Network World: AT&T halts CallVantage VoIP - is this the end of stand-alone consumer VoIP? AT&T recently stopped offering its CallVantage VoIP service to new subscribers. With no official announcement, online shoppers for the service were greeted with a message thanking would-be customers for their interest and noting that the company is not currently accepting new orders for the VoIP service. The decision affects both the consumer and SMB version ... Network World: A sweet tool for mobility and data access The Dieringer Research Group of WorldatWork estimated that in 2006 28.7 million American workers telecommuted at least one day per month, and that up to 100 million people may be doing so by 2010. The advantages of telecommuting are obvious: less employee time spent in traffic, lower gasoline consumption, fewer expenditures on office space, and the like. Network World: IMS: Heavy on planning but zero on revenue Tom Nolle, founder and president of CIMI Corporation and a longtime industry analyst recently published an "Unconventional Wisdom" brief titled "Beyond IMS" that we'd like to highlight today and also recommend to our readers. Nolle starts with the premise that, "One of the most significant technology shifts that have accompanied 'convergence' is the shift fr ... Network World: Why organizations don't implement enterprise instant messaging We have just wrapped up a major study of the instant messaging, real-time communications and presence market. The goal of this study is to understand how real-time communications technologies, such as instant messaging and Web conferencing, are used by midsized and North American organizations. Network World: Who wins as suppliers break softswitches into multiple pieces? Joe McGarvey, principal analyst for IP services infrastructure at Current Analysis recently published an advisory report on the trend for softswitch suppliers to break up the softswitch into multiple pieces as they engage in a new round of disaggregation. He attributes the move to improved cost and performance efficiencies associated with a modular architect ... Network World: Unified communications and corporate culture Last week, I discussed one reader's opposition to the growing use of presence and my assertion that unified communications in the future will look more like today's social networking sites. A reader of that newsletter had this to say... Network World: Covergence bridges IBM, Microsoft unified communications Covergence, best known for controlling, securing and managing real-time services with its Covergence Session Manager, announced Monday that it is upgrading its Covergence Collaboration Gateway (CCG) to support interoperability between IBM Sametime 8.0 and Microsoft's unified communications platforms. The company also introduced a subscription-based pricing a ... Network World: Nine wireless companies to watch This year’s crop of companies focuses on voice and data convergence, spectacular technical advances in radio technology, the personalization of cellular, and what can only be called mobile spontaneity. Network World: Unifying unified communications 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. But deployment and management of unified communications systems can be daunting. Network World: How frequently do you check mobile e-mail? We have just completed two surveys on mobile messaging - one with IT decision makers and the other with end users. For the North American portion of the end user survey, we asked a number of questions about how, where and when mobile e-mail is used. Skype won't say if it decrypts VoIP calls for law enforcement Adtran announces stand-alone IP PBX Interop Las Vegas 2008 planning guide 10 tips for a successful video rollout GrandCentral, one call to bind them all 11-year-old takes school network by the horns The future of network security Three predictions for identity management in 2008 Microsoft releases free tool to monitor voice quality Femtocell enables carriers to offer FMC alternatives

Network World on Convergence The latest convergence news and analysis from Network World Fusion. View source archive --> Search this source --> ·AT&T halts CallVantage VoIP - is this the end of stand-alone consumer VoIP? AT&T recently stopped offering its CallVantage VoIP service to new subscribers. With no official announcement, online shoppers for the service were greeted with a message thanking would-be customers for their interest and noting that the company is not currently accepting new orders for the VoIP service. The decision affects both the consumer and SMB versions of the service. AT&T will continue to provide CallVantage ... ·A sweet tool for mobility and data access The Dieringer Research Group of WorldatWork estimated that in 2006 28.7 million American workers telecommuted at least one day per month, and that up to 100 million people may be doing so by 2010. The advantages of telecommuting are obvious: less employee time spent in traffic, lower gasoline consumption, fewer expenditures on office space, and the like. ·IMS: Heavy on planning but zero on revenue Tom Nolle, founder and president of CIMI Corporation and a longtime industry analyst recently published an "Unconventional Wisdom" brief titled "Beyond IMS" that we'd like to highlight today and also recommend to our readers. Nolle starts with the premise that, "One of the most significant technology shifts that have accompanied 'convergence' is the shift from conceptualizing service features as attributes of network ... ·Why organizations don't implement enterprise instant messaging We have just wrapped up a major study of the instant messaging, real-time communications and presence market. The goal of this study is to understand how real-time communications technologies, such as instant messaging and Web conferencing, are used by midsized and North American organizations. ·Who wins as suppliers break softswitches into multiple pieces? Joe McGarvey, principal analyst for IP services infrastructure at Current Analysis recently published an advisory report on the trend for softswitch suppliers to break up the softswitch into multiple pieces as they engage in a new round of disaggregation. He attributes the move to improved cost and performance efficiencies associated with a modular architecture and also points out that the disaggregation will help op ... ·Nine wireless companies to watch This year’s crop of companies focuses on voice and data convergence, spectacular technical advances in radio technology, the personalization of cellular, and what can only be called mobile spontaneity. ·Unified communications and corporate culture Last week, I discussed one reader's opposition to the growing use of presence and my assertion that unified communications in the future will look more like today's social networking sites. A reader of that newsletter had this to say... ·Covergence bridges IBM, Microsoft unified communications Covergence, best known for controlling, securing and managing real-time services with its Covergence Session Manager, announced Monday that it is upgrading its Covergence Collaboration Gateway (CCG) to support interoperability between IBM Sametime 8.0 and Microsoft's unified communications platforms. The company also introduced a subscription-based pricing alternative to its CCG customers. ·Unifying unified communications 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. But deployment and management of unified communications systems can be daunting. ·How frequently do you check mobile e-mail? We have just completed two surveys on mobile messaging - one with IT decision makers and the other with end users. For the North American portion of the end user survey, we asked a number of questions about how, where and when mobile e-mail is used.

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