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TransCertain CertainSafe Review - 2014

You may have seen my 2013 review of TransCertain's CertainSafe product, a cloud-based file sharing platform. Well, I decided to take a...

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Advancing Utility IP Migration Takes Time and Care

Mae Kowalke, TMCnet Contributor

This is the third in the three part series looking at how IP, which has been playing an important role in business transformation for some time, now has become critical to the utilities industry as it is leveraging the transformation of communications networks to IP to maximize smart grid deployments. In short, taking full advantage of things like smart metering and big data means to improve usage, real-time information and improved interoperability.

The future of the smart grid has unfolded slowly partially because adoption is more than a technology issue, and because while businesses want reliability, utilities demand it; a cautious IP migration is almost a given. In fact, part of the path to adoption goes through social challenges, not just technology investment.

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The Shazaam! of SS7 - SIP Signaling

We’ve been getting a lot of interest in signaling gateways, especially as they relate to SIP. A signaling gateway is similar...

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Nomad ChargeKey is a Must Buy

There are few products which I see which are worthy of me carrying with me everywhere but the Nomad CHARGEKEY is one...

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Why I'm Neutral on the Comcast, Time Warner Cable Deal

There has been lots of controversy over the merging of two of the largest cable companies Comcast and Time Warner Cable. Concerns...

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If I Was Starting as an Agent Today

Yesterday the TCA launched "The Voice of the Agent" Webinar Series to provide advice for channel partners by agents. It was...

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Seriously? Comcast Wants TWC

The FCC just finished telling Softbank that buying T-Mobile would not be likely. So Comcast outbids Charter for TWC. This will...

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Does Google Fiber Move Mean Goodbye Comcast, Hello Google TV?

February 20, 2014

Google's announcement of a major exploratory move into the networking business with Google Fiber is proof that owning and operating infrastructure is still a competitive advantage.

CES 2014 Wearable Tech: Depends on What You Mean by Smart

January 14, 2014

If you can't be handsome, you can at least be handy," Canadian comic Steve Smith used to say in the Handyman's Corner segment of the Red Green Show, as he demonstrated making a jet-powered car from fire extinguishers or converting a toaster into a CD player. That principle was certainly at work at the "wearable tech" that got so much buzz at the recent CES.

Santa Clara Free WiFi Builds on City Investment in Communications Infrastructure

April 16, 2013

The success of Santa Clara's new municipal WiFi system builds on the city's telecommunications infrastructure, making the new home of the San Francisco 49ers a stand-out for customer service and connectivity.

Is Facebook Doomed?

May 30, 2012

Will Facebook's business model strangle it?

Per Vices' Phi Brings to New Meaning to Anything, Anywhere

May 3, 2012

Per Vice's new Phi PCI card aims to take unified communications to a while new level.

New Social Network Aims to Link Lunchers

March 6, 2012

The London-based startup GetLunched.com aims to help you make the lunch connection - via linkedIn, AIM, or phone

Cloud Dreamin' - Google wants to build what?

September 3, 2011

The world's most famous Internet company uses the annual conference of the company that practically invented the Software-as-a-Service industry to announce that Google's next business move is manufacturing telephones.

Microsoft Buys Skype: Play it Again Sam...

May 10, 2011

I woke up this morning with the world around me atwitter. Not the finches on the back fence, but with the news that the Evil Empire had acquired Skype. I was temped to post a link to this 2008 VoIP Princess post and go back to sleep.

Back to the Future: Skype's Latest Outage

December 28, 2010

The more things change the more they stay the same. Like Skype outages. Three years ago I talked to VoIP gray-beard Erik Lagerway about the Skype outage during the summer of 2007. What Lagerway said then is just as pertinent now.

Back to the Future: Skype's Latest Outage

December 28, 2010

The more things change the more they stay the same. Like Skype outages. Three years ago I talked to VoIP gray-beard Erik Lagerway about the Skype outage during the summer of 2007. What Lagerway said then is just as pertinent now.
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