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David Byrd
David Byrd is the Founder and Chief Creative Officer for Raven Guru Marketing. Previously, he was the CMO and EVP of Sales for CloudRoute. Prior to CloudRoute, He was CMO at ANPI, CMO & EVP of Sales at Broadvox, VP of channels and Alliances for Telcordia and Director of eBusiness development with i2 Technologies.He has also held executive positions with Planet Hollywood Online, Hewlett-Packard, Tandem Computers, Sprint and Ericsson.
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May 2011

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A Stormy Night Shows Me the Future

May 25, 2011

Certainly what Dallas went through last night doesn’t measure up to the situation in Joplin, Missouri. However, it was enough to turn a 10:00 PM arrival into a 1:45 AM arrival. In addition, the plane contained 45 or so 13 years olds returning from a Washington, D.C. field trip.

With Ready Fire Aim Avoid Intractable

May 23, 2011

With Ready Fire Aim Avoid Intractable

This was a rerun weekend for food. I ate some of my favorite dishes; a cheese burger, nachos, and Cioppino. Although, have shared elements of these foods before, I really never do things the same way twice.

How Green is the Cloud?

May 20, 2011

Cloud computing is everywhere with most of us having the key benefits down to a fine science. However, yesterday got me thinking about how green is the cloud? One of our key OEMs is launching a new program that will enable their channel to continue to sell their premise based IP PBX but also position a hosted solution. It became clear that there are more converts everyday that move from the position of “premise versus hosted” to “premise and hosted”.

Technology Commodity Conversation

May 18, 2011

A few years ago Nick Carr in a Harvard Business Review article proposed that Information Technology was a commodity and no longer of strategic value to a business. In addition to a belief that IT was ubiquitous, available to all, he expressed a general concern over the amount of CAPEX and OPEX that IT organizations consumed. Finally, the IT elements affected by the discussion include storage, processing and communications.

Yesterday, during a conference session at LegalTech 2011 in Los Angeles, the question was asked again regarding whether IT was a commodity.

A Taste of Crabs and a Touch of Security

May 16, 2011

As promised, I grilled this weekend. Although, the meals were not what you would think of as grilled affairs. Saturday, I brined and then pounded thin some pork chops to create “elephant ears”. The bone is left in place making for an interesting presentation and providing additional flavor. 

Taking It to the Cloud

May 13, 2011

It’s clear that cloud computing is on the fast track. It has attracted the attention of companies like Amazon and Google, who with their server farms saw this as a natural extension of the business. It has also attracted telecommunications service providers such as Verizon, BT, AT&T and others, principally because of their existing relationships with enterprise customers and experience with reliability and security.

Therefore, it is not surprising that during Interop, it is a major topic of discussion.

Mashups Seem to be Working

May 9, 2011

Mashups Seem to be Working

Okay so I didn’t cook a lot this weekend. Friday was a leftover fried chicken for my wife and leftover prime rib for me. They were accompanied by a Caesar salad.

Whew! It's Finally over!

May 6, 2011

Whew! It’s Finally over!

The Broadvox 2011 Partner Summit ended yesterday and it was an event enjoyed by all. We were very happy to have over 130 attendees and 19 sponsors:

  • Aastra
  • ABP Technology
  • AudioCodes
  • BroadSoft
  • Cisco
  • Covad
  • Digium
  • Epygi
  • ICON Voice Networks
  • Ingate
  • Inventive Labs
  • Jazinga
  • Patton Electronics
  • ScanSource
  • snom
  • The SIP School
  • TMCnet
  • Verio
  • X4 Solutions
During the event Broadvox and Cypress communications made three important announcements.

Asparagus Aspirations

May 2, 2011

I really enjoy Thai food and I make a decent chicken with green curry, but Friday, we had Spicy Thai Noodles and Beef. For more of a well rounded dish I added haricot verts and peas, delicious. Saturday was beer brats, with onions sautéed and serve in a beer reduction and homemade fries tossed with sea salt. Sunday dinner featured grilled scallops wrapped in apple smoked bacon with a chipotle mayonnaise. One quick bit of advice.
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