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pSumming up responses from nearly 70 IP network operators around the globe, Arbor Networks issued a gloomy report on worldwide infrastructure security.nbsp;Malicious attacks (are there any friendly attacks?) continued to grow at an alarming rate over the past year, with VoIP and IPv6 labeled as emerging threats./p
pOnly 21 percent of respondents said they had the tools in place to detect threats against VoIP infrastructure or services, but those that do are prepared with solutions to mitigate threats against VoIP infrastructure and services.nbsp;The report doesn’t specifically break out VoIP-specific attacks into a unique category, but at least one operator noted Heavy VoIP scans on the increase recently./p
pChasing new reviews means that ISPs are increasingly deploying more complex infrastructure to deliver VoIP, video and IP services.nbsp; Adding more complex infrastructure also adds more opportunities for an attacker because everything gets so much more complicated./p
pArbor says providers need to have deep application insight into IP services and apps - can we say DPI and an Arbor Networks sales brochure? nbsp;On the other hand,nbsp;any sarcasm is tampered by reports of DDoS attacks as large as 40 gigabits, with the largest sustained attacks of 24 and 17 Gbps respectively.nbsp;When you stop to consider that all but the largest carriers run at about 10 Gbps or so, life gets very ugly./p
pFor more:br /- Arbor Networks summarizes its fourth annual infrastructure security report. a href=http://www.arbornetworks.com/en/arbor-networks-publishes-fourth-annual-worldwide-worldwide-infrastructure-security-report-2.htmlRelease/a./p
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pWhat does IntelePeer do that all the other I can make a phone call within a web app companies don’t? Whatever it is, it seems to be worth $18 million in third round venture money lead by Vantage Point./p
pAccording to Venture Beat, IntelePeer is sorta like Ribbit.nbsp;The company has its AppworX open communications platform and a voice peering grid network (OK, Ribbit didn’t have a voice peering grid, me thinks) so app developers have the ability to create rich media services while using IntelePeer’s hosted services to save money.nbsp;/p
pIntelePeer is calling its offering a CaaS - Communications as a Service.nbsp; Customers get to tap into the combo of Web 2.0 and Voice 2.0 capabilities on top of the company’s carrier-grade telecommunications voice peering network, and there’s a network peering grid infrastructure that reportedly handles billions of voice minutes per year and has direct connections with more 50 service providers around the globe./p
pDon’t think Ribbit had the whole voice grid peering thing going…/p
pAnyway, IntelePeer claims Microsoft, WebEx, BT, ATamp;T, Verizon, Facebook and TMCnet as customers, with the main hook so far being a click-to-call feature within various web apps./p
pFormerly named VoEx, other investors include EDF Ventures, Kennet Venture Partners, and NorthCap Partners./p
pFor more:br /- IntelePeer gets the attention of VentureBeat. a href=http://venturebeat.com/2008/11/11/intelepeer-raises-18m-for-telephony-web-platform/Post/a./p
pstrongRelated articlesbr //stronga href=http://www.fiercetelecom.com/story/bt-acquires-ribbit-105-million/2008-07-29BT acquires Ribbit for $105 million - FierceTelecom/abr /a href=http://www.fiercevoip.com/story/bt-spears-ribbit/2008-07-29?utm_medium=rssamp;utm_source=rssamp;cmp-id=OTC-RSS-FV0BT Spears Ribbit - FierceVoIP/a/p

pPhone number provider Voxbone has officially launched iNum, a global phone telephone number system, leveraging the ITU’s creation of the +883 country code and VoIP technology to provide local number access with international reach. Current use of the numbers is in private beta, says the company./p
pVoxbone has teamed up with a laundry list of VoIP players to utilize the new code, including service providers Iotum, Jajah, Mobivox, Gizmo5, Ribbit, Truphone, Rebtel, Voipbuster andnbsp;Voipuser.nbsp; Wholesale voice carriers Arbinet, Belgacom ICS, Level 3 Communications and Stealth’s Voice Peering Fabric are already routing +883 calls today.nbsp;/p
pBasically, the 883 country code works like any othernbsp;international country codes,nbsp;just as 44 refers to the United Kingdom and 1 to the United States. Voxbox provides iNum numbers for free to carriers and service providers. As the wholesaler, Voxbone will receive calls to these numbers and deliver them to the appropriate service provider, connecting incoming PSTN calls as well as native VoIP calls./p
pMost participating carriers are expected to deliver calls to iNum numbers free of charge to their users, providing a form of free connectivity between their networks and remote networks./p
pFor more:br /- MarketWatch carries the Voxbone iNum press a href=http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Voxbone-Announces-iNum-Internets-First/story.aspx?guid=%7bE91BD0CF-1053-4194-93BC-8D456215C97A%7drelease/a./p
pstrongRelated article/strongbr /a href=http://www.fiercevoip.com/story/883-world-numbers-on-offer/2008-03-13+883 world numbers on offer - FierceVoIP/a/p

pPhone number provider Voxbone has officially launched iNum, a global phone telephone number system, leveraging the ITU’s creation of the +883 country code and VoIP technology to provide local number access with international reach. Current use of the numbers is in private beta, says the company./p
pVoxbone has teamed up with a laundry list of VoIP players to utilize the new code, including service providers Iotum, Jajah, Mobivox, Gizmo5, Ribbit, Truphone, Rebtel, Voipbuster andnbsp;Voipuser.nbsp; Wholesale voice carriers Arbinet, Belgacom ICS, Level 3 Communications and Stealth’s Voice Peering Fabric are already routing +883 calls today.nbsp;/p
pBasically, the 883 country code works like any othernbsp;international country codes,nbsp;just as 44 refers to the United Kingdom and 1 to the United States. Voxbox provides iNum numbers for free to carriers and service providers. As the wholesaler, Voxbone will receive calls to these numbers and deliver them to the appropriate service provider, connecting incoming PSTN calls as well as native VoIP calls./p
pMost participating carriers are expected to deliver calls to iNum numbers free of charge to their users, providing a form of free connectivity between their networks and remote networks./p
pFor more:br /- MarketWatch carries the Voxbone iNum press a href=http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Voxbone-Announces-iNum-Internets-First/story.aspx?guid=%7bE91BD0CF-1053-4194-93BC-8D456215C97A%7drelease/a./p
pstrongRelated article/strongbr /a href=http://www.fiercevoip.com/story/883-world-numbers-on-offer/2008-03-13+883 world numbers on offer - FierceVoIP/a/p

pWhat does IntelePeer do that all the other I can make a phone call within a web app companies don’t? Whatever it is, it seems to be worth $18 million in third round venture money lead by Vantage Point./p
pAccording to Venture Beat, IntelePeer is sorta like Ribbit.nbsp;The company has its AppworX open communications platform and a voice peering grid network (OK, Ribbit didn’t have a voice peering grid, me thinks) so app developers have the ability to create rich media services while using IntelePeer’s hosted services to save money.nbsp;/p
pIntelePeer is calling its offering a CaaS - Communications as a Service.nbsp; Customers get to tap into the combo of Web 2.0 and Voice 2.0 capabilities on top of the company’s carrier-grade telecommunications voice peering network, and there’s a network peering grid infrastructure that reportedly handles billions of voice minutes per year and has direct connections with more 50 service providers around the globe./p
pDon’t think Ribbit had the whole voice grid peering thing going…/p
pAnyway, IntelePeer claims Microsoft, WebEx, BT, ATamp;T, Verizon, Facebook and TMCnet as customers, with the main hook so far being a click-to-call feature within various web apps./p
pFormerly named VoEx, other investors include EDF Ventures, Kennet Venture Partners, and NorthCap Partners./p
pFor more:br /- IntelePeer gets the attention of VentureBeat. a href=http://venturebeat.com/2008/11/11/intelepeer-raises-18m-for-telephony-web-platform/Post/a./p
pstrongRelated articlesbr //stronga href=http://www.fiercetelecom.com/story/bt-acquires-ribbit-105-million/2008-07-29BT acquires Ribbit for $105 million - FierceTelecom/abr /a href=http://www.fiercevoip.com/story/bt-spears-ribbit/2008-07-29?utm_medium=rssamp;utm_source=rssamp;cmp-id=OTC-RSS-FV0BT Spears Ribbit - FierceVoIP/a/p

pAnnoyed with those virtual hamburgers and other cheesy Facebook apps that give you no real world satisfaction? Fear not, the newly-launched BarTab service has engineered a way to turn Facebook virtual drink icons into real drinks at participating bars in Arizona at a dollar per send. No, we aren’t making this up./p
pMore than 100 bars have agreed to participate in the BarTab program, a combination of social media and a customizable marketing service. Facebook awarded a $25,000 grant to the service as well./p
pBarTab works by allows users to turn a digital drink icon into a real drink redeemable by cell phone. Upon visiting a designated establishment, the BarTab user presents a text message-based mobile drink coupon in exchange for a drink. The partner bar gets a pay-per-customer model for advertising; bars and restaurants only pay up when customers show up at the bar, and participating bars and restaurants can give away a drink to attract a customer. nbsp;Bars control the number of drinks they give away, type of drinks, and even the time periods drinks can be redeemed./p
pThe service is launching in the company’s home state of Arizona with plans to roll out the application nationally and internationally. Of course, BarTab would also like a crack at a further Facebook grant cash of up to $225,000./p
pOne catch with the Arizona rollout: In Arizona it is illegal to give away an alcoholic beverage. When a Facebook user redeems his/her BarTab drink, they will be required to provide 1 cent in addition to the electronic drink coupon./p
pFor more:br /- MarketWire picks up BarTab’s press a href=http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Send-Real-Drinks-1-New/story.aspx?guid=%7bD256861C-A6A5-442E-82BB-BE30168C1EF5%7drelease/a. br /- Or, send a buddy in Arizona a drink by using www.mybartab.com/p
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pPhone number provider Voxbone has officially launched iNum, a global phone telephone number system, leveraging the ITU’s creation of the +883 country code and VoIP technology to provide local number access with international reach. Current use of the numbers is in private beta, says the company./p
pVoxbone has teamed up with a laundry list of VoIP players to utilize the new code, including service providers Iotum, Jajah, Mobivox, Gizmo5, Ribbit, Truphone, Rebtel, Voipbuster andnbsp;Voipuser.nbsp; Wholesale voice carriers Arbinet, Belgacom ICS, Level 3 Communications and Stealth’s Voice Peering Fabric are already routing +883 calls today.nbsp;/p
pBasically, the 883 country code works like any othernbsp;international country codes,nbsp;just as 44 refers to the United Kingdom and 1 to the United States. Voxbox provides iNum numbers for free to carriers and service providers. As the wholesaler, Voxbone will receive calls to these numbers and deliver them to the appropriate service provider, connecting incoming PSTN calls as well as native VoIP calls./p
pMost participating carriers are expected to deliver calls to iNum numbers free of charge to their users, providing a form of free connectivity between their networks and remote networks./p
pFor more:br /- MarketWatch carries the Voxbone iNum press a href=http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Voxbone-Announces-iNum-Internets-First/story.aspx?guid=%7bE91BD0CF-1053-4194-93BC-8D456215C97A%7drelease/a./p
pstrongRelated article/strongbr /a href=http://www.fiercevoip.com/story/883-world-numbers-on-offer/2008-03-13+883 world numbers on offer - FierceVoIP/a/p

pPhone number provider Voxbone has officially launched iNum, a global phone telephone number system, leveraging the ITU’s creation of the +883 country code and VoIP technology to provide local number access with international reach. Current use of the numbers is in private beta, says the company./p
pVoxbone has teamed up with a laundry list of VoIP players to utilize the new code, including service providers Iotum, Jajah, Mobivox, Gizmo5, Ribbit, Truphone, Rebtel, Voipbuster andnbsp;Voipuser.nbsp; Wholesale voice carriers Arbinet, Belgacom ICS, Level 3 Communications and Stealth’s Voice Peering Fabric are already routing +883 calls today.nbsp;/p
pBasically, the 883 country code works like any othernbsp;international country codes,nbsp;just as 44 refers to the United Kingdom and 1 to the United States. Voxbox provides iNum numbers for free to carriers and service providers. As the wholesaler, Voxbone will receive calls to these numbers and deliver them to the appropriate service provider, connecting incoming PSTN calls as well as native VoIP calls./p
pMost participating carriers are expected to deliver calls to iNum numbers free of charge to their users, providing a form of free connectivity between their networks and remote networks./p
pFor more:br /- MarketWatch carries the Voxbone iNum press a href=http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Voxbone-Announces-iNum-Internets-First/story.aspx?guid=%7bE91BD0CF-1053-4194-93BC-8D456215C97A%7drelease/a./p
pstrongRelated article/strongbr /a href=http://www.fiercevoip.com/story/883-world-numbers-on-offer/2008-03-13+883 world numbers on offer - FierceVoIP/a/p

pAnnoyed with those virtual hamburgers and other cheesy Facebook apps that give you no real world satisfaction? Fear not, the newly-launched BarTab service has engineered a way to turn Facebook virtual drink icons into real drinks at participating bars in Arizona at a dollar per send. No, we aren’t making this up./p
pMore than 100 bars have agreed to participate in the BarTab program, a combination of social media and a customizable marketing service. Facebook awarded a $25,000 grant to the service as well./p
pBarTab works by allows users to turn a digital drink icon into a real drink redeemable by cell phone. Upon visiting a designated establishment, the BarTab user presents a text message-based mobile drink coupon in exchange for a drink. The partner bar gets a pay-per-customer model for advertising; bars and restaurants only pay up when customers show up at the bar, and participating bars and restaurants can give away a drink to attract a customer. nbsp;Bars control the number of drinks they give away, type of drinks, and even the time periods drinks can be redeemed./p
pThe service is launching in the company’s home state of Arizona with plans to roll out the application nationally and internationally. Of course, BarTab would also like a crack at a further Facebook grant cash of up to $225,000./p
pOne catch with the Arizona rollout: In Arizona it is illegal to give away an alcoholic beverage. When a Facebook user redeems his/her BarTab drink, they will be required to provide 1 cent in addition to the electronic drink coupon./p
pFor more:br /- MarketWire picks up BarTab’s press a href=http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Send-Real-Drinks-1-New/story.aspx?guid=%7bD256861C-A6A5-442E-82BB-BE30168C1EF5%7drelease/a. br /- Or, send a buddy in Arizona a drink by using www.mybartab.com/p
pstrongRelated articlesa href=http://www.fiercevoip.com/story/broadsoft-and-joedeveloper-net-mashup-facebook/2008-04-22br //a/stronga href=http://www.fiercevoip.com/story/broadsoft-and-joedeveloper-net-mashup-facebook/2008-04-22BroadSoft and JoeDeveloper.NET Mashup Facebook - FierceVoIP/abr /a href=http://www.fiercevoip.com/story/mixed-returns-voice-apis/2008-07-16Mixed Returns on Voice APIs - FierceVoIP/a/p

pMicrosoft subsidiary Tellme has announced it has a total of ten go-to-market and professional service partners to build and sell voice-enabled customer self-service applications for enterprises./p
pGo-to-market resellers include Aspect Software (No big surprise there; Microsoft owns a chunk of Aspect, so play well with your half-sibling), Dimension Data, NEC Unified Solutions, Quilogy and Speech Cycle. Professional service partners include Gold Systems, Mackraz Design, Pivot Systems, Servion and VoxMedia. The professional service partners are working with Tellme to provide (i.e. build) voice-enabled speech apps in key vertical markets./p
pTellme is preaching a partner model where the go-to-market partner owns the customer relationship and shares innbsp;the long-term revenue stream from the use of Tellme-billable services.nbsp;There’s also a bonus point being plugged - since Tellme is a hosted SaaS (software-as-a-service) service and has an in-house cloud computing infrastructure, clients have the ability to rapidly scale without having to invest in capital equipment./p
pIt will be interesting to see if/when Tellme migrates its cloud infrastructure over to Microsoft’s Azure platform/service./p
pFor more:br /- Read the Tellme a href=http://www.tellme.com/about/media_center/release/20081111-partnerprogramrelease/a./p
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