Category: Unified Communications

Why Windstream Bought PAETEC

Broadband and communications provider Windstream Corp just agreed to purchase communications conglomerate PAETEC for $2.3 billion in order to add
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Anthropomorphized Ads Go Mainstream.

Anthropomorphism or assigning human characteristics to nonhuman objects is alive and well in the world of advertising. Perhaps the best
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Sprint Telehealth and M2M Event 2011

Last week I spent time at the Sprint Telehealth and M2M Event which they call Emerging Trends and Solutions in
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Will AT&T, T-Mobile Merger Slow Wireless Innovation?

AT&T has done an incredible job of getting special interest group after group to endorse its merger with T-Mobile, saying
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TMC Dallas Video Interviews 2011

Recently I spent some time in Dallas doing video interviews with companies in the Dallas, Texas area and during the
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News Corp. PhoneGate Analysis and Suggestions

Based on the constant media coverage you should all be aware that reporters at a now shuttered News Corp. newspaper
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Metaswitch Thrutu iPhone App Lets Carriers Become Social Hubs

Earlier this year I came across Thrutu from Metaswitch newtorks – an application development platform allowing carriers to leverage rich
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Are you using Lync or USING Lync?

Thought leader and noted UC analyst Blair Pleasant is skeptical that 70% of the Fortune 500 are implementing and using
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Dragon Go! Shows Speech Tech is Alive and Well

One of the most interesting mini-reviews I have done was with Dragon Go! from Nuance – an iPhone app which
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Did Social Just Make UC Irrelevant?

If you are working with a phone system maker who isn’t innovating rapidly, beware – their days could be numbered.
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