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Press/Analyst List at ITEXPO

September 21, 2006
I have been hearing quite a few positive comments in the industry about how the press/analyst and Wall Street lists have grown at Internet Telephony Conference & Expo. This event in a few weeks in San Diego is well on its way to being not only the best attended show in the IP communications space (with real buyers -- not just exhibit staff) but in addition we are extremely excited to be host to so many influential industry movers and shakers.
 
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Al Senia
America's Network
 
Lance Leventhal
ATCA Newsletter
 
Jay McCall
Business Solutions Magazine
 
Ed LaBanca
CollabGen
 
Andy Abramson
Comunicano, Inc.
 
James Burton
CT Link
 
Alan Gardner
Ctech News
 
Bruce McGregor
Current Analysis
 
Marc Velasquez Verson
Deaf Network News
 
Andrew Garcia
eWeek
 
Kim Cooper
Exceed LLC
 
Dan Rosenbaum
FierceMarkets
 
Dan Rosenbaum
FierceMarkets
 
Will Strauss
Forward Concepts
 
Ronald F. Gruia
Frost & Sullivan
 
Joslyn Faust
Gartner
 
Stan Marder
High-Tech User News
 
William Stofega
IDC
 
Norm Bogen
In-Stat
 
Norm Bogen
In-Stat
 
Barry Marks
IntelliCom Analytics
 
Mark Ricca
IntelliCom Analytics
 
Ken Camp
IP Adventures
 
Gary Kim
IP Business
 
Jon Arnold
J Arnold & Associates
 
David Yedwab
Market Strategy and Analytics
 
Mike Myshrall
Mercator Capital
 
Steve Kruschen
Mr. Gadget
 
Mark Miller
Network World
 
Charlotte Wolter
New Telephony
  
Bruce Stewart
O'Reilly Media
 
Howard Lubert
SafeHatch LLC
 
Marla Ellerman
ScreenPlays Magizine
 
Carolyn Moody
Security Technology International
 
Phil Wolff
Skype Journal
 
Bernardo Schneiderman
TBC/Satmagazine
 
Art Rosenberg
The Unified View
 
MIchael Huang
ThinkEquity
 
Daniel Berninger
Tier1 Research
 
Erik Linask
TMC
 
Rich Tehrani
TMC
 
Richard Grigonis
TMC
 
Greg Galitzine
TMC
 
Melissa Blasnig
wjuv radio
 
PAULA BERNIER
XCHANGE
 
Russell Shaw
ZDNet
 
 
Additional Investment, Market Research, Media Firms Attending:
 
Arbor Advisors LLC
Best Diversified Holding Inc.
Blue Beacon Capital
CB Capital Partners, Inc
Dimension Funding
Mercator Capital
Mericom AG
MERRIMAN CURHAN FORD & CO.
Newport Federal
Sanford Bernstein, LLC.
SILVERWOOD PARTNERS
Windes & McClaughry

Macedonia Country #55

September 21, 2006
Mike tells me we just got country number 55 -- and the winner is an NMS Engineer from MobiKos Inc. a mobile operator. ITEXPO as I have said before is really the United Nations of IP Communications.

Around the IP Communications World

September 21, 2006
Perhaps this should entry would be better titled around the IP Communications world in 4 days?

Mike Genaro, TMC's VP of Marketing tells me that the International attendance at the ITEXPO coming up in San Diego will be between 60-70 countries.

According to Mike, we are now at 54 countries represented on the IT registration list. This is up from 49 last week.

As I have written before TMC events bring IP Communications decision makers from around the globe.

Microsoft Nortel Deal

September 21, 2006
I spoke with a few of Nortel’s competitors and they feel the recent news about Nortel and Microsoft collaborating is not such a big deal. They say there is nothing in the details that excludes any other communications vendor from doing the same if not more with the operating systems leader.

My take is that even if this is true Nortel did a smart thing by working with Microsoft early and they certainly are leveraging this relationship to improve their brand. The financial scandal of years past is slowly being forgotten and anything additional they can do to convey strength and stability makes sense.