========================================================= ------- eWEEK.com VOIP UPDATE -------- ========================================================= October 25, 2004
========================================================= Sponsored by Covad Switch to Covad business-class VoIP and manage all of your communications from our award-winning Web-based dashboard. Save up to 40%, simplify your network and increase productivity--and it's unbelievably easy to manage. Call for your free Covad voice assessment today: 877-805-8850 http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1283-22-43-4482-142224-1 ========================================================= ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. News: Microsoft Adds Voice, Video to IM Client 2. News: Software Bridge Extends Video Calling for 'Istanbul' 3. News: Sununu Calls for National VOIP Standards 4. Opinion: AT&T, Avaya Pitch Enterprise VOIP in Tandem 5. Opinion: The Absence of 'Presence' 6. News: Nimcat Eliminates PBX for SMBs Visit eWEEK.com's VOIP Topic Center http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1283-22-43-4482-142227-1 ========================================================= VOIP Update ========================================================= 1. News: Microsoft Adds Voice, Video to IM Client Microsoft last week announced an early beta of a new rich client for its Live Communications Server product, designed to unite instant messaging with telephony and video and to embed such technologies in other applications. Check out the latest on "Istanbul." http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1283-22-43-4482-142230-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: Software Bridge Extends Video Calling for 'Istanbul' With the price of full-screen, full-motion desktop videoconferencing lowered due to Microsoft's new Live Communications Server client, Radvision is looking to support a much stronger current of videoconferencing users. Find out what's new with iVIEW. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1283-22-43-4482-142233-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: Sununu Calls for National VOIP Standards U.S. Sen. John Sununu said last week in his keynote address at the Voice on the Net show that he hopes Congress will pass a major telecom bill in 2005 that will support federal regulation for VOIP, not regulation by individual states. Find out what Sununu has in mind. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1283-22-43-4482-142236-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. Opinion: AT&T, Avaya Pitch Enterprise VOIP in Tandem Two direct descendents of the original Bell monopoly, Avaya and AT&T, are partnering to help enterprises migrate to VOIP, as shown on the exhibit floor of the Voice on the Net show here last week. Could these solutions help you? http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1283-22-43-4482-142239-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. Opinion: The Absence of 'Presence' Vendors assure us that presence will only intrude when and for whom we want it to. But it's an issue of discipline, not technology. Read Ellen Muraskin's take. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1681667,00.asp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. News: Nimcat Eliminates PBX for SMBs Aastra is readying an office phone running Nimcat Networks' NimX software that will take the PBX out of the picture. 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