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Metaswitch Forum 2010 CTO Show

September 23, 2010

Federating and aggregation are key to carriers looking to compete in the new world was a message from the Metaswitch Forum this morning during the CTO Show presentation. Andy Randall, senior vice president of marketing and business development, sets the stage for CTO Chris Mairs who lays out a service provider blueprint for the next decade.

The audience was presented with a a colorful history of technology starting with the steam engine to the present and there was lots of talk about common day opportunities.

One recurring theme was Google as customer - carriers know the search engine is competitor but talk of working with them as a customer was frequent. Other discussions revolved around open APIs and and the company will participate in ecommerce and social networking companies through loose affiliations.

Transition to cloud will be a fundamental reconfiguration of our business and those adjacent to our own. Carriers will have to look to new ecosystems to replace current revenue streams.

Posted in 4G, AT&T, Broadband, Consumer Electronics, E-Commerce, FCC, Facebook, Fax, Google, IMS, IP Communications, Microsoft, Nortel, Optical, SIP, Smart Ecosystem, Social Networking, Speech Technologies, Technology, Unified Communications, Verizon, Video, VoIP, Wireless

ITEXPO Article in Smart Business

September 22, 2010

I know what you are thinking - you wish you could read articles from me about ITEXPO not only here on this blog but elsewhere. Well today is your lucky day as I wrote about ITEXPO for Smart Business and the piece is short and more focused on non-technical readers.

I hope you find it useful.

Posted in 4G, 4GWE, AT&T, Apple, Blackberry, Broadband, CRM, Call Center, Cisco, Conference, Conferencing, Consumer Electronics, E-Commerce, FCC, Facebook, Fax, Gadget, Google, HD Voice, IP Communications, IPTV, ITEXPO, M2M, Microsoft, Nortel, Open Source, Optical, SIP, Security, Skype, Smart Ecosystem, Smart Grid, Social Networking, Speech Technologies, TMC Team, Technology, Twitter, Unified Communications, Verizon, Video, VoIP, Wireless

ITEXPO West 2010 Hotel Situation

September 21, 2010

I just received word from my operations team that show hotel blocks are sold out but the hotels (below) are taking reservations and doing their best to accommodate as many people as they can.

The Westin has been since August as my readers know.

Reminder - ITEXPO is October 4-6, 2010 in Los Angeles. Please book soon. We hope to see you there.

Westin Omni Sheraton

Posted in 4G, AT&T, Apple, Avaya, Blackberry, Broadband, Call Center, Cisco, Communications Developer, Conference, Conferencing, Consumer Electronics, E-Commerce, FCC, Facebook, Fax, Financial, Gadget, Google, Green, HD Voice, IP Communications, IPTV, ITEXPO, M2M, Merger/Acquisition, Open Source, Patent, Personal, Rates Technology, SaaS, Skype, Smart Ecosystem, Smart Grid, Social Networking, Speech Technologies, TMC Team, Technology, Twitter, Unified Communications, VoIP, WiMAX, Wireless

What Cablevision Needs to do Next

September 18, 2010

While others complain about their cable providers, I am pretty happy with mine - Cablevision and Optimum/Optimum Online. The company provides blazing fast Internet at reasonable prices and recently has added services such as WiFi almost everywhere I go, Caller-ID on the TV, and Internet control of the DVR including a mobile site. More recently the company rolled out an iPhone app which is even better than the mobile site in terms of its design.

Do I feel like I am getting a great value on my TV package?

Posted in AT&T, Apple, Broadband, Cisco, Communications Developer, FCC, Facebook, Financial, Gadget, Google, HD Voice, IP Communications, Microsoft, SIP, Smart Ecosystem, Social Networking, Technology, Twitter, Video, Wireless

Smart Grid Trends 2010-2011

September 17, 2010

The smart grid is a very hot topic now - there is a tremendous amount of value in these new networks and regardless of whether the primary driver is going green, saving or making money, there is a massive amount of interest in the grid's evolution. As you may know, in two weeks Smart Grid Summit takes place in Los Angeles, CA and we're been proud to announce a tremendous amount of utilities, other major equipment companies and carriers have signed up to attend.

Frankly, it is one of the fastest-growing events to be collocated with ITEXPO. Jon Arnold is the principal at ICP and a TMC partner on the show and I had a chance to interview him on the event, who is coming, who is speaking and how the event is unique.

Posted in Broadband, Google, Green, IP Communications, Smart Ecosystem, Smart Grid, Social Networking, Technology, Wireless

iPad goes to China, Crooks Mine Facebook and ITEXPO Highlights

September 13, 2010

As the first week of the fall begins, there is a wealth of news to share such as China getting the iPad, Facebook status updates leading to burglaries, another high- level departure at Nokia and GoDaddy.com looking to sell itself for a billion dollars.

The pace of acquisitions hasn't slowed as of late - HP just announced it will acquire ArcSight to bolster its security offering and PAETEC will pick up Cavalier Telephone.

Perhaps the biggest news of all is Wal-Mart's entry into the MVNO space - they will be reselling T-Mobile's service.

If there is a common theme here - it's that technology continues to be full of opportunity as it becomes more common.

Posted in 4G, 4GWE, AT&T, Apple, Avaya, Blackberry, Broadband, Call Center, Cisco, Communications Developer, Conference, Conferencing, Consumer Electronics, E-Commerce, FCC, Facebook, Fax, Financial, Gadget, Google, Green, HD Voice, IMS, IP Communications, IPTV, ITEXPO, JITC, M2M, Merger/Acquisition, Microsoft, Nortel, Open Source, Optical, Patent, Personal, Political, SIP, SaaS, Satellite, Science, Search, Security, Skype, Smart Ecosystem, Smart Grid, Social Networking, Speech Technologies, TMCnet, Technology, Twitter, Unified Communications, Verizon, Video, VoIP, Vonage, WiMAX, Wireless, Yahoo

Google in Your Brain and ITEXPO Update

September 8, 2010

For some reason when I hear Sergey Brin wants Google to be the third half of my brain I feel a bit freaked out. Partially because they already know what everyone wants, desires - how often we search for our Exes, how often we check porn, etc. Then again, the next step seems to be logically implanting themselves in our heads so why am I surprised?

I just hope the third brain they put in me is out of Beta.

Then again, I could use some help from the Google guys when keeping track of all the excitement and new events surrounding ITEXPO.

Posted in 4G, 4GWE, AT&T, Apple, Avaya, Blackberry, Broadband, CRM, Call Center, Cisco, Communications Developer, Conference, Conferencing, Consumer Electronics, E-Commerce, FCC, Facebook, Fax, Financial, Gadget, Google, Green, HD Voice, IMS, IP Communications, IPTV, ITEXPO, M2M, Microsoft, Nortel, Open Source, Optical, SIP, SaaS, Satellite, Skype, Smart Ecosystem, Smart Grid, Social Networking, Speech Technologies, Technology, Twitter, Unified Communications, Verizon, Video, VoIP, Vonage, Wireless, Yahoo

Apple, Sony, Microsoft, Google and ITEXPO News September 1, 2010

September 2, 2010

It has been an extremely exciting week again for tech news and moreover for me personally as I got a chance to open up my Sony Dash and it is a very cool addition to my desktop as it allows me to view my photos and take advantage of widgets of all kinds which among other thinks allow me to see the pandas at the San Diego Zoo. This handy gadget has a slew of communications, social networking and calendar features as well but for now, I just want to see the pandas.

The big news from yesterday of course was Steve Jobs onstage pushing a slew of new iPods and a rental-only model for Apple TV and a social network integrated into iTunes.

Posted in 4G, 4GWE, AT&T, Apple, Avaya, Blackberry, Broadband, CRM, Call Center, Cisco, Conferencing, Consumer Electronics, E-Commerce, FCC, Facebook, Fax, Financial, Gadget, Google, Green, HD Voice, IMS, IP Communications, IPTV, ITEXPO, M2M, Merger/Acquisition, Microsoft, Musings, Nortel, Open Source, Optical, Patent, Personal, Political, SIP, SaaS, Satellite, Science, Security, Skype, Smart Ecosystem, Smart Grid, Social Networking, Speech Technologies, TMC Team, TMC Video, Technology, Twitter, Unified Communications, Verizon, Video, VoIP, Vonage, WiMAX, Wireless, Yahoo

Alcatel-Lucent Outlines Next Generation Communications

September 1, 2010

Having recently purchased a Sony Dash which I still need to take out of the box, I am obviously intrigued by the idea of devices which allow widgets to run on them. Apparently Alcatel-Lucent too is enamored with the concept of widgets and mobile apps as the company just picked up OpenPlug, a company focused on cross-platform application development solutions. This purchase follows on the acquisition of ProgrammableWeb a major resource to the development community involved in mashups and web-based APIs.

What does this tell you?

Posted in 4G, 4GWE, AT&T, Apple, Blackberry, Communications Developer, Consumer Electronics, E-Commerce, Google, IMS, IP Communications, Open Source, SIP, SaaS, Search, Smart Ecosystem, Speech Technologies, TMC Team, Technology, Twitter, Unified Communications, Verizon, Video, VoIP, Wireless

Nokia, RIM, Skype, Cisco and ITEXPO News August 30, 2010

August 30, 2010

Tech once again has been an amazingly vibrant market in the last week of August when news is generally slow. A recent trend has to do withtechnology companies playing nice with global governments to make sure they aren't rejected or find themselves out of favor like Google happens to be in China.

Nokia Spices up its Servers

Nokia for its part has decided to put servers in India to comply with local laws allowing government officials access to once impenetrable communications systems. You may recall India recently had some issues with not being able to monitor messages sent on Blackberrys.

Skype - an M&A Target

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