Is 2007 the year of VoIP testing?

"The Year of VoIP"? Old news. But it's never too late to focus on administration and quality, and there's some indication that we may be entering the golden era of that. Test and monitoring vendors are increasingly rallying around SIP as the must-have standard: if a VoIP network doesn't support standard SIP--not a proprietary extension of SIP, as many do--admins will have a tougher-than-necessary time finding analysis tools. The debate between active and passive monitoring will remain active; some networks need one, some need the other and some both, though this analysis comes down on the side of active.

For more information about VoIP testing:
- read this VON Magazine article