The two-way transmission of voice over a packet-switched IP network, which is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite. The terms "IP telephony" and "voice over IP" (VoIP) are synonymous. However, the term ...

Businesses are failing to secure their IP telephony networks because of a lack of knowledge, according to one veteran VoIP engineer. Eric Vyncke, author of LAN switch security: What hackers know about ...

IP telephony is a next-generation technology that is changing the way companies communicate, and is reshaping the business landscape. Through the unification of voice and data networks, IP telephony ...

Network World embarks on its first Technology Tour of the year later this month, “Voice over IP: IP Telephony from Dollar One to Dollars Won.” Keynoting the seminars will be Network World columnist ...

David Stever, manager of communication technology services at PPL, knows that IP telephony is the future. He also knows that his company (formerly known as Pennsylvania Power & Light) has a massive ...

Banks are on the front Lines when unexpected emergencies strike. Whether it's a hurricane, a fire, or a biomedical crisis, when an emergency happens, customers want access to cash reserves and bank ...

During the past four years, IP telephony has progressed from a gee-whiz concept of free phone calls over the Internet to a means of communication in use among established service bureaus. But it is ...

WASHINGTON — The unsettled Internet Protocol (IP) telephony industry gathered this week at the VoiceCon conference to assess its progress after a disastrous year for telecommunications companies. The ...

Hosted service lets enterprise users save on operational and capital expenditures, and reap the benefits of next-generation voice-over-IP services. Some companies that want to implement IP telephony ...

The University of Kentucky Hospital represents a rare example of the potential for IP telephony to redefine the workplace. But the truth is that few companies currently evaluating the technology have ...

IP telephony began humbly as a novelty application that allowed online users to converse over the Internet. Today, it has finally matured enough in both feature sets and network availability that it ...

You’ve studied the promising return on investment for IP telephony and researched vendor solutions that appear to fit your company’s needs. If you’ve done your homework, you also know that merging ...