September 08, 2005
Challenge for VoIP: Security Appliance
The next-generation technology, VoIP is growing stronger day by day. More and more companies are adopting VoIP to provide the customers a better infrastructure at a cheaper rate. VoIP can add a number of features to business telecom systems. However, vendors and customers face tough security challenges to take advantage of these benefits.
According to In-Stat, the market research firm, three-fourth of the companies have implemented VoIP plan to replace their existing security appliances by 2006. The security appliance market is expected to grow stronger over the next few years. Traditional firewall technologies can complicate several aspects of VoIP. Security vendors are adding functions that address voice applications in their products. digitimes.com reports:
A recent report by In-Stat found that large and middle-scale companies show a higher percentage of concerns about VoIP security than small-scale companies. The report also states that budgets allocated for new security appliances are significantly higher in companies that have already implemented VoIP. In addition, reliability is apparently the most important criteria for the purchase of new security appliance products.
Read More: In-Stat: VoIP driving security appliance market
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