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SAN FRANCISCO—While Microsoft and IBM dominated the news coming out of VoiceCon, a gaggle of smaller vendors introduced new VOIP offerings. Noticeably missing from VoiceCon was Microsoft alliance partner Nortel Networks. At last years event here, both Nortel and Microsoft touted their partnership to deliver VOIP (Voice over IP) functionality in software that would run […]

SAN FRANCISCO — IBM attempted to upstage Microsoft at the VoiceCon 2007 conference here with the news of its acquisition of WebDialogs, a Web conferencing services provider. In his keynote address on Wednesday, IBM Lotus General Manager Mike Rhodin disclosed the acquisition of the privately held Massachusetts company. The acquisition, for which IBM would not […]

SAN FRANCISCO—IBM announced on Aug. 22 at VoiceCon San Francisco that it has agreed to acquire Web conferencing service provider WebDialogs. Although IBM already provides an on-premises offering, WebDialogs represents IBMs first foray into the on-demand Web conferencing services to “extend IBMs reach,” said Mike Rhodin, general manager of IBMs Lotus organization. “We chose them […]

San Francisco, Calif.—Microsoft, here at VoiceCon, acknowledged the need to provide more fine-tuned monitoring of call quality on VOIP (voice over IP) calls when it launched its new Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Quality of Experience Monitoring Server. In his keynote address at VoiceCon, Gurdeep Singh Pall, Microsofts corporate vice president of the Unified Communications […]

Polycom on August 20 will be the latest vendor to tout a partnership with IBM involving integration with Lotus Notes and Sametime for unified communications. At VoiceCon in San Francisco, Polycom will introduce the Polycom Unified Collaboration for Lotus Sametime and Lotus Notes offering, which allows Sametime and Notes users to initiate point-to-point and multi-point […]

At VoiceCon on August 20 NetQOS will step up to the plate to deliver visibility into the performance of VOIP (voice over IP) systems for network operators when it launches its new NetQOS VOIP Monitor appliance. The performance monitoring company, best known for its ability to track the performance of applications across wide area networks, […]

To Citrix customer Christopher Boone, Citrix Systems decision to buy virtualization provider XenSource makes sense, given the rapid growth in the increasingly competitive space. However, like other Citrix customers interviewed Aug. 15 after the deal was announced, that doesnt mean Boone will use XenSource technology for his virtualization needs. “We prefer more freeware and open […]

Load balancing provider Kemp Technologies will attempt to move up the food chain on Aug. 14 with the latest version of its appliance line aimed at medium-sized businesses. The Bethpage, N.Y., company, which has focused its lower cost load balancers on small and mid-size businesses (SMBs), will ship on Sept. 1 its new LoadMaster 3500. […]

Open-source IP PBX provider Fonality on Aug. 13 will do its part to drive down the cost of voice calls for small businesses when it launches a new hybrid hosted IP PBX offering and IP-based calling service. The combination of Fonalitys new trixbox Pro business phone system and trixNet in-network calling service allows small businesses […]

Application performance management vendor Network Physics on Aug. 10 will release a new version of its NetSensory monitoring tool that gives IT administrators and CIOs a quick view into whether application service-level agreements are being met. Network Physics, which focuses on helping IT administrators and network operators locate the source of application performance problems across […]