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Skype Announces Skype For Business

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the ready-for-the-bigtime dept.

conq writes "Skype has launched a new offensive to go after small business dollars. From the BusinessWeek article: 'The company is unveiling Skype for Business, aimed at small companies with fewer than 10 employees, on Mar. 9. Skype for Business will include a new Web site, Skype.biz, as well as a host of features and hardware. While Skype has introduced features appealing to business users one by one for the past six months, the new announcement marks the beginning of a concerted effort.'"

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  1. Re:Skype for Linux by ajs318 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    And while we're at it, the source code would be nice.

    Failing that, just use a commonly-available hardware SIP phone which will work with the Asterisk software PABX.

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  2. Skype can be turned into a botnet ... by tonk · · Score: 3, Interesting

    ... is what some smart people demonstrated at BlackHat Europe: Silver Needle in the Skype

  3. Stiff competition by grasshoppa · · Score: 3, Interesting

    They have some stiff competition from Asterisk, which is just starting to gain some serious momentum.

    Would you rather have;

    1) A completely open system, based on commodity hardware

    or

    2) Locked in system?

    Most people I talk with love asterisk BECAUSE it's based on standards. These are business owners I'm talking about. They dislike avaya's and co attempts to lock them in, and appreciate asterisk's openness.

    Well, that, and asterisk can do *ANYTHING*.

    Add in the fact they setup arbitrary limitations, and I don't think they are taking the business sector seriously.

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