2011 proved to be a year full of consolidation in North America among business VoIP providers, Infonetics Research recently revealed. This is according to the market research firm’s excerpts from its annual North America Business VoIP Service Leadership Scorecard, a report which analyzes and ranks the top service providers in the hosted VoIP and unified communications (UC) services market and the IP connectivity market.
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It was just revealed that Digifonica Gibraltar is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Voip-Pal.Com, a strategic move that is helping to enhance the VoIP telecom company’s footprint within the business VoIP industry.
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Application deployment expert NEI is currently showcasing its new 380V DC and AC server platforms for the data center at the 2012 Uptime Institute Symposium this week in Santa Clara, Calif.
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In this “always-on” economy, companies are constantly searching for ways to drive efficiency, while remaining in compliance with industry regulations and protecting the network. Fortunately, companies like NEI are on hand to help companies manage compliance and secure the network infrastructure and critical information assets with appliance deployment.
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While Internet access policies may not be the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of the Netherlands, the Dutch have made a major move in that direction. On Tuesday, the Dutch senate approved a net neutrality law, making them only the second country on Earth – Chile beat them to the punch – to issue such a move.
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With Internet and mobile traffic exploding, energy consumption by data centers has risen dramatically. Media reports suggest that data centers consume nearly 1.5 percent of all electric power. Consequently, energy consumption by data centers has caught the attention of IT managers and administrators who are constantly looking at new green technologies to make these facilities more energy-efficient and cost- effective in maintenance.
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We’ve used ZipDX for over three years now, and I don’t know how we could manage to produce a busy, high audio quality weekly conference with anything less. ZipDX conferencing is very well-thought out. It is obvious that the people behind it, like David Frankel, have extensive experience in this area. The platform is constantly improving, too, adding new useful features more often than most similar business offerings.
Programming conference times and configuring options couldn’t be easier. There are several ways to do this. Below is the web site interface.
During the conference, the ZipDX console allows the moderators to not only control mutes,both hard and soft, but also adjust volume, turn recording and transcription on and off, see who is speaking and see who is called in. There is a voting feature, and multiple rooms.
Read the full ZipDX Users Guide online.
AstLinux is a custom Linux distribution centered around Asterisk, the Open Source PBX. Although Asterisk remains the core focus, other VoIP applications such as FreeSWITCH are also available. AstLinux has many unique features that make it ideal for embedded and commerical Asterisk based solutions.
We’re pleased to welcome the Astlinux guys back for an update on what’s happening in their neck of the open source telephony woods.
Friday’s VUC will be simulcast on an mp3 stream and on YouTube/G+ Video. To join the video panel on FreeSWITCH, go to the +Plus Real Time page and click on the follow button. Comment on the latest post to be invited when the video begins. When the video begins, it will be visible live on YouTube, shown on Plus Real Time site and be available as a recording after the end.
Congrats to Anthony, Raymond, Darren, and Michael who join us for this e-session.
Todd Carothers will talk about some of the key market trends we are seeing that have resulted in key deployments: Rogers One Number will be discussed. Also, product updates since the last VUC and the future (including the recent release at Enterprise Connect).
