Author Archives: Garrett Smith

Garrett is the former VoIP Supply CMO.

Microsoft in the IP Surveillance House

May 30, 2008

Microsoft's sales force amping up IP surveillance pitch Just finished reading Michael Fickes article on Microsoft's sales force's adjusted stance on the company's global security department. ... READ MORE

Women in VoIP: The Series

I'm always reading about the lack of women in technology and science and the VoIP world in general.  Stacy Higginbotham at GIGAOM does a great ... READ MORE

IPCS Word(s) of the Day: GUI

GUI = A graphical user interface (GUI) is a human-computer interface (i.e., a way for humans to interact with computers) that uses windows, icons and ... READ MORE

Sony, Axis, Bosch Playing Nice?

May 29, 2008

IP Surveillance Standards just around the corner It was recently announced that three heavyweights (Sony, Axis, and Bosch) of the IP surveillance world will be working together to ... READ MORE

IPCS Word(s) of the Day: Full Duplex

Full Duplex = A full-duplex system allows communication in both direction, and unlike half-duplex, allows this to happen simultaneously. Land-line telephone networks are full-duplex since they ... READ MORE

iLocus Global VoIP Market 2008 Report Highlights

May 28, 2008

Research firm iLocus recently released their Global VoIP Market 2008 report, which details their analysis of various VoIP market segments. I received the executive summary today ... READ MORE

Twitter Talk

My friend and colleague, Nicole Schuman, recently posted about Twitter and its ability to "facilitate better connections." I wanted to extrapolate a bit further on ... READ MORE

VoIP on iPhone Via RingFree

One of the products that I have recently begun playing with is the RF Dialer for the iPhone from RingFree. RingFree is a San Francisco-based ... READ MORE

Asterisk Lags Behind Other Platforms in SIP over TCP Support

Alex Lewis over at NetworkWorld has written a story on SIP protocol support (UDP, TCP, TLS). Currently, Asterisk only supports SIP over UDP, and is ... READ MORE

What’s Your Number One Consideration When Purchasing VOIP Equipment?

What VoIP questions do we field here at VoIP Supply Being the number one online retailer of VoIP equipment, VoIP Supply and its employees experience a ... READ MORE