Skype, a leader in VOIP and already much ahead of its competitors in the Free VOIP market is now eyeing the next fastest growing Enterprise VOIP market. The recent surveys are suggesting that more and more businesses are moving to VOIP now and will soon have parallel VOIP networks with tradition telecommunication mediums. Who know, VOIP might not just be an alternative and soon becomes the primary communication medium. Of course everyone wants the pie of this upcoming industry, Skype is not going to take a backseat.
According to Computerworld, Skype is in the early stages of testing an enterprise-class version of its service and targeting companies with about 1000 employees, thats like mid-sized businesses. Currently skype has not publicly announced their intention, however this was disclosed to limited media houses. The interested parties should send an email to enterprisesolutions(at)skype.net to inquire about the service.
I wonder how skype will manage large business enterprise solutions which need lot of more flexibility, integration and security. Most importantly all this at a low cost. There are many companies today offering business VOIP solution but to stand out from the crowd you need more than a Brand name. Enterprises today are no more fancy about Brand names especially after the recent Vonage blackout.
Only time will tell how skype will offer this solution and hopefully they have well thought out solution to offer than extra security and scalability to manage complex solutions. It's my strong felling that they would offer inter compatibility with the existing infrastructure and build customised solutions for large enterprises. After all no one would be interested in giving up their old infrastruture worth millions of dollars for a new untested VOIP solution.
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