Does anyone really need a $1000 phone on their desk?

Product Test and Buyer's Guide This newsletter is sponsored by Arsenal Digital Solutions Solving the Distributed Data Protection Problem Hackers, disgruntled and careless employees, equipment failure, broken pipes, fires, and natural disasters all pose threats to your data. Savvy IT and business managers have recognized that in order to deal with these challenges, they need to deploy a company-wide data protection infrastructure. Click here to read this whitepaper today! Product Test and Buyer's Guide, 07/12/07 By Christine Burns In his recently published article, “Six Burning VoIP Questions”, Phil Hochmuth poses as his fourth question: why would any corporate IP telephony user need all of the high-end features as outlined, for example, in the spec sheets for Siemens' OpenStage SIP-based IP telephone. Those include a flat-screen color display, a Gigabit Ethernet connection and an underlying Linux operating system. Jeff Snyder, a Gartner analyst Hochmuth quotes in the story, contends that most enterprises that are buying the $800-plus, fully-loaded, desktop phones are overspending because the integration with the back-end applications that would make those features most useful is not a cost effect venture at this point in time. "The most common application people use on phone displays is calling up past-call lists," Snyder says. "They don’t really have any enterprise applications that merit having a large color screen on the phone." Wireless Products Buyer's Guide From wireless adapters to WiMax repeaters, we've got detailed information on hundreds of products that will quickly help you pinpoint the hardware or software you're looking for. We've categorized each product into one of 10 specific wireless market segments, so you can drill down, compare and contrast products in only the areas you need. Click here for more.> But luckily, you don’t have to go that high-end to get desktop IP telephony ties. In fact, in the Network World’s IP Phone Buyer’s Guide, there are over 10 IP Phones listed that are priced between $99 and $400. You can tap into that buyer’s guide to compare and contrast what features you do get for this lower price tag. Additionally, Network World posted a testing-based study on the various means by which SIP-based softphones can help enterprises bring more value to almost any type of VoIP deployment. Check out those findings here.

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Contact the author: Christine Burns is the Executive Editor of Testing. She can be reached at cburns@nww.com This newsletter is sponsored by Arsenal Digital Solutions Solving the Distributed Data Protection Problem Hackers, disgruntled and careless employees, equipment failure, broken pipes, fires, and natural disasters all pose threats to your data. Savvy IT and business managers have recognized that in order to deal with these challenges, they need to deploy a company-wide data protection infrastructure. Click here to read this whitepaper today! BONUS FEATURE IT PRODUCT RESEARCH AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Get detailed information on thousands of products, conduct side-by-side comparisons and read product test and review results with Network World’s IT Buyer’s Guides. Find the best solution faster than ever with over 100 distinct categories across the security, storage, management, wireless, infrastructure and convergence markets. Click here for details. PRINT SUBSCRIPTIONS AVAILABLE You've got the technology snapshot of your choice delivered to your inbox each day. Extend your knowledge with a print subscription to the Network World newsweekly, Apply here today. International subscribers, click here. SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES To subscribe or unsubscribe to any Network World newsletter, change your e-mail address or contact us, click here. This message was sent to: security.world@gmail.com. Please use this address when modifying your subscription. Advertising information: Write to Associate Publisher Online Susan Cardoza Network World, Inc., 118 Turnpike Road, Southborough, MA 01772 Copyright Network World, Inc., 2007