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New iPhone and iPod touch Application From AT&T Lets Customers Schedule U-verse TV DVR Recordings On The Go

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About 18 months ago, I asked Ralph de la Vega when I could control my AT&T U-verseSM TV with my iPhone.  Well now, I can.  Sort of.  As long as you are away from home. 


AT&T has a free application from the Apple App Store to make scheduling and managing recordings on their DVR even easier when you’re away from home. 


The U-verse TV Mobile Remote Access App for iPhone and iPod touch lets customers record their content from virtually anywhere and is another example of U-verse TV applications and DVR enhancements that have been rolled out to customers at no extra charge.


The app allows users to easily search U-verse TV program listings from the full program guide, view descriptions of selected programs, schedule program or series recordings, manage or edit scheduled recordings, and delete stored DVR content.

 

The Mobile Remote Access App is available for free from Apple’s App Store on iPhone and iPod touch or at www.itunes.com/appstore/.

 

The launch of the new U-verse TV Mobile Remote Access App follows several DVR enhancements that are currently being rolled out to U-verse TV customers, including an exclusive new Total Home DVR feature that allows customers to schedule and delete recordings from any U-verse receiver in the home — all from a single DVR.

 


 

Published on June 25th, 2009 under , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

IBM and Avaya Expand UC Relationship

Source: www.voip-news.com

IBM and Avaya are expanding their relationship to deliver unified communications solutions using Avaya Aura and existing IBM converged communications solutions.

“As more and more companies move toward unified communications, it’s important that they take a holistic approach to security that encompasses multi-vendor applications in mobile and virtual environments,” said Dan Powers, vice president of brand, strategy, marketing and business development at IBM ISS. “Individual workers will assume security comes from the core, but they can be one of the most vulnerable points of entry if it does not. IBM has created solutions in our Intrusion Prevention Systems designed to help prevent current and emerging threats and help keep unified communications deployments secure.”

According to the companies:

As part of the expanded alliance, the companies will jointly deliver unified communications solutions that streamline mission critical and complex communication systems, achieve rapid return on investment and improve productivity by helping to allow users to communicate anytime from anywhere, regardless of device or network. In addition, Avaya has certified the IBM Internet Security Systems’ Proventia GX 5208(TM) and Proventia Management SiteProtector SP1001(TM) as compliant with IP telephony solutions from Avaya, enabling IBM to offer comprehensive intrusion protection for Avaya Aura’s communication system.

“IBM and Avaya have had a strong alliance for more than eight years, and with this expansion, we can offer a breadth of business communications solutions and truly complimentary portfolios designed to meet client demands around the globe,” said Laurence Guihard-Joly, vice-president of Integrated Communications Services, IBM. “Together, IBM and Avaya offer robust and security rich mission critical solutions while adopting industry protocols and open standards.”

Published on June 12th, 2009 under , , , , ,

DCM-Healthcare Edition Wins Product of the Year

Source: www.voip-news.com

Unified Communications Magazine has named Dalcon Communications Manager-Health Care Edition a winner of the 2008 Product of the Year award.

“Dalcon has proven they are committed to quality and excellence while addressing real needs in the marketplace. Unified Communications is pleased to grant a 2008 Product of the Year Award to their DCM-Healthcare Edition,” said Rich Tehrani, TMC President and Editor-in-Chief of Unified Communications magazine. “We’re proud to honor their hard work and accomplishments and look forward to more innovative solutions from Dalcon in the future.”

According to Dalcon:

Utilizing software running on standard PC servers, and standard IP and analog phones, the powerful DCM 2.0 system not only supports functions such as Direct Inward Dial Numbers, Interactive Voice Response, and find-me/follow me to cell phones, it also supports powerful, integrated functions including:

– Electronic Faxing – eliminate the phone lines, paper, and toner of fax machines while automatically producing electronic documents for electronic medical records systems.

– Nurse WiFi – these critically important staff members and others can now be reached as easily as if they were sitting at their personal extension phone.

– Patient Nurse Call Integration – Existing nurse call systems can now be integrated with hospital fixed and wireless phone systems to better respond to patient calls.

– Staff Physician Communications – Doctors can now communicate simply by being a part of the hospital system so that, whether they are in their offices or doing rounds, they can reach key nurses and staff, and be reached immediately if needed.

“We’re pleased to be honored by this leading publication in the communications industry. We have recognized the need for fully integrated communications within hospitals and our DCM-Healthcare Edition represents the state-of-the-art in this regard,” said David Condra, Dalcon’s CEO. “Now hospitals can take full advantage of VoIP through the use of a fully integrated, open-standards-based communications system.”

Published on May 28th, 2009 under , , , , ,

SIP Director Wins Product of the Year Award

Source: www.voip-news.com

Technology Marketing Corporation has award Radware’s SIP Director the 2008 Communications Product of the Year Award. SIP Director is a fully SIP-aware application delivery controller.

“We are pleased to be the recipient of this distinguished award from Technology Media Corporation,” said David Aviv, Vice President, Advanced Services, Radware. “At Radware, we strive to offer the finest solutions and provide the most dedicated customer support team, and we believe this recognition affirms our passion to deliver business smart networking to carriers. By addressing growing demand for SIP service delivery by both carriers and operators, SIP Director provides the high availability, scalability, resilience and interoperability that our global customers require in order to address their growing network requirements.”

More information about the winners of the award can be found at www.tmcnet.com/voip.

“SIP Director has been recognized with a 2008 Product of the Year Award for their excellence in the advancement of voice, data and video communications,” said Rich Tehrani, TMC President and Group Editor-in-Chief, “Radware has proven they are committed to quality and excellence in solutions that benefit the customer experience as well as ROI for the companies that use them. I am pleased to honor their hard work and accomplishments and look forward to more innovative solutions from them in the future.”

Published on May 27th, 2009 under , , , , , , ,

Telanetix Restructures Debt To Allow For Growth

Source: www.voip-news.com

This company wants to grow…

Communications solutions provider Telanetix is restructing its $29.6 million in debt to lower debt service requirements and allow the company to grow.

“We have successfully negotiated the total restructuring of our current debt relationship. The restructuring allows us to fund organic growth of our business, rather than use cash for interest and debt repayment and provides an interest free period for over two years, with the first interest payment not due until October 2011,” said Doug Johnson, Telanetix’s CEO.

Is it smart for these debtors to allow Telanetix this concession so they can grow operations? The company sure thinks so.

“We are very pleased with the confidence that our debenture holders are placing in Telanetix and its management team. Significant concessions were made on their part to improve the capital structure of the Company, and we believe we will be a stronger and more valuable business as a result of the restructuring. The Company’s fully diluted shares, after the restructuring, stands at approximately 154 million shares. We strongly believe that this restructuring is a win for all involved in Telanetix,” said Johnson.

Published on May 11th, 2009 under , , ,

New UC Office Solution from Sipera

Source: www.voip-news.com

With workers being spread out more far and wide, it can be a challenge to keep everyone connected without spending gobs of money. After all, the key to being a successful, spread-out organization is ensuring accountability through regular communication and check points.

That’s why Sipera Systems’s new workforce communications solution is so interesting. It combines secure VoIP, video messaging, collaboration and other unified communication features to connect workforces that are spread out geographically. The Sipera Business Continuity Communications Solution (SBCCS) is a solution that can connect to any worker in anywhere with IP network connectivity, using full encryption, access control, policy enforcement and other security.

“Disruptive events like floods, pandemics, and workplace security breaches may be relatively rare, but in a global market, the odds increase that businesses large and small will eventually be adversely affected, if only for a brief time. Over the past 24 months, we’ve been working with several major banks, hospitals and school campuses to plan ahead for potential disruptions, primarily by enabling remote and home office communications,” said Andy Asava, Vice President of Worldwide Sales at Sipera. “Our UC-Sec solutions enable and secure complete UC services at employee’s homes and remote offices, without requiring anything more than existing office VoIP phones and laptop PCs. This enables ongoing business operations outside enterprise headquarters, to remote workers wherever they might be and whenever circumstances dictate staff should not commute to their usual workplaces.”

Here’s some detes of this solution:

Simplicity and security are the two highlights of Sipera’s teleworking solutions, which require no configuration changes on IP-PBX or unified communication servers when employees are directed to work from home or other offices. UC-Sec appliances provide threat protection from Internet attacks through deep packet inspection, stateful communications proxying and management, and full application awareness. Privacy of all communications is ensured with TLS/SRTP standards-based encryption, for signaling, media and other services. Sipera customers are ensured of granular control of enterprise security policies for teleworkers, with flexible unified communication policies. In addition, Sipera provides advanced access control security features, including 2-factor authentication for especially security conscious businesses.

The Sipera UC-Sec products are comprehensive, real-time UC security solutions that simplify and protect next-generation communications over any network to any device. Dozens of customers around the world rely on the UC-Sec appliances to safeguard their communications and boost compliance with privacy laws, regulatory mandates and mission-critical confidentiality requirements. Backed by the extensive vulnerability research of VIPER Lab, the UC-Sec solutions provide threat protection, policy enforcement, access control and privacy in a single, real-time appliance.

Published on May 11th, 2009 under , , , , , ,

Taking UC Mobile With New CommuniGate Offering

Source: www.voip-news.com

There is a new solution that combines unified communications with fixed to mobile convergence designed for wireless operators who market value-added services to the SMB market. CommuniGate Systems has launched CommuniGate Systems Mobile Office.

The new offering sets mobile operators up to delivery a virtualized office with UC as Software as a Service for SMBs.

It includes a Flash-based Web 2.0 client, Pronto!, which works on PCs, Mac, or Linux machines. Pronto! facilitates messaging, contacts and collaboration tools including shared folders and calendars. Currently, Mobile Office is supported for iPhone 3G, Nokia, and WinMobile devices.

“We see many businesses shifting to mobile broadband services,” explains Simon Paton, managing director of CommuniGate Systems UK, “Small companies want Unified Communications, but they need it delivered by SaaS as mobility is the key feature businesses want today. With a fixed to mobile convergence solution, such as Mobile Office, mobile operators will be able to extract value from the huge investments they made in building out their 3G network with the highest value customer – the business subscriber, and deliver the mobile unified communications organisations demand.”

According to the company:

The complete line of value added services via CommuniGate Systems Mobile Office is built upon the CommuniGate Pro Unified Communications platform, the most reliable SaaS delivery platform that delivers virtualisation of domains with a modular feature set, powerful class of service provisioning, and a live rolling updates change management capability not found in other solutions. The platform’s exclusive Dynamic Clustering architecture provides 99.999% uptime in a multi-tenant architecture with no single point of failure, and allows SaaS providers to add front-end or back-end nodes as needed without any downtime or service interruption http://tiny.cc/jmEwv. CommuniGate Pro makes it easy for service providers and operators to offer business class services with costs that decline as virtualised client volume increases. CommuniGate Pro is the only truly integrated mobile unified communications platform that was built to power all forms of IP communications in one integrated platform.

Published on April 22nd, 2009 under , , ,

VoIP at UK Starbucks? Yes You Can!

Source: www.voip-news.com

Want to surf and sip? Make a VoIP call? Soon you will be able to in some European Starbucks locations.

Starbucks Coffee Company across the UK and Ireland is getting new Wi-Fi service. The coffee giant has inked a deal with BT to provide Wi-Fi access to more than 650 coffeehouses, with installation starting this week and being completed around the end of summer.

“At Starbucks, we are continually looking for new ways to develop our in-store offerings for our customers, and this new relationship with BT, provides an enhanced customer experience.” Robert Teagle, EMEA IT director Starbucks. “As we continue to develop our technology strategies this relationship will strengthen the Starbucks Experience and amplify our stores as a must-go location for our customers.”

According to BT:

Today’s announcement will allow 4.6 million BT broadband customers including those with inclusive BT FON Wi-Fi minutes, plus BT Openzone users to email, surf the internet or make VoIP calls at Starbucks. O2 iPhone users will have access included within their contract, and millions of customers from iPass, Boingo and other BT Openzone roaming partners will also be able to use the service.

Starbucks will use the network to support both its public customer hotspots and store operations systems.

Published on April 21st, 2009 under , , , , ,

Radware Uses NetLogic in Network Security Protection Products

Source: www.voip-news.com

Radware is using NetLogic Microsystem’s NETL7 Layer 7 processors for its new DefensePro network security Solutions. The NetLogic processors are designed to enhance the performance and functionality of next-gen networks for high-definition video delivery over the Internet (IPTV), media-rich content over advanced mobile wireless services, voice transmission over the Internet (VoIP) and network security applications.

“We have been impressed with the superior performance, quality and ease-of-integration of NetLogic Microsystems’ NETL7 processors and SDK which have enabled us to get to market much sooner and with a more robust product,” said Avi Chesla, vice president of security, Radware. “By offering our comprehensive, high-performance network security product line that integrates NetLogic Microsystems’ industry-leading hardware accelerators, our new line of DefensePro IPS products provide customers with unparalleled performance and scalability for data center security protection.”

According to the companies:

Radware has collaborated with NetLogic Microsystems to use NetLogic Microsystems’ industry-leading NETL7 knowledge-based processors to accelerate deep-packet inspection (DPI) and enhance the wire-speed performance of Radware’s DefensePro systems. The NETL7 processor family comprises highly scalable solutions that provide real-time, uncompromised inspection performance from 250Mbps to 20Gbps with a common set of APIs and software development kit (SDK). By inspecting every bit in every packet against every security threat signature at wire-speed, the NETL7 processors enable comprehensive, best-in-class security solutions for next-generation data center, enterprise, service provider and small/midsize business networks.

“We are excited to have been selected by Radware for their new line of DefensePro network security products,” said Mike Ichiriu, senior director of Layer 7 products at NetLogic Microsystems. “DefensePro solutions are driving advanced security performance, functionality and services to new levels in next-generation data centers, and we’re glad to be delivering innovative processors into these advanced security systems.”

Published on April 15th, 2009 under , , , , , , ,

The Education Commission of Chaoyang District Gets Virtualized

Source: www.voip-news.com

The Education Commission of Chaoyang District in Beijing now has been outfitted with a virtualization solution by Beijing PowerUnique Technology Co., Ltd., a division of China VoIP & Digital Telecom Inc.

“The Commission’s project demonstrated our ability to provide quality virtualization solutions in the education industry. BPUT’s cooperation with Zhengqun, a system integrator (SI), created a new marketing approach through helping the SIs without the VMware sales qualification, VMware Certified Professional engineers, VMware Authorized Training Center and VMware Authorized Consultant (all are strictly required before implementing the virtualization projects) to implement turn-key virtualization solutions,” said Li Kunwu, CEO of CVDT.

According to the company:

During the virtualization solution implementation process, BPUT worked with Beijing Zhengqun Xinshi Information Technology Co., Ltd. (”Zhengqun”) by providing Zhengqun comprehensive technical support service including pre-sale training, test evaluation, solution design, and software delivery, as well as implementation and on-site training. Zhengqun applied BPUT’s turn-key solution to the Commission’s virtualization project, which is aimed at improving the IT management efficiency by reducing the number of servers being used and expanding the server capacity to meet high browsing demand from its website, which is used by its internal staff as well as teachers and students in the Chaoyang district in Beijing.

Published on April 9th, 2009 under , , , , , ,

Success with VoSKY Gateway

Source: www.voip-news.com

Group Centurion says that they have cut their monthly telephone bills by 85 percent since deploying VoSKY’s PBX-to-Skype gateway, which lets them make low-cost Internet-based Skype calls. The UK-based company’s phone bill has dropped from 2500 pounds to just 400 pounds.

The gateway they are using is VoSKY Exchange Pro VIT1/E1 Centurion.

“It was good to bring in a new system that integrated VOIP as it’s been great for business. VoSKY’s Exchange Pro VIT1/E1 has saved us a huge percentage of our monthly phone bill, enabling us to redirect resources into other areas of the company, and with savings like these we expect the whole VoSKY project to pay for itself in less than 6 months,” said Andrew Broster, head of IT for Group Centurion. “We bought the equipment through our existing Avaya Business Partner and VoSKY reseller AbbiTek who has provided us with a strong level of support during the installation, but as the gateway is literally plug and play it was easily integrated with our existing infrastructure – deployment really couldn’t have been simpler.”

Centurion said that the new gateway was easy to install.

Published on April 8th, 2009 under , , , , ,

Voipswitch Wins Product of the Year Award

Source: www.voip-news.com

Voipswitch has been awarded a 2008 Product of the Year distinction by TMC’s Unified Communications magazine. The product is made by Voiceserve.

“We are very honored to have received and won such a prestigious award. It is very encouraging to note that our Voipswitch products are winning awards alongside some of the renowned world leaders, BT, Cisco, IBM, NEC, Nortel, Verizon and many others. Voipswitch is receiving recognition for the ingenuity, scope and reliability of its multifunctional robust soft switch. With the release of the latest Voipswitch modules we are confident that our product will be a viable solution for leading ISP’s and VOIP providers globally,” said Chris Oglaza CTO of Voiceserve Inc.

The winners will be in the March/April edition of the magazine.

“Voipswitch has proven they are committed to quality and excellence while addressing real needs in the marketplace. Unified Communications is pleased to grant a 2008 Product of the Year Award to their Voipswitch Solution,” said Rich Tehrani, TMC President and Editor-in-Chief of Unified Communications magazine. We’re proud to honor their hard work and accomplishments and look forward to more innovative solutions from Voipswitch in the future.”

Published on March 20th, 2009 under , , , , , , ,

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