Andy Abramson Everyone is wondering if Skype is for sale? Well the “strategic alternatives” eBay took when they started to sort out who would be running the business now has passed with a series of hires from Motorola, Sun and a former biz dev exec as Chief Strategy Officer. They’ve also hired away the PR/Comms lead from … Read more
In a down economy the time to do business to grow is when everyone is cutting back. February brings on a series of events, conferences and trade shows that make it easy to find your next customer. First up in Florida is the winter version of IT Expo, held in Miami Beach February 2-4. I’ll … Read more
It has been a little over a year now since I was called while on my honeymoon by the GigaOm COO, now CEO, Paul Walborsky, with the news of Om’s heart attack. Om has been a great patient and if he have seen him lately, you’ll know he’s been living a very different life than … Read more
Client GIPS today announced that Citrix, known very well for Go To Meeting, will be deploying the GIPS Voice Engine and the Voice Conference Engine. Last fall Citrix acquired VAPPS, best known for its HighDef Conferencing platform so the move makes a lot of sense. As someone who spends a lot of time on conference … Read more
Just when it’s starting to look like AT&T CallVantage will become one for the history books as the best ever consumer VoIP service, the folks who tried to bring you Voice Wing, Verizon, are coming out with yet another attempt at VoIP. They’re selling a $250 dollar device, complete with a contract. YAWN! Really. I … Read more
It looks like the folks who run the Regus Business Center operations around the world know that a discerning and informed business person is someone to highlight. Just this week they issued a press release about one of their new, and very useful business person’s essentials for types like me who need to be Working … Read more
It looks like the folks who run the Regus Business Center operations around the world know that a discerning and informed business person is someone to highlight. Just this week they issued a press release about one of their new, and very useful business person’s essentials for types like me who need to be Working … Read more
Moshe Maeir from Flat Planet Phone Company has posted about his newest development, a Least Cost Routing Engine for mobile. LCR has been around for years. Many years. I added LCR back in the 80s when I was serving as the Office Manager for the Philadelphia Flyers and had the pleasure of over seeing their … Read more
Last week another airline joined the flying WiFi brigade. United. So what! Given the limited number of planes which GoGo is installed in, and the risk of an equipment change, the hype outweighs the availability. With roughly two dozen planes in the skies with WiFi before the United announcement last week, it means that the … Read more
Voice Broadcast of messages has always been a promise, that fell short in one area. Delivery. Now client ifByPhone is taking a page out of the Domino's Pizza and Federal Express (FedEx) playbook of successful business practices. They're guaranteeing the on time delivery of broadcast messages. How easy is it to use? Put it this … Read more
