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David Byrd
David Byrd is the Founder and Chief Creative Officer for Raven Guru Marketing. Previously, he was the CMO and EVP of Sales for CloudRoute. Prior to CloudRoute, He was CMO at ANPI, CMO & EVP of Sales at Broadvox, VP of channels and Alliances for Telcordia and Director of eBusiness development with i2 Technologies.He has also held executive positions with Planet Hollywood Online, Hewlett-Packard, Tandem Computers, Sprint and Ericsson.
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October 2013

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Over the Top is Coming of Age

October 30, 2013

For some time, I have pointed out that broadband has improved enough over the last few years in both speed and quality to support over the top (OTT) applications and services. While true, there has still been a fair amount of hesitancy to apply this reasoning or conclusion to real-time applications. Therefore, many carriers have refused to provide hosted communications unless it has been a managed service, meaning that the carrier not only provides the cloud application but they are also responsible for the broadband and on-premise router. Others have taken this a step further and developed “fully managed” services, which also include LAN management and the installation of the phones.

US Debt Discussions Impact the Global Web Divide

October 11, 2013

The discussions concerning the US debt limit run from serious to humorous, but most Americans (63 percent, according to a Wall Street Journal poll) believe it to be “a real and serious problem.”.And that is a good thing, because when the US allows its credit worthiness to become suspect, it affects both short and long term interest rates. This makes it more difficult for businesses – particularly small businesses – to secure loans, and it also increases loan costs for consumers. However, there are international ramifications, as well.

If, as expected, politicians continue to use the debt limit to achieve political objectives, then interest rates will rise and the value of dollar will increase.

It's Showtime!

October 8, 2013

In addition to opening the month with a very successful product launch (ANPI VIP) and the introduction of the new ANPI Chief Sales Officer (Mike Cromwell) during Cloud Partners, I also attended NTCA 2013 Fall Conference, COMPTEL Plus Fall Convention and Expo and Search Marketing Expo East.

Each of these meetings offers a different experience. NTCA provides the rural telecommunications community the opportunity to learn about the changing regulatory environment, get updates on new technologies, share various experiences in the deployment of new services and network infrastructures, and develop new professional and personnel relationships. Dave Lewis, ANPI CEO, participated in an industry panel the last day of the conference.

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