Andy Abramson

Doug Mohney Moves to Fierce Markets from Pulver Media

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Doug Mohney, has been named Editor in Chief of Fierce Markets. There he will lead the Telecom and Digital Media Group that includes Fierce VoIP, Fierce IPTV, Fierce Telecom and more. I’ve known Doug since his days at SkyCache, a satellite broadband company and his ever present role at many a streaming media conference back … Read more

Russell Shaw R.I.P.

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It is with the most profound sadness that I have to report the the untimely passing of Russell Shaw, a blogger, journalist and friend. Russell passed away suddenly in his hotel room in San Jose Thursday night or early Friday morning. According to his girlfriend whom I spoke with after being advised of Russell’s unexpected … Read more

Changing of the Guard and Changing of the Game

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iSkoot has recently gone through some management changes installing a new CEO and some other new executives including pal Jim Hudak, who was most recently with Mig33, a company about to see some turbulence at the top I’m hearing as their investors may be looking to make some moves to stabilize the imported company and … Read more

Being Green On The Road

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ComputerWorld’s David Haskin called me a week or so back to get my take on being a road warrior and how you can be green without really sacrificing much. Some Background For starters my team has been getting more and more used to my being out of the home office that I’m fortunate to have … Read more

Does Skype Deliver Value to Their Partners?

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Former Skype Developer Program Director Paul Amery is questioning just how much value Skype really delivers to their partners? Translation-Paul is basically saying don’t expect to make money from the Skype users. My guess he knows that no one really is yet if you read between the lines.

See and Speak From Down Under

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CNet’s Australian site has a very useful primer for consumers wanting to learn more about Webcams and Video conferencing. It is a very good roundup for those looking to save time and energy and go with only proven players in the game, and to avoid headaches. Note: Agency client SightSpeed was mentioned.

Bring On The Conference Calcutta

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Growing up in sports and having worked with some of the biggest stars in sports and entertainment, including Emmy Award winning actors, Gold Medal capturing Olympians and Grammy winning musicians over the years has given me a fairly good idea of what it takes to be a star. In watching the behavior of some speakers … Read more

Mom Tells Verizon To Go Sit In The Corner

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Judi Sohn, whose matter of fact style keeps me reading her blog, just laid the smack down on Verizon, and for good reason. Press releases sent out before the sales channel is ready is what you expect from rookies, not companies like Verizon who have veterans. What’s irritating is they have a customer wanting to … Read more