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UC For the Trading Floor

I am pretty excited about the UC for the Trading Floor seminar I will be moderating in a few weeks. The conference has generated lots of interest and is a great launch pad for TMC’s launch of Unified Communications Magazine....

Posted on June 7, 2007 2:10 PM

Volpi Joins Joost

Just as hiring Mike Volpi from Cisco was big news for Skype, the fact Volpi has become the CEO of Joost is big news. Volpi brought an air of legitimacy to Skype when he joined the board in 2004. Having...

Posted on June 5, 2007 8:18 AM

Pactolus and Cisco Workshops

Be sure to come to the Communications Developer Conference tomorrow and be part of the Pactolus and Cisco workshops. Why you ask? Because the future of communications is all about ecosystems and companies like Pactolus and Cisco are providing a...

Posted on May 14, 2007 9:06 PM

Trixbox/Fonality at Communications Developer

I have just received word Kerry Garrison will be speaking at TMC’s Communications Developer Conference to take place next month in Santa Clara, CA. Kerry is the Sr. Product Manager at Trixbox and works intricately with the open-source development community....

Posted on April 30, 2007 6:42 PM

Cisco Invest $700M in China

Cisco Systems plans on sponsoring 40 Chinese companies with a venture fund worth a total of $700 million. Investment in China is not new but this move could have implications as to where tomorrow’s technology leaders will come from. This...

Posted on April 13, 2007 5:30 PM

Unified Communications Magazine

In case you missed my past blog entries regarding SIP Magazine becoming Unified Communications Magazine, consider it official… The change has begun and we are working on the look and feel of this new publication. It should be different than...

Posted on April 6, 2007 7:04 AM

Cisco's Real Strengths

Cisco’s incredible strength comes from being able to leverage its strong brand and enourmous salesforce to sell virtually every sort of product in telecom and datacom. This report makes it seem like the outlook for the competition is bleak.  ...

Posted on March 31, 2007 11:00 AM

Cisco Purchases WebEx Podcast

Here is my audio podcast on the Cisco acquisition of WebEx. There are many positives here and lots of interesting perspective and I kept it to a few minutes. I hope you like it....

Posted on March 16, 2007 6:00 PM

Cisco Webinar

Did you know there is a link between air-blown fiber and unified communications? OK I realize this may not be a logical leap which is why of course TMCnet is going to be hosting a webinar with Cisco and Sumitomo...

Posted on March 12, 2007 3:48 PM

The Real Unified Communications Relationship between Microsoft and Nortel

The Real Unified Communications Relationship between Microsoft and Nortel   With all the IP communications industry focus on ITEXPO last week it was difficult to get a chance to share my thoughts on happenings from the prior week –...

Posted on February 2, 2007 12:19 PM

Microsoft and Nortel Stop the Messaging Madness

The average employee gets more than 50 messages every day on up to seven devices and today Microsoft and Nortel came together under the banner of the Innovative Communications Alliance to announce to the world that new software will help...

Posted on January 17, 2007 12:26 PM

Innovative Communications Alliance

I am in New York today with Greg Galitzine on my way to the Innovative Communications Alliance meeting which is the new (since this past summer anyway) initiative between Microsoft and Nortel. I haven’t covered this topic too extensively and...

Posted on January 17, 2007 10:01 AM

Cisco Lost the iPhone Trademark

So it seems Cisco did not keep the trademark for the iPhone name. Why? No use. If you don’t produce a product with the named trademark you lose it. Makes sense right? Anyway it seems that Cisco may have tried...

Posted on January 13, 2007 6:34 PM

iPhone Vs. iPhone: Cisco Vs. Apple

Tom has done a great job on this article and he is right on here – on many fronts. This is a must read if you are interested the iPhone vs. iPhone case. He cites trademarks and the shell company...

Posted on January 11, 2007 7:11 PM

Tech Musings: Apple, Cisco, Blackberry

I am musing a bit later into the day and as I was pressed for time – At this hour it is completely plausible that I may not even muse effectively. If you find today’s musings substandard, please come back...

Posted on January 11, 2007 6:28 PM

The Days Musings

Here is a smattering of news and views of recent events:   Great news – We may have found and killed life on mars. How does one analyze such news? This could be one of the biggest discoveries of our...

Posted on January 9, 2007 11:18 AM

Cisco Systems Rockets Ahead, Beats all Estimates

Here is part of my Internet Telephony Magazine Publisher's Outlook December 2006:   -----------   Certainly the biggest news in recent months is that Cisco Systems, the world’s biggest vendor of computer-networking equipment, reported first-quarter 2007 net sales of $8.2...

Posted on November 16, 2006 5:07 PM

Cisco Booted at UPMC

To be more fair, at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Cisco, Avaya Nortel and Siemens voice systems will all be replaced by Alcatel in a $300 million deal that seems more like a service provider network than one needed for...

Posted on November 15, 2006 3:20 PM

Spanlink and Workforce Management

If you have ever driven to TMC’s headquarters in Norwalk, Connecticut from I95 North you know about congestion. You see there are two exits that are a stone’s throw away from each other – 14 and 15 - and just...

Posted on September 26, 2006 2:36 PM

Bandwidth Glut

We have received some nice comments about the following article regarding the Cisco 4-Slot CSR-1 Router from Zippy. I have to share this excerpt and a specific quote which I bolded below.---"As we start to see the abilities of the...

Posted on September 11, 2006 7:54 PM

MetaSwitch Cable Telephony

MetaSwitch has always been a leading edge technology company and they know acronyms well. Perhaps that is why they aren’t afraid to launch YAIPCA or Yet Another IP Communications Acronym. In this case it is COMETE! Or Cable Operator Multiservice...

Posted on August 1, 2006 12:00 PM

Avaya Replaces Don Peterson

Avaya announced a profit decrease and replaced Don Peterson as CEO on the same day. Louis D’Ambrosio is the new CEO. I liked Don – he was a great guy. Unfortunately on Wall Street how nice you are rarely matters...

Posted on July 25, 2006 9:23 AM

Cisco Security Flaw

If you are using a number of wireless products made by Cisco you will likely want to read this article to be sure you do what is needed to stay secure. ...

Posted on June 28, 2006 3:03 PM

Stories of Interest

Here are recent stories of interest. My favorite has to be Survey: IPods More Popular Than Beer followed by QUALCOMM's VoIP news and of course how often do I get to talk about JFK. The VoiceGenie news is old but...

Posted on June 8, 2006 5:56 PM

Companies Worth Watching

Here is an overview of some companies I have recently met with:Bluenote Networks continues to make noise. The company makes products that leverage p2p and SOA to enable companies to communicate more effectively. Soon they will open up an API...

Posted on March 13, 2006 7:43 AM