After the release of Windows XP Service Pack 1, Microsoft plans to make available a software development kit (SDK) for taking advantage of the technical information. Jupiter Research analyst Michael Gartenberg said: "The release of the API...
This is possible in part because of the emerging SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) open standard, which provides a mechanism for creating and managing multimedia communication across the internet. The old half is the opportunity to integrate voice...
The new version 1.5 of Central includes a software development kit for connecting Central to AOL Instant Messenger and ICQ. The ICQ unit plans to offer an open API licence to the public soon, according to a notice on its website.
Microsoft has been pushing the idea of unified communications - enabling people to integrate all their business communications applications: telephony, instant messaging, email and others - into a single platform.
It ties together Nortel's Communication Server 1000 and Microsoft's Exchange Server 2007 using the IP telephony standard session initiation protocol, or SIP. The first product that will actually integrate Microsoft and Nortel technology to form a...
The BT spokesperson said in an email the Ribbit acquisition would help BT "leapfrog competition and gain a strategic advantage in the Silicon Valley 'telco 2.0' platform race, which includes Google Android and Apple's iPhone [software-development...