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September 22, 2006

Flash VoIP

Flash VoIP: Om Malik talks about possible future directions for the Adobe Flash Player. Om doesn't name his source info here, but Randy Savicky Tom Keating traces the inforoute back, and Alec Saunders has additional context. This isn't a feature, isn't a done deal -- it's just an area of active investigation, and Adobe is hiring top talent. I don't think many voice-over-IP scientists read my blog (and if you do, you should get back to work ;-), but if you know of someone who might be a good fit for the team, then please contact them, send them to the Adobe Job Search and have them enter "voip". Thanks!

Posted by JohnDowdell at September 22, 2006 07:52 AM

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If you're looking for more info on what may happen in this area, then the following materials are all already in the public record:

Some predicted such a thing back towards June.

Conference profiles of Dr. Henry Sinnreich, and a PDF slideshow of a recent presentation.

Google hits on "'henry sinnreich' adobe".

Wikipedia on Session Initiation Protocol.

Mike Masnick clearly explains the value point: "Om Malik reports that Adobe (owners of Flash) are trying to embrace this concept as well, by building VoIP systems directly into Flash, making it easy to embed voice connectivity into any website. Again, while there are a few products that offer similar functionality, it hasn't been at a level that makes it easy to embed just about any kind of VoIP product or service directly into a webpage. This doesn't mean that Adobe's offering will succeed (there are plenty of challenges), but it is worth paying attention to this idea of easily embeddable elements really beginning to catch on. It will let people do things they've never been able to do before -- and that's where revolutions are usually born."

Jeff Pulver ends with a strong quote: "The evolution of Flash to support SIP is an innovation which has the potential to forever change the way many consumers will take advantage of IP Communications in the future."

Posted by: John Dowdell at September 24, 2006 07:31 PM