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The Web: The Best is Yet to Come

April 23, 2009 10:51 AM

If you think the Internet's a crowded place today, guess what? One of the Internets founders (insert Al Gore jokes here) Tim Berners-Lee, keynoting at the 18^th Annual World Wide Web conference in Madrid this week, believes that the best of the Internet is yet to come.

"The Web as I envisaged it, we have not seen it yet. The future is still so much bigger than the past," he said.

The ITU report, Measuring the Information Society, The ICT Development Index, finds that only 23% of the global population currently uses the Internet, as compared to over 60% of the world's population that is currently subscribing to mobile cellular phone services.

An article on Breitbart quotes Internet co-founder Vinton Cerf who says, "We will have more Internet, larger numbers of users, more mobile access, more speed, more things online and more appliances we can control over the Internet."

I for one, think we all can agree that the future of the Web is mobile. As smartphones proliferate and becomes less expensive; as next-generation wireless networks bring Internet access into every far-flung corner of the globe; as more people are able to get access to more information, we will see the truly transformational power of the Internet facilitate a freer exchange of ideas, resulting in new advances in technology, society, etc...

Now if only we can do away with e-Mail spam...

Dialogic Announces Innovator Award Contest, Social Networking Site

April 21, 2009 10:07 AM

Dialogic Corporation is inviting application developers worldwide to compete for the first-ever Dialogic Innovator Award by submitting their new, innovative applications built on Dialogiccomponents.

TMC's Rich Tehrani is among the judges who will decide who wins the inaugural Dialogic Innovator award.

Hand in hand with the new award program, Dialogic is also announcing the Dialogic Exchange Network (DEN), the company's new online social networking community.

Below is the official press release that hit the wires today. The release contains links to the application entry form as well as official terms and conditions.

Dialogic Corporation Launches Global Social Networking Community and Invites Application Developers to Compete for the Dialogic Innovator Award

Parsippany, NJ, April 21, 2009 - Dialogic Corporation ("Dialogic"), a global provider of world-class products and technologies for media and signal processing, is inviting application developers worldwide to compete for the first ever Dialogic Innovator Award by submitting their new, innovative applications built on Dialogic^®components. In conjunction with this contest, Dialogic is also announcing the Dialogic Exchange Network (DEN), the company's new online social networking community. This global community has been created for customers, developers, employees and others who create communications solutions to be able to connect, share ideas, learn about industry trends and participate in forums covering a wide range of topics.

About the Innovator Award Contest

The Dialogic Innovator Award Contest, which will run from April 20, 2009 through September 30, 2009, is open to application developers worldwide who are ready to trial, go to market with or have recently deployed an exciting new application built on one or more Dialogic components. The judging panel for the Contest will consist of Jim Machi, senior vice president of marketing at Dialogic, Rich Tehrani, President & Group Editor in Chief at Technology Marketing Corporation, Doug Mohney, Editor in Chief, Telecom and Digital Media Group at FierceMarkets and Bertrand Gatellier, President, VMA - International Association for Enhanced Voice Services.

"Each year we see so many great new solutions built on Dialogic^® products, so we thought it was time to award application developers who create the 'most innovative' solutions," said Jim Machi. "We'll be judging the submissions based on two main criteria - the most innovative new application, and/or the best application that presents a different way to solve a problem."

"We encourage application developers to join the Dialogic Exchange Network today to learn more about the Innovator Award Contest and to connect with thousands of other developers to brainstorm ideas, share best practices, or just chat about the latest emerging technologies," continued Machi. "In addition to corporate blogs, technical forums and media downloads, you can also get up-to-date service and support news from Dialogic and be the first to know about the hottest industry trends."

Prizes for the Winner

The winner of the Dialogic Innovator Awards Contest will receive:

· A free one-year service and support contract

· A US$5000 credit towards a future purchase of Dialogic® products

· Free publicity - special t-shirts, press releases, and the ability to use a unique Innovator logo

· A special joint marketing opportunity with Dialogic

Runner-up prizes may also be awarded at the discretion of the judging panel.

How to Submit Your Entry

Simply fill out the Entry Form and tell us about yourself and your application, making certain to accurately provide all of the requested information. Entries are due by midnight on September 30, 2009. For official contest rules, eligibility requirements and more information about prizes, see the official Terms and Conditions. Please note that nothing within this document in any way varies or modifies the official Terms and Conditions

About Dialogic Exchange Network

Dialogic's global social networking community, Dialogic Exchange Network (DEN), is a place for customers, developers and others who deliver innovative communications solutions to connect, network, collaborate and learn. In order to foster exciting new solutions as well as business relationships critical to succeeding in the global marketplace, the DEN encourages open interaction among customers, developers and Dialogic employees. To join the DEN, go to www.dialogic.com/den and click on the Sign Up button.

About Dialogic Corporation

Dialogic Corporation is a leading provider of world-class, innovative technologies based on open standards that enable innovative mobile, video, IP, and TDM solutions for Network Service Providers and Enterprise Communication Networks. Dialogic's customers and partners rely on its leading-edge, flexible components to rapidly deploy value-added solutions around the world.

Headquartered in Montreal, Canada, Dialogic and its subsidiaries have over twenty offices worldwide, providing local presence, knowledge and support to serve its customers around the globe. Dialogic's research and development centers are located in Parsippany, New Jersey; Getzville, New York; Needham, Massachusetts; Hyannis, Massachusetts; Framingham, Massachusetts; Salem, New Hampshire; Fordingbridge, England; Chicago, Illinois; and Renningen, Germany as well as Montreal.

Information about Dialogic is available at www.dialogic.com.

Dialogic is a registered trademark of Dialogic Corporation, and any other trademarks mentioned herein belong to their respective owners. Dialogic encourages all users of its products to procure all necessary intellectual property licenses required to implement their concepts or applications, which licenses may vary from country to country

Open Source on the Mac - 65k Projects and Counting

April 10, 2009 2:45 PM

I came across an item today from MacForge touting the fact that the site now features over 65,000 open source projects for the Mac platform. MacForge is described as a resource that enables interested parties to find open source projects out on the net "that work on the Mac, or are likely to work on the Mac."

According to the release:

"In 2005, MacForge.net was created for not only the experienced open source user, but to introduce the Mac technical community to the wonderful array of projects available.

With the huge availability of open source out there, it can be difficult to find projects most relevant to the Mac. MacForge indexes open source projects that either have already been built for/tested on the Mac, or are likely to run on the Mac, without major porting work."

The site organizes the open source projects into a number of different categories, including Communications, Education, Games/Entertainment, Mobile, Multimedia, Office/Business, Scientific/Engineering, Security, Software Development and more. There's even a category listing for Religion and Philosophy, featuring nearly 20 projects dealing with new age spirituality.

Of interest to frequent TMCnet visitors, MacForge features thousands of open source projects dealing with communications, including Chat (2552), Conferencing (453), Fax (48), Internet Phone (179), Telephony (423) and more.

Flying Home, WIsh I Nabbed a "Demo Unit" From TI

March 6, 2009 7:17 AM

I'm at DFW, waiting on my early flight back to the New York area.

As I mentioned in my last post, I learned this week that Sipera is up to some interesting things.

I also stopped by Texas Instruments on this trip, and in addition to getting a run down on their OMAP 4 strategy I learned about some of the other things they just showcased at the Mobile World Congress show.

Robert Tolbert, platform marketing manager, OMAP platform business unit shared the company's recent news, and explained the company's activity in TI's quest to continue to improve user experience and the power properties of the devices that TI chips are deployed in.

Tolbert also discussed the company's recent announcement (with Samsung) of PicoDLP technology, which will be available in a Samsung handset soon,

After the briefing we took a tour of TI's Wireless Application Center (WAC), where I got to see the PicoDLP technology up close and personal. If you haven't seen it yet, it's a tiny projector, which can take your source video (as an example) and project it onto any nearby surface, such as a wall, or the back of an airplane seat. The quality is amazing, but to me the fact that this technology is available in a handset or a standalone device smaller than a deck of cards is pretty remarkable.

I almost wish I could have taken a "review copy" of the device to trial on my flight home today. It would be a great way to catch up on some of the movies I have yet to watch, or perhaps just review the video interviews that I conducted in Dallas this week. (These will be available from our video library shortly.)

While in the WAC, I also saw a demo of several devices based on TI's ZOOM Mobile development platform, which is a software development tool designed for the open source community. The kit includes all the key components for developer to build applications, be it on the Android operating system, Windows 6.5, or the latest version of Symbian.

It's always exciting to get a glimpse of the future when visiting with a company like TI, where often we're treated to demo versions or prototypes that will not see the mainstream store shelves for 12-24 months. Maybe that's why I am always loath to upgrade my own personal tech (I still carry a KRZR, which is a phone that's really good as a ... phone). How do you make the leap to today's devices when you've seen what's coming down the road?

Well, we're boarding soon, so I'm off for now...

Dallas Trip Winds Down; Sipera News

March 5, 2009 11:11 PM

So my week in Dallas is finally winding down. Not that it hasn't been a great week, with interesting meetings with a number of the companies who reside astride the north Dallas Telecom corridor.

In the last two days I've spent time in the offices of Telstrat, NEI, NEC, Fujitsu, Texas Instruments, Excel, and Apptrigger; that's in addition to the executives I interviewed from a number of companies attending the Comptel show in Grapevine this week.

The interviews should be online shortly, to see if they've been posted, please visit the TMCnet video library.

I'll be following up with posts and articles about all the companies I met with, but in the meantime I wanted to share a bit of news from Sipera that's not made the rounds of the mainstream media just yet.

The company has just released an IP Video sniffer called UCSniff2.0. Until now, the information has only been posted on security boards and community sites, and on the SourceForge site at http://ucsniff.sourceforge.net/

The UCSniff2.0 eavesdrops, captures and records video conferencing sessions and works on regular IP Telephony too. Using the tool, an IT manager can perform a man in the middle voice capture and can reconstruct the voice call, shows holes in a security policy, and enable those responsible for a site's security to fix the application.

The timing is good, as many industry pundits are hailing 2009-10 as the timeframe when IP video comes into its own; the solution allows an IT manager to test their environment and move quickly to address issues.

Sipera also told me about VideoJak, an application designed to allow an IT manager to examine any vulnerabilities with regard to system availability.

According to a description on the SourceForge site:

VideoJak is an IP Video security assessment tool that can simulate a proof of concept DoS against a targeted, user-selected video session and IP video phone. VideoJak is the first of its kind security tool that analyzes video codec standards such as H.264. VideoJak works by first capturing the RTP port used in a video conversation and analyzing the RTP packets, collecting the RTP sequence numbers and timestamp values used between the phones. Then VideoJak creates a custom video payload by changing the sequence numbers and timestamp values used in the original RTP packets between the two phones. After the user selects a targeted phone to attack in an ongoing video session, VideoJak delivers the payload over the learned RTP port against the target. This attack results in severely degraded video and audio quality.

I want to thank Sipera VP of Marketing Adam Boone for spending some time with me and for walking me through the new apps.

Watch for more exciting stuff from this Richardson-based security firm in the coming weeks.

Digium|Asterisk World Set to Shine in Miami

February 1, 2009 10:03 AM

Open source is really all the rage these days in IP Communications. In fact, a recent report from Eastern Management Group puts the Open Source PBX market share at 18% - not bad when you consider the incumbent companies and technologies that are being displaced.

Companies such as Digum, Fonality, Sangoma, and others are considered to be the leaders in the open source space, and all these companies will be in attendance at ITEXPO, which starts tomorrow.

In addition to educational seminars and training sessions on how to use, deploy, manage, etc... an open source PBX, one of the key open source attractions at the event will be Digium|Asterisk World.

The first ever Asterisk event focused purely on Asterisk for business, Digium|Asterisk World is "Everything Asterisk" for the business user, reseller, and executive decision maker.

The following partners will be exhibiting alongside Digium in the Digium|Asterisk World pavilion:

· AG Projects

· Asteria Solutions Group

· Camrivox

· ContactQ (Braxtel Communications)

· FreeSide

· High Powered Help

· Infradapt

· Interlink Communication Systems

· Net2phone

· openLINE Networks

· Orecx

· Presence Technology

· Transnexus

· VoicePulse

· Xorcom

Digium|Asterisk World promises to be one of the highlights of the overall ITEXPO event taking place at the Miami Beach Convention Center tomorrow through Wednesday.

For details on attending the show, check out the ITEXPO home page.

For an overview of the available open source related training sessions, check out Rich's blog on the subject.

Oh Canada! Dialexia, Sangoma Interop News

January 29, 2009 9:25 AM

Speaking of Canada, Dialexia and Sangoma today announced successful interoperability between Dialexia's award-winning IP-PBX, Dial-Office, and Sangoma's NetBorder Express Gateway.

The Dialexia-Sangoma partnership will enable enterprise customers to easily deploy the Dialexia Dial-Office all-in-one, SIP-based IP PBX and interconnect their IP Telephony with the PSTN.

Sangoma is a Gold sponsor of the upcoming ITEXPO, which kicks off in Miami Beach in just five days. Makes sense on so many levels. In addition to the obvious IP Communications hook, it's generally colder in Canada than it is in Miami Beach this time of year... Montreal = 12⁰ ... Toronto = 20⁰ ... Miami Beach = 80⁰

I can't wait!

Expert Panel to Explore HD Voice at ITEXPO

January 12, 2009 11:49 AM

On the events side at TMC, we're always looking to deliver compelling content to the attendees at our shows. As many of you are no doubt aware, ITEXPO is just around the corner. The show will be taking place this February 2-4 in Miami Beach. For more information, or to register, please visit the ITEXPO event Web site.

The purpose of this post is to draw your attention to a very special session that we are offering to ITEXPO conference attendees.

On Tuesday, February 3^rd, from Noon to 1:00 P.M. Conference Luncheon attendees will be treated to a panel discussion entitled: "HD -- What's the noise and are we ready?"

We've heard a lot over the last six months about high-definition voice solutions and about the possibility for IP Communications solutions that leverage wideband codecs to exceed the fidelity and clarity of the PSTN. Microsoft Office Communicator and Skype have seeded the market with examples of applications that allow users to experience this new fidelity.

We've invited a cross section of industry leaders to a special panel discussion to discuss this topic and find out if we indeed are ready for HD.

The session moderator is Rich Tehrani - President and Group Editor-in-Chief of TMC, and panelists include:

· Alan Percy, Director of Market Development, AudioCodes

· Tim Yankey, Director of Product, Marketing, Voice Communications Solutions, Polycom

· Debbie Greenstreet, Director of Service Provider Marketing, Texas Instruments

This promises to be a very interesting session, so make plans now to attend.

Click on the following link for more information on the show or to register to attend the sessions.

DataViz to Develop Android Apps in 2009

December 11, 2008 5:03 PM

DataViz is well known in the industry for its Office compatibility and productivity solutions that enable users to access their office documents on mobile platforms such as Palm OS, Symbian OS, BlackBerry, Java, Linux, Windows Mobile, Windows and Macintosh.

Their solutions include mobile Office suite, Documents To Go, and wireless Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync client, RoadSync.

Well, now we hear that they will be developing Documents To Go and RoadSync for Android in 2009.

No word yet on exactly what features will be supported with Android. If you wish to be notified on availability, news updates or provide feedback please the company has set up the following URL: www.dataviz.com/android

14 Join Open Handset Alliance, Android Gains Momentum

December 10, 2008 8:22 AM

So yesterday, the Open Handset Alliance announced that 14 additional companies were joining the Android alliance, demonstrating "their support for Android as an open mobile platform and their commitment to its commercial success."

The newest member companies are:

· AKM Semiconductor Inc.,

· ARM

· ASUSTek Computer Inc.

· Atheros Communications

· Borqs

· Ericsson

· Garmin International Inc.

· Huawei Technologies

· Omron Software Co. Ltd.

· Softbank Mobile Corporation

· Sony Ericsson

· Teleca AB

· Toshiba Corporation and

· Vodafone

Adam Leach, principal analyst at Ovum believes the move will lead to a greater number of devices based on the Android operating system over the next year.

Said Leach, "This announcement signals greater confidence in the OHA and the Android platform within the mobile industry. The extended membership will lead to a greater number of Android devices in the market next year and could lead to much-needed consolidation in the mobile Linux space."

"Google and its OHA partners have the opportunity to build critical a mass of supporting handsets during 2009," Leach added. "If [Google] achieves this momentum in the handset market in 2009, then it has the potential to challenge Nokia and the Symbian Foundation for dominance in the handset software market."

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