ShoreTel Adds More VOIP Options for SMBs

ShoreTel Adds More VOIP Options for SMBseWeek, MA - April 23, 2007
IP PBX provider ShoreTel on April 23 will launch a mixed bag of IP Telephony enhancements designed to make end users more productive and organizations more efficient, and to reduce the total cost of ownership of ShoreTel IPT products.
ShoreTel, whose sweet spot in the VOIP market is SMBs (small and midsize businesses), has released a new version of its software, added new, smaller-footprint IP PBX hardware and built its first SIP (Session Initiation Protocol)-based IP phone.

Taking Hosted VoIP To The Next LevelCRN, NY April 23, 2007

Many small-business VARs may never have had access to phone revenue before because they lacked experience selling PBX solutions. But the game is changing.
Hosted VoIP services are not only opening the doors to IP telephony sales, but play to the channel's core strengths in network integration and management.
And now, Microsoft's new Office Communications Server, which will allow VARs to integrate VoIP services with Office applications, promises to open additional avenues for VARs to add value around VoIP without having to wrestle with PBX switches and custom integration work.

Time Warner, Fon in Wi-Fi joint dealLos Angeles Times, CA - April 23, 2007

In a big win for a little Wi-Fi start-up called Fon, Time Warner Cable Inc. will let its residential broadband customers turn their connections into public wireless hot spots, a practice shunned by most U.S. Internet service providers. For Fon, which has forged similar agreements with Internet service providers across Europe, the deal will boost its credibility with U.S. consumers.

FON, Time Warner deal confirmed Techcrunch, Written by Om Malik, April 23, 2007
It has been more than twenty days since we reported that FON, the share-your-Wi-Fi service company was in talks with Time Warner Cable. Today, a news report from Associated Press confirms the deal and adds, that Time Warner Cable “will let its home broadband customers turn their connections into public wireless hotspots, a practice shunned by most U.S. Internet service providers.” Time Warner spokesperson confirmed the deal, though the two companies didn’t give any specifics.


Review: A Virtual Solution To SpamCRN, NY - April 23, 2007

The unending tide of spam is increasing in volume and sophistication, clogging mail servers and sapping productivity. Battling spam, in fact, has become one of the most important tasks handled by security administrators on networks of any size.
Smaller networks seem to be more vulnerable to the effects of spam due to tighter budgets and less sophisticated technology. Yet, larger networks are not immune to the problem, struggling under its burden despite rollouts of more costly security technologies.

Hotmail still riddled with spamiT News, Australia - April 23, 2007

The company's own research found that between 40 and 98 percent of messages sent to users of Hotmail, now being rebranded as Windows Live Hotmail, are unsolicited or fraudulent in nature.

The findings will disappoint Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, who predicted at the 2004 Davos World Economic Forum that spam would be "eliminated" within two years.


RIM Announces New BlackBerry Application Suite for Windows Mobile ...Web Services Journal, NJ - April 23, 2007

Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM)(TSX: RIM) today announced plans to expand its support for Windows Mobile®-based devices with a new software application suite that will enable devices from third-party manufacturers to benefit from the popular BlackBerry® software applications and services. RIM plans to begin offering the new software application suite later this year for select devices based on Windows Mobile 6. Once installed, the software will provide users with a virtual BlackBerry application experience, including support for BlackBerry email, phone, calendar, address book, tasks, memos, browser, instant messaging and other applications developed for the BlackBerry platform. Devices running the BlackBerry application suite will be able to connect to BlackBerry services via BlackBerry® Enterprise Server as well as BlackBerry® Internet Service.