According to officials of Speedflow Communications, a provider of VoIP software solutions, their new Mediacore product release has, "significant alterations in billing and routing algorithms."
The existing Guardian functions and program Web-interface "have been amended," company officials say, adding that, "the new reports provide users with various data analysis and objective information about customers and completed calls."
The installation is done "according to the arranged schedule of updates for our partners," Mediacore officials say: "The core modules are set by scripts and additional ones are configured manually by the Speedflow system administrator."
This is done to allow full command over the installation process and data security during all the stages, they explain.
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There is, in fact, a basic design problem with cell phones, as industry observer Lee Gomes noted recently.
"Even under the best of circumstances, these phones don't do a very good job of the most basic thing we buy them to do -- make phone calls."
From one call to the next, Gomes notes, "one never knows what a phone call is going to sound like. Think of this as the real form of chat roulette. In fact, it is not uncommon for phone conversations these days to begin with a meta-discussion of the sound quality of the connection."
Part of the problem, paradoxically enough, is that there is no phone monopoly anymore. (Note to under-30s: Ask Mom and Dad about the AT&T phone monopoly. Chances are they'll look back on it with a certain wistful nostalgia.) As Gomes correctly points out, there are advantages to having many players in the market, but there are also many places to point fingers for sucky call quality. Nobody owns the whole conversation.
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Neustar, which sells technology and directory services to its carrier and enterprise customers, has announced results for the quarter ended June 30, 2010, saying net income increased 17 percent from the second quarter of 2009 to $28.6 million.
Company officials say the firm increased its EBITDA margin guidance for full-year 2010 and announced the repurchase of up to $300 million of its Class A common shares.
"Our financial results demonstrate the ability to generate strong profits and cash flows, while continuing to deliver double-digit revenue growth," says Jeff Ganek, Neustar's chairman and chief executive officer.
Revenue increased 11 percent from the second quarter of 2009 to $129.0 million. Earnings per diluted share was $0.37, an increase of 16 percent from $0.32 per diluted share in the second quarter of 2009.
EBITDA totaled $57.0 million, or 44 percent margin, an increase of 15 percent from $49.4 million, or 43 percent, in the second quarter of 2009. Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments totaled $362.4 million as of June 30, 2010.
Earlier this month Neustar announced that it released Visual Application Monitoring, a new Webmetrics service within Neustar's Internet Infrastructure Services portfolio.
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In Oct. 2009, Florida-based Automated Document Solutions needed 24x7 access to seven terabytes worth of medical records. The firm turned to a cloud-based option using Host.net's virtual private data center service.
The decision "eliminated capital outlays, enabled near-immediate rollout, and helped ADS win the contract," company officials say, "by offering the security of Host.net's SAS 70 Type II certified facilities to a client for whom both data privacy and availability are as critical as good emergency room care."
It also provided virtualization benefits "ranging from faster disaster recovery to consolidated storage and centralized application updates for all ADS client locations."
ADS provides document imaging and management services for the healthcare industry, processing over 100 million medical charts, images and other documents a year for clients ranging from small community hospitals to large multi-campus healthcare systems.
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