Irwin Lazar's "Real-Time" Blog

Upcoming SIP Trunking Webinar

Next Tuesday, June 9th, at 2:00 PM Eastern, I will be presenting a complementary webinar entitled "Saving Money With SIP Trunking." Please feel free to register at: http://www.nemertes.com/webinars/upcoming_webinar_saving_money_sip_trunking

3 Video Conferencing Trends To Watch

My newest No Jitter post is now available: 3 Video Conferencing Trends To Watch

Network World: Microsoft says phones are bad

Network World: Microsoft Says Phones Are Bad

I missed this keynote due to meetings, but our research participants consistently tell us they aren't ready to trust PC-based telephony, they lack the management tools, and faith in the PC OS as the platform for business-grade telephony. Obviously there are some companies moving ahead with this approach, but Microsoft needs to overcome concerns about the PC as a telephony platform to win widespread market adoption.

Security and Compliance Concerns Spread to UC

At last week's SecureWorld Boston conference, keynote speaker Charles Cresson Wood strongly warned IT managers to focus on security and compliance issues or risk outright failure of their organizations, arguing that failure to maintain adequate information protection controls could lead to public, high-profile incidents that threaten company operations.

Network World UC Community:

http://www.networkworld.com/community/uc

Does VOIP Plus Web 2.0 Equal Three?

My new No JItter post is available - http://www.nojitter.com/blog/archives/2009/03/does_voip_plus.html