Erik Linask
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Steve Wozniak to Keynote ITEXPO Las Vegas
We are extremely proud to announce Steve Wozniak is a keynoter at ITEXPO in Las Vegas, Thursday, August 29 at 10am....
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WebRTC Screen Sharing Demo!
In a recent post WebRTC Test Demo Fun, I gave some real world "working" examples of WebRTC. One of the demos I...
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Attend the WebRTC Webinar and Learn More about the Disruption
Tomorrow, February, 20th, Dialogic will be hosting a WebRTC webinar and we’re pleased to have with us respected analyst Dean Bubley from...
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Thank You Amazon, Retailers May Now Merge at Will
When reports surfaced regarding Office Depot merging with OfficeMax, the first thing which may have occurred to many, is regulators wouldn’t let...
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Scam Users, Accumulate Facebook Likes, Buy a Ferrari
Bitdefender Labs recently reported that a site showing kittens and unicorns suggested users download a “business flash” plugin in order to see...
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Windows 8 Sync Settings - Security Hole
Windows 8 has a cool new feature that lets you login with your cloud-based Microsoft account (@hotmail.com, @live.com, @outlook.com) and it will...
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Is Apple Too Sexy for MWC?
In deciding not to exhibit at the Macworld events, CES and MWC, Apple has shown the world that it doesn’t need...
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Innovation on Display: ITEXPO Austin
October 12, 2012Having just wrapped up another successful ITEXPO in Austin (in 20-degree cooler weather than last year), I have the pleasure of again reflecting upon the many exciting happenings from the week. Where to start?
How about the keynotes, which, as heard though the grapevine on many occasions, were an impressive, yet cohesive collection of industry thought leaders, each considering how customer expectations and customer experience are shaping the market.
Why You Should be Paying Attention to Unified Communications
July 30, 2012
I spent last week between Minneapolis and Chicago on the Great Lakes leg of the Putting SIP to Work tour, with Sonus, Arrow S3, and Level 3.
It was quite the week, thanks to Mother Nature, who decided to knock out power in the Minneapolis hotel, and then returned Thursday evening with a band of storms stretching from Massachusetts to Texas, shutting down LaGuardia airport in the process.
Those distractions aside, the seminar series, which began the previous week in Dallas, has served as an eye opener to more than a few businesses in each city, thanks to some eye-opening statistics regarding SIP adoption and both hard and soft benefits that can be enjoyed.
CRM: Putting the RM Before the C
February 28, 2012Verizon and AT&T both began using terms like 4G and LTE in their advertising well in advance of network and device rollouts, preparing customers for the next great thing in communications. Remember the HTC Thunderbolt ad that was initially launched without the “coming soon” moniker at the end? (http://tmcnet.com/59102.1)
Every time I saw it, I confirmed my decision to wait for the thunder to come in order to trade in my BlackBerry, rather than escaping early on the ferry to Steve Jobs’ iLand. It’s a decision I would take again.
How to Watch the Super Bowl on Your Deck with an Outdoor TV
January 12, 2012The Super Bowl is only a few weeks away – the Sunday after ITEXPO East in Miami, in fact, so it promises to be a fantastic week for tech-focused sports fans. Here’s hoping the Giants can avoid seeing too much of the Discount Double Check.
For those of you not in New York – or Cheesehead country – why not host your Super Bowl party outside on the deck or patio? You don’t have a TV there?
How to Make the Right Unified Communications Choice
November 29, 2011You’ve been running a successful business for several – perhaps many – years now, which has allowed you to grow and further expand your operations. But, while your continued growth potential stares you in the face, you find yourself faced with several obstacles, not the least of which are shrinking budgets and an inability to keep pace with the developing needs of your workforce as they seek to increase their productivity and collaboration within teams and with external partners and customers.
Maybe you’ve even installed a VoIP system to help reduce budgets.
Making Sense of the BYO WiFi Device Party
October 3, 2011When it was first introduced, the iPad was predicted by many to become a laptop replacement. While many use their iPads and other tablets in lieu of their laptops in many situations, the prophecy was far from accurate.
Think about it: As you head off for the office each morning, how many devices do you bring with you that will soon connect to your corporate WiFi network?
Private Clouds for SMBs Made Easy
September 27, 2011Cloud computing and virtualization – two intimately related technology buzzwords. In fact, as Nelson Ruest noted this morning at Zenith Infotech’s It’s Your Cloud seminar in Miami, you can’t properly leverage the former without the latter.
In fact, Ruest, who spent two years on a 50-city tour talking about virtualization, defines cloud as a combination of seven virtualization technologies:
- Server virtualization
- Storage virtualization
- Network virtualization
- Management virtualization
- Desktop virtualization
- Application virtualization
- User state virtualization
Today, while many IT managers are still trying to understand how to effectively bring virtualization and cloud technologies into their businesses, one of the big changes is that they are now available to businesses of all sizes.
What are the hottest topics in Silicon Valley?
July 12, 2011What’s the hottest topic in technology today? Mobility? Cloud? Google+ vs. Facebook?
New and Improved Quick View from Cablevision? Not so Much.
July 2, 2011A year and a half ago, Cablevision launched a new feature, iO TV Quick View, which provides viewers a live snapshot of what’s currently airing in three different categories – sports, news, and children’s programming. Each had its own channel number, making it easy to launch the features.
It’s a great feature, especially for kids, who can easily see what’s on, move the cursor to their progam of choice, and push SELECT to go to the channel (audio changes as the cursor is moved from block to block in the 3x3 grid set up to make optimal use of the screen’s real estate).
Got In-flight WiFi? Hipmunk Knows
June 29, 2011Ubiquitous is the term we hear quite often beside WiFi – though often it goes hand in hand with wishful thinking. While WiFi availability has come a long way in the past year, it is anything but ubiquitous.
That said, as nice as it sounds, I don’t know if the concept of WiFi-everywhere is a true necessity – a convenience, perhaps, for people who are in a never ending contest to gather more Facebook friends and Twitter followers than everyone they know.
