Another great session.
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January 2008 Archives
This first time certification focused on teaching service providers how to utilize SIP while rolling out enhanced services has attracted great interest.
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Nice attendance here. Lots of good content from the panelists.
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The show is being set up as I write this... Here are a few early morning shots to give you an idea of how things are coming together.
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Good morning attendees, speakers, exhibitors and conferees... Just a reminder that we are thrilled to have you here in Miami this week for ITEXPO. Be sure to come to Hall B in the Miami Convention Center. If you enter from another hall, just follow the signs to Hall B and we will see you here. 
A smart move for the New York Times is to get involved with blogs. I don't mean hiring bloggers, I mean purchasing part of a company making blogging software. It just seems logical as a brand extension to go from reporting to helping others report and build a sense of community.
According to this Wall Street Journal article the NYT is now involved.
The exact details are as follows:
Currently there are about 2.2 million blogs utilizing WordPress as a hosting/software platform.
I think there are absolutely wonderful synergies here but one wonders if the New York Times will be able to fully leverage the community potential of the blogosphere. Moreover, It will be interesting to see if the Times decides to invest in more tech companies going forward or will only stick to companies which are in the media field.
According to this Wall Street Journal article the NYT is now involved.
The exact details are as follows:
- Automattic Inc. the company behind WordPress blog software raised $29 million
- The New York Times was one of the investors in this round
- Automattic has 18 employees
- The company will use the money for acquisitions and other activities
Currently there are about 2.2 million blogs utilizing WordPress as a hosting/software platform.
I think there are absolutely wonderful synergies here but one wonders if the New York Times will be able to fully leverage the community potential of the blogosphere. Moreover, It will be interesting to see if the Times decides to invest in more tech companies going forward or will only stick to companies which are in the media field.
We are looking forward to the best three days of IP communications excitement this year here at ITEXPO in Miami. I just saw Andy Abramson's post and it reminded me that he won't be able to make it to the show. Too bad. I am glad to see how his agency is expanding however and hope to catch up with him at a future ITEXPO or even sooner at one of his quite famous gourmet IP communications dinners.
Hopefully you are headed here to ITEXPO to learn more.
Greg Galitzine heads up the editorial team at TMCnet and recently he and I were discussing the all you can eat internet and how it may soon be gone. During our talk, I had trouble seeing why this is different than what I deal with today. If I want super fast internet access I pay my cable provider more.
Seems to me that an all you can eat service allows people who don't need lots of bandwidth to save some money and others who download 24x7 can decide to pay and get the best service available. I by the way pay for the top speed from Optimum Online and don't necessarily feel robbed.
One point worth mentioning however is companies like Cablevision will put a limiter on users who download more than what they deem appropriate. This limiter basically slows the service to speeds just above ISDN.
Greg has the second in a series of posts on all-you-can-eat Internet which is worth a read. One issue mentioned in his post is that wireless competitors will soon be on the scene giving us more choice. I need to be convinced that this is the case as I have heard from more than one source that WiMAX upload speeds may be less than stellar in some cases.
If you want more on this topic, Greg is at ITEXPO all week here in Miami and will be happy to share his lucid thoughts on the matter. You know, the stuff that is too strong for the open net.
Seems to me that an all you can eat service allows people who don't need lots of bandwidth to save some money and others who download 24x7 can decide to pay and get the best service available. I by the way pay for the top speed from Optimum Online and don't necessarily feel robbed.
One point worth mentioning however is companies like Cablevision will put a limiter on users who download more than what they deem appropriate. This limiter basically slows the service to speeds just above ISDN.
Greg has the second in a series of posts on all-you-can-eat Internet which is worth a read. One issue mentioned in his post is that wireless competitors will soon be on the scene giving us more choice. I need to be convinced that this is the case as I have heard from more than one source that WiMAX upload speeds may be less than stellar in some cases.
If you want more on this topic, Greg is at ITEXPO all week here in Miami and will be happy to share his lucid thoughts on the matter. You know, the stuff that is too strong for the open net.
Whenever Jeanne Lecke, David Yedwab and Max Schroeder get together in one room, you know big things are happening. This shot was taken at ITEXPO show hotel the Fontainebleau.
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So here we are again on yet another flight. I am about halfway to Miami and hope I have finally gotten photos to send correctly. The HTC XV6800 likes to have you take photos upside down for some reason.
I would imagine this could be a Windows Mobile glitch but who knows?
I had a chance to try Google Gears on the flight. It is middleware which sits on your computer and lets your hosted applications think they are interfacing over the internet.
This is helpful as it allows you to download up to 2000 RSS feeds in the Google Reader before flying. You can mark the ones you like for future reference which is handy as many feeds are incomplete.
Some webmasters it seems want you to come to their sites for the full scoop.
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Note to self. Try not to get a new phone just before you start photoblogging a great deal as you may realize that the pictures are upside-down. I am aware of the problem and until I can remedy the situation I appreciate your neck tilting and patience.
And you thought you were cold. It is currently 28 degrees out and this motorcycle driver is defying the laws of physics and frostbite at 70+ MPH!
He must be heading down to Miami for ITEXPO. :-)
I am on the way to the airport now and just can't wait to get to Miami for ITEXPO. Here are a few shots from the trip so far.
Keep checking back... I promise they will get better. :-)
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As successful as Yahoo! is in terms of traffic generation, it is amazing as an outsider to witness the company has not been able to grow revenue effectively. Yahoo! has shown us that there can be a disconnect between eyeballs and dollar bills.
Unfortunately this lack of revenue growth will now lead to layoffs at the company. This is too bad as Yahoo! provides many valuable services.
Unfortunately for the company, it is in a slugfest with Google and Google is investing is rolling out and improving many of the services Yahoo! now provides. Gmail for example is one of the applications which has cut into Yahoo's market share over the past years.
I give a tremendous amount of credit to TechCrunch who broke this story but was careful in how they did it. The cited layoffs which could turn into more. Excerpt:
Now the AP tells us these layoffs are likely for real. perhaps this is good news for the company in the long run as it is certainly in a rut and needs to break out of it.
Unfortunately this lack of revenue growth will now lead to layoffs at the company. This is too bad as Yahoo! provides many valuable services.
Unfortunately for the company, it is in a slugfest with Google and Google is investing is rolling out and improving many of the services Yahoo! now provides. Gmail for example is one of the applications which has cut into Yahoo's market share over the past years.
I give a tremendous amount of credit to TechCrunch who broke this story but was careful in how they did it. The cited layoffs which could turn into more. Excerpt:
In a move that could be a hint of things to come, Yahoo! told a group of about 30 or so employees yesterday that their jobs would be terminated in 60 days, and that they could look for other jobs within Yahoo.
Now the AP tells us these layoffs are likely for real. perhaps this is good news for the company in the long run as it is certainly in a rut and needs to break out of it.
