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ITEXPO is Everywhere - Even Newspapers

By Rich Tehrani on Friday, Jan 27

In TMC’s never-ending quest to bring in the largest global community of tech and communications decision-makers from around the globe to ITEXPO...

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Tagged communications, conference, convention center, itexpo, miami herald, technology

Google: Can it be Everything to Everyone?

By Rich Tehrani on Friday, Jan 27

Google is the new Microsoft but boy are they faster than Redmond ever was. Part of the reason has to do with...

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Tagged antitrust, danny sullivan, facebook, google, google+, microsoft, search, search engine land, social network, twitter

Need a New Car? Win a Mustang at ITEXPO in Miami Next Week

By Rich Tehrani on Friday, Jan 27

I think I may have one of the best jobs in the world. I admit it is a bit ADHD-inducing as I...

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Tagged 4g, asterisk, cloud computing, collaboration, communications, conference, digium, ip communications, itexpo, m2m, miami, mobility, msp, patents, super wifi, technology, trade show, video, voip

Symantec - Disable pcAnywhere Now! Who the Heck Still uses it?

By Tom Keating on Friday, Jan 27

Symantec suspected in 2006 that its network had been breached, but when Anonymous started talking publicly about Symantec source code it confirmed...

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Tagged anonymous, pcanywhere, remote desktop, source code, symantec

Alternion: Manage 220+ Social Connections From one Dashboard

By Rich Tehrani on Thursday, Jan 26

Let’s face it – social networking is time consuming. I believe part of the reason for the meteoric rise in social...

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Tagged alternion, exchange, facebook, flipboard, gmail, imap, linkedin, pop3, social networking, twitter, zite

A Dream for Alan Harper - iPads Do Increase Chiropractor Visits

By Rich Tehrani on Thursday, Jan 26

When the iPad was released I penned a piece titled iPad Neck – Ouch! Because I had such a neck ache, I...

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Tagged alan harper, chiropractor, ergonomics, ipad, ipad neck, two and a half men

Look for me in Miami Beach Next Week

By Peter on Thursday, Jan 26

Next week is ITEXPO East 2012 in Miami Beach at the convention center. I arrive around 11 AM on Tuesday for...

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Tagged certification, channel partners, cvx, itexpo, social media, startup, TCA, wireless

Frank Talk on Telecom Fraud with Humbug Labs' Eric Klein

By Suzanne Bowen on Wednesday, Jan 25

Eric Klein, the VP of sales and marketing at Humbug Labs,is the telecom fraud expert that we interviewed in a recent podcast, sponsored...

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Tagged AT&T, Business, Business telephone system, Fraud, Guglielmo Marconi, humbug labs, itexpo, Nir Simionovich, phone fraud, Telecommunication, voip | Responses

Mark Terry, Esq. on Intellectual Property and Telecom Sourcing

By Suzanne Bowen on Wednesday, Jan 25

Embarrassed that your company needs an intellectual property lawyer? It is better to be embarrassed and still secure the services of a lawyer...

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Tagged Copyright, Fiverr, Intellectual property, Internet Protocol, itexpo, Law, Lawyer, mark terry, npe, Services, Trademark, voip | Responses

Trends and Surprises Regarding Google's 2011 Advertisers

By Rich Tehrani on Wednesday, Jan 25

Google’s 2011 revenues were $37.9 billion last year and 96% of that money came from ads. Now I know what you are...

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Tagged advertising, amazon, at&t, att, ebay, godaddy, google, search, verizon

Siri Humble Regarding Record Apple Profits

By Rich Tehrani on Tuesday, Jan 24

As an Apple shareholder (thankfully) I am pretty happy about the record profits the company just reported, propelling the stock to $460...

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Tagged apple, iphone, iphone 4s, siri

Spirit Airlines Claims Government Forcing them to Hide Taxes in Fares

By Tom Keating on Tuesday, Jan 24

Check out this email I got from Spirit Airlines discussing how our U.S. government wants to HIDE government taxes from the American...

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Tagged airfare, federal government, spirit airlines, taxes

Pumped for StartupCamp5's Fast-paced Startup Pitches

By Tom Keating on Tuesday, Jan 24

I'm headed out to ITEXPO East, taking place next week from January 31 through February 3, at the Miami Beach Convention Center,...

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Tagged bob metcalfe, embrase business consulting, itexpo, sir terence matthews, startupcamp5, steve jobs

Despite Outages, Verizon Has Record Quarter

By Rich Tehrani on Tuesday, Jan 24

Months back Verizon sent me a 4G personal hotspot to review and I confess it is one of the most important pieces...

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Tagged 4g, apple, at&t, att, aws, bandwidth, bright house networks, comcast, cox tmi wireless, droid, droid razr, galaxy nexus, htc, iphone, jetpacks, lg, lte, maxx, mobile hotspots, motorola, netflix, novatel, razr, rezound, samsung, samsung galaxy tab, specrumco, time warner, verizon, verizon wireless, vzw, wirelss, xyboard, zte

How Service Providers Can Capitalize on the Enterprise Cloud Market

By Peter Bernstein on Tuesday, Jan 24

By Beecher Tuttle

With the demand for cloud services expanding rapidly, service providers are in a unique position to exploit new markets and generate new revenue, in addition to benefiting from the significant capital expenditure (CAPEX) and operating expenditure (OPEX) savings associated with a cloud infrastructure.

However, to fully capitalize on this market opportunity, service providers need to develop an accurate sense of current and future market conditions as well as enterprise attitudes and perceptions of the cloud.

In an effort to provide a more granular look at these conditions and attitudes Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) recently conducted a global study, “Soaring into the Cloud,” involving nearly 4,000 IT decision makers (ITDMs) from medium, large and multi-national companies.

ALU researchers found that 78 percent of companies are currently employing at least one cloud-based application, with organizations in tech, professional services and manufacturing/defense leading the way. Healthcare, government and education enterprises rely less on the cloud, but not by any significant margin.

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Tagged Alcatel-Lucent, API, Application programming interface, cloud computing, cloud solutoins, CloudBand, service provider, Virtual machine | No Responses

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Startup Camp at ITEXPO Draws Praise

January 27, 2012

One of the more exciting portions of ITEXPO is the collocated StartupCamp5 Comms Edition which is an event which brings together some of the hottest startups around and allows the audience to help pick the one which should get funding. Last year, there were investors in the audience who pledged funds on the spot!

Very exciting – this is where the next generation of innovators will be discovered.

For more on this event-within-an-event check out these articles from Dave Michaels and Andy Abramson.

Here are some excerpts from Dave:

Every year, the most excitement at ITEXPO is around Startup Camp. Embrase puts on this event every year -and unlike all the other co-located events that take place there – StartupCamp doesn’t compete for the same audience. StartupCamp is the one event that runs in the early evening – after the exhibits and before dinner.

Posted in ITEXPO, Technology

Tagged: conference, expo, itexpo, miami, startupcamp : Related Tags: event, startup, startupcamp, itexpo, audience

ITEXPO is Everywhere - Even Newspapers

January 27, 2012

In TMC’s never-ending quest to bring in the largest global community of tech and communications decision-makers from around the globe to ITEXPO we do virtually everything we can to ensure we reach the largest audience we can online and via our multiple print publications and social networks. But what you may not be aware of is we also spend money in newspapers such as the Miami Herald to ensure everyone in Miami is aware of the show.

And yes, people still read newspapers. I hope you like the ad – let me know if you have any comments on it or room for improvement thanks.

Oh and yes, the show is next week in Miami - see you there.

Posted in ITEXPO, Technology, Unified Communications, VoIP

Tagged: communications, conference, convention center, itexpo, miami herald, technology : Related Tags: newspapers, miami

Google: Can it be Everything to Everyone?

January 27, 2012

Google is the new Microsoft but boy are they faster than Redmond ever was. Part of the reason has to do with the search engine leader’s access to the eyeballs of almost every human on earth via its home page but another reason for the blistering speed of the company has to do with the speed of innovation – which I recently described as (Moore’s Law*Metcalfe’s Law)/Patent Lawsuit Activity.

What we saw happen to Microsoft is telling. As they expanded into market after market like IPTV products like Internet Explorer and their mobile strategy seemed ever changing as did the name of their mobile operating systems. As a result, Apple and Google were able to virtually decimate the company’s mobile efforts while Google has made massive inroads in the browser market with Chrome.

Posted in Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Social Networking, Technology, Twitter

Tagged: antitrust, danny sullivan, facebook, google, google+, microsoft, search, search engine land, social network, twitter : Related Tags: worth noting, google search, cartoon video, search engine, business practices, google

Need a New Car? Win a Mustang at ITEXPO in Miami Next Week

January 27, 2012

I think I may have one of the best jobs in the world. I admit it is a bit ADHD-inducing as I get involved in lots of areas from new media to the latest technologies in the market as I run this major media company which is TMC. Not only do I get help influence tens of millions of people online I also get to host live events where I meet many of the readers who frequent my blog and TMCnet - the main web portal of TMC where I am CEO.

But the most exciting part of my job comes twice a year when I give away a car to an unsuspecting attendee at ITEXPO. Next week - Friday Feb 3rd at 1:45 pm at the Miami Beach Convention Center, I get to give the next car away and it will be a Ford Mustang.

Posted in 4G, 4GWE, AT&T, Amazon, Android, Apple, Avaya, Blackberry, Broadband, CRM, Call Center, Cisco, Cloud Computing, Communications Developer, Conference, Conferencing, Consumer Electronics, E-Commerce, FCC, Fax, HD Voice, IP Communications, ITEXPO, M2M, MSP, Microsoft, Open Source, SIP, Skype, Speech Technologies, Super WiFi, TMC Team, Technology, Unified Communications, Verizon, Video, VoIP, Wireless

Tagged: 4g, asterisk, cloud computing, collaboration, communications, conference, digium, ip communications, itexpo, m2m, miami, mobility, msp, patents, super wifi, technology, trade show, video, voip : Related Tags: trunking workshop, itexpo, events, miami, workshop

Alternion: Manage 220+ Social Connections From one Dashboard

January 26, 2012

Let’s face it – social networking is time consuming. I believe part of the reason for the meteoric rise in social networking these past few years has to do with a miserable job market coupled with the fact that social is free and people are cutting the cable cord. But even with unlimited tim,e managing video sites like YouTube and Vimeo as well as Flickr, a blog, Twitter, Facebook, email and other networks is a herculean task requiring you to take your mental vitamins.

And if you use social for work the situation gets more challenging as your employer likely wants you to manage social while you do everything else like manage CPC and CPM ad budgets as well as perhaps PR, road shows, events, white papers and webinars.

So any tool which makes life easier is welcomed by virtually everyone and Alternion is such a service as it allows connectivity to 220+ social networks at once. I have been using it today and have found it a great way to interact with a number of the contacts I have on various networks.

What is best about the program is its simple timeline view.

Yes you can use Zite or FlipBoard on a mobile device such as an iPad but if you are sifting through hundreds or thousands of messages at a time – it is really not efficient to use these programs as they sacrifice speed for snazzy graphics.

Posted in Facebook, Social Networking, Twitter

Tagged: alternion, exchange, facebook, flipboard, gmail, imap, linkedin, pop3, social networking, twitter, zite : Related Tags: social networking, manage social, social, alternion, networks, service

A Dream for Alan Harper - iPads Do Increase Chiropractor Visits

January 26, 2012

When the iPad was released I penned a piece titled iPad Neck – Ouch! Because I had such a neck ache, I had to see a chiropractor. Just over a year and a half later I came across a report on TMCnet which explains that yes, indeed, I am not alone. Researchers have found that prolonged use of tablets as opposed to desktop computers has led to not only pain in people’s necks but their shoulders as well.

The reason has to do with how the screen is positioned. With a desktop or laptop your head is generally up, facing forward as opposed to when you use a tablet and your head is tilted down.

Posted in AT&T, Amazon, Apple, Blackberry, Broadband, Cisco, Consumer Electronics, Gadget, Microsoft, Technology, Ultrabook, Verizon, Wireless, iPad

Tagged: alan harper, chiropractor, ergonomics, ipad, ipad neck, two and a half men : Related Tags: harper, tablet, chiropractor

ITEXPO East 2012 Miami Schedule

January 25, 2012

One of the most frequent question I get regarding TMC’s ITEXPO which takes place next week in Miami – is with all that is going on – how do you make a decision as to which parts of the show to attend. Truth be told I believe the event and its collocated conferences and educational sessions rivals just about any other tech show in terms of education.

Some of the hot topics to be discussed include not only general communications and technology but 4G wireless, mobility, Asterisk, open source, business video, the channel, cloud computing and communications, HTML5, Mobile Latin America communications, M2M, technology patents, the MSP market, Super WiFi/white spaces and much more.

The following is a list of important details you will need to help navigate ITEXPO East 2012 Miami. I warn you – this is a subset of what is happening. To keep you posted on not only these items but other important events at the show please follow @itexpo on Twitter and turn on mobile notifications – it is pretty simple – just follow the menu below.

Posted in 4G, Avaya, Blackberry, Broadband, Call Center, Cisco, Cloud Computing, Communications Developer, FCC, Google, IP Communications, ITEXPO, M2M, SIP, SaaS, Skype, Speech Technologies, Super WiFi, Technology, Twitter, Video, VoIP, Wireless

Tagged: asterisk, audiocodes, business video, channel, cloud communications, cloud computing, conference, dialogic, digium, expo, html5, interactive intelligence, itexpo, m2m, mobile latin america communications, msp, netxusa, open source, sansay, sonus networks, super wifi, technology patents, uc, unified communications, video, voip, white spaces : Related Tags: tuesday january, wednesday february, networking reception, terry matthews, sessions begin, february

Innovation Speed = (Moore's Law*Metcalfe's Law)/Patent Lawsuit Activity

January 25, 2012

Yesterday I was engaged in a conversation with TMC senior editor Peter Bernstein and we were discussing the pace of innovation and whether there is some formula which can explain how much more quickly things are happening today. Interestingly I also had a conversation today with TMC webmaster and author Robert Hashemian where we were going over Apple’s earnings and how fast mobile leadership has changed – from Motorola to Nokia to Motorola to Microsoft to RIM to Apple to Google. And all these massive marketshare swings took place more or less in the last decade.

Back to the discussion with Peter – my takeaway from the conversation (I feel he has a slightly different opinion which hopefully he will expound upon in the future) is that Moore’s Law and Metcalfe’s Law working together are accelerating innovation and lubricating new business models. Obviously email is just one tool which has benefitted from these laws – think about how you can now create and respond to virtually all your email from a smartphone now.

Posted in Android, Apple, Cisco, E-Commerce, Facebook, Google, IP Communications, ITEXPO, Microsoft, Patent, Social Networking, Technology, Wireless

Tagged: apple, conference, court, google, itexpo, lawsuit, metcalfe's law, moore's law, oracle, patent, patent troll, patents, suits : Related Tags: patent lawsuit, lawsuit activity, speed moore, innovation speed, patent, innovation

Trends and Surprises Regarding Google's 2011 Advertisers

January 25, 2012

Google’s 2011 revenues were $37.9 billion last year and 96% of that money came from ads. Now I know what you are thinking. Where is all that money coming from? Well thankfully, the people at Wired put together an infographic that explains it all. Here are some highlights – a piece of the infographic and a link for the full graphic.

Finance and insurance totaled at $4B while retail and general merchandise was $2.8B and travel and tourism came in at $2.4B.

Posted in AT&T, Amazon, Cisco, E-Commerce, Google, Marketing, Search, Skype, Technology, Verizon, Wireless

Tagged: advertising, amazon, at&t, att, ebay, godaddy, google, search, verizon : Related Tags: business cards, google, click, costs, money, company

Siri Humble Regarding Record Apple Profits

January 24, 2012

As an Apple shareholder (thankfully) I am pretty happy about the record profits the company just reported, propelling the stock to $460 briefly after hours. So I figured I would thank Siri – after all she apparently is the reason for the massive increase in iPhone sales – over 37 million were sold!

This is more than double the year ago period.

To be honest, other “set timer for one hour” which I say whenever I use a parking meter, Siri hasn’t worked too well for me. But I must admit when it comes to being thanked, she is quite gracious.

Tagged: apple, iphone, iphone 4s, siri : Related Tags:

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