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News Buzz (Updated November 19, 2008)

Eventure Technologies — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:45:35 GMT

NeuStar selected to deliver Interconnected Mobile IM Services in ...
Trading Markets (press release), November 19, 2008
Celcom will use NeuStar's suite of IM solutions and broad range of clients so that its customers will have instant access to Yahoo! Messenger from their mobile handsets.

VOIPshield finds vulnerabilities
ITWeb, November 19, 2008
These products deliver software-powered VOIP, presence, instant messaging and audio/video/Web conferencing functionality to end-users. Microsoft estimates over 250 million computers worldwide run these applications.

Advantech, Aricent Showcase Converged Solution for SIP-Based VoIP ...
TMCnet, November 19, 2008
Aricent Converged Access Software is a software solution for unified communications services delivery, with SIP-based VoIP services, media gateway functions, LAN switching ,virtual private networking and security..

Wimba Pronto Academic-Centric Instant Messaging Platform Improves ...
MarketWatch, November 17, 2008
Wimba(R) Inc., the education technology company that helps people teach people, today announced the release of Wimba Pronto(TM) 2.1, the only instant messaging platform designed exclusively for education to advance and promote learning.

BT's Ribbit Revs VOIP Developer Platform Launch
eWeek, November 17, 2008
VOIP and telephony software maker Ribbit is allowing application developers to use its APIs to integrate voice communications into business applications such as Salesforce.com, as well as social networks.

Enterasys and Siemens Enterprise Communications Advance Wired ...
Market Wire (press release), November 17, 2008
Tightly integrated wireless offerings help customers efficiently deploy unified communications that are mobile and secure. The standards-based, open-architecture solutions are backed by industry-leading global support and services from both Enterasys and Siemens.

Thing5 LLC Announces Unified Messaging Support for Google Gmail ...
MarketWatch, November 17, 2008
Thing5, a leading provider of telecommunications services, announced today that it offers unified messaging support for Google Gmail products.

Answering More Unified Communications Questions from VoiceCon
UCStrategies, November 17, 2008
There were a few questions about professional services as it relates to UC, including who are the key UC professional services providers, and how much does professional services add on to the cost of a UC implementation.

News Buzz (Updated November 14, 2008)

Eventure Technologies — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:44:10 GMT

Ottawa firm warns of Microsoft OCS VoIP threat
ITWorld Canada, November 14, 2008
An Ottawa firm that track security vulnerabilities in VoIP and unified communications systems, and has warned of a new threat IT managers should be on the lookout for, particularly if they use Microsoft Office Communications Server.

China Telecom Signs With Microsoft For IM
Pacific Epoch (subscription), November 14, 2008
The new product will offer the basic functionality of Microsoft's Windows Live Messenger as well as China Telecom's communication and Internet services.

The Skype survival guide
IT-Director.com, November 14, 2008
Skype has a great deal to offer business. As well as giving access to the largest VoIP community in the world, with a potential customer base of over 300 million Skype users…

Optimus and BroadSoft Combine Mobile Service with Online Social ...
TMCnet, November 14, 2008
"With the range of features that BroadWorks enables us to offer, we believe this is a service that younger consumers especially find compelling,” Plácido explained.

F&S to host 'Unified Communications India 2008'
Moneycontrol.com, November 14, 2008
UC applications are expected to be embedded and integrated into business processes and enterprise applications such as Contact Centers, Supply Chain, etc.

3 unveils INQ 1 Facebook phone
IT PRO, November 13, 2008
Mobile phone operator 3 today pulled the covers off one of the worst kept secrets in the mobile sector, its first social networking-focused phone, the INQ 1.

Microsoft turns sociable
Siliconrepublic.com, November 13, 2008
The company said the aim is to make it easier for people to manage and enjoy digital content scattered across their PCs, as well as the internet at large.

Motorola Enables the Mobile Enterprise with Innovative Voice-over ...
Earthtimes (press release), November 11, 2008
The Enterprise Mobility business of Motorola Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today unveiled the first offering from its Total Enterprise Access and Mobility (TEAM) integrated voice and data portfolio.

Stay connected
What PC? November 11, 2008
Today, there is a wide range of UC-related technology available to buyers, though relatively few organisations have yet taken advantage of all the options it offers.

Tata Indicom launches Instant Messenger services
TelecomTiger, November 11, 2008
Tata Indicom, today announced the launch of its instant messenger services dubbed as ‘Tata Indicom Instant Messenger Service’ which allows its subscribers to create, add friends as well as relatives as well as chat with them at a monthly subscription of Rs 49 for 30 days for unlimited messaging.

China IM Market Had 463mn Active Accounts in Q3
Trading Markets (press release), November 11, 2008
China's instant messaging (IM) market had 463 million active accounts in the third quarter of 2008, rising 9% from Q2 2008 and 19% from July-September 2007..

News Buzz (Updated August 18, 2008)

Eventure Technologies — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 06:49:01 GMT

Watch out for new Threats
Financial Express, August 18, 2008
Today’s firewalls understand IP protocols, so that filtering can be done at the protocol level. These are called application level gateways.

IP telephony Accelerates in Asia Pacific
Reseller News, August 18, 2008
The Asia-Pacific enterprise telephony market continues to see sustainable growth on the back of a high uptake in IP-based solutions.

News Buzz (Updated August 13, 2008)

Eventure Technologies — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 06:51:56 GMT

Unifying Unified Communications
Australian Techworld, August 13, 2008
Integrating enterprise communication tools -- from telephony to e-mail, conferencing and instant messaging -- is the key to delivering a richer collaboration environment that increases productivity.

CommuniGate Systems Delivers Pronto! Unified Communications Client ...
Consumer Electronics Net, August 12, 2008
CommuniGate Systems, the leader in carrier-class Mobile Unified Communications today announced the availability of Pronto! 2.2, the latest version of its powerful, yet lightweight Unified Communications user interface framework.

Avistar Patents Enhance VoIP, IM Enterprise Services
Telecomweb, August 12, 2008
... further expanding the company's intellectual property in the areas of login-based Voice over IP (VoIP) services and text-based instant messaging (IM).

Multiprotocol, Open Source IM client could boost UC
SearchVoIP, August 11, 2008
One of the most obvious barriers to unified communications and using instant messaging (IM) as a collaboration tool for those outside your enterprise is the plethora of IM standards.

Wataniya Launches wChat
Miadhu, August 11, 2008
Wataniya informs that the new service, wChat, is extremely user-friendly making it easy for everyone to start using the new chatting service.

IBM, Canonical/Ubuntu, Novell, Red Hat to Deliver Microsoft-Free ...
dBusinessNews San Francisco (press release), August 11, 2008
For the first time, IBM and leading Linux distributors Canonical/Ubuntu, Novell and Red Hat will join forces globally with their hardware partners to deliver Microsoft-free personal computing choices with Lotus Notes and Lotus Symphony in the one billion-unit desktop market worldwide by 2009.

News Buzz (Updated August 8, 2008)

Eventure Technologies — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:27:07 GMT

Making IM services play well together
Myrtle Beach Sun News, August 8, 2008
Instant-messaging programs, once the snobby little kids of the online communication world, have had to learn to play well with others.

Frontier Communications Launches New Home Page
Trading Markets (press release), August 8, 2008
Frontier Communications, a rural local exchange carrier, announced the launch of a new co-branded personalized home page with online services, search capabilities and content selections.

Saving money with VoIP: A Guide to the best Services
PC World Magazine, August 8, 2008
The proprietary system that everyone has come to love, Skype is an easy option. It's easily accessible, has a wide user base and there are a number of compatible dedicated and dual-mode VoIP phones.

Twittd.NodeHub.com - Twitter Through IM
Killer Startups, August 7, 2008
Twitter might have slept on the concept, but the folks over at Twittd.nodehub.com have come up with the way to let you twit while you are chatting with your friends.

CallWave Acquires WebMessenger
IT Business Net, August 7, 2008
CallWave, Inc., a leading provider of Internet and mobile-based unified communications solutions, today announced that it has acquired WebMessenger, Inc., a privately held enterprise mobile messaging software and services company, for $9.0 million in cash.

Attractive UC soln for SMBs
CIOL, August 6, 2008
Objectworld Communications Corp., today announced the industry's widest support for multiple PBX and unified messaging systems integrated with its award-winning Objectworld Unified Communication (UC) Server software.

IBM and friends promise "Microsoft-free" desktops for worldwide market
iTWire, August 6, 2008
The move puts even more pressure on Microsoft, already under siege from competitors such as Apple, Google and Mozilla, which continue to erode its market share in strategic areas.

Batelco Introduces Cisco Technology
Gulf Weekly, August 6, 2008
Batelco announced the launch of Cisco Unified Communication, a unified communications solution designed for small to medium enterprises (SMEs).

Six degrees of Instant Messaging
Christian Science Monitor, August 5, 2008
With 30 billion instant messages sent by 180 million people in June 2006, Microsoft found that the average social chain between two strangers is only 6.6 steps.

IBM counters Microsoft's software seat-stealing boast
PC World Magazine, August 4, 2008
IBM/Lotus hit back at Microsoft's boast that it plans to steal 5 million Notes customers this year by detailing a new 300,000-seat licensing deal with an Asian company and strong interest in Notes from emerging markets.

Why the epic fail at Twitter.com will be a major win
PC World Magazine, August 4, 2008
Anyway, it's a more immediate connection than FaceBook, cooler than IM, and will be around for a while.

Microsoft Instant Messaging Study Heavily Misinterpreted
eFluxMedia, August 3, 2008
Microsoft researchers looked at data from the company's MSN Messenger instant messaging system and found out that, on average, people were separated by 6.6 other people.

News Buzz (Updated August 1, 2008)

Eventure Technologies — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:27:28 GMT

At the Crossroads: Combining Analog and Digital Telephony
PC World Magazine, August 1, 2008
The VoIP market isn't refreshed as regularly as other technologies, so two-year-old VoIP handsets essentially bear the same functionality as their newer competitors.

What are critical issues with VoIP service?
PC World Magazine, August 1, 2008
Instant messaging (IM) was inevitably going to be a feature of the iPhone 3G experience -- the combination of 3G, a soft keyboard and a brilliant colour

Integrating FoIP and Unified Communications with XMediusFAX
TMC Net, July 31, 2008
Voice over Internet protocol (VoIP), e-mail, audio-, video- and Web-conferencing, voicemail, instant messaging (IM), and unified messaging are just some of the key UC technologies used today.

Reuters Replaces IM Compliance Technology
IT Business Edge, July 31, 2008
The dispute centered around FaceTime instant-messaging compliance technology that Reuters had licensed since 2006 to use in its Reuters Messaging Service.

Report: IBM Ranked #1 in Web Portal Software Market
MarketWatch, July 31, 2008
Hundreds of IBM business partners, resellers and other software companies pair IBM's Web 2.0-enhanced WebSphere Portal software with their own information technology (IT) products for a variety of clients worldwide.

IBM Growth in Emerging Markets Fuels Lotus Momentum
CNNMoney.com, July 31, 2008
Other large companies that chose Lotus Notes and other Lotus software over Microsoft products included several leading banks in the U.S., the United Kingdom and Germany, as well as the Australian government.

OoVoo Goes High-Res, Adds Web Client
PC Magazine, July 30, 2008
Also new in version 1.7 is the ability to call users who haven't installed ooVoo, by sending them a link that launches a Java-powered Web version of the software.

China Unicom may postpone development of mobile IM business
Trading Markets (press release), July 29, 2008
The new China Unicom formed after industry restructuring may postpone the development of its mobile instant messaging (IM) business as the technologies of IM products from China Unicom and CNC are not compatible.

IBM Broadens Product Lifecycle Management Offerings to Help ...
MarketWatch, July 29, 2008
By providing IBM Lotus Sametime instant messaging capabilities such as part of the Dassault Systemes V6 user interface, engineering teams can instantly review and collaborate on product changes before resources are expended on manufacturing.

NEC pushes out enterprise UC product to SMBs
CRN Australia, July 29, 2008
Steve Woff, UC business manager at NEC Australia, told CRN that the products will be available through its Australian channel partners.

iPhone's killer 'apps'
DetNews.com, July 29, 2008
The single best feature in Apple's second-generation iPhone 3G isn't the increased speed or the GPS location-finding feature.

snom to Exhibit VoIP Communication Products and Technologies at IP ...
TMCnet, July 28, 2008
The company proposes to include new mobility, unified communications and customer relationship management VoIP solutions at IP Sizzles 2008.

Group think
GCN.com, July 28, 2008
At the same time, Web collaboration at most agencies occurs in the shadow of such legacy applications as IBM Lotus Notes, Microsoft Share- Point and Open Text’s Livelink.

An un-American feel aids expanding US Web firms
The Associated Press, July 28, 2008
People in two populous countries, India and China, are just getting online. The research firm IDC projects worldwide Internet ad spending at nearly $107 billion in 2011, compared with $65 billion this year.

Presence, Human Latency, and Telephone Calls
UCStrategies, July 27, 2008
The complexity of unified communications (UC) has caused enterprise organizations to wonder about what it can really do business operations that is different than before.

Palringo Instant Messenger Comes to the iPhone
ReadWriteWeb, July 27, 2008
Currently there's only one application available that lets you connect to all your IM networks, saving users the time and pain of switching between clients. Here's a look at Palringo on the iPhone.

News Buzz (Updated July 25, 2008)

Eventure Technologies — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:48:18 GMT

Microsoft wants to Steal 5 million Notes Customers
Australian Techworld, July 25, 2008
Microsoft is seeking to get five million Lotus Notes customers to make the switch to Microsoft's collaboration tools in its fiscal 2009 year, according to Kevin Turner, COO for the software giant.

The Twitter Follower Fail Whale Fiasco
TECH.BLORGE.com, July 25, 2008
It can survive down time, turning replies off and on, losing instant messaging for a while, losing the With Friends tab, and more.

Microsoft to launch UC Competency Partner Program
ARNnet, July 25, 2008
Microsoft has announced plans to rollout a new Unified Communications program as its Office Communications Server 2007 platform attracts more specialist partners.

Big Plans, Obstacles for Mozilla Thunderbird
Internet News, July 24, 2008
Firefox and Thunderbird both originated in the 2003 breakup of the original Mozilla Suite, which contained both e-mail and browser functionality.

AppsWave.com - Web Conferencing Solution
Killer Startups, July 24, 2008
AppsWave is a robust web-conferencing solution that for a small fee, allows businesses to communicate with multipoint audio and video, instant messaging, and through application and desktop sharing.

Skype: you can check in - but you can never leave
National Business Review, July 24, 2008
Users of the popular Skype technology may be disconcerted to learn that they are unable to delete their account.

IBM/Lotus Sharpens Weapon for Unified Communications Battle
CIO, July 23, 2008
IBM/Lotus is banking on the integration of its Sametime platform and collaboration software with tools from telephony partners to fuel its climb up the ranks of unified communications contenders.

EMC’s Flagship Document Software Wakes Up to Web 2.0
Xconomy, July 22, 2008
It’s pitching the improvements as a way for companies to tap into the innovative spirit of the Web 2.0 world without giving up control over security and workflow.

Unified Communications trigger data leakage dangers, survey finds
SearchVoIP, July 22, 2008
Many fear that sensitive company data could be difficult to control when email, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and instant messages meld with collaboration systems, multimedia services and transactional systems.

Loop Mobile Signs Agreement with USA’S Advanced 3G Mobile Network ...
Computerworld Australia, July 21, 2008
Its members are focused on mobile and exceed industry averages for use of text messages, instant messaging, web access via the mobile and photo sharing.

Twitter's Growing Pains
MIT Technology Review, July 21, 2008
The company has avoided detailing timing or technical specifics. But cofounder Biz Stone said in an e-mail interview last week that the changes are under way, and that users should already be benefiting from the results.

UC Gaining Traction in Asia
SDA Asia Magazine, July 21, 2008
The report highlighted that managers across AP are keen to deploy UC in their operations, with video conferencing and mobility being the top two capabilities being considered.

British business not getting the IM message
DaniWeb, July 20, 2008
According to IM services provider ProcessOne a staggering 72 percent of UK businesses have banned the use of IM software such as MSN and AIM citing security fears as the main reason.

News Buzz (Updated July 18, 2008)

Eventure Technologies — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 07:57:23 GMT

Webinar: Securing Enterprise VoIP Systems
TMCnet, July 18, 2008
In an effort to help enterprises benefit from voice over Internet protocol, Sipera Systems operates as a provider of real-time UC security, and enables enterprises to deploy VoIP and unified communications simply and with confidence.

Unisys Ramps Up with Trial Service for Microsoft Products
Trading Markets (press release), July 17, 2008
Unisys Corp. announced the availability of a trial service enabling enterprise customers to test drive Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Microsoft Office Communication Server 2007, and Microsoft Office LiveMeeting at no cost.

Sipgate VoIP solution for iPhone gets T-Mobile riled up
IntoMobile, July 17, 2008
The issue at hand is the fact that sipgate's VoIP client requires a jailbroken iPhone in order to do its thing over a WiFi connection.

Everybody Loves "Presence" -- In Unified Communications
bMighty.com, July 17, 2008
Embedding the tools into applications which allows us to automate or make more intelligent communication choices does. Presence is the thing that gives us that intelligence.

Meebo Intros Cross-Site Embedded IM
Appscout, July 17, 2008
Web-based instant messaging service Meebo today announced Community Instant Messaging, a cross-site platform that is shaping up to be something along the lines of OpenSocial for IM.

How to Tell if You`re Ready to Deploy Converged Communications
eWeek, July 16, 2008
Converged communications, or the integration of voice, e-mail, instant messaging and a variety of other forms of communication, makes everyone reachable anywhere, at any time.

Unisys Offers Free Unified Communications Trial
Redmondmag.com, July 15, 2008
Unisys announced yesterday that it is offering companies a free 30-day unified communications trial using Microsoft solutions. The offer is currently available through Microsoft's sales personnel.

FaceTime Protects Enterprises from Information Leaks
TMCnet, July 15, 2008
The system has the ability to prevent transmission of the information as it analyzes and detects sensitive or confidential information in both messages and file attachments.

11 cool new apps for the iPhone
Computerworld, July 14, 2008
A little over a year after its debut, Apple released not only the most significant hardware upgrade since the iPhone's inception, but also the most significant software release to date.

Businesses have mixed feelings on IM
ZDNet Asia, July 14, 2008
Nearly three-quarters of businesses (74 percent) see IM as a useful collaborative tool, according to research carried out by Vanson Bourne and commissioned by IM vendor ProcessOne.

InteleCom Launches Popular Web 2.0 Viral Communication Tools ...
dBusinessNews Indianapolis (press release), July 14, 2008
InteleCom, Inc. announced that its new Web 2.0 Social Network toksee successfully launched 3 new viral communication tools or widgets for easy copy and placement on websites and blogs.

Tracking the truth of Unified Communications
Techworld.com, July 14, 2008
"The weakest bit for the whole market was when Cisco took its entire price list and relabelled everything on it with the prefix Unified Communications."

News Buzz (Updated July 11, 2008)

Eventure Technologies — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:19:51 GMT

SaaS Best Path for SMB Unified Communications
Internet News, July 11, 2008
If done right, unified communications is a collaborative technology that lets users reach people and resources any time using any communications channel.

Nokia Chat debuts with GPS Integration for Presence
jkOnTheRun, July 10, 2008
With a compatible device, you can have your location show up on a map using Nokia Chat.

Chief Telecom ties up with Microsoft to offer VoIP service
China Knowledge Online, July 9, 2008
According to a Chief Telecom statement, Taiwan's customers are able to dial any network telephone number via instant messaging software Live MSN 8.1 offered by Chief Telecom, since late last month.

Microsoft Unveils Hardware for Web Phone
ITvoir, July 8, 2008
Instead of one system for phones and another for e-mails and instant messaging, Microsoft wants all communications to run over Internet networks on its Office Communicator program.

Enterprises Harness the Power of Unified Communications
MarketWatch, July 8, 2008
Incorporating email and telephony into the operation have been the commonly used form of UC that were deployed by businesses around the world.

News Buzz (Updated July 4, 2008)

Eventure Technologies — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:37:30 GMT

VoIP player Nimbuzz raises $15 mn in Second round funding
TelecomTiger, July 4, 2008
Nimbuzz plans to use the funds for enhanced product development and offering so as to make increased number of handsets equipped with the company’s platform.

KITS to Release J2EE Solutions That Extends IBM Lotus Sametime(TM ...
RedOrbit, July 3, 2008
Knowledgeable & Innovative Technical Solutions, Inc. has announced plans to release RadioConnect(TM), an IBM Lotus Sametime plug-in that will extend IBM's Unified Communications (UC) tool set to Land Mobile Radios (LMR's), in late-September.

Google Talk isn’t the only iPhone optimized IM client
ZDNet, July 3, 2008
There are clients for jailbroken iPhones too, but today I am just writing about browser-based solutions.

8x8 Awarded New VoIP Patent
ag-IP-news Agency, July 3, 2008
Since its establishment in 1987, 8x8 has been awarded seventy-three (73) United States patents covering a variety of voice and video communications, processing and storage technologies.

Google Talk comes to the iPhone, death of the text message ...
The Industry Standard, July 2, 2008
Google has unveiled a web-based version of its Google Talk instant messaging client specifically built for the iPhone. Quite simply: It’s amazing — but it has limitations.

Adium 1.2.6 Released
123Macmini.com, July 2, 2008
The Adium team has announced the release of Adium 1.2.6. The big news with this release is that ICQ connectivity was restored with libpurple 2.4.3.

Computerworld Readers Applaud Nortel And Microsoft Unified ...
WebWire (press release), July 2, 2008
"Our unified communications solutions help users reach the right people while using the applications they rely on the most" said Adam Anger, senior director with the Business and Marketing Organization of Microsoft Hong Kong.

When Skype doesn't quite cut it
Computerworld Australia, July 1, 2008
Along with more than 700 other companies, Digital Rapids submitted a business case, stating how unified communications would benefit the company, which was reviewed by a panel of judges.

Startup Puts Unified Communications On One Box
CRN, June 30, 2008
Unison, a startup that's taking an open source path to bringing unified communications to the masses, on Monday announced pricing details and its inaugural channel program.

Research: Unified Communications and IP Contact Centers Show ...
TMC Net, June 30, 2008
As a result of these challenges, many have looked to unified communications to streamline processes and deliver cost savings while also driving efficiency and productivity.

Service brings Clips to E-mail, IM
Hollywood Reporter, June 30, 2008
PopTok, a new free service that will bring major-studio movie and TV clips to e-mail and instant messaging, is launching Monday in beta.

Baidu new Instant Messaging Service will offer Video
Developing Telecoms (press release), June 30, 2008
Baidu.com, the largest Chinese language internet search engine, is launching an instant messaging application with real-time video chat as it aims to hold on to its top spot.

Wi-Fi Alliance(R) Now Certifying Devices for Voice Over Wi-Fi ...
TMC Net, June 30, 2008
Driven by the growing popularity of Wi-Fi(R) technology and voice over IP (VoIP), the Wi-Fi industry has developed a new certification program for voice-capable Wi-Fi devices in home and small office environments.

Packetel’s Turbo Meeting Web Conferencing Solution Helps Business ...
dBusinessNews San Jose (press release), June 29, 2008
Packetel, a leading telecommunications company, announces its web conferencing service, Turbo Meeting.