VoIP is NOT the same thing as IP Telephony, yet folks here seem to use it interchangeably. Is IBM doing one, the other, or both? It's impossible to tell from the post.
Voice over IP is simply packetizing voice somewhere within the network, mostly likely between PBX's while the handsets stay traditional.
IP Telephony means even the handsets talk IP and can packetize the voice. In other words, everything is IP.
Please know the difference.
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VoIP is NOT the same thing as IP Telephony, yet folks here seem to use it interchangeably. Is IBM doing one, the other, or both? It's impossible to tell from the post. Voice over IP is simply packetizing voice somewhere within the network, mostly likely between PBX's while the handsets stay traditional. IP Telephony means even the handsets talk IP and can packetize the voice. In other words, everything is IP. Please know the difference.