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

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Broadsoft's First Public Quarter

August 10, 2010

So Monday morning I was on the very short investor call for Broadsoft's first quarter being public since it's IPO. Marketwatch has the 2Q2010 results here.

  • "Total revenue was $19.8 million in the second quarter of 2010, compared to $17.7 million in the second quarter of 2009"
  • Net loss for the second quarter of 2010 was $1.8 million
  • Net loss for the first six months of 2010 was $4.4 million

"During the second quarter, our license revenue increased 20%, to $10.6 million, compared to the first quarter of this year, reflecting service providers' demand, as they transition from TDM to IP-based communications, for our flagship product, BroadWorks, which enables carriers to deliver feature-rich IP-based communications services to their enterprise and consumer customers."

More than 50% of revenue is coming from licenses.

Posted in PBX, broadsoft, unified communications, voip

Predictions 7 Months Later

July 27, 2010

Back in December, I made some predictions in an interview with Rich Tehrani. One of them was about HD Voice. We added another Alliance slash Peering Group, but still not enough density yet for HD. I'm thinking maybe in 2012.  (BTW, I still get asked how to do Fax over IP and TDM is still the answer for any volume of outbound faxing.
Posted in PBX, sip trunking, unified communications, voip

My Thoughts on the BSFT IPO

June 17, 2010

Disclaimer: I work with both Broadsoft and its customers.

I was shocked to learn that Broadsoft hasn't made money yet. Granted some of their clients came through acquisitions of Genband and Sylantro, but they have 400+ clients including many large ILEC's worldwide.

Broadsoft raised about $76M from investors, including Bessemer Venture Partners, Grotrech Ventures, Charles River Ventures, Columbia Capital, RRE VEntures, Crescendo Ventures and Meritech Capital Partners.

Posted in PBX, broadsoft, cloud computing, economy, unified communications, voip

Rich Calling is Different

June 3, 2010

Google Voice rolled out a new way to look at call management. (Even though GotVmail - now Grasshopper - had a similar product for a while with far less fanfare.) Phone.com, RingCentral and other companies have offerings that are similar to GOOG's Grand Central experiment.

I got to speak with Micheal Zirngibl at Ringio. Ringio is rolling out "Rich Calling".

Posted in PBX, apps, technology, telecommunications, unified communications, voip

Chatting with Jon Arnold

April 16, 2010

I enjoy talking telecom, especially with other smart people in the Industry. Here are two short conversations with Industry Analyst, Jon Arnold. Jon Arnold discusses Cyber Security, but more specifically on Jon's take on the Shadow Network that he wrote about.

Hacks happen every day. What measures are you taking to protect the integrity of your data and identity?

Jon and I also talked about the state of Unified Communications.

Posted in security, unified communications

What Does UC Mean?

April 14, 2010

Peter Davis from XO and I walked around VoiceCon 2010 in Orlando asking people what UC means. The answers were all over the map -- and some off the map.

UC is not one solution. It is a number of pieces that can be put together in respond to business needs.

Not everyone is a knowledge worker or a customer service rep, so not every worker needs the full boat of Unified Communications. Luckily, you can deliver a solution to a business tailored to each worker. That's the flexibility and benefit of UC.

Posted in communications, telecommunications, unified communications, xo

SUTUS DEMO 2010

March 26, 2010

View SUTUS at DEMO 2010. SUTUS points out how the traditional solution of many service specific boxes is old-school. In the new green world, having everything in one easy-to-use box is a smarter solution for businesses with under 25 employees.
Posted in PBX, VAR, technology, unified communications

VoiceCon and FISPA

March 22, 2010

I'm heading over to VoiceCon at the Gaylord Palm to work with XO interviewing attendees. The question: What does UC mean to you? I'm expecting 25 different answers. (Which will prove my point).

Posted in CLEC, twitter, unified communications, voip, xo

What Do You Need to Know?

February 16, 2010

On a discussion today about certification training for agents under the TCA  umbrella, we talked about what kind of training will it be.

Years ago, there was a CSP certification for agents that was created by Virgo (Phone+), Dale Stein of TAG, and Scott Levy. It didn't get much traction. Some think because of the money, but I think it's because agents don't want training.

How many agents think about the Industry, the Indirect Channel?

Posted in Internet, TCA, agents, channel, fiber, sales and selling, unified communications

Winning the Battle for SMB VoIP

January 25, 2010

We had a "winning" panel at ITEXPO last week in Miami Beach discussing How do service providers win over the SMB space with their VoIP offerings?

You can see the slides below. It was mainly a discussion about how VoIP providers sell to small business (about the 8-15 line space) the Hosted PBX service. While some of it is cost savings, I am seeing more and more small businesses (2-99 employees) ask about call quality and service reliability instead of price. That's the smart thing. Feedback welcome.

Winning the Battle for SMB VoIPView more presentations from RAD-INFO, Inc..
Posted in PBX, VAR, sip trunking, unified communications, voip
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