NetFlash: Hybrid PBXs work, users say

If you like the sound of VoIP but can’t stomach the forklift upgrade, you could try hybrid IP/legacy PBXs. Users swear by them, and this week they offer tips for integrating them into your infrastructure. Hybrid PBXs work, users say http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/121205-hybrid-pbx.html?net&story=121205-hybrid-pbx

If you like the sound of VoIP but can’t stomach the forklift upgrade, you could try hybrid IP/legacy PBXs. Users swear by them, and this week they offer tips for integrating them into your infrastructure.

Hybrid PBXs work, users say

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/121205-hybrid-pbx.html?net&story=121205-hybrid-pbx

MCI, Microsoft collaborate on VoIP

Microsoft getting into telecom voice? Sure, why not? With a little help from MCI, the folks from Redmond say they can get you voice for a couple pennies per minute.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/121405-mci-microsoft.html?net&story=121405-mci-microsoft

IBM opens high-performance file system

IBM on Tuesday announced that it was loosening its grip on its high performance General Parallel File System, opening the source code to third-party vendors so that the software could run on hardware other than its own.

https://mike.nww.com/news/2005/121405-ibm-source-code.html?net&story=121405-ibm-source-code

What’s behind on-demand software’s rise

Corporate IT is being drawn to the concept of software delivered as a service and its promise of less maintenance and lower operational costs. Vendors are responding with innovations and commitments to offer the model of hosted application services.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/121205-saas.html?net&story=121205-saas

Verizon tests out Nortel IMS

The likely next generation of network infrastructure is in trials at a Verizon lab in Waltham, Mass.

http://www.networkworld.com/edge/news/2005/121405-verizon-nortel.html?net&story=121405-verizon-nortel

Today on Layer 8, sucking up last-minute to get on the nice list:

Gates – the world’s best business leader; Commodore plans its comeback; the next must-have – iPod undies; and how one computer determines which movies will fail or flourish at the box office; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.

http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/layer8/?net&story=layer8