VOIP is an acronym for Voice over Internet Protocol.  It is an economic and revolutionary internet-based method for carrying voice traffic- ideal for small and medium sized businesses.  A broadband Internet connection can deliver this phone service to the user with more features than the conventional phone system.

Some of the benefits of this service are listed below

Quality Service
VIOP users can enjoy incredible digital sound quality.  Also users can choose to have any area-code, regardless of where their business is located.

Cost Benefit
Phone service via VOIP costs less than equivalent service from traditional service providers.  Some companies even offer as low rate a $5 per month for each number and as low as 4.5 cents per minute on each call.  Cost savings are also due to usage of a single network to carry voice and data rather than establishing and maintaining separate networks for both.  From an efficiency aspect it helps users have full utilization of their network capacity – sometimes without any additional costs.

Functional Benefit
VOIP enables users to become more productive as it provides certain features that were either not present with regular phone system or were very difficult to attain.

One of these features is that incoming phone calls are automatically routed to your VOIP phone anywhere in the world.  By connecting a VOIP phone to the internet, a user can receive calls made to their local number.  For example a user can be in Hawaii and their local number can be a Virginia number.  All the calls made to Virginia area code number can be received in Hawaii.

This feature gives the business travelers the opportunity to stay connected to their business and cater for their client’s requirements when they are traveling or away from their office.  This increases the mobility, scope and quality of service provided by the business.

Please contact us if you are interested in a VoIP phone system for your office.

Have you ever found e-mails that you need in the junk e-mail folder?  One way of helping Outlook achieve better spam filtering accuracy is by adding known senders to its list of Safe Senders.  This consequently makes sure that mail from these senders always goes directly into your Outlook inbox, no matter what the junk algorithm might think.  You can also white list complete domains using Safe Senders.

 

To add an address or domain to Safe Senders in Outlook:

• Select Actions | Junk E-mail | Junk E-mail Options... from the menu in Outlook.
• Go to the Safe Senders tab.
• Click Add....
• Type the email address or domain name you wan to white list.
  
  •   To add a single address, type "email.guide@about.com", for example.
  •   To add a complete domain, type "about.com", for example.
  •   To make sure sub-domains are not automatically white listed when
       you add a domain, include the '@' sign: "@about.com", for example.
       In this case, mail from "email.guide@email.about.com" will not
       be white listed.
   
• Click OK.
• Click OK again.

In the last box is where you insert the e-mail address of the person you want added to the list.

Now, if you already have a message from the sender (or a sender at the domain,) you want to add to Safe Senders list in your Outlook inbox (or the Junk Email Folder), the procedure is even easier.

• Right click on the message from the sender (or a sender at the domain) you want to add to Safe Senders.
• Select Junk E-mail and then Add Sender to Safe Senders List or Add Sender's Domain (@example.com) to Safe Senders List.

To view above instructions with some snapshots please click here:
http://www.sierracorporation.com/newsletter/mlists/2006_02_01/outlook-junk.pdf

Slingbox, a new invention, enables you to watch and control your living room television programming from anywhere by turning any Internet-connected laptop or PC into a personal television.  Slingbox place shifts the television signal from your source device to your PC – located at home or even 3000 miles away - via the internet. Basically, you can enjoy your home TV programming wherever you are just as long as there is an Internet connection.  Best of all, Slingbox works seamlessly with your existing home theater setup and PC technologies, thus no new cables are required.  Also, keep in mind that slingbox has S-Video, analog cable, and Ethernet inputs.  The device is designed to work on 802.11b networks, although faster 802.11g networks would deliver better frame rates.  Slingbox is also very compatible with many devices such as TiVo, Comcast’s Motorola DVR, Replay TV, Ultimate TV, Dish, DirecTV, and more.  Another great feature about Slingbox is that there is no monthly fee.
 

http://www.slingmedia.com

Belkin Cable Free USB

Beginning in early spring of 2006, Belkin will offer a four-port hub that will enable immediate high-speed wireless connectivity for any USB device without requiring software.  The Cable Free USB Hub gives desktop computer users the freedom to place their USB devices anywhere in the room without running long cables.

 

Laptop users gain the freedom to roam wirelessly with their laptop around the room while still maintaining access to their stationary USB devices.  Belkin’s Cable Free USB product will be compatible with the more than 700 million USB devices estimated to be in the market today.