Communications Software


IM Product Sampler

A list of free and commercial-grade IM products.  Read story

3CX Upgrades VoIP Phone System

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) Gold Partner 3CX released version 5 of its software-based VoIP PBX phone system for Windows. 3CX Phone System for Windows offers ...  Read story

Avaya Launches Customer Service Tools

The company unveils new IP telephony and video customer-service applications.  Read story

AltiGen, VoSKY to Offer Call Center Skype Apps

The new VoSKY Exchange VoIP application gateway provides a new remote agent.  Read story

Is Instant Messaging an Instant Menace?

IM, e-mail's little brother, isn't just for teenagers anymore. But it's not completely housebroken.  Read story

Software Buyer's Guide

Self-service: buy the right system.  Read story

Trend Micro Launches E-Mail Encryption Solution

The new solution offers automated policy-based encryption for e-mails.  Read story

How Google Voice Helps Me Run My Start-up

An entrepreneur's review of Google Voice  Read story

What You Need To Get On-line

To use on-line databases, you need either a so-called communicating terminal or a microcomputer, modern, and communications software. If your micro doesn'...  Read story

Intuit Contest Winner Offered Blue Tie E-mail

E-mail software provider BlueTie has plans to donate its e-mail software services to the winner of Intuit (NASDAQ:INTU) 's Just Start contest. As part of ...  Read story

Managing Your E-Mail: An Entrepreneur's Checklist

I'm an entrepreneur who runs several companies, and I'm invested in a number of others. I travel constantly, communicate regularly with hundreds of associ...  Read story

Getting the Message

The advantages and disadvantages of electronic mail.  Read story

With Gmail Down, Users Turn to Twitter

Google's popular free e-mail service experiences a rare disruption  Read story

3CX and Linksys Compliant

The integrated solution offers VoIP for the small businesses.  Read story

Cordless Phone with Internet Voice Calling

Nov. 9, 2006 -- Linksys, a division of San Jose, Calif.-based Cisco systems, is partnering with Yahoo Messenger to offer a cordless phone...  Read story

IM Is Here. RU Ready 2 Try It?

Instant messages -- those cryptic little on-line conversations -- are traveling from teenagers' computers into businesses like yours.  Read story

IM Legal Primer

Instant messaging is evolving into a serious business tool -- with serious legal and security risks as well.  Read story

The Dog Ate My E-Mail: Part 2

In another column , I discussed some of the reasons e-mail messages don't always reach their i...  Read story

NextPhase Introduces New Products

Versions of VOIP.CONNECT target pre-startup and existing small businesses.  Read story

Telanetix Upgrades Telepresence Video Quality

The enhanced tool offers better support for high-definition video.  Read story

Email's Little Helpers

Microsoft Outlook may be the most widely used e-mail tool on the planet, but it's hardly perfect. That's why enterprising programmers have created dozens of ...  Read story

Aastra Introduces IP PBX Phone System

The new system features self-provisioning of extensions and visual voicemail.  Read story

E-Mail Newsletters: Formats That Work

Because most Internet users spend more time sending and receiving e-mail than doing anything else online, sending e-mail newsletters is one way to keep vi...  Read story

Take Back Your Inbox

Does this scene sound familiar to you? Over a 24-hour period, I average about 100 spam messages, ten to fifteen e-mail newsletters, and dozens of personal...  Read story

Polycom Launches Wi-Fi Phone

The SpectraLink 8002 phone is designed for small-business workplaces.  Read story

Microsoft Enhances Smartphone Experience

The updates add desktop-grade Web browsing to Windows Mobile phones.  Read story

Avaya to Use Broadcom's VoIP for IP Phones

Avaya (NYSE:AV)  has decided to use the VoIP technology of Broadcom (NASDAQ:BRCM)  to power two award-winning lines of its one-X Deskphone IP te...  Read story

First Person: Google Talk

Smart ROI Consulting's Kevin Hill on the benefits of Google Talk for business.  Read story

iBasis Upgrades Pingo Online Calling Service

iBasis (NASDAQ:IBAS) has added new features to its online calling service, Pingo, which will allow consumers and small businesses to make better use ...  Read story

Intuitive Voice Technology Compatible With Citel VoIP Adapter

The move allows legacy handsets to connect to IVT's Evolution PBX platform.  Read story

3CX Launches Enhanced Phone System

The latest version of IP PBX offers integrated 3CX Tunnel.  Read story

Idearc Media, Multiplied Media to Offer IM Business Listings

Idearc Media (NYSE:IAR) has teamed up with Calgary, Canada-based Multiplied Media to deliver local business listings over instant messaging platforms...  Read story

Nortel Offers VoIP for SMBs

Nortel (NYSE:NT) has unveiled a new suite of solutions intended to help service providers worldwide sell pre-tested VoIP services to small and midsiz...  Read story

Microsoft, Concentric to Offer Hosted E-mail

The tool combines Office Outlook with Concentric's applications hosting platform.  Read story

Verizon Launches Hosted E-mail Services

The service enables businesses to synchronize e-mail, calendars and other tasks.  Read story

XO SIP Compliant With Cisco Smart Business

The service is now interoperable the Cisco Smart Business Communications System.  Read story

XO Releases New IP Services Portfolio

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With Legal Outcome Still Uncertain, BlackBerry Owners Weary

BlackBerry users were no doubt unnerved this week by a Supreme Court refusal to hear an ongoing case between the device's maker, Research in Motion, and N...  Read story

Things I Can't Live Without

An (almost) infinite playlist  Read story

VoIP Comes Calling

It's not just for cheap long distance anymore.  Read story