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Linux Foundation Embedded Solutions Director's Case for Open Source and Connected Car

By Suzanne Bowen on Monday, Jun 17

The car of 2013 is different from the one I learned to drive, a 1974 Ford Maverick with rear federal bumpers, aluminum...

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Tagged Connected car, Ford Maverick, Ford Motor Company, Linus Torvalds, Linux, linux foundation, Mercedes Benz, open source, Original equipment manufacturer, rudolf streif, Tata Elxsi | Responses

Business Video and Queen Lead Guitarist Brian May

By Suzanne Bowen on Monday, Jun 17

"A good video can make all the difference," says Brian May (Ph.D. Astro-Physics and Queen lead guitarist). Such is true for business!Even...

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Tagged Bohemian Rhapsody, Brian May, Business, Complete History of the Universe, Muntwo, Queen, Video, Youtube | Responses

What's a VAR to do?

By Peter on Monday, Jun 17

Value-added Resellers (VARs) have a business model dependent on hardware sales. The big ticket items bring in cash in a lump...

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Tagged strategy, VAR

Yealink SIP T-38G Review

By Rich Tehrani on Monday, Jun 17

The Yealink SIP T-38G Gigabit color LCD PoE IP phone is another impressive IP phone following in the steps of the Yealink...

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Tagged color lcd, dhcp, ethernet, gigabit, ip phone, sip, t-38g, tom keating, voip, yealink

Logitech Sets Sights on Unified Communications

By Tom Keating on Friday, Jun 14

Logitech said in their February corporate report that "Some of our other peripherals product categories are experiencing significant market challenges. As the...

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Tagged bluetooth, cisco, jabber, logitech, lync, microsoft, sip, softphone, uc, unified communications, voip

telyHD Review

By Tom Keating on Friday, Jun 14

The telyHD appliance brings powerful, affordable HD video conferencing to SMBs and larger enterprises, rivaling high-end telepresence platforms from Cisco, LifeSize, and...

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Tagged android, bluejeans networks, h.264, hd, hdmi, sip, skype, video conferencing

Toogethr Founder Voorzanger on Peer to Peer Transport and Connected Cars

By Suzanne Bowen on Thursday, Jun 13

Many thanks to Connected Cars Conference scheduled June 25 - 26, 2013 in Amsterdam for introducing Martin Voorzanger founder of startup Toogethr...

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Tagged Android, Audible, Connected car, m2m, martin voorzanger, multimodal trip planner, open source api, Podcast, Toogethr | Responses

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The Yealink SIP T-38G Gigabit color LCD PoE IP phone is another impressive IP phone following in the steps of the Yealink T-28P that Tom Keating reviewed in 2010. Tom liked the 4-way arrow navigation keypad, which continues on the T-38G, making navigating on the color screen a breeze. The T-38P also features a very similar web admin page as the T-28P and like Tom I had no trouble adding the SIP credentials, configuring the NTP server, adding speed dials, and other various configuration options.

While referencing Tom's T-28P review for comparison to the T-38G, Tom has this noteworthy comment:

The web interface displays a message when the phone is registered so you know immediately if you put the SIP credentials in correctly. I have to say, I really loved how every change I made DOES NOT require a reboot.

Posted in Amazon, Broadband, Call Center, Consumer Electronics, HD Voice, IP Communications, SIP, Technology, Unified Communications, VoIP

Tagged: color lcd, dhcp, ethernet, gigabit, ip phone, sip, t-38g, tom keating, voip, yealink : Related Tags: gigabit ethernet, phone registered, color screen, network setup, phone, gigabit

Now Unclassified PRISM Docs Still Off Limits to Fed Workers

June 14, 2013

For a federal government riddled with scandals this news may not seem so important but it is indicative of the logic of government. The numerous documents which have been leaked all over the Internet regarding PRISM and countless other government spying programs are off-limits to Senate staffers. They have been asked by the Senate Security Office not to download documents which are potentially classified - even though everyone on the planet likely has.

The logic here is baffling...

Tagged: security : Related Tags: documents, logic, government, planet

TMC's New NFV News and Analysis Site

June 12, 2013

The move from proprietary hardware to software running on commercial off-the-shelf servers at the world’s telcos is one of the biggest transformations we will see this decade. Over time we can expect to see a number of network functions which used to be supplied by hardware vendors through proprietary boxes turn into software running on servers with Intel or ARM chips perhaps supplied by HP or Dell running VMware or some other flavor of virtualization. The concept is called Network Functions Virtualization or NFV. I wrote about the concept a while back in a post Metaswitch Asks: Are You Ready to be a Software Telco? and more recently in NFV-Based Software Telcos Need OSS/BSS Interoperability.

Posted in Cloud Computing, Networking, Software Telco, Technology

Tagged: arm, etsi, freescale, h-p, hp, intel, lemko, nfv, nsn, sdn, software telco, virtualization : Related Tags: software telco, network functions, software running, software defined, functions virtualization, software

Will iRadio Kill Pandora?

June 7, 2013

34% of Internet radio users surveyed would switch to Apple’s iRadio and some believe this is a major problem for Pandora. I remember when Google was going public, similar research showed users would also switch to a better search engine given the opportunity. The challenge is many people are set in their ways and inertia keeps them from switching.

What Apple needs to do is make the radio integration so solid that you have no choice but to try it and perhaps like it better than the service you currently use.

Posted in Apple

Tagged: amazon, apple, iradio, mp3, pandora, radio, sirius xm, slacker : Related Tags: internet radio, radio service, radio services, barcelona nights, artists songs, radio

A Billion WebRTC Endpoints Force Voice and Data Players to Adapt or Die

June 5, 2013

From an evolutionary standpoint regardless of whether we talk about nature or business, adaptation is a key to success in changing environments. During the industrial revolution in London a species of moth with a white color blended in with the bark of the local trees until soot from the nearby factories turned the trees black. Some darker moths were now camouflaged in the dark trees and eventually the species adapted and became black. When air quality improved, the moths over successive generations changed color again.

Posted in Android, Apple, Call Center, Conference, Facebook, Google, HD Voice, IP Communications, Microsoft, Skype, Technology, Unified Communications, Video, VoIP, WebRTC

Tagged: apple, doug mohney, huawei, ios, ip communications, microsoft, rcs, skype, uc, voip, voxeo, webrtc, windows : Related Tags: webrtc world, webrtc, companies, standard, trees, existing

Your iPhone Could Get Hacked Through the Charger

June 4, 2013

As scary as it sounds – that iOS device which you thought was safe from hackers because Apple controls the App Store could get infected through a malicious charger. This is a major concern for IT departments who didn’t previously worry about Apple devices which were not jailbroken. It is now impossible to know which Apple devices have been infected meaning all of them are suspect.

An article on TMCnet by Steve Anderson explains that a group of researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology discovered the exploit which can be duplicated via a device called a Mactans charger.

Posted in 4G, Android, Apple, Consumer Electronics, Gadget, Security, Technology, Wireless

Tagged: byod, ios, jailbreak, mactans, malware, security, steve anderson, tmc, trojan : Related Tags: apple devices, mactans capabilities, secure mobility, apple, devices, mactans

Yahoo! Should Buy Waze

June 4, 2013

If you haven’t checked out the TMCnet feature by Josh Alexander about companies Yahoo! should purchase, please do… I’ll wait. Ok – now that you’re back – isn’t this guy funny? It isn’t too often I read an article about tech where I learn things and also laugh out loud.

Posted in Facebook, Google, Social Networking, Wireless, Yahoo

Tagged: facebook, google, instagram, waze, yahoo : Related Tags: yahoo should, mobile social, yahoo, mobile, social, should

Interop Las Vegas 2013 and CTIA 2013 Videos Posting

June 3, 2013

Apologies for being out of touch for a while – I have been keeping up on my social sites such as Twitter so I hope you have been following me there. I've been traveling a great deal and have interviewed many of the leading companies at Interop and CTIA recently and wanted to share many of them with you.

So far, Most of the Interop Las Vegas 2013 videos have posted and the CTIA 2013 videos have begun to post and will hopefully be completed tomorrow. By clicking the above links you will be able to scroll through whichever videos you choose.

For your immediate viewing pleasure, here are a few sample videos:

Zagg Shows Off New Cases with Keyboards

TruPhone Does Mobile Global Roaming with Sharing

AirWatch Evolves

ShoreTel Dock Announced

Posted in Technology

Tagged: airwatch, ctia, interop, mdm, nsn, rich tehrani, shoretel, tcs, tmc, truphone, videos, zagg : Related Tags: videos, interop

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