Andy Abramson Last night I went into the cellar to grab some aged wines from Ponzi Vineyards, one of the Oregon Wine trail’s longer and more established wineries. For me, the love affair with Ponzi, and their very Burgundian Pinot Noir’s goes back to my early days of wine tasting. I found a bunch of 1985 Ponzi … Read more
If you haven’t been following Ooma lately, the early week recap of what’s new with Ooma is a very good reference point and worth a read.
Ah, the joys of a wine cellar. You get to go in and play, reliving history, and relishing in the past while looking forward to what’s to come. My most current experience surrounds the 1999 vintage where a group of us decided to go to dinner and test out the new chef at Roy’s La … Read more
The FBI has coined a phrase, Telephony Denial of Service (TDOS). What’s alarming is that the telephone networks are not capable of detecting this before it really goes wild.
Good news for client Truphone and others in the Mobile VoIP space. According to Frost & Sullivan, Mobile Voip is poised to overtake traditional telephone service. For longtime readers this won’t be a surprise. We’ve all been predicting, and supporting this for years. But Frost is not alone is saying Mobile VoIP is the future. … Read more
For the past 19 months or so, I’ve had the good fortune to work with an amazing leadership team at GIPS (Global IP Solutions). Ever since I met CEO Emerick Woods after his appointment, and then his team of Joyce Kim, Jan Linden, John Gallagher, John Hermansen and the rest, the rapport, respect and results … Read more
We’re rapidly moving to an all IP world. Today we have in some markets Mobile Wimax from Clearwire. Their using the Sprint IP network and WiMax. In the future LTE is coming to Verizon and eventually AT&T. We’re also seeing devices that will make computers mobile phones with data built in. Current 3G technology permits … Read more
Yesterday a voice conference call quickly became a three of five person video conference, with two parties on Mac Books remaining an active part of the call in voice mode only. And, this is only beta. Five of us were in the call, and for the most part, the call went as planned. As one … Read more
Former client SightSpeed was acquired about 18 months ago by Logitech. Logitech has since also acquired Lifesize and between the two, plus their webcams, have assembled a small arsenal in the video communications space. Plus in both Scott Lomond (ex COO at SightSpeed) and in Matt Collier from Lifesize they have two very professional leaders … Read more
Skype today announced new pricing plans that offer more customization on a granular basis. The new plans allow for country specific calling, the ability to buy plans for shorter durations than before and in a word are “customized” by the subscriber. The effort expands what they have been doing with the unlimited and world plans … Read more
