Recent Articles
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American Airlines Adds In-flight Wi-Fi Service Gogo
Does unplugging from the Internet make you or any of your customers break out in a cold sweat? Do they feel like they need to be working all the time because of staff cutbacks and the recession? Now computer resellers and their customers needn’t fear being away from their ERP systems due to air travel…
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Avaya Aura Sparks New Era for Business Communications
Communications vendor Avaya is bringing the functionality of SIP to multi-vendor, multi-location and multi-modal environments through its new Aura architecture layer. The new offering, which will be available in May, sits on top of a company’s communications network to bring all of the functionality and management of all systems on the network into one, open…
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Comparative Analysis: VOIP PBX for Small Business
Knowledge of voice over IP has become so ubiquitous that many falsely believe it’s a simple, ubiquitous technology available to business environments of all sizes. The truth is VOIP integrated with PBX and SIP trunking services has a low penetration in small businesses, those with fewer than 25 seats. New technologies are bringing integrated VOIP…
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Objectworld Rounds Out Plug-and-Play Support of Polycom Phones
Objectworld is further simplifying the process it takes to build a unified communications environment by announcing plug-and-play support for the newest phones in Polycom’s product lines through its Objectworld Connect Interoperability Program. The Canada-based company is now supporting Polycom’s VVX 1500 business media phone; SoundPoint IP450, 560, and 670 IP desktop phones; and SoundStation IP…
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Verizon Next to Offer $100 Netbook PC?
Want an extremely inexpensive PC? Verizon plans to offer subsidized PC netbooks to consumers for approximately $100 in exchange for service contracts, according to a Bloomberg report. It was just a matter of time before telecommunications carrier Verizon jumped on the netbook PC bandwagon. AT&T and Radio Shack partnered to release a $99 Acer Aspire…
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Siemens Adds to Unified Communications Portfolio
Siemens is hoping to make the idea of implementing unified communications easier for customers to swallow with a host of enhancements to its OpenScape Xpressions and UC Application products. Long a player in telecommunications products and services, the company is hoping to parlay its breadth and depth of experience to quell the fear and uncertainty…