Author: David Frith

Yealink T3x VoIP Phone Series Review

Yealink T3x VoIP Phone Series Review

Posted by | May 14, 2015 | |

Yealink provide VoIP Phone solutions to businesses of all sizes. The Yealink T3x series features two models that are designed for a range of different business needs. This post will look at the two different models in the Yealink T3x series. Yealink T32G The Yealink T32G is the entry level model of the T3x series of Yealink VoIP Phones. The T32G features 3 SIP lines and a 3″ TFT-LCD, 400 x 240 graphical LCD with backlight. The T32G also has 2 Gigabit Ethernet ports for high speed data transfer. Yealink T38G The Yealink T38G is a step up from the T32G,...

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Snom D715 and D725 IP Phones Certified for Skype for Business

Snom D715 and D725 IP Phones Certified for Skype for Business

Posted by | May 12, 2015 | |

Snom endpoints with the latest Snom UC firmware have qualified as being fully compatible with Microsoft Unified Communications Solutions Snom Technology has announced that the D715 and D725 IP desktop phones, which use the latest Snom UC edition firmware, have achieved certification for Skype for Business – the highest level of endpoint qualification, demonstrating their full compatibility with Microsoft’s unified communications solutions. The Snom D715 and D725 phones with Snom UC edition firmware (version 8.8.3.27) successfully passed Microsoft’s rigorous testing. Each device earned both “Skype for Business Certified” and “Qualified for Microsoft Lync” status in Microsoft’s interoperability testing programs for third-party endpoint...

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Avoiding the Risk of a Cyber Attack on your VoIP System with Xorcom CompletePBX

Avoiding the Risk of a Cyber Attack on your VoIP System with Xorcom CompletePBX

Posted by | May 12, 2015 | |

Background An increasing number of enterprises are appreciating the advantages of VoIP communications, including unified communications, greatly reduced long distance charges, optimal use of network resources etc. However, increasing VoIP use has opened the door for hackers to turn toll fraud into a huge problem. With high levels of sophistication in the attacks, toll fraud is a big industry and can cost companies thousands of dollars year on year. Toll fraud can lead to companies paying over 80 times their regular phone bill, and occurs by hackers gaining access to the IP-PBX and utilizing it for outbound calls sold as...

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Why Firewalls are not Enough

Why Firewalls are not Enough

Posted by | May 8, 2015 | |

Firewalls and Unified Threat Management (UTM) are ubiquitous in today’s networks as they offer comprehensive protection against blended threats. But these devices offer little coverage in VoIP security protection. Firewalls and UTM focus on data security, email, web, worms, trojans and so on. None of these data applications are “real time”, where VoIP requires immediate application of security policies. In addition, the inherent function of firewalls is to deny all unsolicited traffic. Whereby, the act of making a phone call is an unsolicited event, thus, firewalls can be counterproductive to an effective VoIP deployment by denying VoIP traffic. Furthermore,...

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Yealink’s T48G and T22P finalizes Lync 2013 qualification with Support for Skype for Business

Yealink’s T48G and T22P finalizes Lync 2013 qualification with Support for Skype for Business

Posted by | May 8, 2015 | |

Yealink has announced that its UC Edition IP Phones SIP-T48G and SIP-T22P have been qualified on Microsoft Lync 2013. These are the first two Yealink phones to qualify with Microsoft and while these phones are compatible with Lync 2013, customers can expect the same features that work with Lync 2013 to also work with Skype for Business. In this valued relationship with Microsoft, Yealink looks forward to providing much more than high-quality and feature rich IP phones,” said Stone Lu, Yealink Executive Vice President. “We intentionally designed our IP phones to be customizable and seamlessly integrate with user workflows. Our philosophy...

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