{"id":8793,"date":"2010-08-25T21:45:25","date_gmt":"2010-08-25T21:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/e-commerce\/google_gmail_voip_cloud_computing_and_other_news_august_25_2010.html"},"modified":"2010-08-25T21:45:25","modified_gmt":"2010-08-25T21:45:25","slug":"google-gmail-voip-cloud-computing-and-other-news-august-25-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/technology\/google-gmail-voip-cloud-computing-and-other-news-august-25-2010.html","title":{"rendered":"Google Gmail VoIP, Cloud Computing and Other News August, 25 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been a busy day in the world of tech news as Google who already has a telecom service in Google Voice has expanded<\/a> it into Gmail with a two-pronged goal of making it easier to call via Google’s network and making the Skype IPO<\/span> less lucrative. In addition, cloud computing has heated up with Nimbula<\/span> receiving<\/a> $15 million dollars so the ex-Amazon founders can purse providing private cloud services.<\/p>\n

On the TMC<\/span> front, we officially released<\/a> TechZone360<\/span>, our new site dedicated to all things tech and sporting a new and cool interface<\/a> we hope you love. My readers got an unauthorized sneak peak<\/a> last week (thanks for not squealing on me) and you can see it has evolved quite a bit these past days.<\/p>\n

On the ITEXPO<\/span><\/a> front there has been lots of progress…<\/p>\n

Storagecraft<\/span> and Trend Micro signed up as MSPWorld<\/span> exhibitors today making this show one which continues to show tremendous interest from exhibitors and attendees.<\/p>\n

In addition, the following new speakers were added today:<\/p>\n

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SG-27<\/span>    SPECIAL SESSION – Smart Grid Crystal Ball Outlook<\/a><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

Jamie Clark<\/b><\/p>\n

General Counsel<\/p>\n

OASIS<\/p>\n

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Smart Wireless Workshop<\/a> speakers<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

The CDMA<\/span> Development Group (CDG<\/span> www.cdg.org<\/span><\/a>)<\/strong> and the CDG<\/span> Smart Wireless Special Interest Group (M2M<\/span> SIG<\/span>)<\/strong> are pleased to announce the Smart Wireless<\/em><\/strong> Workshop, which will be held on the afternoon of Monday, October 4, during the TMC<\/span> 4G<\/span> Wireless Evolution (4GWE<\/span>) and M2M<\/span> Evolution Conference, at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, CA.<\/p>\n

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James Person<\/b><\/p>\n

COO<\/p>\n

CDG<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mitch<\/span> Tseng<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Consultant<\/p>\n

Huawei<\/span> Technologies<\/p>\n

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Bhushan<\/span> Sethi<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Smart Metering<\/p>\n

Tata<\/span> Teleservices<\/span> Ltd<\/p>\n

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Venkat<\/span> Eswara<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Director Marketing<\/p>\n

Motorola<\/p>\n

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Pat Verrington<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Director, CDMA<\/span> Service Portfolio<\/p>\n

KORE<\/span> Telematics<\/span><\/p>\n

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Joe Jumayao<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Director, Bus Dev<\/span><\/p>\n

nPhase<\/span><\/p>\n

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Weijun<\/span> Lee<\/b><\/p>\n

VP, Network Architecture<\/p>\n

ZTE<\/span> USA<\/p>\n

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Mike Ueland<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

VP & GM<\/p>\n

Telit<\/span> Wireless Services<\/p>\n

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Leonhard<\/span> Korowajczuk<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

CEO\/CTO<\/span><\/p>\n

CelPlan<\/span> Technologies<\/p>\n

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Peter Lancia<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Sr. Director Marketing<\/p>\n

Qualcomm<\/span><\/p>\n

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Nakul<\/span> Duggal<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

VP, Technology<\/p>\n

Qualcomm<\/span><\/p>\n

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Here are the latest interviews I conducted with speakers and exhibitors from the various events taking place with ITEXPO<\/span>:<\/p>\n

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COMPANY<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Stefan Karapetov<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Polycom<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Robbin<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Fanvil<\/span> Technology<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Matt Vlasach<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Unwired Revolution<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Jerome Joanny<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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ShoreTel<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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One of the hottest segments of the tech space has to be the 4G<\/span> wireless and this would explain the intense interest the industry has had regarding the 4GWE<\/span><\/a> event which takes place with ITEXPO<\/span> this October 4-6, 2010 in Los Angeles. Some big news from the show is the fact that a new keynote speaker was just added – Verizon Wireless’ Executive Director of Network Planning, Chris Neisinger<\/span><\/a>. It is tough to envision a more appropriate person to speak as Verizon Wireless is on a tear in terms of building its next generation wireless network and Neisinger<\/span> leads a team responsible for planning Verizon Wireless’ nationwide CDMA<\/span>\/EvDO<\/span> and LTE<\/span> architecture, including; base-station configurations, backhaul<\/span>, switching, data network architecture, signaling systems, transport, and IMS<\/span>. I cannot wait to be there to hear his thoughts.<\/p>\n

Also, here is an important new announcement<\/a> regarding 4GWE<\/span> speakers and an excerpt:<\/p>\n