========================================================= ------- eWEEK.com VOIP UPDATE -------- ========================================================= October 4, 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=79-1170-22-43-4482-132085-1 ========================================================= ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. Opinion: SIPphone's Suit Against Vonage is Short on Merit 2. News: Verizon's Spring Break-In 3. News: Report: Hosted IP Voice Will Storm the Enterprise 4. News: IP PBX Maker Bulks Up for Battle 5. News: Cisco Sells 180,000 VOIP Phones to Bank of America 6. Analysis: Easy SIP-ing Visit eWEEK.com's VOIP Topic Center http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1170-22-43-4482-132088-1 ========================================================= VOIP Update ========================================================= 1. Opinion: SIPphone's Suit Against Vonage is Short on Merit SIPphone's one good point is that Vonage-only router/ terminal adapters must say Vonage on the box--and Vonage seems to be hurrying to do that consistently. The rest is promotional posturing. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1170-22-43-4482-132091-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: Verizon's Spring Break-In As first reported in eWEEK in May, the co-location floor of a Verizon central office in New York was burglarized, leaving a handful of carriers--all Verizon competitors-- without network service to the large Midtown Manhattan market for, in some cases, an entire business day. We have the details here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1170-22-43-4482-132094-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: Report: Hosted IP Voice Will Storm the Enterprise Market research firm International Data says in a new report that VOIP adoption is growing fastest among U.S. businesses opting to outsource the switch. Find out what else IDC had to say here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1170-22-43-4482-132097-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: IP PBX Maker Bulks Up for Battle Artisoft, maker of the TeleVantage open-systems PBX, has acquired Vertical Networks, a maker of distributed IP PBX systems for vertical markets, primarily in retail. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1170-22-43-4482-132100-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: Cisco Sells 180,000 VOIP Phones to Bank of America Cisco this week announced an agreement to sell 180,000 VOIP phones to Bank of America. The third-largest U.S. bank will replace desk phones in 5,800 offices and branches, along with 362 switches that direct call traffic. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1170-22-43-4482-132103-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. Analysis: Easy SIP-ing Even though SIP is an immature standard, it gives you the opportunity to integrate a system that does something close to what you have in mind at a competitive cost. Read more about Session Initiation Protocol solutions. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1170-22-43-4482-132106-1 ========================================================= Tech Jobs http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1170-22-43-4482-132109-1 ========================================================= Ziff Davis Channel Zone http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1170-22-43-4482-132112-1 ========================================================= DevSource http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1170-22-43-4482-132115-1 ========================================================= eNewsletter Information ========================================================= You are subscribed to this newsletter with the e-mail address [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE, click here: http://www.eweek.com/unsubscribe_newsletter/0,4223,,00.asp?n=89&type=u&[EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your HTML/text preferences, change your e-mail address or subscribe to other eNewsletters from Ziff Davis Media, click here: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1170-22-43-4482-132118-1 Questions about your newsletter subscriptions? To read our FAQ, click here: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1170-22-43-4482-132121-1 ========================================================= eWEEK Magazine Information ========================================================= To apply for a free subscription to eWEEK, please go to http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1170-22-43-4482-132124-1 For help with your print subscription to eWEEK, click here: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1170-22-43-4482-132127-1 Copyright (c) 2004 Ziff Davis Media Inc. All Rights Reserved. Ziff Davis Media Inc., 28 East 28th Street, New York, NY 10016
