IP Multimedia System challenges being overcome, says carrier services provider

Convergence & VoIP Alert NetworkWorld.com | VoIP & Convergence Research Center | Update Your Profile IP Multimedia Subsystem challenges being overcome By Steve Taylor and Larry Hettick Today, we return to our series on IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) progress with excerpts from an interview we had with Randy Waters, vice president of market development at Comverse, a leading provider of software and systems enabling network-based messaging and content value-added services, converged billing and IP communications. Waters believes one of the impediments to successful IMS deployments is that to provide end-to-end IMS compliant services, service providers must allow for "hundreds of [customer premises equipment] devices that are changing over time with every new release" but he noted that CPE manufacturers are making progress, so the associated CPE challenges are "getting better." Read full story Steve Taylor is president of Distributed Networking Associates and publisher/editor-in-chief of Webtorials. For more detailed information on most of the topics discussed in this newsletter, connect to Webtorials, the premier site for Web-based educational presentations, white papers, and market research. Taylor can be reached at taylor@webtorials.com Larry Hettick is a Principal Analyst at Current Analysis, the leading provider of competitive response solutions. A 25 year industry veteran, he has focused on Convergence and VoIP since 2000. MORE STORIES SPONSORED BY FLUKE NETWORKS Fluke Networks New - Visual Performance Manager A unified performance management system that supports an entire network eco system. Simple integration of information from multiple data sources. Includes Visual UpTime Select and NetFlow Tracker. Take a tour and enter to win 10 Netflow Tracker licenses. RELATED NEWS: 7 Cisco bad luck happenings in '07, 12/12/2007 Even the best of us has bad days, but when Cisco has them for whatever reason, they get reported widely. Here are Cisco Subnet's picks of the top-7 ... The Cisco/Microsoft battle for unified communications, 12/12/2007 This story was contributed by a reader. To get your voice heard, contact Network World Editor in Chief John Dix at jdix@nww. com.. . The cold-war ...   THE FASTEST FIREWALLS  Crossbeam, IBM win raw performance test; Juniper scores on price. HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE Find the very best tech holiday gift ideas. SPONSORED BY FLUKE NETWORKS Fluke Networks New - Visual Performance Manager A unified performance management system that supports an entire network eco system. Simple integration of information from multiple data sources. Includes Visual UpTime Select and NetFlow Tracker. Take a tour and enter to win 10 Netflow Tracker licenses. Holiday Tech Toys Stumped on what gadgets and gizmos to give this holiday? Have no fear, Cool Tools' Keith Shaw is here. We do all of the heavy lifting of wading through hundreds of submitted technology products to find the very best holiday gift ideas. Click here to view our holiday gift guide: http://www.nww.com/PSA2_1210 Featured reader resource 90% of IT Managers are leaving their company at risk for a DNS ATTACK. Get the tools and resources you need to keep your DNS healthy and secure. Run a DNSreport on your domain today - 56 critical tests run in 8 seconds. Visit www.dnsreport.com to learn more. (apply coupon NWW2007NLA for a 25% membership discount)   12/17/07 TODAY'S MOST-READ STORIES: Xbox signal jamming WLANs Trojan robbing online bank customers '20/20' peers into 'Tank on Empty' Cisco opening up IOS Microsoft early with public virtualization beta The nine worst Microsoft products Cisco: the new software giant Open source and the corporate elephant Microsoft pulls plug on potty-mouth Santa AT&T employees, others discuss telework cuts TOP 100 OF 2007 Comprehensive Network Access Control Download an exclusive whitepaper on Comprehensive Network Access Control and discover how you can provide endpoint security, compliance and peace of mind. Get it now IT Buyer's Guides Compare products, get advice, and check out tests and reviews from the experts at Network World. Over 70 categories. Visit now.   To continue receiving NetworkWorld's Convergence & VoIP Alert newsletter, please add @nwfnews.com to your white list. COMPLIMENTARY SUBSCRIPTIONS AVAILABLE As a NW newsletter subscriber you are eligible to receive 50 issues of Network World Magazine, in print or electronic format, free of charge. Sign up for your subscription today: Apply here. 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. Terms of Service/Privacy Network World, Inc., 118 Turnpike Road, Southborough, MA 01772 Copyright Network World, Inc., 2007