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Gartner Hype Cycle, WebRTC Not Included

Gartner Hype Cycle, WebRTC Not Included

As people who lived on Earth and that was all they really knew, the Church and the scientists believed for many years that Earth is the center of the world and that everything revolves around it. It took a lot of research and

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ORTC vs. WebRTC: That’s Not The Right Question

ORTC vs. WebRTC: That’s Not The Right Question

ORTC is not a wildcard anymore. It was originally pushed by Hookflash and Microsoft but today Google is part of this initiative and eventually it will find its way into the standard. 4 takeaways: WebRTC is gradually adding ORTC functionalities into it. It is not the full ORTC story but just some parts of it. ORTC is all about setting and getting media parameters…

Why Dropbox Must Take WebRTC Seriously

Why Dropbox Must Take WebRTC Seriously

Although it looks like the Dropbox WebRTC honeymoon wasn’t a successful one, looking at the market Dropbox is operating in, it must take WebRTC and unified communications seriously. The major gap it has now is in the unified communications part (voice, video and messaging). WebRTC is what can help Dropbox close this gap and become its growth engine in the enterprise space.

CallKit is a New Nightmare for Operators

CallKit is a New Nightmare for Operators

Give VoIP calls the same priority as operator telephony calls is a strategic decision of Apple to pull the rug out from under the operators’ user experience advantage. As OTT VoIP and operator calls are made equal on iOS10 users will become more indifferent as to which service to use. It makes the embedding of telephony in business communications and collaboration services more natural.

The On premise vs. Managed Decision for Your WebRTC Service is Not Just About Cost

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There is no one good answer for the debate between on premise vs. managed and each of these options have sub-options to consider and decide on. The devil is in the details and in many cases a hybrid solution is required, using some functions (such as NAT traversal) from 3rd party hosted services while licensing (open source or commercial) other components of the solution.

Hold On with the Apple WebRTC in iOS Party

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The official adoption of WebRTC by Apple is great news. As always, the devil is in the details. Before starting the party let’s see Apple’s approach to WebRTC, first and foremost not making it part of their walled garden and second in areas related to interoperability related to APIs, ORTC vs. WebRTC 1.0, codecs support and HW acceleration.

Google Pushing For WebRTC Browser Interoperability in 2017

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While there is adapter.js that quests to bridge browser compatibility issues, it focuses mainly on API mapping. There are other issues, such as differences in SDP, that it doesn’t handle and these issue cause applications to break when used on dissimilar browsers. The constant changes in browser versions and in some cases, lack of backward compatibility between them make this a moving target.

Are Elliptic Curve Cryptography Patents a Threat to WebRTC Apps?

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As part of Chrome 52 release there were some performance and security enhancements, one of them was the decision to switch over to using Elliptic Curve Cryptography for generating the self-sign certificate used in the DTLS handshake. ECDSA is mandatory in WebRTC, question is, should you be worried about patent claims in this regards.

WebRTC Adoption is Slow as Lightning

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Compared to SIP, WebRTC adoption is lightning fast. It is not about replacing VoIP or PSTN. WebRTC is VoIP that extends communications to new dimensions.
Traditional analysts have a hard time quantifying the real usage of WebRTC because is it used in such a wide range of verticals and applications deployed by an undefined list of vendors, service providers and startups.

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