Conference last week, Nuance Communications announced the latest iteration of its text-to-speech software, with improvements to such features as address handling and bilingual support. 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