I have lots of exciting news to report about ITEXPO West 2010 Oct 4-6 in Los Angeles - there will be a total of 12 collocated events at the show. Some of these include, 4GWE, Smart Grid, M2M, CVx, SPEC,...
Our San Jose meetings are going great, over 90 of the tech industry's top innovators and movers and shakers will be meeting with my editorial team. The mood in the Valley is upbeat and we are still getting requests for...
With all the doom and gloom talk regarding the global economy, many attendees and exhibitors came to ITEXPO recently in Miami with low expectations. A few exhibitors told me candidly the show could have been justifiably down 30 percent. Instead, we...
In what seems to be an important trend for the IP PBX market, Zultys is now offering a new product called MXmeeting, a scalable web conferencing and collaboration solution. The system scales from as few as two users to as...
One of the most fascinating articles I have read in a long while is about the Siemens global bribery scandal where the company spent $1.4 billion on bribes from 2001 to 2007. Of that, get this - telecom accounted for...
I know you are busy but I am sure you noticed this week that Zultys appointed a new CEO. Sure you did. I know readers of my blog are voracious and can't get enough of the latest news and analysis...
Zed-3 is the company most people have never heard of but it is backed by telecom veteran Iain Milnes who launched Zarak -- the successful testing company later sold to Spirent and Zultys -- the company which made a...
I can’t help but be super-impressed by the progress Polycom is making in the market. The company’s devices work with virtually all companies and they have just expanded their VIP interoperability program. Amazingly, the company announced six new partners, Cedar...
In case you are behind on your reading or perhaps were away and want to catch up quickly; I have assembled some of the top stories from last week and today. Topics of interest include Cisco’s purchase of an equity...
Recent news in the IP communications space has centered on SunRocket replacements from companies like Nuvio and OneSuite. At least in the case of OneSuite, I haven’t even heard of them and their PR/marketing is nonexistent… At least to me....
SIP PBX vendor Zultys is growing the company by hiring new people who are tasked with growing the company faster. A few weeks back I met with Zultys President and CEO Avi Wienrib who is also President of Telrad...
Please enjoy the unedited Publisher's Outlook from the July 2007 issue of Internet Telephony Magazine. ------- One of the most colorful characters in the communications space has to be Iain Milnes the founder of Zarak and Zultys. Zarak sold to...
While the world is going iPhone lawsuit crazy (posts from Andy, Jeff and Aswath) there is a bit of news that seems to be under the radar but crucial. What is it you ask? It is that eBay/PayPal will start...
Here is part of my Internet Telephony Magazine Publisher's Outlook December 2006. It is is in addition to Cisco Systems Rockets Ahead, Beats all Estimates which was posted earlier today: ------ A few months back, TMC’s Greg Galitzine broke...
The news of the day is Telrad Connegy has purchased the Zultys assets via Pivot VoIP, Inc. Telrad will be using this acquisition to get into the IP PBX space. They are interested in the Zultys technology....
There is so much happening in the Zultys saga right now. Here is an update from this past Friday. Some of this article is based on the very vibrant conversations taking place on this blog entry. The worldwide Zultys community...
Here are the gory details of the Zultys bankruptcy. It is staggering how much controversy this whole ordeal has caused in the industry. In attendance at the hearing were Al Reis, the former EVP of operations at Zultys; Matt Ferro...
Recently I was sent the Zultys restructuring announcement as well as the Chapter 11 filing. If you aren't following it, there is a very lively debate taking place on my blog about the future of Zultys, what led to its...
I received a call from a Zultys reseller today who was discussing the fact that Zultys has filed for Chapter 11. The VAR requested to stay anonymous.According to this reseller the entire channel is very dedicated to the company and...
The Zultys team is very hard at word. I get more e-mail from this company in a week than I used to get in a quarter. The outreaches are generally filled with case studies of large deployments which seem very...
We have been receiving many e-mails on the Zultys situation (Zultys Out of Business, Zultys Update, Zultys Up and Running!). It seems that there are a good number of employees who are upset about what is happening. Of course this makes...
I just heard from Iain Milnes that Zultys is up and running. To quote Iain, “We are back up and running with a new lease of life and all of our sales offices globally are working normally and at full...
Zultys Out of Business I just read that e-mails from Zultys are being returned saying the company is out of business. I hear there was a problem with the financing. Investors decided not to back the company further. I imagine...