Friday, September 22, 2006

Linksys - -Expand your network securely!

The Linksys WebView Managed switch allows you to expand your network securely. Configuration of the switch is secured using SSL for Web access and SSH for Telnet access. User control is secured using 802.1x security using a RADIUS authentication mechanism and can also be controlled using MAC filtering.

Extensive QoS features makes the solution ideal for real-time applications like Voice and Video. The 4 priority queues together with the Weighted Round Robin and Strict Priority scheduling techniques facilitate efficient co-existence of real-time traffic with data traffic allowing them each to meet their QoS needs. Individual users or applications can be prioritized above others using various Class of Service options - by port, layer 2 priority (802.1p), Layer 3 priority (TOS or DSCP), or IPv6 Traffic Class. Intelligent Broadcast, Multicast, and Unknown Unicast storm control minimizes and contain the effect of these types of traffic on regular traffic. IGMP Snooping limits bandwidth-intensive video traffic to only the requestors without flooding to all users. Incoming traffic can be policed and outgoing traffic can be shaped allowing you to control network access and traffic flow.

Asterisk, Asterisk-Addons, Zaptel and Libpri 1.4 betas released!

The Asterisk development team is very pleased to announce that we have released the first 1.4 beta packages of all four of our projects!

The beta versions are:

Asterisk - 1.4.0-beta2 (beta1 was not released to the public)
Asterisk-Addons - 1.4.0-beta1
Zaptel - 1.4.0-beta1
libpri - 1.4.0-beta1

All of these releases include substantial new functionality and performance improvements. The documentation detailing these changes is still in process, so future beta releases will contain more complete lists of the new features. There are a few functionality changes still not yet complete for Asterisk, but we expect to have them finalized in the next few days and merged into the beta release shortly.

In the specific case of Asterisk, there were quite a few changes made in this release that are not backwards compatible with prior releases. Users are encouraged to read the UPGRADE.txt file very closely before starting to build, install and test this release, so that they will be aware of changes they may need to make on their systems to accommodate it.

We encourage everyone to try out these releases on NON-PRODUCTION systems and report their findings on the mailing lists and the issue tracker; we'd like to move through this beta process as quickly as possible and getting feedback is the fastest way for us to accomplish that.

As always, the releases are on our FTP servers, although there are no patch versions available since this is the first release from the 1.4 branches. The releases have been signed by nearly every member of the Digium development crew, for your GnuPG verification pleasure :-)

Thanks for supporting Asterisk, Zaptel and our other projects!

Toshiba, Nortel, AT&T, Dash911, Global Touch Telecom, 8X8, Cisco, Aculab, Lucent Technologies, Motorola, Digium, Inter-Tel Highlight Program at Intern

Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC(R)) today released an updated list of presenters to appear at this year's INTERNET TELEPHONY(R) Conference & EXPO West 2006. The event takes place October 10-13, 2006 at the Convention Center in San Diego, California.

Launched in 1999, INTERNET TELEPHONY(R) Conference & EXPO is a targeted and innovative conference featuring what many believe to be the most comprehensive IP communications education available. IP-based voice, video and data solutions offer businesses and telecommunications service providers a lower-cost, more feature-rich alternative to traditional telecom services.

Judging by comments received from attendees who invest in the educational sessions, TMC applies their strict 'no commercialism' to a carefully selected speaker lineup to ensure each session delivers value to delegates.

"The sessions at INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO were truly fantastic. I attended sessions in many tracks - including IMS Summit, Open Source Summit, Service Provider Summit, and SIP Workshop. Each was presented in an unbiased manner, focusing on the details and benefits of implementing these useful new technologies. All in all, this was a very good show, well worth my time and financial investment," explained Peter Martin, Sr. Engineer, Network Services-IP Engineering, for IPC and an attendee of INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO this past January in Florida.

The following companies will present sessions in next month's conference in San Diego:


-- 2Wire
-- 8x8 (News - Alert)
-- Aastra Intecom
-- Acme Packet (News - Alert)
-- Acredo Technologies
-- ActionTec
-- Aculab (News - Alert)
-- Adomo (News - Alert)
-- Agilent
-- Airtight
-- Alcatel
-- Amdocs
-- Aperio CI
-- Arbinet
-- Arel
-- Arris
-- AT&T
-- AudioCodes
-- Avaya
-- Azaire Networks
-- Azimuth
-- Bandwidth.com
-- Baypackets
-- Bingham
-- Blue Note Networks
-- Borderware Technologies
-- Brix Networks
-- Broadsoft
-- Business Edge
-- Business Solutions
-- BusinessEdge Solutions
-- CallTower
-- Callwave
-- Cantata Technology
-- Casabi
-- Certicom
-- Charter Communications
-- Cisco
-- Cisco Systems
-- CITEL Technologies
-- Citrix
-- Clarus Systems
-- Cloudmark
-- Colubris
-- CommuniGate
-- Communitech Services
-- Comunicano
-- ComVentures
-- Comverse
-- Continuous Computing
-- Convedia
-- Converged Access
-- Convergys
-- Coppercom
-- Covad
-- Covergence
-- Dash911
-- DecisionOne
-- Deloitte
-- Deloitte & Touche USA LLP - Technology, Media & Telecommunications
Group
-- Diamondware
-- Digium
-- Ditech Networks
-- Eicon Networks - Americas
-- EMBARQ
-- Empirix
-- Envox
-- Epygi
-- Equinix
-- Ericsson
-- Eyeball Networks
-- FirstHand Technologies
-- Flextronics Software Systems
-- Forum Communications
-- Frost & Sullivan
-- Getronics
-- Global IP Sound
-- Global Touch
-- Grupo Mundotel/ World Telecom
-- HBF Group
-- HCL Technologies
-- Hellosoft
-- Highdeal
-- HP
-- IDC
-- Infineon Technologies
-- INFONXX
-- Ingate
-- In-Stat
-- IntelliCom Analytics
-- Inter-Tel
-- Intervoice
-- Interwise
-- Intrado
-- Iotum
-- IP Unity
-- IPCC
-- IPDR.org
-- Iperia
-- Iwatsu
-- Jabber
-- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
-- Jon Arnold & Associates
-- Jungo Software Technologies
-- Juniper Networks
-- Kayote Networks
-- KC Transportation
-- Kentrox
-- Kineto
-- LifeSphere
-- Lignup
-- Lucent Technologies
-- Lucent Worldwide Services
-- M5 Networks
-- Maloff NetResults -
-- Market Strategy & Analytics Partners
-- Megapath
-- Menlo College
-- Mera Systems
-- Meru Networks
-- Microsoft
-- Mindspeed Technologies
-- Mitel
-- Motorola
-- NEC
-- Net2Phone
-- NetClarity
-- Netcordia
-- NetLogic
-- Network Insight
-- Neustar
-- New Telephony
-- Newstep
-- NextNine
-- NexTone
-- NMS
-- Nortel
-- Optical Entertainment Network
-- Opus Solutions
-- Pactolus Communications
-- PacWest
-- Paetec
-- Pandora Networks
-- Pike & Fischer
-- Pingtel
-- PointOne
-- PowerNet Global Communications
-- Qovia
-- Quintum
-- RADCOM
-- Radvision
-- Ranch Networks
-- RCBG
-- RNKVoIP
-- Rodopi Software
-- Ruckus Wireless
-- Samsung
-- Sangoma
-- Sentito
-- Siemens
-- Signate
-- Singate
-- SIP Box
-- smplsolutions
-- snom Technologies
-- Sonus Networks
-- Speakeasy
-- Spectralink
-- Spenser Communication
-- Sphere Communications
-- Spirent
-- Stealth Communications
-- Stoke
-- Stratus Technologies
-- SunRocket
-- Switch & Data
-- SyChip
-- Talkswitch
-- TEKELEC
-- Tektronix
-- Telchemy
-- Tele Express
-- TeleChoice Inc.
-- telx
-- The Eastern Management Group
-- Tier1 Research
-- TMC
-- Toshiba
-- Toshiba America Information Systems - Telecommunication Systems
Division
-- U4EA
-- UCN
-- Unimax
-- UTStarcom
-- Verimatrix
-- Vertical
-- Virtela
-- Vivox
-- VoIP Inc.
-- VoIP Shield
-- Vox
-- Voxeo Corporation
-- VoxLib
-- Web Dialogs
-- West Coast Cabling
-- Xconnect
-- XO Communications
-- ZDNet
-- Zultys



For a complete list of sessions and their presenters, please visit www.itexpo.com.

"The powerful lineup of presenting companies we're releasing today is a clear indication that this, our 14th INTERNET TELEPHONY(R) event, is one of the strongest so far. IP communications is clearly leading the telecom resurgence and continue to gain traction as a cost-effective alternative service providers can offer enterprises and government agencies," said TMC president Rich Tehrani.

"This event is where service providers come to learn about new technologies that enable them to offer high-demand new IP-based solutions to small and large enterprises, the Government, and other private and public sector organizations. They choose ITEXPO because they know they'll leave with tangible solutions and ideas they can implement immediately. And this year's impressive speaker roster only adds to the value," added Tehrani.

Registration for the show is open at www.itexpo.com. Very limited booth space is still available as well. Vendors should contact Dave Rodriguez right away at 1-203-852-6800, ext. 146.

Press inquiries regarding INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO West 2006 can be directed to Mostafa Razzak of 23-31 Communications 646.442.3361 or m.razzak@23-31.com.

To register, please visit: www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/CA06/sd06-press-registration.aspx

About TMC(R)

Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) publishes four print publications: Customer Interaction Solutions, INTERNET TELEPHONY, SIP Magazine, and IMS Magazine. TMCnet, TMC's Web site, is the leading source of news and articles for the communications and technology industries. Ranked in the top 2,000 sites in the world by alexa.com(a), TMCnet serves more than one million unique visitors each month. TMC is also the first publisher to test new products in its own on-site laboratories, TMC Labs. In addition, TMC produces Communications Developer Conference, VoIP Demo, IMS Expo, and Call Center 2.0 Conference. For more information about TMC, visit www.tmcnet.com.

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Zaptel 1.2.9.1 - Asterisk 1.2.12.1

Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Asterisk Appliance Developer Kit

Digium® Inc., the Asterisk® company, today announced the launch of its all-in-one "Asterisk Appliance Developer Kit." Providing early access to Digium's Asterisk Appliance, which will be unveiled at the beginning of next year, this launch signifies Digium's official entry into the telephony appliance market. Originally created by Digium as the industry's first open source telephony platform, Asterisk offers a more flexible and cost-effective alternative to traditional voice and data solutions.
http://www.digiumcards.com/Asterisk_Appliance_Developer_Kit.html

The Asterisk Appliance Developer Kit provides ITSPs, OEMs, resellers and integrators with all of the components necessary to build a turn-key telephony platform based on the upcoming Asterisk telephony appliance. Targeted for small to medium businesses (2-50 users), and remote branch offices of larger organizations (2-50 users per site), the Digium Asterisk Appliance will feature the first Digium-developed Asterisk GUI framework. The Digium GUI framework provides simple, easy-to-use, basic configuration capabilities for open source developers to differentiate and customize their Asterisk-based solutions and applications. The Asterisk Appliance will also offer a hybrid solution alternative (a combination of VoIP applications using legacy telecom equipment) for enterprise customers who are not yet ready to migrate to a complete VoIP solution.

"Today's communications offerings have fallen short for companies and sites with 2-50 users," said Mark Spencer, president of Digium and creator of Asterisk. "Traditional vendors lock-in users while lower-end solutions typically lack many features. At Digium, we are committed to developing products that will bring small to medium enterprises a feature-rich, cost-effective, reliable telephony solution."

Based on the upcoming "Embedded Business Edition," a software platform to be announced with the official launch of the Asterisk Appliance, the Asterisk Appliance Developer Kit includes training, engineering support and an optional "Day with Mark Spencer" for the first 50 customers who purchase the kit and pay an optional premium. Kit adopters will become an authorized "Asterisk Appliance Partner," qualifying for special programs, pricing and priority availability on production products built on this platform.

The Asterisk Appliance Developer Kit was designed to allow developers to begin working on solutions based on the upcoming Asterisk Appliance. The kit includes an early pilot production of the Asterisk Appliance, the Asterisk GUI framework, 2-4 port FXS cards, 2-4 port FXO cards, multi-media add-on cards, 8 MB Flash, cables for all port types, an IP phone, a CD with all software, documentation and specifications, how-to manuals, Digium support details, and Asterisk memorabilia.

"This is a unique and extremely cost effective opportunity for developers, resellers and ITSPs to create and deliver valuable applications," said David Yedwab, founding partner in Market Strategy and Analytics Partners, LLC. "The entire Asterisk/Digium community will benefit from this launch, as will small enterprises who will able to take advantage of applications customized for the small location, not one cut-down from large enterprise scale solutions."

The Asterisk Appliance included in the Asterisk Appliance Developer Kit features a small footprint (11 x 6 x 3/4 inches), a complete Asterisk server, eight analog ports (FXS, FXO), five Ethernet ports (4 LAN, WAN), hardware echo cancellation, compact flash for voicemail/wireless, a built-in router, a craft port for debug, stackable capabilities, a commercial Asterisk license and built-in uCLinux.

Support and Availability
The Asterisk Appliance Developer Kit will be available directly from Digium in October for $3,995.00. The Asterisk Appliance production units will be available at a later date with volumes of 10,000 for under $500. Digium will also be demonstrating the Asterisk Appliance Developer Kit in Booth #819 at the Fall VON conference.

About Digium
Digium is the creator and primary developer of Asterisk, the industry's first Open Source PBX and Asterisk Business Edition, the professional-grade version of Asterisk. Used in combination with Digium's PCI telephony interface cards, Asterisk offers a strategic, highly cost-effective approach to voice and data transport over IP, TDM, switched and Ethernet architectures.

Digium provides quality hardware and software products that enable telephony applications including legacy PBX, IVR, auto attendant, next generation gateways, media servers and application servers. Digium also offers a full range of professional services including consulting, technical support and custom software development services.

About Asterisk
Code for Asterisk, originally written by Mark Spencer of Digium Inc., has been contributed to from open source software engineers around the world. It supports a wide range of TDM protocols for the handling and transmission of voice over traditional telephony interfaces, and VoIP packet protocols such as IAX, SIP and H.323. It supports U.S. and European standard signaling types used in business phone systems, allowing it to bridge between next-generation voice-data integrated networks and existing infrastructure.

Aastra Telecom Achieves Digium Asterisk Premier Interoperability Partner Status; Aastra Becomes a Member of Digium's Partner Program

CONCORD, ONTARIO, Canada & HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 12, 2006--Aastra Technologies Limited (TSX:AAH), a leading global provider of traditional and VoIP communication products and systems, and Digium(R), Inc., the Asterisk(R) company, today announced that Aastra(R) has joined the Digium Partner Program as a Premier Interoperability Partner. Terms of the agreement confirm continued full interoperability between Aastra's complete family of IP telephones and the Digium Asterisk Business Edition(TM).


Under the terms of the partnership program, all of Aastra's standards-based IP phones were tested and validated prior to being certified interoperable with the Digium Asterisk Business Edition. This validation further demonstrates Aastra's ongoing commitment to ensuring that its products tightly integrate and support leading VoIP application platforms such as the Digium Asterisk Business Edition.

"By partnering with innovative companies like Aastra we can offer the business community more options and features when building high-end telephony systems based on Asterisk," said Jim Webster, director of software technologies at Digium. "We look forward to working together with Aastra to expand the VoIP market and at the same time, communicate the important role open source will play in furthering the telecom market."

"Aastra Telecom has an established reputation for providing carrier/enterprise-grade quality products that bring value and performance to the desktop as an important component of fully integrated end-to-end IP communications solutions," said Yves Laliberte, Executive Vice President of Sales at Aastra Telecom. "Achieving Premier Interoperability Partner status with Digium affirms our commitment to ensuring Digium's customers will have additional flexibility and choice in the terminals they deploy with the Asterisk Business Edition."

About Digium

Digium, the Asterisk company, is the original creator and primary developer of Asterisk, the industry's first open source telephony platform. Digium provides hardware and software products, including the Asterisk Business Edition(TM), its professional grade version of Asterisk, to enterprises and telecommunications providers worldwide. Digium also offers a full range of professional services including consulting, technical support and custom software development services.

Used in combination with Digium's PCI telephony interface cards, Asterisk offers a strategic, highly cost-effective approach to voice and data transport over IP, TDM, switched and Ethernet architectures. Digium's offerings include legacy PBX, IVR, auto attendant, next generation gateways, media servers and application servers. Additional information can be found at www.digium.com.

About Asterisk

Code for Asterisk, originally written by Mark Spencer of Digium Inc., has been contributed to from open source software engineers around the world. Currently boasting over 1 million users, Asterisk supports a wide range of TDM protocols for the handling and transmission of voice over traditional telephony interfaces, and VoIP packet protocols such as IAX, SIP and H.323. It supports U.S. and European standard signaling types used in business phone systems, allowing it to bridge between next-generation voice-data integrated networks and existing infrastructure.

About Aastra

Aastra Technologies Limited, the parent company of Aastra Telecom, is a rapidly growing global company at the forefront of the Enterprise Communication market. Headquartered in Concord, Ontario, Canada, Aastra develops, markets, and supports a comprehensive portfolio of products, systems, and applications for building and accessing communication networks. Aastra's products include a full range of both open-standard Internet Protocol (IP)-based and traditional networking solutions including; Enterprise Private Branch Exchanges (PBXs), gateways, digital and analog telephone terminals, VoIP telephones, wireless handsets, and advanced software applications. For more information on Aastra, please visit our Web site at http://www.aastratelecom.com

The Digium logo, Digium, Asterisk and the Asterisk logo are trademarks of Digium, Inc. Aastra is a registered trademark of Aastra Technologies.

Digium Unveils the Latest Version of Asterisk

Asterisk 1.4 features improved performance, scalability and interoperability

HUNTSVILLE, AL and BOSTON, MA — (September 12, 2006) — Digium® Inc., the Asterisk® company, today unveiled Asterisk 1.4, at the Fall VON conference in Boston, Massachusetts. Originally created by Digium as the industry’s first open source telephony platform, Asterisk offers a more flexible and cost-effective alternative to traditional voice and data solutions.

Asterisk 1.4 is the first major release of Asterisk since the release of Asterisk 1.2 in November 2005. With over 20 new functionality additions including IPFAX compatibility, unified messaging capabilities and Jabber/Jingle/GoogleTalk protocol compatibilities, Asterisk 1.4 features overall quality and performance improvements, as well as increased scalability and interoperability.

“This is by far the best version of Asterisk to date,” said Mark Spencer, president of Digium and creator of Asterisk. “With the support of the Asterisk community, we have been able to develop an advanced platform that will make it even easier for users to migrate to VoIP, especially those in the enterprise community.”

Specific enhancements featured in Asterisk 1.4 include:

*Generic Jitter Buffer- improves the quality of a call during network congestion.
*Asterisk Extension Language Version 2- simplifies programming and dial plan configuration.
*T.38- allows IP FAXes to pass through the server.
*Jabber/Jingle/GoogleTalk- supports compatibility with all of these networks.
*Increased language capabilities- offers new language capabilities in English, Spanish and French as well as new sounds and improved sentence structure support.
*Unified Messaging- integrates voicemail, email, and fax into a central mailbox where users can send, retrieve and manage all of their messages using any communication device.
*Whisper Paging- allows for selective, pre-programmed call interruption with controlled volume levels and muting capabilities.

Additionally, Asterisk 1.4 now includes variable length DTMF support (touch-tone signaling for IVR applications), the option for programming shared line appearance, centralized RADIUS storage for call detail records, a built-in web manager interface and a simplified, single user configuration for SOHO/SMB users. Asterisk 1.4 also offers increased memory usage and performance improvements such as improved interoperability of SIP call transfers, IAX2 scalability improvements, enhanced IAX2 media stream capabilities (enabling direct audio communication between IAX devices while eliminating server involvement and maintaining billing and control functionalities), Cisco® SCCP support, SNMP monitoring, and RTP native bridging capabilities.

Support and Availability
Asterisk 1.4 will be available for download on Digium’s website (www.digium.com) in October. Digium will also be demonstrating Asterisk 1.4 in Booth #819 at the Fall VON conference.

About Digium
Digium, the Asterisk company, is the original creator and primary developer of Asterisk, the industry's first open source telephony platform. Digium provides hardware and software products, including the Asterisk Business Edition™, its professional grade version of Asterisk, to enterprises and telecommunications providers worldwide. Digium also offers a full range of professional services including consulting, technical support and custom software development services.

Used in combination with Digium's PCI telephony interface cards, Asterisk offers a strategic, highly cost-effective approach to voice and data transport over IP, TDM, switched and Ethernet architectures. Digium’s offerings include legacy PBX, IVR, auto attendant, next generation gateways, media servers and application servers. Additional information can be found at www.digium.com.

About Asterisk
Code for Asterisk, originally written by Mark Spencer of Digium Inc., has been contributed to from open source software engineers around the world. Currently boasting over 1 million users, Asterisk supports a wide range of TDM protocols for the handling and transmission of voice over traditional telephony interfaces, and VoIP packet protocols such as IAX, SIP and H.323. It supports U.S. and European standard signaling types used in business phone systems, allowing it to bridge between next-generation voice-data integrated networks and existing infrastructure.

The Digium logo, Digium, Asterisk, and the Asterisk logo are trademarks of Digium Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respected owners.

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Media Contacts:
Julie Webb
Digium, Inc.
256-428-6203
jwebb@digium.com

Janine Savarese
MRB Public Relations
732-758-1100 Ext. 103
jsavarese@mrb-pr.com

Tuesday, September 05, 2006

NetIQ VoIP Security Solution From Attachmate Named 2006 Readers' Choice Award Winner by Windows IT Pro

HOUSTON, TX -- (MARKET WIRE) -- September 05, 2006 -- The NetIQ® VoIP Security Solution from Attachmate was named a winner in the VoIP Solution category of the 2006 Windows IT Pro Readers' Choice Awards. Kim Paulsen, Group Publisher of Penton Media's Windows IT Pro, announced the winners of the fifth-annual contest September 1, 2006.

"The 2006 Windows IT Pro Readers' Choice Awards continue our tradition of honoring products that our readers tell us are most worthy of recognition," said Paulsen. "These are the hardware, software, and services that measure up where it counts most -- in the businesses, agencies, and institutions that rely on them to deliver what they promise."

Readers were asked to vote on their product preferences in 12 broad technology categories. More than 5,200 readers chose the best among more than 750 products and services.

"The IT pros who voted in this year's awards are tough, in-the-trenches critics," Paulsen continued. "They demand solid value and performance from the products they use and put those products to the test day after day." Paulsen concluded, "Readers' Choice award winners can feel proud that the products and services they develop have earned the respect and recognition of the IT world's most knowledgeable and exacting professionals."

First Integrated Systems and Security Management Solution for VoIP

As voice and data networks converge and IP telephony becomes more prevalent, companies are facing new availability, service quality and security challenges resulting from a combined infrastructure. The NetIQ VoIP Security Solution from Attachmate is the first and only solution offering both performance and security management features to ensure that IP telephony installations deliver the consistent service levels that end users demand.

"We are thrilled to receive this award from Windows IT Pro magazine's discerning readership as it firmly validates Attachmate's vision and execution within the VoIP management market," said Chris Pick, vice president at Attachmate. "Attachmate remains committed to driving VoIP innovation, using the same exacting standards employed for the NetIQ VoIP Security Solution when developing our entire VoIP portfolio so that enterprises can count on the highest quality of experience from current and future IP telephony environments."

By integrating knowledge from NetIQ best-of-breed product suites, the award-winning NetIQ VoIP Security Solution provides customers real-time alerting to security breaches by monitoring for VoIP-specific security events. Security event data can be logged for future analysis, forensics and audit purposes. For more information and product details, please visit: http://www.netiq.com/solutions/voip/voipsecurity/default.asp.

About Attachmate

Attachmate, owned by an investment group led by Francisco Partners, Golden Gate Capital and Thoma Cressey Equity Partners, enables IT organizations to extend mission critical services and assures they are managed, secure and compliant. In June 2006, NetIQ Corporation joined the Attachmate family of companies, offering leading solutions in host connectivity, systems and security management, and PC lifecycle management. Our goal is to empower IT organizations to deliver trusted applications, manage service levels, and ensure compliance by leveraging knowledge, automation and secured connectivity. For more information, visit www.attachmate.com.

About Windows IT Media

Penton's Windows IT Media, the largest independent Windows IT community in the world, includes flagship print publication Windows IT Pro. First published in 1995, Windows IT Pro is the editorial leader in its field and has a paid subscription base of 110,000. The magazine is published in 13 languages and has an international reach into 160 countries. Windows IT Pro UPDATE, the group's flagship email newsletter, is the only e-newsletter to make BtoB Magazine's Media Power 50 list.

Windows IT Media also includes SQL Server Magazine and MSD2D. SQL Server Magazine has 30,000 paid subscribers, and three email newsletters sent to more than 130,000 opt-in subscribers. MSD2D is a rich online information resource for IT professionals, with a focus on the software developer community. MSD2D has a robust product mix that includes a vertical search engine, Web sites, partner directories, email newsletters, trade show programs and Web seminars.

The Windows IT Media network has 2.5 million unique visitors to its websites each month, and over one million (gross) subscribers who opt-in to one or more of our email newsletters. Windows IT Media is the world's leading producer of custom roadshows, paid conferences and paid workshops for Windows and SQL Server IT professionals.

For more information visit: www.windowsitpro.com/pressroom, and www.windowsitmedia.com.

NetIQ is a registered trademark of NetIQ Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of third party owners.






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DSG International signs deal with Vonage

Retail giant DSG International has signed a deal with Vonage, to stock the internet telephony vendor’s voice over IP (VoIP) products in its UK stores.

Under the terms of the agreement, Vonage products will initially be available in the retailer’s PC World stores from the beginning of October.

Vonage will also gain access to DSG’s ISP subsidiary Freetalk’s VoIP customer base as a result of the deal, which is expected to be completed by next week.

Jonathan Matchett, head of business development for VoIP telephony at DSG, said: “We are pleased to be working closely with Vonage on the development of our retail proposition in VoIP telephony.”

Kerry Ritz, managing director of Vonage UK, said: “This is another significant step forward in bringing our offering to the mass market.”

The announcement follows DSG’s recent £30m sale of a 60 per cent equity stake in The Link to O2 (UK) (CRN Online, 3 August).