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Channel Arbitrage
June 12, 2006
There is just so much money floating around the market that I am devoting more and more time to VCs and other financial people looking for confirmation of their investment ideas as well as advice on how to put together complicated deals. Some of the ideas floating around are how to combine some of the older more established companies with some of the newer and more exciting technologies. So you leverage an established channel with a hot new technology.Channel building takes years and this is a good strategy to play as it is something like arbitrage in the channel building space.
Hillary Clinton and Michelle Tehrani
June 12, 2006
A friend of my sister’s sent over this picture of my sister Michelle Tehrani and Hillary Clinton. Senator Clinton and Michelle were at a function together in the city. The picture is about a year old and I thought it was kind of cool to blog about.

Enterprise IMS
June 12, 2006
I have been speaking with a number of major service providers worldwide and am now convinced that IMS will see unbelievable adoption rates in enterprise environments. IP multimedia subsystem solutions will be the primary way calls are transferred between corporate phone systems and wireless networks. IMO there is a tremendous amount of revenue to be generated in lucrative niche.Expect the number of IMS apps to grow as enterprise customers discover all that can be done with this framework. Expect service providers to be salivating at all the new ways to make money in the enterprise space as plain old phone service gets commoditized to a greater and greater degree.
If you want to keep up with it all, be sure to subscribe to TMC’s IMS Magazine immediately to stay up to date on all that is happening.
Allworx Gets Funded
June 12, 2006
VoIP funding is alive and kicking as evidenced by the latest 2 million dollar transaction allowing inSciTek Microsystems to get funding for its AllWorx VoIP product line.
“InSciTek’s Allworx product line brings the benefits of VoIP to small businesses,” said Jennifer Tegan, partner, Cayuga Venture Fund, in a press release. “Because of Allworx, small companies have access to an affordable yet sophisticated communications system in a turnkey package that provides greater flexibility and workplace efficiencies. Cayuga Venture Fund is proud to support InSciTek so that more small businesses can gain access to its suite of award-winning communications products and services.”
“Cayuga Venture Fund’s investment demonstrates confidence in our strategy for continued growth,” said George Daddis, InSciTek President and CEO. “This investment enables us to develop a new generation of Allworx products - building on our current portfolio, which already offers the broadest feature set and the lowest installed cost of any VoIP solution for small businesses.”
Other firms which have previously provided funding include Enhanced Capital Partners, High Peaks Venture Partners.
“InSciTek’s Allworx product line brings the benefits of VoIP to small businesses,” said Jennifer Tegan, partner, Cayuga Venture Fund, in a press release. “Because of Allworx, small companies have access to an affordable yet sophisticated communications system in a turnkey package that provides greater flexibility and workplace efficiencies. Cayuga Venture Fund is proud to support InSciTek so that more small businesses can gain access to its suite of award-winning communications products and services.”
“Cayuga Venture Fund’s investment demonstrates confidence in our strategy for continued growth,” said George Daddis, InSciTek President and CEO. “This investment enables us to develop a new generation of Allworx products - building on our current portfolio, which already offers the broadest feature set and the lowest installed cost of any VoIP solution for small businesses.”
Other firms which have previously provided funding include Enhanced Capital Partners, High Peaks Venture Partners.
Moore’s Law
June 12, 2006
Good news from Intel for fans of Moore’s Law -- Researchers have found a way to cut chip power consumption by 35 percent.Using tri-gate transistors is the key.
"Compared to carbon nanotubes, it is far easier to build," said Mike Mayberry, director of components research and vice president of Intel's Technology and Manufacturing Group. "The problem with carbon nanotubes is that no one knows how to put them in a particular spot except by moving them one at a time. Even our smallest chips have millions of transistors, so that is an insurmountable challenge, he continued."
A tri-gate transistor is a component in the standard CMOS (complementary metal oxide semiconductor) design, but acts as a better "traffic cop" to control the flow of electrons, surrounding each wire on three sides instead of just one.
Skype/eBay Integration
June 12, 2006
It seems like some of that community building between eBay users and Skype technology is coming to an auction near you.
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