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Enterprise Cloud Computing Seminar
The February South Florida Technology Association (SFTA) monthly meeting in Fort Lauderdale will bring together the leaders in the virtual server and storage cloud computing space. Panelists will include representatives from Dell, VM Ware, Cisco, and DataCore."There is a lot...
Cloudy Thought
Visual basic was designed to make it easy to program for Windows. Macros in Excel spreadsheets are under a similar theme. Cloud based apps like Twilio and virtualization make it easier for companies to go to market while utilizing technology...
Making Money in IP Communications
In a room filled with VAR's, inter-connects and VoIP resellers (and one investor), our ITEXPO panel this morning discussed making money from IP communications.How does the indirect channel make money from IP? It is SO different from TDM. This isn't...
Will Reliability Be a Factor?
I see many folks asking if SAAS (software-as-a-service) will be hurt by data center outages. So I figured I would take a shot at it.Anything over the IP network is going to be slightly less reliable than the TDM network. The...
A Collision is Coming
Another point Nicholas Carr made was that IT and telecom are colliding. A new landscape is coming. My thoughts immediately went to GV. Who will be replaced by Google Voice?Who is the commodity? Who will add Value to the User Experience?People will...
Cloud Computing Keynote Thoughts
Nicholas Carr, author of The Big Switch, was the keynote this morning. He spoke about Computing becoming a Utility. Cloud computing is all about computing becoming a utility to be delivered like electricity -- and how this will change the...
Top Trends for Agents
I'm in Atlanta speaking at the Microcorp One-on-One event about Trends in 2010. The three trends that I see for agents are the following: Applications, Quality of Service (QOS), and Mobile Broadband (MBB). But they are kind of inter-dependent. Ubiquious...
Is the BSA Relevant?
I received yet another press release from the BSA (Business Software Alliance). It was about a funny video. Why the PR firm thought it was relevant to me is astounding.It got me thinking. Is the BSA losing relevancy? Two things...
Trends for 2010
In speaking with Microcorp today about their agent event in October in Atlanta, we were discussing a panel on Trends for 2010. It's not so much about the vendors, it's about the services that the vendors are offering that will...
Developing Profitable Web 2.0 Solutions
One of my sessions at ITEXPO in Los Angeles will be Developing Profitable Web 2.0 Solutions. The all-star panel consists of Ifbyphone, Voxeo, and Intelepeer, who will be talking about how to us an API to create a new app. Should be...
PCI Compliance in the Cloud
On this blog, the author posts a reply from Amazon about the level of PCI Security of EC2 and Amazone Web Services. As for PCI level 2 compliance, that requires external scanning via a 3rd party, PCI-approved vendor. It is possible...
Add Voice Apps in Minutes
Jaduka and StrikeIron announce partnership. Millions of NetBeans, IBM and SalesForce developers can now add voice to their apps in minutes. Here's Thomas Howe's announcement post. Here's StrikeIron's blog post. The press release is here....
A New Breed of VAR in the Cloud
On the LinkedIN Group for the Channel Partners Network, Heather Margolis wrote, "Cloud Computing has spurred the need for a new type of VAR and/or partnership elements. Read more here and tell me your thoughts." (That's one way to get...
Cool Ad Campaign
So you are a launching another cloud computing service? (Or any of ther other trends like UC, Hosted PBX, IVR overlay, Virtualization) What do you do to get a bang? Launch a gutsy campaign.That's what Carpathia Hosting is doing with an online...
IVR is Booming
Voxeo acquired IMified this week. What is IMified? IVR for IM.XO's IVR service earned an award. (BTW, agents can team up with XO to sell IVR service as an overlay).Ifbyphone is all about IVR in the Cloud.ACD and IVR are...
Cloud Storage by Mail
Because broadband is so slow in the states, Amazon has resorted to allowing companies to mail in their portable devices for data storage and upload. According to Cloudave, it could take "82 days (with 1.54 Mbps T1 connection) to migrate...
Data Center Rumors
In case you didn't hear Oracle bought Sun. Open Source folks are worried and so are Sun customers. Nuvox opened a new 5,000 square foot data center at 421 West Church Street in Jacksonville FL, which is THE telecom hotel...
IBM's Open Cloud Manifesto
On Twitter this morning, Josh wrote, "Widely discussed leaked doc, Open Cloud Manifesto, originally authored by IBM - http://bit.ly/cloudmanifesto - could be historic". "The buzz around cloud computing has reached a fever pitch. Some believe it is a disruptive trend...
