Session Initiation Protocol, or SIP, is emerging as one of the most important pieces of the voice-over-IP puzzle. But users are still struggling with interoperability issues among the different SIP product vendors. Experts say such issues are normal for a protocol of SIP’s size and complexity – but that’s small comfort to the users who have to deal with everything from failed user logins to calling features that don’t work. SIP rollouts hit variety of snags http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0202sip.html?net
Session Initiation Protocol, or SIP, is emerging as one of the most important pieces of the voice-over-IP puzzle. But users are still struggling with interoperability issues among the different SIP product vendors. Experts say such issues are normal for a protocol of SIP’s size and complexity – but that’s small comfort to the users who have to deal with everything from failed user logins to calling features that don’t work.
SIP rollouts hit variety of snags
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0202sip.html?net
Microsoft patches IE flaws
Microsoft took so long to fix a serious issue with its Internet Explorer browser that people were beginning to wonder whether it was fixable at all. But now that it’s done, Microsoft broke its regular patch schedule to ship a fix, along with fixes for a couple other critical problems.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0202micropatch.html?net
Service squeezes more voice onto T-1
Service provider Focal Communications is expanding its convergence access offering called Integrated Voice and Data by cramming more voice channels onto a T-1 line.
https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/0202focal.html?net
Adobe to add grid features to desktop app
Adobe is preparing a version of its After Effects Professional software that will be able to run across a group of computers in order to boost performance, bringing the concept of grid computing to a commercial desktop application for perhaps the first time.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0202adobetoad.html?net
Compete in our caption contest
Network World Fusion’s Layer 8 page kicks off with a weekly contest to see who can come up with the best caption for a networking-related picture. This week’s pic involves a very large penguin. From the page: “Every Monday we’ll post a new picture in desperate need of your snark, wit or irony. Send your best caption to layer8@nww.com by 8 p.m. Eastern time the following Friday. We’ll pick the best one and you’ll be awarded a fantabulous prize off the bottom shelf of the marketing closet.”
