There are still some issues holding SIP back, including lack of support for some of the phone network's features and billing interfaces - and the fact that many enterprise firewalls block the traffic streams that SIP generates.
The default settings will also have all ports closed, except when an application needs to send data through - with the idea of scuppering the zombie-making virus plagues of late. Corporate networks will also be able to gain greater control of...
Cisco Systems is set to announce plans to spend $31m on a small start-up called Orative, a move meant to help Cisco extend its Unified Communications software to mobile devices. Cisco's Unified Communications software suite, announced earlier this...
Cisco suggests on its website that network administrators apply access control lists on routers, switches and firewalls that filter traffic to vulnerable conference stations and IP phones so that traffic is only allowed from stations that need to...
Pall said Gates' strength is helping the company see where technology will help previously disparate things come together: "He is amazing at spotting what are the connections that need to be made, and then moving on to the next opportunity to make...
Two of the buzzwords in this area are 'unified communications' and 'hyper connectivity'. Top of this list is the "e-enablement of the enterprise". But not surprisingly, given the products and services Nortel sells, all things networking and mobile...