Chances are, your users haven't heard of Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) outside of any meetings you may have had with them concerning your company's telecommunications. But, in fact, SIP is ...

Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), with its promise of serving as a single global signaling standard, has mushroomed in importance for networking in the past year. But it may be years from adoption ...

Deployment of session initiation protocol (SIP) is way up. Companies have increased deployment by 58% from 20008 to 2009, growing from 12% to 19%. Why? Primarily, cost savings: SIP trunks are much ...

We’ve suggested before that session border controllers (SBC) are necessary within an enterprise network to ensure QoS and security for VoIP and unified communications, and Acme Packet has suggested in ...

On either side of that somewhat soft SIP trunk demarc, security continues to be important, and it's still a matter of contention on who's willing to pay for what services. In case you don't know him, ...

Update: We're in the last throes of winter break 2019, which means most Ars' home office phones can stay dormant for a few more days. As such, we've been resurfacing a few classics from the ...

What's VoIP's Big Security Problem? SIP Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) is a must for voice over IP (VoIP) communication. But by itself, SIP is insecure and easily hacked. Here's what you need to ...