The most recent Voice & Data articles from IT Week

O2 unveils iPhone business package

Daniel Robinson — 2008-07-04T15:03:00.000Z

Daniel Robinson, IT Week, Friday 4 July 2008 at 15:03:00

Business users can get hands on the latest 3G iPhone at special corporate rates from 11 July

O2 has confirmed that it will begin selling Apple’s 3G iPhone this Friday, and said it is to offer the device as part of its business handset portfolio for the...

Case study : Council speeds its way to convergence

Dave Bailey — 2008-06-23T13:38:00.000Z

Dave Bailey, IT Week, Monday 23 June 2008 at 13:38:00

Faced with a looming deadline, Oldham Council needed a telecoms provider that could accomplish a swift migration to IP telephony

Oldham Council recently upgraded its telephone system, replacing separate voice and data connections across its various sites with a modern IP telephony system....

T-Mobile to cut roaming rates

Dave Bailey — 2008-06-20T14:17:00.000Z

Dave Bailey, IT Week, Friday 20 June 2008 at 14:17:00

T-Mobile promises 80 per cent cut in roaming rates

T-Mobile has announced that it will cut data roaming charges by 80 per cent from 1 July, and the cost of sending texts from EU countries by 30 per cent...

Mobile apps made easy

Daniel Robinson — 2008-06-16T11:44:00.000Z

Daniel Robinson, IT Week, Monday 16 June 2008 at 11:44:00

UK-based Aeromark aims to make mobility simpler and more affordable by offering applications as a managed service

Mobile applications have never quite reached the level of success that was predicted for them in the past, and one of the reasons for this has been the cost and...

Tandberg pushes video kit

Dave Bailey — 2008-06-16T11:36:00.000Z

Dave Bailey, IT Week, Monday 16 June 2008 at 11:36:00

Tandberg aims to simplify enterprise deployments of desktop video conferencing

Videoconferencing vendor Tandberg has released three new products aimed at smoothing the path for deploying video phone technology on enterprise desktops....

Cisco launches enterprise TV

Dave Bailey — 2008-06-10T10:57:00.000Z

Dave Bailey, IT Week, Tuesday 10 June 2008 at 10:57:00

New system to improve firms' ability to deliver video content across their network

Cisco has upgraded its Digital Media System (DMS), which will improve firms' ability to deliver video content across the organisation....

Mobile operators should bury the hatchet

Dave Bailey — 2008-06-02T16:33:00.000Z

Dave Bailey, IT Week, Monday 2 June 2008 at 16:33:00

Carriers should stop trying to outdo one another with dubious claims and start working together

A few weeks ago I attended a mobile broadband event for journalists and analysts hosted by UK operator 3, which aimed to dispel “confusion about mobile broadband”....

Videoconferencing gains momentum

Dave Bailey — 2008-05-23T17:19:00.000Z

Dave Bailey, IT Week, Friday 23 May 2008 at 17:19:00

Cutting travel costs main reason for implementing videoconferencing

Recently released research suggests that videoconferencing – a much talked about, but seldom-used technology – may finally be earning its spurs within the enterprise....

Review: smartphone points users in right direction

Daniel Robinson — 2008-05-02T13:05:00.000Z

Daniel Robinson, IT Week, Friday 2 May 2008 at 13:05:00

HP’s latest smartphone boasts satellite navigation capabilities, but battery life is limited

HP’s iPaq 614 Business Navigator is, as its name suggests, a device that combines mobile communications and navigation capabilities for professional users....

Polycom makes calling easier for businesses

IT Week staff — 2008-03-25T00:00:00.000Z

IT Week staff, IT Week, Tuesday 25 March 2008 at 00:00:00

Polycom has released a new device, and management tools for WiFi calls and meetings

Polycom has released what it calls an enterprise grade wi-fi phone for small and medium sized businesses and remote offices....

Service writes the wrongs of voicemail

Daniel Robinson — 2008-03-14T00:00:00.000Z

Daniel Robinson, IT Week, Friday 14 March 2008 at 00:00:00

SpinVox forwards voice messages as text or email to PCs and mobiles to boost staff productivity

SpinVox has a different take on fixed-mobile convergence. It offers the ability to convert voicemail messages into text, a service that the firm is now packaging for the enterprise market...

Siemens unifies comms around software

Dave Bailey — 2008-03-03T00:00:00.000Z

Dave Bailey, IT Week, Monday 3 March 2008 at 00:00:00

Launches OpenScape Unified Communications Server

Enterprise communications vendor Siemens has re-jigged its comms applications portfolio with the launch of its OpenScape Unified Communications (UC) Server, a software package that will underpin its real-time communication suite....

Security top priority for hosting customers

Phil Muncaster — 2008-02-18T00:00:00.000Z

Phil Muncaster, IT Week, Monday 18 February 2008 at 00:00:00

Elinia’s James Carnie says compliance with standards is key in gaining the trust of clients

IT Week: As technical architect of managed hosting provider Elinia, can you explain the firm’s genesis? James Carnie: It was started by a group of guys from BT who worked...

VoIP needs new enterprise security plan

Dave Bailey — 2008-02-13T00:00:00.000Z

Dave Bailey, IT Week, Wednesday 13 February 2008 at 00:00:00

Session border controllers are being touted as the future of IP telephony security

The top threat for 2008 will be denial of service (DoS) and distributed DoS (DDoS) attacks on voice over IP (VoIP) networks, according to VoIP security vendor Sipera....

Lotus Sametime gains new partners

Rosalie Marshall — 2008-01-25T00:00:00.000Z

Rosalie Marshall, IT Week, Friday 25 January 2008 at 00:00:00

Technology from Ericsson, NEC and Nortel will be integrated with IBM's Lotus Sametime tools

At Lotusphere 2008 this week, IBM’s Lotus group announced new partners to its business community as well as a new set of channel partners....