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Phone Calls without Subject are Rude
Did you know in the future if you make a call without a subject (similar to what happens to some e-mails I get these days) it will be considered rude? In addition, were you aware UC could have an ROI...
Open Source Unified Communications
If you are a fan of unified communications, Linux and “Blackberrys on crack” you should read this interview by the VoIP Authority Greg Galitzine with Fonality’s CEO Chris Lyman. No organization has a 100% monopoly and certainly a company’s thirst...
IP Communications News: October 19, 2007
Some of the interesting news of the week shows SMBs will not only be going down the road to purchasing IP communications solutions – they will also be purchasing and installing security solutions. In my research this morning I also...
Which PBX Manufacturers will Survive?
The following is a sidebar to the Publisher’s Outlook Column Microsoft’s Big Unified Communications Launch in the November, 2007 issue of Unified Communications Magazine. --- There are many PBX companies – well over 25. I am surprised how...
Microsoft’s Big Unified Communications Launch
Please enjoy the Publisher’s Outlook from the November, 2007 Unified Communications Magazine. --- In the history of communications space there has never been a new product roll-out supported by over 50 other companies. Until October 16, 2007, that...
Telrex Unified Communications Call Recording
One of the main messages Microsoft is promoting to the communications marketplace is there is no need to replace your hardware – Microsoft Unified Communications will blend with your current communications infrastructure through gateways allowing you to keep the thousands...
Microsoft UC News Update Here is the news you should be aware of regarding Microsoft’s Unified Communications push so far: Tom Keating Drag-and-drop Conference Calls = OCS 2007 Success? SAP Duet to leverage Microsoft OCS 2007 Rich Liveblogging...
50 Microsoft Unified Communications Partners
There are 50 companies making announcements in conjunction with Microsoft’s Unified Communications launch. As I mentioned – this could be the biggest week for communications ever. Time will tell of course but 50 companies is nothing to sneeze at. ...
Initial Thoughts on Microsoft Unified Communications Event
Having Bill Gates initiate any new product launch is obviously good for your product. The energy so far in the room is amazing and the excitement about communications is absolutely incredible. It is quite amazing that communications has become a...
Keating’s Microsoft Unified Communications Review
Tom Keating has an incredible review of Microsoft Unified Communications products which has yet to be posted. I believe there is an embargo until later today. I really suggest you check out his blog regularly until it hits. I read...
Communication’s Biggest Week Ever
Tomorrow kicks off the biggest week in the history of communications. I have to be honest. After I wrote this statement I had to get up and take a walk and get some tea. I wanted a sanity check and...
Strategic Technologies for 2008
I was reading an article on Wireless News regarding Gartner’s top 10 strategic technologies for 2008. Here are those technologies with the analysis from Wireless News. Obviously I agree with the first two items on this list and I do...
Siemens Unified Communications
I recently had the opportunity to speak with Mark Straton the Senior Vice President of Product Marketing at Siemens about his thoughts on unified communications and where the telecom market is headed. Straton spent the early part of the conversation...
Will RIM Make your Next PBX?
In July of 2004 Avaya and Motorola explained to me how their new FMC partnership would be great for business users. They even launched a new phone called the CN620 in fact. I haven’t heard much about the initiative between...
Call Center Flash Demo
Over a decade ago I came across Interactive Intelligence, a company who looked at the call center space as an area ripe with opportunity. They decided to market products which did exactly the opposite of what others were doing at...
Reselling VoIP
Calling all consultants, VARs, systems integrators and other resellers… Be on the look out for information on how you can make money selling IP communications. Specifically hosted communications. Now that I have got you looking, please indulge me as I...
Unified Communications Gaining Momentum
In less than two weeks the communications market will be bolstered by the announcement of Microsoft officially entering the unified communications space in a major way. As a show of their support for the market, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates will...
Response Point
For at least a decade PBX manufacturers would speak to me off the record about their trepidation regarding Microsoft entering the phone business. For those companies who hoped the day would never come, they should probably avoid reading this article...
CommuniGate Pronto Goes Air
I have been using the latest version of CommuniGate System’s Pronto which works on Adobe’s Flash and Air technology. I think it is a great product. Adobe’s Air Platform was formerly called Apollo and provides a much richer interface than...
Make Money Selling VoIP
The VAR is Dead and Partner is Born In a session titled how to make Money selling VoIP Robert Messer spoke today about how resellers need to evolve to become successful. Robert who works for ABP Technology a...
ITEXPO West 2007 Coverage
Hats off to VoIP News for some great writing regarding Internet Telephony Conference & Expo. Here is an accurate description of what the show is all about. Ken Camp also weighs in on the conference in his Realtime Community blog...
Quintum News
The number of new announcements being released at ITEXPO next week will likely be a show record if the early buzz is any indication. For example, today I learned Quintum; the Microsoft Certified VoIP gateway company will be making news...
Toshiba
I recently had the opportunity to ask David Fridley, senior product manager of IP Telephony at Toshiba America Information Systems, about the evolution of the IP communications space and the direction his company is taking. To learn more about...
Nortel on Microsoft/Cisco
The following comments are from Nortel’s Tony Rybczynski regarding the new relationship between Microsoft and Cisco. I found them interesting and worth passing along. --- I was on holidays in Eastern Europe when the photo shoot took place....
Inter-Tel
Inter-Tel executives Aron Aicard (Director of Product Marketing), Jon Young (Director, Softswitch Technology) and Rick Ringel (Strategic Solutions Engineer), gave me this exclusive interview. They talked to me about Inter-Tel’s new corporate initiatives, the impact of SIP technology, and the...
