 Convergence & VoIP News AlertNetwork World's Convergence & VoIP News Alert, 10/03/07Top 14 VoIP vulnerabilities, 10/01/07: How are VoIP networks weak and vulnerable to attack and catastrophic failure? Securing VoIP Networks, the new book by Peter Thermos and Ari Takanen, looks at VoIP infrastructure and analyzes its vulnerabilities much as the Open Web Application Security Project did for Web-related vulnerabilities and Mitre did with its Common Weakness Enumeration dictionary for software. And it’s about human failings, too, not just technology problems. Podcast: Long-time VoIP implementation still paying dividends: Having a 7-year-old voice over IP system makes Hitachi Consulting of Dallas a bit of an innovator. Michael Shisko, director of information technology at Hitachi Consulting, explains how the company was able to easily roll out VoIP easily and how it still pays dividends today in unexpected ways. (10:42) Microsoft announces VoIP phone pricing for SMBs: Microsoft released pricing for its SMB Response Point software bundled with twenty-phone systems from Quanta and D-Link.
3Com switches link wireless/wireline networks, 09/27/07: 3Com unveils edge switches for inexpensive convergence Vonage loses two patent cases in one week, 10/01/07: Vonage was hit twice last week with bad news from its ongoing legal battles. On Tuesday a jury found that Vonage was guilty of infringing on patents owned by Sprint-Nextel. The jury awarded Sprint-Nextel $69.5 million in damages and a 5% royalty on future revenues. Vonage immediately announced it will appeal the case. Enter to win a Global Knowledge Cisco training course worth $3,995: This month, we are giving away a free Cisco training course of the winner's choosing, worth up to $3,995. The course will be delivered by Cisco training partner Global Knowledge. Why you should change the default passwords on routers: Convicted VoIP hacker Robert Moore reveals why it is so easy to steal from networks. Your eyes and ears at the Microsoft Unified Communications launch: As Microsoft gears up for the big launch of Unified Communications next week in San Francisco Microsoft Subnet blogger Alex Lewis wants to be there for you. He will be blogging from the show and will scope out whatever you ask. Drop him some suggestions. Enter to win a Global Knowledge Cisco training course worth $3,995: This month, we are giving away a free Cisco training course of the winner's choosing, worth up to $3,995. The course will be delivered by Cisco training partner Global Knowledge. |
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