Andy Abramson In sports you have players very good at each position. Think field goal kickers, relief pitchers or goaltenders. To me, that’s who the developers are. The salespersons are forwards, shooting guards, quarterbacks and home run hitting sluggers. Integrators and resellers are like coaches and scouts. They figure out who does what best, then brings them … Read more
In an era where online advertising is being challenged every day, facing uncertainties like its print siblings, PokeTalk out of Israel is trying to reverse the trend and provide calls for ads. I’m not convinced this is a long term business model to market with towards anyone who can afford phone service or is part … Read more
As a disclaimer the team behind Calliflower, Iotum, and specifically Alec Saunders and Howard Thaw are both clients and friends for many years. From the early days of Iotum when Alec and I whiteboarded out the strategy in my home office, to their launch at DEMO, the magic of what is going on inside Iotum … Read more
I have to say outright, I’m impressed. When I first tried the beta version of Skype 4.0 many months ago, my feedback to Skype was very pointed and direct. I gave them a good dose of “you need to do this” and “that.” And you know what. It seems they listened to me and all … Read more
Carol Bartz has shown she can run a company. That was Autodesk. But can the iron lady of Silicon Valley change a company like Yahoo’s culture? I think over time yes, but it will mean bringing in new blood. The team still left at Yahoo is pretty much a hodgepodge of political survivors, corporate gamesmanship … Read more
VoIP is far from dead and judging by the crowds and the rooms that were full of people the rumors of its death are far from over. I’ll be the first to admit that trade shows in general are down, but this year’s IT EXPO East in Miami Beach Florida is anything but. Walking the … Read more
Canada’s largest and leading high tech association has selected Calliflower from Iotum. This is a big win for pals (and clients) Howard Thaw and Alec Saunders. For those of you who have used Calliflower, hands down the interface makes it the best Web 2.0 conferencing app around. If it only had HD like HighDefConferencing, or … Read more
Now Comcast likes WiFi. For years, on panels and elsewhere, I’ve been saying that the best partner for WiFi networks in public spaces are the cable operators. Now it seems that Cablevision has broken ranks and is going wireless to benefit their customers, so too is Comcast. This is something that should have happened seven … Read more
InformationWeek is speculating that Apple will add more video to the iPhone that makes Video Conferencing likely. I see this as humorous, as the Nokia N and some E series have had cameras for a while, making things like QIK possible. But, with the number of iPhones out there, this could be the big break … Read more
