Double-duly routers give Cisco VoIP edge

摘要

A recent software upgrade that can turn most Cisco access routers into IP PBXs could provide users with a simple path to follow for converging voice and data networks, and at the same time is causing concern among Cisco's voice-over-IP competitors. Cisco earlier this month launched CallManager Express ― a version of its IOS software that transforms a 1700, 2600 or 3700 series router into a small-office version of its CallManager IP PBX. While this conversion technology has been deployed in the past as an unannounced feature in IOS, it now has been packaged into a Product for offices with fewer than 100 users ― the average size for most business IP telephony deploy-ments, analysts say.