*Editor's Note: This is the sixth of 10 installments of our 5 Hot-Button Issues series, in which we spotlight five things solution providers should keep an eye on over the coming year in various IT ...

We’re at an awkward stage as the age of network-streamed multimedia matures. Broadband and cell providers have only recently realized the public’s enormous appetite for streaming video, VoIP, and the ...

Like voice over IP (VoIP), video over IP has been both popular and challenging since the days of the dotcom boom. We've lived through several generations of hype and equipment, and now that most ...

Video telephony has been a promise for more than 40 years. The AT&T Picturephone, introduced at the 1964 World’s Fair, delivered voice and video at $16 to $24 per minute in 1964 dollars ($78- $118 in ...

Sometimes referred to as “the other VoIP,” IP video has been used longer than IP telephony in some companies, but it has been viewed as more of a bell-and-whistle technology than a core everyday ...

Jaymar Cabebe covers mobile apps and Windows software for CNET. While he may be a former host of the Android Atlas Weekly podcast, he doesn't hate iOS or Mac. Jaymar has worked in online media since ...

If one type of application on a network is dramatically different from the others and requires far more bandwidth, however, problems can occur. The most common examples involve Voice-over Internet ...

Why settle for an ancient, analog PBX? The top voice over IP (VoIP) services we've tested deliver enterprise-grade phone system features for a small-business-friendly price. I’ve been writing and ...