Aug 22 2005
New buzz word – SoIP
VoIP (Voice over IP) is here. Over half the corporate telephone sales in 2005 will be VoIP phones. Michael Stanford, Intel’s director of VoIP strategy speaks to this as just the beachhead for Services over IP. Think ‘presence’, video conferencing, shared work environments and collaboration at new levels.
I’ve written before about my view that what’s most exciting about VoIP is our ability it integrate it with other aspects of the IP infrastructure, specifically coordinated voice and web interaction (and Web is A LOT more than HTML pages). I’ve been experimenting this year with “poor man’s presence” – leaving the phone line and/or iChat connection open between coworkers in different states. This is just the beginning.