* Microsoft names manufacturing partners for unified communications
* The need to optimize won’t be going away any time soon
* Skype goes mainstream
* Anybody remember the acoustic coupler?
* BlackBerry Mobile Voice System; Vonage Q1 2007 financials
* Steve and Jim’s take on ‘free’ services
* News from the National Cable and Telecommunications Association show
* A hitch with free conferencing services
* Siemens aims to provide easy starting point for unified communications
* Akamai’s perspective on network performance