Cisco’s Joe Burton has a “suggestion” for the industry on the best architecture for unified communications: Combine on-premises and on-demand delivery.

While some vendors have made a big splash with telepresence rooms that have the production values of a Hollywood soundstage, IP communications providers are betting on desktop video to finally push videoconferencing beyond the niche phase.

Convergence of voice and data enabled by IP is inherently more efficient and cost-effective than traditional methods. And that cost savings is a major hot button for businesses of all sizes in the current trying economic climate.

The question is not whether WiMAX will smack down LTE or vice versa. It's likely the two will peacefully coexist.

FaxBack has announced its new HTTPS Fax Platform, a technology partnership with Pangea Communications and an alliance with FaxSIPit.

Comptel Corp. has announced that it has signed a Technology Alliance Partnership Agreement with Juniper Networks to deliver an automated fulfillment solution for Carrier Ethernet services orders.

The proliferation of apps stores – primarily by device makers – appears to have relegated carriers to the role of dumb pipes. But is it possible for them to get back in the apps race? This was the questioned posed to panelists in the session, Apps Race: Building a Developer Community in the New Telecom World, at the VON Conference & Expo Monday.