{"id":8090,"date":"2009-08-18T09:27:34","date_gmt":"2009-08-18T09:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/e-commerce\/itexpo_west_2009_interviews_part_2.html"},"modified":"2009-08-18T09:27:34","modified_gmt":"2009-08-18T09:27:34","slug":"itexpo-west-2009-interviews-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/e-commerce\/itexpo-west-2009-interviews-part-2.html","title":{"rendered":"ITEXPO West 2009 Interviews Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a follow-up to the ITEXPO <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/ip-communications\/itexpo-west-2009-interviews.html\">interviews<\/a> I posted links to last week, here are the latest responses from the industry. Of particular interest are answers from <a href=\"http:\/\/voip-phone-systems.tmcnet.com\/topics\/voip-phone-systems\/articles\/62283-hd-communications-next-step-voip.htm\">Doug Mohney<\/a> who explains how he got into the business by being employee number 11 or 12 at DIGEX. I also found the <a href=\"http:\/\/small-business-voip.tmcnet.com\/topics\/smb-voip\/articles\/62197-helping-service-providers-prepare-next-gen-ip-multimedia.htm\">responses<\/a> from Eli Katz of XConnect enlightening&#8230; If you are interested in peering or IP communications you want to give them a read.<\/p>\n<p>There is so much great information here and I suggest you click all the interviews and read them &#8211; these are some of the true thought-leaders in our spaces and they have a wealth of useful information to share. I hope to meet you as well as all the speakers and exhibitors very soon at the show. We are officially 13 days away. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmcnet.com\/voip\/conference\/west-2009\/overview\/w09-registration.aspx\">register<\/a> now if you haven&#8217;t already.<\/p>\n<table width=\"393\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"width: 295pt; margin-left: 4.95pt; border-collapse: collapse;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 12.75pt;\">\n<td width=\"175\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" style=\"border-style: solid solid none; border-color: windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0in 5.4pt; background: silver none repeat scroll 0% 0%; width: 131pt; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; height: 12.75pt;\">\n<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">NAME<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"219\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" style=\"border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color; border-width: 1pt 1pt medium medium; padding: 0in 5.4pt; background: silver none repeat scroll 0% 0%; width: 164pt; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; height: 12.75pt;\">\n<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">COMPANY<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 12.75pt;\">\n<td width=\"175\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" style=\"border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 131pt; height: 12.75pt;\">\n<div><u><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><a target=\"_parent\" href=\"http:\/\/hdvoice.tmcnet.com\/topics\/unified-communications\/articles\/61862-mobile-uc-as-cost-saver.htm\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vivek Khuller<\/a><\/span><\/u><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"219\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" style=\"border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: windowtext windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 164pt; height: 12.75pt;\">\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">DiVitas Networks<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 12.75pt;\">\n<td width=\"175\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" style=\"border-style: none solid solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 131pt; height: 12.75pt;\">\n<div><u><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><a target=\"_parent\" href=\"http:\/\/ip-pbx.tmcnet.com\/topics\/ip-pbx\/articles\/61994-octasic-sees-interest-enterprise-ip-pbx-wireless-gateways.htm\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">James Awad<\/a><\/span><\/u><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"219\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" style=\"border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 164pt; height: 12.75pt;\">\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Octasic<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 12.75pt;\">\n<td width=\"175\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" style=\"border-style: none solid solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 131pt; height: 12.75pt;\">\n<div><u><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><a target=\"_parent\" href=\"http:\/\/hdvoice.tmcnet.com\/topics\/unified-communications\/articles\/62073-customers-demanding-more-from-voip-uc-cloud-computing.htm\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mike Burke<\/a><\/span><\/u><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"219\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" style=\"border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 164pt; height: 12.75pt;\">\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">IQ Services<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 12.75pt;\">\n<td width=\"175\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" style=\"border-style: none solid solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 131pt; height: 12.75pt;\">\n<div><u><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><a target=\"_parent\" href=\"http:\/\/small-business-voip.tmcnet.com\/topics\/smb-voip\/articles\/62079-microsoft-ocs-exemplifies-true-cracking-app-layer-oaisys.htm\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brian Spencer<\/a><\/span><\/u><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"219\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" style=\"border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 164pt; height: 12.75pt;\">\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">OAISYS<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 12.75pt;\">\n<td width=\"175\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" style=\"border-style: none solid solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 131pt; height: 12.75pt;\">\n<div><u><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><a target=\"_parent\" href=\"http:\/\/ivr.tmcnet.com\/topics\/ivr-voicexml\/articles\/62189-cloud-computing-penetrate-crm-other-it-segments-nsg.htm\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amnon Ptashek<\/a><\/span><\/u><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"219\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" style=\"border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 164pt; height: 12.75pt;\">\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">NSG Group<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 12.75pt;\">\n<td width=\"175\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" style=\"border-style: none solid solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 131pt; height: 12.75pt;\">\n<div><u><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><a target=\"_parent\" href=\"http:\/\/ip-pbx.tmcnet.com\/topics\/ip-pbx\/articles\/62194-ip-pbx-market-smbs-marks-strongest-segment-communications.htm\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ahmed Aina<\/a><\/span><\/u><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"219\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" style=\"border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 164pt; height: 12.75pt;\">\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Dialexia Communications<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 12.75pt;\">\n<td width=\"175\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" style=\"border-style: none solid solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 131pt; height: 12.75pt;\">\n<div><u><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><a target=\"_parent\" href=\"http:\/\/small-business-voip.tmcnet.com\/topics\/smb-voip\/articles\/62197-helping-service-providers-prepare-next-gen-ip-multimedia.htm\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eli Katz<\/a><\/span><\/u><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"219\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" style=\"border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 164pt; height: 12.75p\nt;\"><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">XConnect<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 12.75pt;\">\n<td width=\"175\" valign=\"bottom\" nowrap=\"nowrap\" style=\"border-style: none solid solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; 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Of particular interest are answers from Doug Mohney who explains how he got into the business by being employee number 11 or 12 at DIGEX. 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