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| Peter Radizeski of RAD-INFO, Inc. talking telecom, Cloud, VoIP, CLEC, and The Channel.

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National Harbor: In the Bubble

August 17, 2016

More than one person mentioned how National Harbor looks like a town in a bubble or a movie set. As the CPEv show wraps up, here are highlights.

It wasn't UCaaS after UCaaS after UCaaS. It was broken up.

Posted in CLEC, IOT, SDN, channel, expo, hosted uc, managed services, master agency, mergers, sdn, unified communications, voip

Security is the Ugly Word

August 2, 2016

I have a client suffering in a DDoS attack for a week. This is not an unusual situation. I am working to provide a DDoS Mitigation solution.

Hacks and Ransonware are becoming common.

Posted in managed services, security

The Last CLEC Pivot

July 14, 2016

There were a number of big CLECs (over $500M in revenue) just 6 years ago - PAETEC, Windstream, Qwest, Cbeyond, XO, Level3, Global Crossing, TW Telecom, EarthLink, AboveNet, Zayo, and TelePacific.

By 2012, half were gone, swallowed up by acquisitions. [CBEY-Birch, Qwest-CLink, Paetec-WIND, L3-GX, L3-twt, Zayo-ABoveNet]. Today, with XO going to Verizon next year, there are really only a handful left.

Posted in CLEC, fiber, managed services, mergers, xo
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The Struggle of the Channel Managers

June 23, 2016

One big struggle of the channel managers is to get agents to sell deeper into accounts. The providers would like more than Internet and Voice to be sold.

If you have been at a master agent roadshow or conference, you know that what we will call fringe or non-mainstream vendors are looking for attention. Also, the most popular brands are looking to push new product lines.

Posted in agents, channel, commissions, hosted uc, managed services, master agency, sales and selling, unified communications

It Got Complicated

June 15, 2016

PRI's were easy. They are based on a standard. There were only two configurations that the gear could have. It worked 99% of the time. Now we have SIP Trunks to replace PRI and POTS.

Posted in PBX, agents, colocation, fiber, hosted uc, managed services, sdn, sip trunking, unified communications

Bringing Wireless Expertise to Your Customers

June 6, 2016

Posted in TEM, agents, cellular, channel, managed services, mobile, wireless
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Conversations with Clients

June 3, 2016

There are other areas of the business that you can help a prospect. Having a conversation about network is easy. Too easy. Too comfortable.

Try something new.

Posted in TEM, VAR, agents, channel, colocation, data center, managed services, msp, sales and selling, security, wi-fi, wireless

MSP Tidbits (#2437)

May 25, 2016

The MSP (managed service provider) sector is set for growth as IT becomes more vital to a business - and the vastness of the IT umbrella overwhelms both the IT department and business owners.

Last year, HP broke up into 2 units. Now one of those units is in a mega-merger. USA Today reports that, "Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), run by Meg Whitman, late Tuesday said it was spinning off its enterprise services business, and merging it with Computer Sciences Corp. (CSC), to create an IT services firm with $26 billion in annual sales." This will create the world's third largest SI with 5000 clients.

Posted in managed services, mergers, msp

Services Partners Should Take a Look at

May 10, 2016

Been reading a bunch of press releases about feature announcements. Yawn! So I decided to poke around and see what services that are interesting for partners. I know you don't have time to look at everything, so here are a few.

Posted in CLEC, PBX, SDN, agents, broadband, disaster recovery, managed services, mobile, sdn, telecommunications

TelePacific Rolling Out SD-WAN

April 18, 2016

In this fourteen minute podcast with TelePacific's SVP of Marketing, Dave Zahn, talks with me about SD-WAN and how TelePacific is rolling it out. SD-WAN isn't a product. The deployment of SD-WAN by a carrier allows for service offerings around service delivery and managed services.

As SAAS and OTT (over-the-top) VoIP and video become ubiquitous in today's business environment, quality of service will become an issue.

Posted in SDN, managed services, sdn
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