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Podcast with Jon Arnold on Hosted UC

November 16, 2010



Jon Arnold, fellow blogger at TMC, talks with me about Metaswitch, Broadsoft, IBM and the Hosted UC space with some Cloud talk.
Posted in broadsoft, cloud computing, hosted uc

The Buzz on UC is Over

November 30, 2010

Gary Kim is writing about the buzz on UC being over. Last week, Gartner called UC a scam. Now Gartner is taking UC off the trend list for 2011. So has Frost & Sullivan.

Posted in conferencing, hosted uc, technology, telecommunications, unified communications, video, voip, xo
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Accolades

December 13, 2010


Since some folks think I don't post any positive stuff, today's post is filled with accolades. Here are some companies that deserve a gold star.

For the sixth consecutive year VoIP Supply has been named one of the Top 100 Private Companies in Western New York. [@GarrettSmith]

Junction Network's just signed their 10,000th customer.


Posted in CLEC, agents, fiber, hosted uc, telecommunications, voip

What's It Take to be a VoIP Winner?

December 13, 2010

What does it take to run a successful VoIP services company? According to Report Linker, "the biggest VoIP providers are ostensibly run-of-the-mill telecom companies. This means smaller providers must innovate and take the role of pioneers whose marketing strategy doesn't rely only on offering the lowest price, since that's a game they can't win."

Lowest price is about scale.

Posted in CLEC, Marketing, PBX, cableco, cloud computing, communications, duopoly, hosted uc, saas, smb, technology, telecommunications, unified communications, voip

Expectations in 2011 with Jon Arnold

December 15, 2010



Jon Arnold joins me for a chat about what to expect in 2011. We touch on Acme Packet, SBC, security, outages, IPv4, Cloud and Social CRM. It's a full 25 minutes.
Posted in Internet, broadsoft, cloud computing, communications, data center, hosted uc, outage, saas, tele-presence, telecommunications, unified communications
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Broadsoft's Second Offering

December 27, 2010

Broadsoft investors are cashing out to the tune of 4.8 million shares to be priced at $22 according to TradingMarkets.com. Today, BSFT is trading at $26.

In other news, Tampa-based Microsoft partner, Tribridge bought Mercatus Group, a health care provider practice systems integrator.

More consolidation in the UC/Hosted PBX space per press release: Vantage Communications, the premier provider of hosted Unified Communications services, has announced it has acquired the assets, technology and customer base of Digital Ingenuity, a long established Philadelphia based VoIP Provider.

Posted in PBX, broadsoft, hosted uc, mergers, unified communications, voip
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Net-heads Grab the Gold Ring

January 3, 2011

Over on Voyces Larry Lisser blogs about 4 communications startups that received funding in 4Q2010.  (Pertinent because Communications Startup Camp is in less than a month on Feb. 3 at ITEXPO!) What made the story stand out for me is that all the innovation in communications is coming from Net-Heads not Bell-Heads. Software developers are shipping great Art.

Verizon coming up with another stupid slogan or the ability for a largely technophobic consumer to watch the same movie on 3 devices is not a great advance.  I'll give them some credit for the social networks widgets, but again not easy for the general public to pull off.

Meanwhile Net-heads are making mashups; designing friendly UI; and allowing the small business to take full advantage of the web/apps/cloud.

For example, Tampa local's Charles Armstrong launched the iPhone app Tour Wrist in 2010 at TEDX Tampa Bay. 





Posted in apps, cloud computing, communications, expo, hosted uc

UC is on the Rise: No Kidding

January 4, 2011

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All the trends, lists, predictions are out now. Of course, UC is will see record growth and Cloud Computing too. No kidding! They are both in infancy (relatively speaking), so there is nowhere to go but up.
Posted in PBX, hosted uc, im/chat, technology, telecommunications, unified communications, video, voip

Smoothstone Has Patience with Sprint

January 6, 2011

Sprint finally lands a partner in its Mobile Convergence system. After spending much of 2010 talking with Sprint about the MVNO and Integration options, I applaud the patience of Smoothstone, which announced today the availability of Smoothstone's cloud-based voice solutions combined with Mobile Integration delivered over the Sprint Global MPLS network to provide unprecedented flexibility and performance for the most dynamic and demanding businesses. In English, that means that Smoothstone's softswitch (Broadsoft it seems) is connected to Sprint's network via an MPLS link to allow customers that also have a Sprint mobile phone to have full integration with the Hosted PBX. In essence, the Sprint cell phone becomes an extension on the PBX.

Posted in cellular, hosted uc, mpls, unified communications, voip

2 More Acquisitions

January 6, 2011

Rumor from SFGate is it that Skype bought Qik for $100 million. Qik's smartphone video streaming service has grown to 5 million users. That doesn't mean revenue though - and Skype should know, right? Only 6% of its 124 million users contribute to the bottom line.

Posted in hosted uc, mergers, telecommunications, unified communications, vc, video, voip
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