AudioCodes 300HD and 400HD IP Phones Begin Microsoft Lync Compatibility Testing

- Alert) testing and qualification process ensures that third-party products are interoperable with its Lync 2012 unified communications platform.

"We're pleased to welcome AudioCodes and their 300HD and 400HD IP phones to our phone interoperability program," said Jyoti Black, senior director of Microsoft. "Once AudioCodes IP phones are qualified, partners can benefit from simplifying purchase, training, and support by procuring phones, gateways, SBAs and E-SBCs from a single vendor."

Aimed at the enterprise market, both the 300HD and 400HD series of high definition IP phones feature enhanced call quality and clarity. Once they receive Lync qualification, AudioCodes plans to release a free firmware upgrade for existing 300HD and 400HD series phones, making them immediately capable of direct integration with Lync 2010.

"We see the qualification of AudioCodes 300HD and 400HD IP Phones with Microsoft Lync as highly valuable to our partner community," said Lior Aldema, chief operating officer at AudioCodes. "Sourcing gateways, E-SBCs, IP Phones and professional services from the same vendor simplifies the purchasing, deployment and support processes, effectively reducing costs for our partners."

AudioCodes is a Microsoft Gold Unified Communication Partner and a Certified Device Partner for Unified Communications (News - Alert). As such, the company will be among a select group of Microsoft partners to be part of the Microsoft Lync Solutions Pavilion at ITEXPO (News - Alert) in Austin, Texas, from October 2-5.

All companies in the pavilion will demonstrate their Lync products and solutions.

AudioCodes is not just a Lync partner, however. For example, in August, the company's Mediant 4000 enterprise session border controller received Gensys certification.

AudioCodes is a Platinum sponsor of ITEXPO West 2012. To be held Oct. 2-5 at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, TX, ITEXPO is the world’s premier IP communications event. Visit AudioCodes in booth #808. For more information on ITEXPO West 2012 click here.

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The EchoStar XVII Satellite with JUPITER High is Ready for Testing

Satellite Technology White PapersInnovative Features Mean Major Savings for Cellular Operators Using Satellite Backhaul
With the rising cost of satellite bandwidth and the need for more of it to support an ever increasing number of voice, data and now video services, operators must seek ways to reduce both their hardware investment costs and operating expenses, especially when fierce competition forces them to provide these new services without raising their rates.View More »Satellite Technology FeaturesNASA Telescope Captures Most Detailed Sun Photos to DateSatellite Imaging Companies DigtalGlobe and GeoEye to MergeFlightview Publishes its New Business Travel SurveyCarnival Cruise Lines Selects VSAT Technology from MTN Satellite CommunicationsGenCorp Buying Rocket Engine Manufacturer Pratt & Whitney RocketdynePanasonic Avionics Signs Contract with Intelsat for 1 Gbps Capacity on Intelsat EpicNG Satellite PlatformSatellite Broadcasters to Offer Best-Quality Transmissions at OlympicsMarket Shift: HTS and O3b Satellites on the RiseNBN Deals with ViaSat to Provide Satellite Broadband Access in AustraliaHarris Successfully Completes CDR of GOES-R Satellite Ground Segment

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Headsets: TUV Rheinland Hong Kong Supports Bluetooth 4.0 Testing

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Amazon Outage Underscores Importance of Cloud Testing

Rackspace, said, “We wish our friends at AWS and all of their customers the best. Everyone suffers down-time and never at a good time.’”

In April of 2011, AWS suffered an outage in the same Northern Virginia data center that crippled a number of major websites, including Foursquare (News - Alert), Reddit, Quora, Hootsuite and Moby, TechZone reported.

In a nearly 6,000-word document, Amazon detailed the widely scrutinized outage that began just after midnight on April 21. The overly technical explanation boils down to the fact that a human error began a chain of events that is sure to cost Amazon dearly.

The outage initially occurred in the Virginia data center when an erroneous network configuration change was performed during an upgrade to the primary network. Instead of shifting traffic to the other router on the primary network, the traffic was moved onto the lower capacity redundant EBS network. This caused many of the servers to get “stuck,” as Amazon put it.

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Valve Announces Free Portal 2 “Perpetual Testing Initiative” Coming May 8

for the Mac and PC, arriving on May 8. With a Metacritic score of 95 percent and numerous Game of the Year awards under its belt, Portal 2 is about to expand its horizons with a new way to create and share puzzles with other players.



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Cloud Infrastructure Testing and Application Monitoring on the Rise

CaaS Whitepapers Taking Control: The Contact Center in the Cloud Offers Users More Control A New Approach to Communications as a Service (CaaS) Hosted Contact Center Solutions

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QoE Systems, Inc. Launches New Instrument for Testing Video Quality Easily, Accurately

EDITOR'S CHOICE Ernst & Young Opens Global IPO Center of Excellence New York Accuses Sprint of Tax Fraud, Seeks $300 Million in Penalties Carrier NAT Aims to Ease Transition to IPv6 - But Will it Work and Is It Needed? Contract Subscriber Growth Drives Verizon to Better-than-Expected Q1 Tablet Devices Have Passed PCs and Smartphones as the Preferred Second Screen

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QoE Systems, Inc. Launches New Instrument for Testing Video Quality Easily, Accurately

EDITOR'S CHOICE Ernst & Young Opens Global IPO Center of Excellence New York Accuses Sprint of Tax Fraud, Seeks $300 Million in Penalties Carrier NAT Aims to Ease Transition to IPv6 - But Will it Work and Is It Needed? Contract Subscriber Growth Drives Verizon to Better-than-Expected Q1 Tablet Devices Have Passed PCs and Smartphones as the Preferred Second Screen

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New Testing Shows Nimble Delivers Unparalleled Performance for Microsoft Exchange

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Communication Test Equipment Providers Hear Good News as Material Testing Market is Recovering

 By Ed Silverstein, TMCnet Contributor

The material testing equipment market has stabilized and is now in recovery, according to a new study from Frost & Sullivan (News - Alert). That is good news for communication testing equipment providers, who are seeing renewed interest from typical end-user industries.

The material testing equipment market saw $495.6 million in revenue during 2010 and it may be as high as $591.1 million during 2015, according to Frost & Sullivan. The overall market saw losses during the recession.

"2009 was one of the most difficult periods for the material testing market," Frost & Sullivan Program Manager Vijay Mathew said in a statement. "However, demand from traditionally strong users of material testing equipment such as automotive, aerospace, primary metals, and plastics have helped the industry bounce back."

In addition, new uses in biomedical, composites, medical devices and nanotechnology could increase revenues in future years, according to Frost & Sullivan.

"The material testing market comprises a range of competitors of varying size and reach," Mathew said. "The top three market participants occupy a significant amount of market and mind share and drive critical parameters that define this market, such as price points and regulatory and standardization trends, making it difficult for emerging participants to gain a foothold."

Smaller firms may be more successful by focusing on emerging opportunities, the study added.

"With the emergence of new application markets and technology areas, niche opportunities do exist," Mathew said. "Also, certain customers located in certain geographies prefer working with local test equipment vendors rather than multinational organizations."

In related news, Trilithic announced that the Wild-Cat Ethernet Cable Tester is now being offered. It measures the performance of CAT3, CAT5e, and CAT6 Ethernet cable. It adheres to ANSI/TIA/ EIA-568-B and ISO/IEC (News - Alert) standards.

It has auto test functions, including wire map, length, propagation delay, DC loop resistance, and insertion loss. Detailed reporting is also offered through Ethernet Cable Tester software, the company said.

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Mobile App Testing Not Limited to One Approach

By Ed Silverstein, TMCnet Contributor

A single bug in a mobile app can mess everything up for developers. That’s why it’s necessary to test the app via multiple layers. Leigh Williamson, an IBM engineer, told ReadWriteMobile a few suggestions for such a testing method.

There are both automatic and manual test, he explained. To test manually put the code on the device and use it like you would in the real world. If something is wrong, log it and dig back through the code.

Manual tests are inefficient and expensive, Williamson added, but they are still needed. In addition, manual tests tend to come at the end of an app development process.

On the other hand, Crashlytics offers an SDK to explain why an app crashed. It will specify the line of code and environmental data occurring when the crash took place, the report states.

In addition, with mobile app developers now reaching to The Cloud there are other cloud-related tests, too. IBM (News

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