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Ditech Networks Reception at ITEXPO

October 10, 2006
We are having a great time. Wish you were here.

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Brian Metherell speaks at ITEXPO

October 10, 2006
Brian Metherell the VP and General Manager of Toshiba American Information Systems spoke at ITEXPO today and I caught him highlighting his recent dealer survey. Mobility seems to be a key driver of purchasing according to this survey. Thankfully cost savings is part of the move to voip but customers are realling highlighting productivity increases as a larger reason for VoIP adoption.

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Chalan Aras from Ditech Networks Speaks

October 10, 2006
Chalan spoke today about how Starbucks and Harley Davidson have created an experience out of commodity products. Hey said this during a charismatic keynote at ITEXPO.Chalan mentioned Virgin Mobile is doing the same with mobile technology. Other points he made are IMS is the promise of bringing any service to any device and voice is still the killer app.

The question Chalan posed is how do we find out if customers are satisfied? He mentioned MOS scores. He said there is a disconnect between what the network tells you and what the customer experiences. Sometimes a customer is using a device in a high noise environment where quality seems worse than it is according to the network. You need to take all of this into account.

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ECA Enterprise Market Report

October 10, 2006
Check out this vital resource and better yet buy a copy at www.encomm.org.

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Paragon Wireless hipi-2200

October 10, 2006
I had a chance to see the Paragon Wireless hipi-2200 at ITEXPO - it does WiFi and GSM built in and has a standby battery life of 3 days with WiFi turned on! It is quad band with Windows Mobile.The company has VoIP built in the hardware not a soft client. They work with service providers and OEM customers. I am looking forward to a demo tomorrow in the exhibit hall.

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Leveraging Open Source Software for VoIP Development

October 10, 2006
Here is Gordon Ledger with Iperia educating the ITEXPO audience on open source IP communications development here in San Diego.

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TMC University Kicks Off

October 10, 2006
Here is a look at the start of TMC University 101 at ITEXPO in San Diego. Tomorrow TMC U 201 kicks off. The conferences are looking great.

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ITEXPO Has Started: Bryan Martin is Speaking

October 10, 2006
Bryan Martin the Charman & CEO of 8x8/Packet8 has kicked off his keynote at Internet Telephony Conference & Expo and started talking a bit about VoIP history. He also said Packet8 has added 200 jobs and IP communications is helping the Bay area economy.

Furthermore VoIP quality is rating higher than the PSTN according to Level3 research.

Another interesting point is VoIP customers are very loyal to VoIP as well as the company they are customer of. Bryan is doing a great job. You definitely want to be here in San Diego this week.

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RadioHandi in VentureBeat Auction

October 10, 2006
There is a great deal of money out here looking for good deals. Private Equity funds, public companies, private companies – they all seem eager for deals and the latest deal in tech is the Google YouTube deal valued at $1.65 billion in Google stock.

In this world of web 2.0 mashups and communities it is probably not surprising to you that some are looking for a way to build a community site allowing the venture community access to the latest tech deals.

Today, Matt Marshall at VentureBeat is launching a new marketplace for emerging technology deals and radiohandi is the first company to go on the block. If you remember I wrote about radiohandi a while back – the site is the ultimate showcase in community building technology.
Expect the process of companies being sold to be more like selling a house – without the investment bankers.