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Effectively Telling Your Product's Story

By Rich Tehrani on Tuesday, Jun 18

One of the most interesting aspects of my career is watching the thousands of companies I have met over the years make...

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Tagged advertising, kodak, mad men, marketing

Dialogic and Cisco Round Out Day's NFV News

By Rich Tehrani on Tuesday, Jun 18

It’s been a busy week regarding NFV and the software telco (R)evolution. First off Dialogic had some solid thoughts on six of...

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Tagged cisco, dialogic, network functions virtualization, nfv, software telco

The Big Deal about Big Data Analytics

By Peter Bernstein on Tuesday, Jun 18

By Greg Owens, Senior Director Customer Experience Solutions Marketing, Alcatel-Lucent

The rise of big data is causing service providers to ask some big questions: How should we store our data? How long should we keep it? What parts of it are relevant to our business? Most importantly, how do we get value from it? To turn big data into a big deal, service providers need to extract insights that can help them make smart business decisions and improve the customer experience.

The value of big data is all in what useful and actionable information it can provide. I find it exciting to see how service providers use big data analytics to gain new insights and solve complex problems. With this post, I’ll look at some new research by industry analysts and three key opportunities that big data analytics presents to service providers.
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Tagged Alcatel-Lucent, analytics, Big Data, customer expereince, Greg Owens, QoS | Responses

WebRTC: The Revolution Won't Occur Without a Media Server

By Jim Machi on Tuesday, Jun 18

Next Thursday at the WebRTC Conference and Expo, I’ll present a conference keynote that might not be exactly what attendees expect...

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Tagged Atlanta, Internet Protocol, Media server, PSTN, Public switched telephone network, Voice over Internet Protocol, Web browser, WebRTC | Responses

Software Telcos Based on NFV Want Less Equipment Provider M&A

By Rich Tehrani on Tuesday, Jun 18

Mergers are nothing new but about a decade ago in the telecom market they reached a fever pitch when SBC purchased AT&T...

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Tagged at&t, etsi, nfv, sbc, sdn, software telco, wireless

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

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Warren Buffet Investing in Risky Tech Without Knowing it?

October 11, 2012

As news breaks that Coca-Cola is mulling a $10 million investment in Spotify some people may think back to Warren Buffett’s comments on the tech market – saying he wouldn’t invest in it because he didn’t understand it. While some took this comment at face value, it seems the spirit of the comment was that Buffet is a value investor often holding a company’s shares for years or even more than a decade. Trying to figure out who the tech leaders will be over such a long time is very difficult if not impossible.

Interestingly, Coca-Cola is a great example of a Buffet investment – it is a leader in its space and much of its revenue is derived from Coke and its variants which just happen to be addictive due to their caffeine content.

Posted in Consumer Electronics, Gadget, Technology, Wireless

Tagged: coca-cola, coke, music, pandora, sirius, sonos, spotify, warren buffet, xm : Related Tags: warren buffet, buffet investing, share price, berkshire hathaway, content, buffet

Major Flaws in Ballmer's Apple-Fighting Strategy?

October 11, 2012

It really is shocking that Apple has pulled so far ahead of every other device maker with designs that are more art than technology focused. For those of you familiar with Bang & Olufsen products (BeoSound 8 pictured above) you know in some ways Apple’s designs are a copy of this iconic audio manufacturer meaning Apple didn’t entirely invent cool looking consumer electronics devices and others should be able to compete effectively in the space.

I am sure Microsoft agrees but as they’ve watched Apple become the cool and fast growing computer company they used to be, they determined they need to be more like Cupertino. This of course is the reason the company decided it was more important to design new hardware than keep their partners churning out directly competitive products happy.

Posted in Android, Apple, Consumer Electronics, Gadget, Google, HTML5, Microsoft, SIP, Search, Skype, Technology, Ultrabook, Wireless

Tagged: apple, financial, google, microsoft, steve ballmer, surface, tablet, ultrabook : Related Tags: cloud services, devices services, services people, surface tablet, microsoft surface, microsoft

Walmart To Go is Webvan 2.0

October 9, 2012

Have we finally broken the barrier to same day delivery?

During the dotcom boom, Webvan and Peapod were going to change the world and when things went bust and both companies had to deal with the realities of massive infrastructure and overhead with little to no sales by comparison. Peapod got picked up by Stop & Shop and Webvan imploded, and is now just a Wikipedia page.

Fast forward over a decade and Amazon has made lots of noise about same delivery service.

Posted in Amazon, Call Center, E-Commerce, Financial, Technology

Tagged: amazon, commerce, ecommerce, instacart, peapod, postmates, shopping, wal-mart, walmart, webvan : Related Tags: delivery service, delivery, walmart, internet, going, company

Microsoft Hopes Free WiFi Will Persuade Developers

October 8, 2012

Google has been a steady sponsor of free WiFi in airports and subway stations for some years now but Microsoft has decided such sponsorships make sense for them as well. Specifically, the company is paying Boingo for the privilege of supplying free wireless access in parts of San Francisco and Manhattan.

The reason for the generosity has to do with Redmond celebrating Windows 8 and looking forward to introducing the new Windows Store for Windows 8 to the app builder community.

"At Microsoft, we know that amazing apps are being built in New York and San Francisco, and we want to give talented developers the chance to launch their businesses through the Windows Store," said John Richards, Senior Director at Microsoft Corp. "We hope our Boingo Wi-Fi sponsorship will introduce the Windows 8 opportunity to app builders in NYC and San Francisco, while providing folks with Wi-Fi connectivity on-the-go."

Posted in 4G, AT&T, Amazon, Android, Apple, Cisco, Consumer Electronics, Gadget, Google, Microsoft, Technology, Wireless

Tagged: amazon, app store, apple, boingo, ecosystem, google, google play, itunes, microsoft, tablet : Related Tags: apple google, years microsoft, windows store, microsoft, windows, google

StartupCamp Comms Edition at ITEXPO West 2012 kicks off

October 4, 2012

Michael Tessler of Broadsoft shares his experiences from entrepreneur to leader of a billion dollar plus company at StartupCamp 6 Comms edition at ITEXPO in Austin.

Posted in ITEXPO

First ITEXPO West 2012 Videos Posted

October 3, 2012

Yesterday was amazing for me as I got to sit down with many of the people here at ITEXPO in Austin and the collocated events and learn about what is happening at their companies. For example I had an awesome discussion about tech patents with Chris Douglas, Attorney at Law at Alston & Bird LLP. It was great to get his viewpoint on what is happening in the market as there seems to be more mobile patent than product news lately.

I even got a chance to hear about a new party at the show being thrown by Glen Goldberg and Parallel Communications Group.

Tagged: audiocodes, communications, conference, expo, itexpo, sbc, technology : Related Tags: itexpo

ITEXPO West 2012 Austin Show Set Up Pics

October 3, 2012

The ITEXPO exhibit hall will open in a matter of hours. Here are some interesting photos worth sharing so far.

Posted in ITEXPO

Two New ITEXPO Giveaways Announced for Wednesday AM

October 2, 2012

Big news for ITEXPO attendees - on top of the $40k+ worth of giveaways I mentioned recently and the media giveaway, there will be two new iPad giveaways at the keynotes on Wednesday morning. One will be given out after the ShoreTel keynote and another after IBM.

Just drop business cards at the door when you enter keynote in Ballroom A, be there by 8:45 am, Wed, Oct 3rd to get a decent seat and you need to be present to win.

Here are the details of the giveaway as well as the keynotes.

Posted in ITEXPO

Don't Believe the Apple MapGate Hype

October 1, 2012

Apple has become so successful that journalists seem to go in for the kill if a new service doesn’t work perfectly. To some degree the company has executed so well, this is to be expected. The latest issue is the company’s decision to replace Google maps with its own maps in iOS6. Users have complained about less than perfect directions in some cases as well as some satellite images which are warped and frankly quite odd looking.

Posted in AT&T, Android, Apple, Consumer Electronics, Gadget, Google, Technology, Verizon, Wireless

Tagged: apple, copilot live, google, gps, maps, siri, tomtom : Related Tags: austin texas, apple, google, mapping, austin, company

A Journalist Will Win a Kindle at ITEXPO in Austin This Week

October 1, 2012

A note from the ITEXPO PR firm for all media and analysts I thought worth sharing:

We’re looking forward to having you join us at ITEXPO at the Austin Convention Center next week. Here are a few notes to ensure you have a great show:

Tweet from ITEXPO and you could win a Kindle! The registered press/analyst with the most individual Tweets between October 2 and October 5 citing the hashtag #ITEXPO will win a Kindle!

Posted in Broadband, Communications Developer, Conference, ITEXPO, SIP, Technology, Wireless

Tagged: communications, conference, itexpo, technology : Related Tags: itexpo austin, ashley baster, media credentials, press, itexpo, media

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