Tuesday, December 13, 2005

To Skype or not to Skype? Debate goes on and All agree that Skype is NOT enterprise ready, as of now!

Network World has conducted some tests regarding viability and usability of Skype use in the enterprise. I have spoken about this before and received some bad press from the Skype VOIP product users. I was not against the Skype nor any other IP Telephony or VOIP application. I was against the behavior of Skype in a network. Skype uses an unbridled use of network, draining available Internet bandwidth. It might be ok for a user with broadband connection. But think of a T1 connected office network with 10 or 20 Skype users!. It might be even worse if some of them have public IP addresses. (This is rare in an office network since all of them are behind some kind of firewall).

If you are a Skype user or a network Admin worried about Skype's network usage or related security, I think Network World's debate on whether Skype is ready for use in the enterprise is a good read. I am sure all will be able to see some light in the VOIP , Network or security tunnel created by Skype and you will agree that the peer-to-per communications software is not ready, for enterprise.
Start with Tim Greene's Beware of Skype. He says "Corporate IT time is better spent now keeping Skype off corporate networks , difficult as it may be, than trying to make it safe for business use." But not if you read my previous article VOIP IP Telephony: How to kill a Skype� / remove Skype� installs from your network! the task is much easier than all these people think.
Then you can go to other article/s which I enjoyed reading. Hope you do too.
I will be writing more on this soon.

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