The PR Vibes newsletters are a great place to catch up on the news and gossip on industry events such as CTIA, MWC and ITEXPO. We are here at ITEXPO East 2012 in Miami and the good people at PR...
Today at ITEXPO Digium announced three new phones and Tom Keating is really impressed based on his post today. But what really caught my attention is not the obvious - which is that companies are increasingly expanding into new markets....
A great idea was just shared here at the Avaya Tech on Tap Event at ITEXPO East 2012 in Miami. Imagine an app which notifies you if someone you met is within bluetooth range. This could be very helpful for...
Vertical communications has been pretty quiet for a long while so I am happy they will be at ITEXPO in Miami this week. I am looking forward to catching up with the IP-PBX company which picked up Comdial, Vodavi...
How do we deal with SMS if POTS goes away? After all SS7 is needed for SMS propagation and if there is no intelligent network then how do short messages get sent? The SIP Forum’s Richard Shockey here at...
So far at ITEXPO I’ve had conversations with seven companies and the verdict is that 2012 will be a stronger year than 2011 based upon speaking with cloud companies, analysts in video as well as companies focusing on communications in...
ITEXPO will start tomorrow – today I am in a session regarding the move from plain old telephone service or POTS to PANS – which may be the acronym for the new phone network which is IP communications based. Right...
One of the more exciting portions of ITEXPO is the collocated StartupCamp5 Comms Edition which is an event which brings together some of the hottest startups around and allows the audience to help pick the one which should get funding....
In TMC’s never-ending quest to bring in the largest global community of tech and communications decision-makers from around the globe to ITEXPO we do virtually everything we can to ensure we reach the largest audience we can online and via...
I think I may have one of the best jobs in the world. I admit it is a bit ADHD-inducing as I get involved in lots of areas from new media to the latest technologies in the market as I...
One of the most frequent question I get regarding TMC’s ITEXPO which takes place next week in Miami – is with all that is going on – how do you make a decision as to which parts of the show...
Yesterday I was engaged in a conversation with TMC senior editor Peter Bernstein and we were discussing the pace of innovation and whether there is some formula which can explain how much more quickly things are happening today. Interestingly I...
While I digest the super-strong, mind-numbing Apple growth numbers which propelled the stock to a high of $460 per share after hours I have just set my out of office message for next week when I will be at ITEXPO....
A shout out to investors everywhere I haven’t seen this level of funding in the tech space in years – I would go so far as to say the amount of funding is the greatest I’ve seen since 2000. I...
Dear readers – thanks for registering for ITEXPO – our conference registration numbers show there is solid attendance already and the scope of attendees as always will be international with people coming from as far away as China. What I...
At ITEXPO in Miami on February 2nd, 2012 there will be a breakfast from 8-9:30 am for successful women in tech and telecom. Led by Suzanne Bowen the renowned IP Communications and Social Networking Evangelist, this event is an evolution...
Earlier this month, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced the appointment of Henning Schulzrinne as Chief Technology Officer – a major move forward for the FCC and the US communications regulatory environment. This move was made in-part because the FCC has...
This past August Intel invested $300M in an Ultrabook fund and if you haven’t had a chance to use these high-end laptops from companies like Asus and Toshiba – you should… They are pretty incredible. Light, thin, efficient and fast....
Fasten your seat-belts - this is getting interesting... cloud-communications provider Alianza just landed a four-year hosted software licensing agreement with Clearwire. Alianza's end-to-end voice platform combines all the back-office platform management, product management, and end-user support functions into a single...
Recently I had a chance to have an in-depth conversation with Avaya about the trends they see for 2012 in the communications space. In particular I spoke with George Humphrey a Director and Line of Business Owner at Avaya and...
Here is the photo player for ITEXPO - it will be updated throughout the show and so far has photos from part of day one including keynotes, conferences, registration and others spaces....
After a great first day, we are thrilled to have ITEXPO written up in the Austin American-Statesman. We are really happy to be in fast-growing Texas with ITEXPO.Check out the article for yourself to get their take and I hope...
Here is the latest ITEXPO West Austin show daily. Some of the items discussed are the cloud, mobility, Grandstream, Sangoma and big news from 2600hz. » Exhibitors» Dates & TimesKeynotes» Register To AttendShow Daily : 9/12/2011 Latest Features•IP Multimedia Phone...
Hi all, I am using Hootsuite to set reminders to important events at ITEXPO such as networking receptions, etc. I am trying to give about 2 hours notice for the major things you should know. Be sure to have tweets...