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Facebook, Instagram and Microsoft. Some big numbers and scary implications for mobile, VoIP and web future!

nospam@example.com (Gavin Henry) — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:00:29 +0100

Those of you on Twitter would have seen the news first, but in case you didn't:

Facebook buys Instagram photo sharing network for $1bn

Why Microsoft spent $1 billion on AOL's patents

The first one is cool and shows you how the social media sector can pay for itself when an app is released free. Instagram allows you to takes pics and automatically upload them up to Twitter, Facebook and do fancy effects on them. The native Facebook iPhone app was clunky to use with pics.

There are also 13 guys in Instagram now all worth almost $100m (CEO got most). The general comment is that the Android release last week had a big impact on the deal and also their powerful RESTful API and OAuth 2 (just like the SureVoIP API, but we weren't first ). Oh, and they also run a massive PostgreSQL cluster

The scary news is that the newly owned Microsoft patents are so powerful. They just bought one for SSL, you know, the thing that allows you to go to https:// for your bank and the whole web.

There's a lot of other mobile patents in that list too. Food for thought as to what damage they can do in the future like create a Microsoft tax for many things and kill a lot of mobile innovation and there's even some in there about VoIP!

OpenLDAP 2.4.25 released

nospam@example.com (Gavin Henry) — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 21:59:40 +0000

OpenLDAP 2.4.25 is now officially out. Download now and review the final changes list:

OpenLDAP 2.4.25 is now available for download as detailed on our download page:

http://www.openldap.org/software/download/

and should soon be available on all official mirrors:

ftp://ftp.openldap.org/pub/OpenLDAP/MIRRORS

This is a maintenance release and is made available for general use. Users of OpenLDAP Software are encouraged to upgrade.

Significant contributors include:

Howard Chu (Symas Corp)
Quanah Gibson-Mount (VMware, Inc)
Ralf Haferkamp (SUSE Linux)
Pierangelo Masarati (Politecnico di Milano)

OpenLDAP 2.4.25 Release (2011/03/26)
Fixed ldapsearch pagedresults loop (ITS#6755)
Fixed tools for incompatible args (ITS#6849)
Fixed libldap MozNSS crash (ITS#6863)
Fixed slapd add objectclasses in order (ITS#6837)
Added slapd ordering for uidNumber and gidNumber (ITS#6852)
Fixed slapd segfault when adding values out of order (ITS#6858)
Fixed slapd sortval handling (ITS#6845)
Fixed slapd-bdb with slapadd/index quick option (ITS#6853)
Fixed slapd-ldap^[?] chain cn=config support (ITS#6837)
Fixed slapd-ldap chain with slapd.conf (ITS#6857)
Fixed slapd-meta deadlock (ITS#6846)
Fixed slapo-sssvlv with multiple requests (ITS#6850)
Fixed contrib/lastbind install rules (ITS#6238)
Fixed contrib/cloak install rules (ITS#6877)
Build Environment
Fixed windows NT threads build (ITS#6859)
Fixed libldap/lberl/util if/else usage (ITS#6832)
Fixed Windows odbc32 detection (ITS#6125)
Fixed Windows msys build (ITS#6870)
Fixed test020 exit codes (ITS#6404)
Documentation
admin24 guide ldapi usage (ITS#6839)
admin24 guide conversion notes (ITS#6834)
admin24 guide fix drawback math for syncrepl (ITS#6866)
admin24 guide note manpages are definitive (ITS#6855)

MD5 (openldap-2.4.25.tgz) = ec63f9c2add59f323a0459128846905b
SHA1 (openldap-2.4.25.tgz) = 56efaf3656cc68d3b5be66422c0c89f0104d7183

SureVoIP shortlisted for prestigious industry award

nospam@example.com (Suretec) — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 14:17:03 +0000

Aberdeen-based internet telephony service provider SureVoIP has been shortlisted for a prestigious industry award.

The company is one of six finalists in the ‘Best Business ITSP (Internet Telephony Service Provider) for SMEs’ category of the 2011 ITSPA (Internet Telephony Service Providers’ Association) Awards.

The winner of the accolade – presented to the company which the judging panel deems provides the best service for small and medium business users – will be announced at an awards ceremony in the iconic BT Tower in London, on Monday, March 7.

In order to make the shortlist, SureVoIP had to undergo a rigorous assessment process, which involved providing comprehensive details on its service offering, as well as a period of technical testing.

The testing element of the assessment stage entailed over 1000 calls being made via SureVoIP’s internet telephony lines over a 3 month period to measure a number of metrics including voice quality, delays and background noise.

VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) offers significant improvements to the flexibility, speed and cost of global communication through transmitting voice and multimedia communication through the Internet, as opposed to the fast-disappearing Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN).

Gavin Henry, Managing Director of SureVoIP – which became the first company in Scotland to achieve ITSPA Quality Mark accreditation in December 2010 – commented on the company making the shortlist:

“We are thrilled to be in the running for such a highly respected industry award.

“Being named as a finalist is a major, exciting achievement for SureVoIP, particularly considering the company has only been operating for a matter of months, having been launched in November 2010, but with all services being quality tested over the previous year before launch.

“Making the shortlist – which involved SureVoIP being assessed by top industry professionals – highlights the exceptional quality of service we already provide customers with and bodes well for the future success of the company.”

SureVoIP, which is a division of IT and telecoms support specialist, the Suretec Group, was established to harness and utilise the vast technical expertise and experience with VoIP suppliers, which the group had acquired through its initial services relating to VoIP consultancy.

Established in Scotland in 2003, the Suretec Group specialises in open source IT support and consultancy, open source telecoms and training in open source software. SureVoIP is the fourth division within the group, which also includes Suretec Systems, Suretec Telecoms and Suretec Training.

For further information about SureVoIP please call 01224 900 123 or visit www.surevoip.co.uk

ENDS

Issued by Mackenzie PR on behalf of SureVoIP. For further information please contact Paul Beaton or Andrew Reid on (01224) 580 188 or email paul@mackenziepr.co.uk

OpenLDAP 2.4.24 released

nospam@example.com (Gavin Henry) — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 18:51:58 +0000

OpenLDAP 2.4.24 is now officially out. Download now and review the final changes list:

OpenLDAP 2.4.24 is now available for download as detailed on our download page:

http://www.openldap.org/software/download/

and should soon be available on all official mirrors:

ftp://ftp.openldap.org/pub/OpenLDAP/MIRRORS

This is a maintenance release and is made available for general use. Users of OpenLDAP Software are encouraged to upgrade.

Significant contributors include:
Howard Chu (Symas Corp)
Hallvard Furuseth (University of Oslo)
Quanah Gibson-Mount (VMware, Inc)
Ralf Haferkamp (SUSE Linux)
Gavin Henry (Suretec Systems)
Pierangelo Masarati (Politecnico di Milano)
Rein Tollevik (Basefarm AS)

OpenLDAP 2.4.24 Release (2011/02/10)
Added LDIF line wrapping setting (ITS#6645)
Added MozNSS support (ITS#6714,ITS#6742,ITS#6790,ITS#6791)
Added MozNSS support (ITS#6802,ITS#6811,ITS#6816,ITS#5696)
Added libldap cert x500UniqueIdentifier handling (ITS#6741)
Added libldap_r,libldap formal concurrency API (ITS#6625,ITS#5421)
Added slapadd attribute value checking (ITS#6592)
Added slapcat continue mode for problematic DBs (ITS#6482)
Added slapd syncrepl suffixmassage support (ITS#6781)
Added slapd multiple listener threads (ITS#6780)
Added slapd extensible match for ordering rules (ITS#6532)
Added slapd-meta paged results control forwarding (ITS#6664)
Added slapd-meta subtree-include support (ITS#6801)
Added slapd-null back-config support (ITS#6624)
Added slapd-sql autocommit support (ITS#6612)
Added slapd-sql support for long long keys (ITS#6617)
Added slapo-sssvlv multiple sorts per connection (ITS#6686)
Added contrib/autogroup LDAP^[?] URI with attribute filter (ITS#6536)
Added contrib/dupent module (ITS#6630)
Added contrib/lastbind (ITS#6238)
Added contrib/kinit for kerberos tickets
Added contrib/noopsrch for entry counting (ITS#6598)
Fixed client tools control logging (ITS#6775)
Fixed client tools one time leak (ITS#6778)
Fixed liblber to not close invalid sockets (ITS#6585)
Fixed liblber unmatched brace handling (ITS#6764)
Fixed liblber error setting (ITS#6732)
Fixed liblber memory debugging (ITS#6733)
Fixed libldap connectionless warnings (ITS#6747)
Fixed libldap dnssrv port format specifier (ITS#6644)
Fixed libldap EOF handling (ITS#6723)
Fixed libldap GnuTLS hang on socket close (ITS#6673)
Fixed libldap sasl partial write handling (ITS#6639)
Fixed libldap search leak (ITS#6453)
Fixed libldap referral chasing (ITS#6602)
Fixed libldap leak when chasing referrals (ITS#6744)
Fixed libldap url parsing with NULL host (ITS#6653)
Fixed libldap ldap_open_internal_connection (ITS#6788)
Fixed libldap sync checking for BER errors (ITS#6738)
Fixed libldap variable usage (ITS#6813)
Fixed liblutil getpass prompts (ITS#6702)
Fixed ldapsearch segfault with deref (ITS#6638)
Fixed ldapsearch multiple controls parsing (ITS#6651)
Fixed slapd SlapReply usage (ITS#6758)
Fixed slapd acl parsing overflow (ITS#6611)
Fixed slapd acl when resuming parsing (ITS#6804)
Fixed slapd Compare operation (ITS#6753)
Fixed slapd default config acls with overlays (ITS#6822)
Fixed slapd assert control (ITS#5862)
Fixed slapd assertions and debugging (ITS#6759)
Fixed slapd config leak with olcDbDirectory (ITS#6634)
Fixed slapd connectionless warnings (ITS#6747)
Fixed slapd listeners destruction (ITS#6736)
Fixed slapd to free controls if needed (ITS#6629)
Fixed slapd to stop if given unknown options (ITS#6754)
Fixed slapd filter leak (ITS#6635)
Fixed slapd matching rules for strict ordering (ITS#6722)
Fixed slapd when first acl is value dependent (ITS#6693)
Fixed slapd modify to return actual error (ITS#6581)
Fixed slapd modrdn with empty DN (ITS#6768)
Fixed slapd c_authz_backend setting (ITS#6824)
Fixed slapd sortvals of attributes with 1 value (ITS#6715)
Fixed slapd syncrepl reuse of presence list (ITS#6707)
Fixed slapd syncrepl uninitialized return code (ITS#6719)
Fixed slapd syncrepl variable initialization (ITS#6739)
Fixed slapd syncrepl refresh to use complete cookie (ITS#6807)
Fixed slapd-bdb hasSubordinates generation (ITS#6712)
Fixed slapd-bdb entry cache delete failure (ITS#6577)
Fixed slapd-bdb entry cache leak on multi-core systems (ITS#6660)
Fixed slapd-bdb error propagation to overlays (ITS#6633)
Fixed slapd-bdb slapadd -q with glued dbs (ITS#6794)
Fixed slapd-ldap^[?] debug output of timeout (ITS#6721)
Fixed slapd-ldap DNSSRV referral chaining (ITS#6565)
Fixed slapd-ldap chaining with bind failures (ITS#6607)
Fixed slapd-ldap chaining with onelevel scope (ITS#6699)
Fixed slapd-ldap chaining with ppolicy (ITS#6540)
Fixed slapd-ldap with SASL/EXTERNAL (ITS#6642)
Fixed slapd-ldap crasher on matchedDN (ITS#6793)
Fixed slapd-ldap with unknown objectClasses (ITS#6814)
Fixed slapd-ldif error strings (ITS#6731)
Fixed slapd-ndb to honor rootpw setting (ITS#6661)
Fixed slapd-ndb hasSubordinates generation (ITS#6712)
Fixed slapd-ndb variable initialization (ITS#6806)
Fixed slapd-ndb with out of order attributes (ITS#6821)
Fixed slapd-meta anon retry with failed auth method (ITS#6643)
Fixed slapd-meta rebind proc (ITS#6665)
Fixed slapd-meta to correctly rebind as user (ITS#6574)
Fixed slapd-meta with SASL/EXTERNAL (ITS#6642)
Fixed slapd-meta matchedDN return code (ITS#6774)
Fixed slapd-meta candidate selection (ITS#6799)
Fixed slapd-meta attribute normalization (ITS#6818)
Fixed slapd-monitor hasSubordinates generation (ITS#6712)
Fixed slapd-monitor abandon processing (ITS#6783)
Fixed slapd-monitor entry locks (ITS#6787)
Fixed slapd-sock missing newline in Compare operation (ITS#6809)
Fixed slapd-sql with null objectClass (ITS#6616)
Fixed slapd-sql hasSubordinates generation (ITS#6712)
Fixed slapo-accesslog with controls (ITS#6652)
Fixed slapo-dynlist Compare operation (ITS#6752)
Fixed slapo-dynlist entry handling (ITS#6752)
Fixed slapo-memberof CSN generation (ITS#6766)
Fixed slapo-memberof log messages (ITS#6748)
Fixed slapo-memberof with an empty groupOfNames (ITS#6670)
Fixed slapo-memberof with modrdn operations (ITS#6700)
Fixed slapo-pcache callback freeing (ITS#6640)
Fixed slapo-pcache to ignore undefined attrs (ITS#6600)
Fixed slapo-pcache pointer freeing (ITS#6797)
Fixed slapo-pcache with negative caching (ITS#6796)
Fixed slapo-pcache monitoring cleanup (ITS#6808)
Fixed slapo-ppolicy don't update opattrs on consumers (ITS#6608)
Fixed slapo-ppolicy to allow userPassword deletion (ITS#6620)
Fixed slapo-refint when last group member is deleted (ITS#6663)
Fixed slapo-refint with subtree rename (ITS#6730)
Fixed slapo-rwm double free (ITS#6720)
Fixed slapo-rwm crasher (ITS#6632,ITS#6727)
Fixed slapo-rwm entry handling (ITS#6760)
Fixed slapo-rwm response hang (ITS#6792)
Fixed slapo-sssvlv initialization (ITS#6649)
Fixed slapo-sssvlv to not advertise when unused (ITS#6647)
Fixed slapo-sssvlv result code (ITS#6685)
Fixed slapo-syncprov to send error if consumer is newer (ITS#6606)
Fixed slapo-syncprov filter race condition (ITS#6708)
Fixed slapo-syncprov active mod race (ITS#6709)
Fixed slapo-syncprov to refresh if context is dirty (ITS#6710)
Fixed slapo-syncprov CSN updates to all replicas (ITS#6718)
Fixed slapo-syncprov sessionlog ordering (ITS#6716)
Fixed slapo-syncprov sessionlog with adds (ITS#6503)
Fixed slapo-syncprov mutex (ITS#6438)
Fixed slapo-syncprov mincsn check with MMR (ITS#6717)
Fixed slapo-syncprov control leak (ITS#6795)
Fixed slapo-syncprov error codes (ITS#6812)
Fixed slapo-translucent entry leak (ITS#6746)
Fixed contrib/autogroup install location (ITS#6684)
Fixed contrib/autogroup crash with ppolicy (ITS#6684)
Fixed contrib/autogroup with non-DN URIs (ITS#6684)
Fixed contrib/autogroup with memberOf overlay (ITS#6684)
Fixed contrib/cloak when returning multiple entries (ITS#6762)
Fixed contrib/nssov to only close socket on shutdown (ITS#6676)
Fixed contrib/nssov multi platform support (ITS#6604)
Build Environment
Added support for [unsigned] long long (ITS#6622)
Added slapd support for BDB 5.0+ (ITS#6698)
Fixed config.guess/sub to pick up newer OSes (ITS#6547)
Fixed libldap mutex code - cleanup (ITS#6672)
Fixed libldap unnecessary ifdef's (ITS#6603)
Fixed slapd-tester EOF handling (ITS#6723)
Fixed slapd-tester filter initialization (ITS#6735)
Fixed test scripts with alternate testdir (ITS#6782)
Removed antiquated SunOS LWP support (ITS#6669)
Documentation
admin24 guide fix examples (ITS#6681)
admin24 guide typo fixes (ITS#6609)
admin24 guide refint rootdn requirement (ITS#6364)
admin24 add pcache overlay section (ITS#6521)
ldap_open(3) document ldap_set_urllist_proc (ITS#6601)
ldap.conf(5) GnuTLS cipher spec info (ITS#6525)
slapd.conf(5) GnlTLS cipher spec info (ITS#6525)
slapd.conf(5) multi-listener support (ITS#6780)
slapd-config(5) GnuTLS cipher spec info (ITS#6525)
slapd-config(5) multi-listener support (ITS#6780)
slapd-meta(5) note deprecated items (ITS#6800)
slapd-meta(5) document subtree-include (ITS#6801)
slapo-pcache(5) note rootdn requirement (ITS#6522)
slapo-refint(5) rootdn requirement (ITS#6364)

MD5 (openldap-2.4.24.tgz) = 116fe1e23a7b67686d5e62274367e6c0
SHA1 (openldap-2.4.24.tgz) = a4baad3d45ae5810ba5fee48603210697c70d52f

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nospam@example.com (Gavin Henry) — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 11:59:04 +0000

Please see our Careers page.

Thanks.

Telephones for the professional

nospam@example.com (Gavin Henry) — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 08:34:04 +0000

The innovative application of broadband internet technology to traditional telephony is set to radically change the world of business

TO ESTABLISH and maintain a successful business operation, modern-day professionals require an ever-growing arsenal of technology and tools at their disposal.

Topping the list of non-negotiable requirements are a computer, an internet connection, a mobile phone and, of course, a fixed phone line.

The digital age has brought a multitude of advancements to traditional telephony, which now uses a combination of fibre optic cables, microwave transmission links, cellular networks and communication satellites to send voice communications across the world.

However, the fact remains that traditional analogue systems such as wire circuitry are still used to connect that vital last mile from the exchange to the telephone.

Despite a global outlook, the modern-day professional is still very much tied to local-level restraints of limited flexibility and costliness.

Today, innovative application of broadband internet technology to traditional telephony is abolishing the need for this last mile of copper wiring, and is consequently bringing the modern-day professional into the global community.

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) transmits voice and multimedia communication through the internet as opposed to the traditional phone line – essentially combining the flexibility and cost efficiency of the internet with the main functions of traditional telephony.

http://www.surevoip.co.uk/news-events/telephones-professional

SureVoIP January Sale - 50% off for 3 weeks only

nospam@example.com (Gavin Henry) — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 09:26:41 +0000

We hope you are now rested and ready for 2011.

To celebrate the start of 2011 SureVoIP is having its first January sale. We're reducing the price of our memorable numbers by 50%!

To take advantage of this, from the 5th of January for 3 weeks (until 26th January) simply go to our front page and select your VoIP enabled UK telephone number or go straight to our sign up page (don't forget you can get international VoIP numbers too).

Did you also know that SureVoIP was awarded the Internet Telephony Services Providers' Association Quality Mark? The ITSPA Quality Mark is formal recognition of what SureVoIP has always aimed to implement - a VoIP service that can be trusted to provide its customers with a fair and reliable service which is constantly striving for excellence.

There's never been a better time to use VoIP for your business if you aren't already. You don't need to lose your existing numbers as you can "port" your existing numbers to VoIP and VoIP enable them. Unlike traditional PSTN numbers, your numbers won't be tied to a telephone exchange so you never lose them (good for growing businesses that move office or open a new one)!

We can also move your existing VoIP numbers to SureVoIP and have had quite a few new customers that were with other business VoIP providers move to us.

If you have any questions about VoIP being suitable for your company or in general please call us on 01224 900123 or visit http://www.surevoip.co.uk/contact-surevoip

Original news item

SureVoIP Earns ITSPA Quality Mark

nospam@example.com (Suretec) — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 10:57:45 +0000

ITSPA, The Internet Telephony Service Providers Association, have awarded SureVoIP the ITSPA Quality Mark. This mark is awarded to eligible ITSPA members who demonstrate clear defined customer service specifications and adhere to ITSPA's defined frameworks for:

Compliance with all ITSPA approved Best Common Practice documents
Porting numbers (in and out)
999 Calling
Membership of an industry standard Telecommunications dispute resolution scheme
Operate a Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for liaison with other telecommunications operators and also the Home Office and other agencies.

SureVoIP is a VoIP business service provider in the UK and one of only a few that have been awarded this mark.

More information on the quality mark can be found here.

SureVoIP, a UK ITSP based in Scotland and FreeSWITCH

nospam@example.com (Suretec) — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 22:03:38 +0000

SureVoIP is Scotland's First Dedicated Internet Telephony Service Provider.

Suretec recently got approval from Ofcom, the U.K. communications regulator, to assign U.K. telephone numbers. Therefore, SureVoIP can assign phone numbers across the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland. The company is also authorised to supply global numbers for over 60 countries.

This is unique in the Scottish market, because other companies act as "middle-men" between clients and service providers.

SureVoIP is partnering with British Telecom (BT) through a VoIP Interconnect to offer clients added benefits. SureVoIP has also partnered with Xconnect on their Global Alliance program, as well as two other U.K. VoIP carriers.

SureVoIP also provides 24/7 emergency telephone support.

Gavin Henry, managing director of SureVoIP, and founding member of the Suretec Group, said, "Our journey to securing the approval from Ofcom has been long and complex, involving the submission of detailed business plans, demonstrating an in-depth knowledge of the Communications Act 2003, various legal requirements, help from ITSPA (we've worked so hard that we will soon be getting the ITSPA Quality Mark), documentation and a significant investment in equipment throughout the U.K. With out FreeSWITCH and the FreeSWITCH community this would not have been possible."

Read original article on FreeSWITCH.org

NORTH EAST IT COMPANY BECOMES COUNTRY’S FIRST DEDICATED INTERNET TELEPHONY SERVICE PROVIDER

nospam@example.com (Suretec) — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 07:47:00 +0000

North-east IT and telecoms support specialist, the Suretec Group, has become the first dedicated internet telephony service provider in Scotland, with the launch of a new company division, SureVoIP.

The creation of SureVoIP – a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service provider – follows Suretec securing approval from UK communications industry regulatory body, Ofcom, to assign UK telephone numbers.

As an Ofcom regulated VoIP provider with its own telephone number allocations, SureVoIP has been approved to assign phone numbers to clients across the UK and Northern Ireland. The company can also supply global numbers for at least 60 countries.

This is a unique offer within the Scottish market, as other internet telephony specialists within the country must act as ‘middle-men’ between the client and an approved service provider. The result is that SureVoIP and its partners have higher control over costs and can offer preferential and transparent rates that are to the benefit of clients.

VoIP technology transmits voice and multimedia communication through the Internet as opposed to the fast-disappearing Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), which has been the basic form of service connection to the telephone network in most parts of the world for the last century.

Heralded as the natural successor to its PSTN predecessor, VoIP offers significant improvements to the flexibility, speed and cost of global communication.

Top line advantages of this new technology include the ability to make and receive calls from anywhere in the world where a user has access to an internet connection, at a cheaper rate; make and receive as many calls as an internet connection can support; ensure the security and confidentiality of a communication; and rapid provision of telephone numbers and outbound calling.

SureVoIP has chosen to work in partnership with British Telecom (BT) by way of a VoIP Interconnect, which offers clients a range of additional advantages such as further cost-effectiveness by accessing BT’s UK and global networks.

SureVoIP has also chosen to partner with Xconnect on their Global Alliance program, as well as two other UK VoIP carriers. The Global Alliance interconnection hub allows VoIP service providers to bypass the PSTN to exchange VoIP traffic with over 100 networks worldwide under the policies and settlement terms they choose.

The division has also taken the extra – and equally unique - step to provide clients with 24/7 emergency telephone support.

Gavin Henry, Managing Director of SureVoIP, and founding member of the Suretec Group, said: “This is a hugely exciting time for Suretec. Our journey to securing the approval from Ofcom has been long and complex, involving the submission of detailed business plans, demonstrating an in-depth knowledge of the Communications Act 2003, various legal requirements, documentation and a significant investment in equipment throughout the UK.

“It is predicted that VoIP will fully replace its predecessor in the next five to ten years. As such, to have received this approval at such a critical period in this global development is a fantastic result for us.

“Our position as an Ofcom regulated service provider will make us a preferred supplier, as we are ideally placed to offer a holistic and competitive service to clients within the North-east of Scotland and beyond.

“The applications of VoIP technology are clear and we see it being of particular interest to the oil and gas, shipping, legal and financial industries as they need to make international, reliable and cost effective communications as a basic function.”

Established in Scotland in 2003, the Suretec Group specialises in open source IT support and consultancy, open source telecoms and training in open source software. SureVoIP is the fourth division within the group, which also includes Suretec Systems, Suretec Telecoms and Suretec Training.

For further information about the Suretec Group and SureVoIP please call 01224 279484 or visit www.suretecgroup.com and www.surevoip.co.uk

ENDS

Issued by Mackenzie PR on behalf of Suretec Group. For further information please contact Paul Beaton or Andrew Reid on (01224) 580 188 or email paul@mackenziepr.co.uk

Increase in enquiries for migrations from Sun Directory and other directory servers to OpenLDAP

nospam@example.com (Suretec) — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 11:31:56 +0100

Hi all,

Everyone involved in the directory sector and OpenLDAP has been seeing lots more enquiries to migrate from Sun Directory to OpenLDAP as the future of Sun Directory, now Oracle owns Sun is becoming a concern, as is their new pricing model. We obviously have experience doing this and migration from any other directory server.

If you want to convert your enterprise directory from a proprietary and expensive closed-source supplier to OpenLDAP, a modern, more efficient, and less expensive Open Source software solution please do contact us.

Our partners Symas also have a Directory Services Upgrade Program that we can do for you in the UK:

Convert your Enterprise Directory from a proprietary and expensive closed-source supplier to OpenLDAP, a modern, more efficient, and less expensive Open Source software solution. Typically, enterprises dramatically reduce their annual cost converting to OpenLDAP from Sun, Oracle, Netscape, or iPlanet Directory Services products. The workload requires half or less the power and capacity for substantially improved performance. This is a relatively easy transition to make because LDAPv3 is highly standardized and OpenLDAP conforms to the most demanding requirements of the Internet Standards (RFC^[?] 4511 and related RFCs)..

Symas Corporation will be glad to consult with your team and offer you a fixed-price, fixed schedule offer for conversion of your Enterprise Directory technology. This service includes:

- A complete evaluation of your present Directory Services servers
- A Detailed plan for implementation of the new technology
- A roadmap for conversion of existing LDAP^[?] applications and data feeds
- Conversion of schema definitions
- Access Control conversions/implementation
- Database transfer and clean-up
- OpenLDAP deployment, tuning and configuration
- SSL Certificate Conversion
- Database reload
- Assistance with application testing
- Operational team training (LDAP University)
- One year of standard Gold
- level Symas OpenLDAP technical support

Please do contact us.

Thanks,

Gavin.

XConnect Announces U.K. High-Definition Voice Initiative - SureVoIP ITSP join

nospam@example.com (Suretec) — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:55:01 +0100

First to join from the U.K. are service providers Simwood, SureVoIP and thevoicefactory.

SureVoIP is us!

Here's some news on this:

http://www.voipmonitor.net/2010/09/07/XConnect+Announces+UK+HighDefinition+Voice+Initiative.aspx
http://hdvoicenews.com/2010/09/07/xconnect-announces-hd-voice-exchange-available-worldwide-uk-promotion-with-polycom-broadsoft-and-dialogic/
http://www.mgraves.org/2010/09/hdvoice-making-progress-in-the-uk/
http://www.telecompaper.com/news/article.aspx?cid=755463

XConnect announced an initiative with leading technology companies Polycom, BroadSoft and Dialogic to promote the adoption of HD voice by service providers in the United Kingdom.

The initiative was launched in response to U.K. service providers’ interest in HD voice services, reflected in discussion during a recent Internet Telephony Service Providers Association meeting. Through workshops and cooperative communication and marketing, the HD initiative is designed to raise awareness and educate service providers about the benefits of HD voice and help them resolve implementation challenges.

The companies joining XConnect in the initiative are market leaders in their sectors of the HD voice ecosystem. Polycom set an early stake in the ground through its SoundStation IP conference phones and SoundPoint desktop phones featuring Polycom HD Voice technology. BroadSoft is the leading global provider of IP-based communications services to the telecommunications industry. Dialogic is a prominent provider of multimedia and signaling technologies and platforms.

As part of the initiative, XConnect announced that the XConnect Global HD Voice Federation is now open to HD voice-enabled service providers globally, following its successful launch in the United States.

First to join from the U.K. are service providers Simwood, SureVoIP and thevoicefactory.

The federation enables the exchange of HD voice calls among all participants, all interconnecting through XConnect’s carrier hub and routing through phone-number lookups via its carrier ENUM registry.

HD voice enables users to experience clearer, higher-quality and more effective voice communication through the use of wideband codecs on IP networks. However, in most cases, to benefit from improved sound quality, callers must be on the same network. XConnect has established the HD federation to allow cross-network support for HD voice and potentially for multimedia IP-based services, such as presence and video.

“The U.K. is ripe for HD voice due to increasing migration to IP and the quest among service providers to differentiate their offerings and deliver greater value to their customers,” said XConnect CEO Eli Katz.

He added, “We are delighted to have facilitated the world’s first cross-network international HD voice calls via a federation – a step that paves the way for global mass-market adoption of HD voice.”

Explaining why his company has joined the HD federation, thevoicefactory CEO Martin Sims said: “We realise that to compete effectively where broadband is a given, we have to move ahead of the pack. In a business market where many different languages and accents are the norm, high-definition voice will help us add value to our services.”

Just signed our BT VoIP interconnect contracts and paid setup fee

nospam@example.com (Suretec) — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:44:22 +0100

Hi All,

Quick one to say we've just signed our BT VoIP interconnect contract and paid up our setup fee. Now on to interop testing then hosting of our Ofcom number allocations!

Our new website will be up very soon for our VoIP ITSP - SureVoIP

Don't worry, that website will be very non-technical in most places unless necessary!

This would not have been possible without the power of Open Source software!

Thanks,

Gavin.

Massive SSH scanning bruteforce spree from 193.85.18.72

nospam@example.com (Suretec) — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:04:00 +0100

Just a quick one to mention the IP 193.85.18.72 is hitting a lot of IPs doing SSH bruteforcing.

OpenLDAP 2.4.23 released

nospam@example.com (Gavin Henry) — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 23:09:38 +0100

OpenLDAP 2.4.23 is now officially out. Download now and review the final changes list:

OpenLDAP 2.4.23 is now available for download as detailed on our download page:
http://www.openldap.org/software/download/

and should soon be available on all official mirrors:
ftp://ftp.openldap.org/pub/OpenLDAP/MIRRORS

This is a maintenance release and is made available for general use. Users of OpenLDAP Software are encouraged to upgrade.

Significant contributors to this release include:
Howard Chu (Symas Corp)
Quanah Gibson-Mount (Yahoo! Inc)
Ralf Haferkamp (SUSE Linux)
Pierangelo Masarati (Politecnico di Milano)

OpenLDAP 2.4.23 Release (2010/06/30)
Fixed libldap to return server's error code (ITS#6569)
Fixed libldap memleaks (ITS#6568)
Fixed liblutil off-by-one with delta (ITS#6541)
Fixed slapd acls with glued databases (ITS#6468)
Fixed slapd syncrepl rid logging (ITS#6533)
Fixed slapd modrdn handling of invalid values (ITS#6570)
Fixed slapd-bdb hasSubordinates computation (ITS#6549)
Fixed slapd-bdb to use memcpy instead for strcpy (ITS#6474)
Fixed slapd-bdb entry cache delete failure (ITS#6577)
Fixed slapd-ldap^[?] to return control responses (ITS#6530)
Fixed slapo-ppolicy to use Debug (ITS#6566)
Fixed slapo-refint to zero out freed DN vals (ITS#6572)
Fixed slapo-rwm to use Debug (ITS#6566)
Fixed slapo-sssvlv to use Debug (ITS#6566)
Fixed slapo-syncprov lost deletes in refresh phase (ITS#6555)
Fixed slapo-valsort to use Debug (ITS#6566)
Fixed contrib/nssov network.c missing patch (ITS#6562)
Build Environment
Fixed test043 attribute sorting (ITS#6553)
Documentation
slapd-config(5) note default rootdn (ITS#6546)

MD5 (openldap-2.4.23.tgz) = 90150b8c0d0192e10b30157e68844ddf
SHA1 (openldap-2.4.23.tgz) = 26027e7020256c5f47e17787f17ee8b31af42378