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By Doug Mohney, on August 23rd, 2011 Tweet
Want to know more about SMB video conferencing? Robert Poe has just released a 31 or 32 page report “SMB Video Conferencing: Getting Beyond Clouds & Interoperability.”
The report surveys 10 companies “to Watch” and compares 16 cloud solutions in a matrix to clarify strengths and weaknesses.
A complete description of the report [...]
By Doug Mohney, on May 17th, 2011 Tweet
Speaking of VoIP recording, hosted business VoIP provider M5 Networks (www.m5.net) has announced M5 Replay, adding the ability for customers to record and retrieve recorded calls through a web interface.
The service is “made possible” through cloud computing technology – whatever that means these days – and is managed by M5, who stores and [...]
By Doug Mohney, on May 9th, 2011 Tweet
SMB business service provider 8×8 (www.8×8.com) – cuz if you’re offering more than phone, you’re more than an ITSP – has launched Virtual Office Solo service for $7.99 per month.
The solution includes unlimited local and long distance calling, web conferencing with video, Internet fax *sigh*, call recording and “more.” It’s a hosted [...]
By Doug Mohney, on March 18th, 2011 Tweet
It was inevitable. Snom (www.snom.com) has put the company’s snom ONE IP PBX software into a rack-mountable package.
The snom ONE plus is scalable from 20 to 150 extensions and comes pre-installed and configured as a plug-and-play hardware appliance for deployment with nearly all of the company’s IP phones.
Two versions are [...]
By Doug Mohney, on October 15th, 2010 Tweet
Snom (www.snom.com) has gone official with its IP PBX offering. “Tightly integrated” with the company’s desktop IP phones, snom ONE’s introduction is likely to make its resellers happy and perhaps Digium (www.digium.com) a little annoyed.
The software-only IP PBX is available immediately through snom distributors and VARs and comes in three flavors. A free [...]
By Doug Mohney, on August 9th, 2010 Tweet
Ringio (www.ringio.com) has completed its public beta (It doeth beg the question as to what that means, but it’s nicer than how Google handles its beta process, regardless) and has added more than a dozen new features to its “Rich Calling” service.
“Rich Calling” integrates data from CRM and IVR tools for SMBs, giving [...]
By Doug Mohney, on July 14th, 2010 Tweet
Note: Phone.com is an advertiser on HD Voice News
Phone.com (www.phone.com) has cranked out a whole bunch of mobile features for its SMB service, including clients for the iPhone and Apple plus SMB send support on phone.com phone numbers.
Released in June, Phone.com added the Phone.com Mobile VoIP client for the iPhone and the [...]
By Doug Mohney, on January 29th, 2010 Tweet
Down in Miami last week, all the buzz was around FREETALK Connect, an PBX solution built to leverage Skype.
FREETALK Connect is schedule to roll out in March and will allow SBs (two to 49 users) to enable Skype calls from supported office phones, including the “free” Skype-to-Skype calls, mange Skype contact lists, and [...]
By Doug Mohney, on September 9th, 2009 Tweet
Comcast has announced the launch of 100 Mbps high-speed Internet services for businesses in Minneapolis/St. Paul. The asymmetric service (100 Mbps down/15 Mbps up) also includes a bundle of business applications including Microsoft Communication Service, anti-virus software. And it’s all available at $370 per month..
The speed is made possible by Comcast’s rollout of [...]
By Doug Mohney, on August 27th, 2009 Tweet
XO Communications bragged about its third major nationwide network capacity upgrade last week. Using Infinera equipment, the company has “more than” doubled its inter-city transport network capacity.
According to XO, the upgrade will be completed later this year and is being done to continue to meet the increasing demand for high-capacity network services from [...]
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