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On Rad's Radar?

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

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There Are a Number of MSP Resources

September 29, 2014

Posted in TCA, VAR, msp
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Peter's View: The Channel Ecosystem

September 16, 2014

I read CRAIG'S VIEW: THE NEW CHANNEL ECOSYSTEM by Craig Schlagbaum, channel chief at Comcast. My response was too long for a LinkedIn discussion.

Craig, you make the same points that I have heard since Tiffani Bova first spoke at Channel Partners in Boston -- in 2008. Six years later.

Posted in VAR, cableco, channel, cloud computing, msp

A Podcast with PlumUC

September 16, 2014

Posted in VAR, unified communications

A Few Channel Associations

September 15, 2014

In case you didn't know, there is an association for agents, VARs, inter-connects and MSPs to get education and certification. The TCA is the only non-profit trade association for the channel.

There are other associations for channel partners. CompTIA for IT training and certs.

Posted in TCA, VAR, agents, certification, channel, comptia, training

The Not Unusual Alteva Dilemma

September 3, 2014

A private equity group that owns 6% of Alteva made a play to buy it all and take it private. That move failed. The most interesting comment Rob Powell made was this: "[Alteva] has been seeking a future in hosted UC, where it has found solid growth but no profits yet."

When you look at the INC5000 for revenue numbers for many hosted players, none are clocking the ball out of the park, despite years of trying.

Posted in VAR, cloud computing, economy, hosted uc, msp, sales and selling, telco, telecommunications, voip

The Telecom INC5000

August 21, 2014

The 2014 INC5000 list is out - with 134 companies in telecom (including clients).

VoIP

Callis (now owned by C Spire) ($11M), Telesphere ($32M), Simple Signal ($11M), VoIP Innovations ($10M), Star2Star ($33M), iCore Networks ($46M, VoIP white label), Phone.com ($7.6M, #2857)

There are quite a few inter-connects, VARs, telecom agencies and several wireless consultancies.

Posted in CLEC, ISP, VAR, agents, master agency, telecommunications

Some Tampa Bay Telecom Tidbits

August 18, 2014

Highwire Telecom in Florida had a re-org and a few people were let go. Highwire is a TEM and auditing firm here in Tampa, Florida.

Bright House is chasing Enterprise with its fiber and Hosted PBX service (powered by their Telovations acquisition). BHN is also involved in the local start-up scene in Tampa Bay.

Posted in TEM, VAR, agents, cableco, jobs, master agency, xo

Becoming a Cloud Services Provider

August 12, 2014

Posted in VAR, cloud computing

Agents May Not Like This

July 9, 2014

Verizon's re-launch of its channel (after quite a few starts and stops) came with a new channel chief, Janet Schijns. In an interview in CP magazine, she makes some points for the channel.

The buying patterns are changing. So many components of this simple statement.

Posted in VAR, agents, channel
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Easing into Cloud Services

June 5, 2014

Posted in VAR, channel, cloud computing
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