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Standing Room Only at ITEXPO West 2010

October 4, 2010

Earlier I showed you how Smart Grid Summit is standing room only with wall-to-wall attendees devouring information. Now, I just happened upon the simultaneous  4G Wireless Evolution (4GWE) conference and CDMA Development Group sessions and they were packed as well with a need for more chairs. Thanks all for coming to ITEXPO and the collocated events to make them so successful.

4G Wireless Evolution


CDMA Development Group Sessions

ITEXPO West 2010 Avaya Reception: Reminder

October 3, 2010

Just a reminder, we will see you tonight:



ITEXPO is finally here! Kick off ITEXPO with Avaya at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel Tonight! Below are the details for this event.Need to register? RSVP here. See you tonight!

Below are the details for this event.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
7:00 - 9:30 p.m. PT

Westin Bonaventure Hotel

Bonaventure Brewing Company (info | map)
404 South Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, California 90071
Phone: (213) 624-1000













Thought Leaders Descend Upon ITEXPO

October 2, 2010

Kind of a silly term- "thought leader" but in every market there are people involved in setting the conversation... Those whose thoughts and ideas permeate the web and industry conversations. "Did you hear what so and so said? Can you believe he thinks this company sells junk products and won't be around in a year?"

Well you get the idea.

It turns out a number of the people in the market who I have personally followed for some time have joined forces on a blog called Voyces.



ITEXPO West 2010 Show Guide Available

October 1, 2010

The ITEXPO West 2010 Show Guide is here and if you are flying to the show - you may want to download it to your Kindle/laptop/iPad/netbook/smartphone or print it. I am on the plane now and we have the equivalent of a 300 baud modem's worth of bandwidth so I can't download it but as I recall it is over 100 pages and gives you a solid overview of the dozen conferences taking place next week.

In addition it shows you the exhibit hall with over 200 exhibitors and which sections correspond to which technology.

I have this dream that I will have enough time to go through the directory and point to some of the interesting highlights in a blog post.

We'll see how that works out.

Here is the PDF and it is fairly compressed down to 5 Megs as I recall - we may be getting a higher res one soon as well in case you have the bandwidth.







Dialogic Merger with Veraz Closes

October 1, 2010

Update - Oct 4th 12:18 PM EST. Below I reference the market cap of Dialogic to be around $60M as this was the number publicly available at the time. The company informs me the value is closer to $160M with the Dialogic shares combines. I apologize to my readers for the error.

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Dialogic's merger with Veraz has officially closed and and the new company will be called Dialogic and have the symbol the company used in the nineties before it was acquired by Intel - DLGC.



ITEXPO Show Daily: M2M, Cisco and Wireless Backhaul

September 30, 2010



The latest ITEXPO Show Daily hit my inbox just now and it includes a heavy machine-to-machine slant - including an article discussing M2M and the cloud. Here are some of the articles to consider reading:


360networks SVP and ITEXPO Speaker Talks Trends, Wireless Backhaul ATL RespOrg Exhibits Multi-Carrier Routing Arrangement Solutions at ITEXPO A Closer Look at a Few ITEXPO West 2010 Attendees Cisco to Enter Consumer Market with Video Conferencing Solutions M2M in the Cloud: A Logical Development W H I T E S P AC E: So What? So When? CDMA2000 to Make Waves in M2M Communications: ITEXPO 8x8 Taps Equinix Going the Distance with M2M

SIP Trunking: 190 out of 200 Unprepared!

September 30, 2010

Photo of past SIP Trunking session at ITEXPO



Many thousands of attendees have been part of the Ingate SIP trunking sessions at ITEXPO over the years and yet Joel Maloff of Maloff NetResults notes, even a year ago, “it was like talking to the wind,” when it came to voice network security.

It seems to me the early part of the SIP trunking education was discovering what it was and how it could help you. Now that we are seeing massive adoption rates the next phase of market education will include SIP security and ensuring calls are protected from prying ears inside and beyond your organization.

Erik Linask has more in an in-depth article on the matter. Be sure to come to the SIP Trunking sessions at ITEXPO which is now the SIP Trunking-Unified Communications Summit.







Overview of ITEXPO West 2010 Events

September 30, 2010

Hi all, my marketing team was good enough to provide me with this comprehensive overview of ITEXPO and all the related events and content at the show which takes place Oct 4-6, 2010 - yes, next week. I hope this snapshot is something you find useful.

From Grids to Clouds, ITEXPO Has It Covered. So Much Value for Your Investment. Free Workshops, Great Networking, Amazing Keynotes, 12 Collocated Events.

Latest on StartupCamp at ITEXPO West 2010

September 29, 2010

StartupCamp, Communications Edition which was one of the most exciting events at ITEXPO earlier this year in Miami has some exciting news. It has just named its final presenter - Cloud Telecomputers.

Here is an excerpt from the news release:

The organizers also announced a charity connection to StartupCamp that is sure to add intrigue to an already high-energy evening. Audience members will each receive up to $100,000 in play money, and with it instantly become "angel investors" for a night. Once all the companies have presented, attendees will be asked to "place their bets" by creating a portfolio of at least two of the startups.




Latest ITEXPO West 2010 Show Daily

September 28, 2010



The latest show daily for ITEXPO in LA is out and here are some headlines you may find of interest:

ALOE Systems to Exhibit Carrier Grade Softswitch Solutions at ITEXPO'Meet the HD Handset Vendors' Loaded with Chances to Win an IP phoneHD Voice - U.S. vs.



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