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5 open source VoIP softphones to watch

The steady rise in people using IP telephony to communicate -- for personal and business reasons -- has led to the development of a number of different VoIP "softphones" that can be used on a PC or notebook.

By Rodney Gedda | 20 November, 2009 14:16

Tags: open source, softphones, unified communications, VoIP

The why and how of voice portals

For years, IT and business have heard the sexy promise of "IP convergence," which would allow all sorts of voice- and video-enabled applications to appear in business. However, for most organizations, this Jetsons-like vision has yet to occur.

By Leon Erlanger | 05 March, 2009 08:38

Tags: unified communications, voice portals

Can Google Apps move up market?

Although Google always seems to be up to something, the past few months have seen a flurry of activity in a space long associated with IT: Google has driven its cloud computing applications -- Google Apps -- into businesses.

Is Google your next data center?

Jonathan Snyder's five-person team at Dreambuilder Investments isn't your typical IT organization. Or is it?

Unified communications: Is your network ready?

Here are five questions for enterprise network managers to bear in mind when considering UC deployment: