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The winners of the 2008 PilotHouse Awards from Nemertes Research have been announced. The awards are based on the ratings of IT executives.

“This research is a must-have for companies evaluating a new VOIP strategy, or reassessing an existing one because it relies on real experiences from real customers,” says Robin Gareiss, executive vice president and senior founding partner, Nemertes Research.

Without further ado . . .

         Nemertes Research 2008 PilotHouse Awards: VOIP Providers

  Best Overall VOIP Providers (all rollout sizes combined)
  -- ShoreTel, Inc. - Winner
  -- Siemens Enterprise Communications - Finalist
  -- 3Com Corporation - Finalist

  Top-Tier VOIP Providers - Small Rollouts (<500 Endpoints)
  -- ShoreTel, Inc.
  -- Siemens Enterprise Communications
  -- Cisco Systems, Inc.

  Top-Tier VOIP Providers - Midsize Rollouts (500-2,000 Endpoints)
  -- Cisco Systems, Inc
  -- Avaya Inc.
  -- Nortel

  Top-Tier VOIP Providers - Large Rollouts (>2,000 Endpoints)
  -- Nortel
  -- Alcatel-Lucent
  -- Cisco Systems, Inc.

  Best Overall: VOIP Vertical Solutions
  -- Avaya Inc.

  Best VOIP: Industry-Specific
  -- Education - Avaya Inc.
  -- Financial Services - Cisco Systems, Inc.
  -- Healthcare - Cisco Systems, Inc.
  -- Manufacturing - Avaya Inc.
  -- Professional Services - Avaya Inc.
  -- Retail - Cisco Systems, Inc.
  -- State/Local Government - Nortel
  -- Transportation - Siemens Enterprise Communications

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According to a survey by NDS, consumers worldwide rank the digital video recorder (DVR) as the second most essential household technology item they can’t live without, beaten only by the mobile
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p-news.comVerizon Business has released a new managed unified communications and collaboration solution via Cisco Unified Communications Manager 6.1. The managed platform allows workers to integrate …

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p-news.comNexHorizon Communications is going to use Blankhom’s turnkey digital cable solution and plans to use the company as its exclusive provider for future systems.
According to the companies: …

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At first glance, the just announced i.TV free programming guide for the
iPhone would be a really handy tool for checking out the latest programming on AT&T’s U-verse.

On small problem. …

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I’m getting calls and emails from friends asking me if it’s really true.  Finally, the White House makes it official.

Yes, George W. Bush visited the Olmos Soda Fountain yesterday.  …

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p-news.comNeuStar, Inc. has successfully trialed its SIP-IX VoIP Interconnection Exchange service. The company used four competitive local exchange providers for the trial.
“We’re glad to …

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p-news.comBroadlight is using the CEVA-Voice over Packet platform in their BL2348 GPON Residential Gateway System on Chip Solution. That’s a mouthful.
“BroadLight has a long history of developing …

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This is not a joke.
   
President George W. Bush stopped today to what serves as my editorial offices for this blog.
Read the story from the San Antonio "Express News" here.
My Robot …

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Feeling the credit crunch?

No problem.
Why not tap into the millions of residential customers and create a special class of stock that could invest, say, $10 per month and buy into the new …

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p-news.comNortel is using Certicom’s security technology to improve cryptographic performance and simply application creation for its UC platform for U.S. Federal Government agencies.
According …

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p-news.comThere is a new service available from Chicago Business VoIP that is intended for companies with less than 10 employees. The service uses existing internet lines to transmit voice and …

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p-news.comHere’s a freaky one.
THe Taliban is using Skype to avoid detection. ComputerWeekly says that the easy to obtain communication method is hard for authorities to track or detect.
Here’s …

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p-news.comVoIP carriers abroad must now allow emergency calls via their VoIP to landline systems and also provide location information where feasible, thanks to a ruling by regulator Ofcom. Emergency …

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p-news.comGo FON.
FON’s WiFi community recently registered its 1 millionth member. Yes. 1 millionth. The record breaking registrant is from Japan. FON has 400,000 free registered hot spots. …

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I am still doing some testing of U-verse Voice in my home. 
Overall, it’s going well and I really do like it, but I need more time to play around with it.
If you are a journalist or industry …

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p-news.com28TEL now has service in Japan. The mobile telecommunications service provider has multi-linqual voice prompts and user interfaces as well as global calling, free roaming and free call …

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p-news.comHealthcare providers seem to be embracing VoIP left and right.
Carolinas HealthCare System is using VoIP to handle patient calls. The system is using a Nortel VoIP setup for it’s …

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p-news.comWhen traveling abroad for business, it can get quite pricey to use your cell phone for international calls. But you don’t have to incur heavy fees and charges for using your phone …

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p-news.comIf you are a regular reader of this blog, you will know that it took next to no time for an intrepid blogger, Andy Abramson, to find a get-around to make VoIP calling from American …

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p-news.comMac and Linux users can now make computer to phone VoIP calls with Raketu’s RakOut WebPhone. The program is in beta. The service doesn’t require any downloading.
“With the introduction …