Advertising vs. Advotorial

Paul Kapustka brings up a very interesting story about what on the surface looks like editorial censorship by the Wall Street Journal. He referenced the concept of what the government sometimes does when redacting text in official documents. Paul’s eagle eye gets a gold star for spotting that one. So in looking at it from … Read more

VoIP Investment By GigaOm

Om wrote a post on Thursday saying sources are telling him that investors are getting skittish on VoIP. I don’t think so. What I think they are getting concerned about are VoIP plays in the later stages of life, who have not shown progress, or who have the wrong kind of leadership at the top. … Read more

OBFUSCATION @ Work

My old and now long retired argumentation professor at Temple University, Dr. Towne, often referred to the class as Confusion 101, and that his title, as the sign on his office door made him “Chief of Confusion.” One of Towne’s rules of argumentation, to which there were many, was when you can’t win, obfuscate the … Read more

VoIP News Wrap Up

I’ve become a fan of VoIPNews’ Daily Around The Blogosphere. It’s a great wrap up of what everyone in the space is writing, and the style of writing, breezy and topical makes it a fast and easy read. Technorati Tags: VoIP

VoIP Deployments Rising, But Concerns Remain

Tim Greene at Network World has a summary of a survey done with IT Managers about VoIP. The results show interest is growing, concerns remain and that the key driver for future growth will be two things revolving around the concept of Quality. 1. Voice Quality 2. Network Quality (QoS) Technorati Tags: VoIP

iotum @ Gartner–Now That’s Cool

One of the more respected analyst firms, Gartner, invited client iotum to their recent Gartner Symposium. At the event, Gartner Group ran their first ever Cool Vendor Shorts program and included iotum, led by Alec Saunders. He has a recap. Now, here’s the cool part. They were chosen. Selected. Invited. They didn’t pay to be … Read more

Goin’ Mobile With GrandCentral

Over the past few days the blogosphere has been buzzing with news about client GrandCentral and their new GrandCentral Mobile. TechCrunch’s Mike Arrington first broke the news following an impromptu lunch with GrandCentral CEO Craig Walker, followed by GigaOm and WebWare. Other bloggers have weighed in too with comments and accolades including Pat from Roam4Free, … Read more

Mobile VoIP Heating Up or Just Mobile Skype

Om has a post and poll up since Wednesday on the subject of Mobile VoIP that focuses on which Mobile Skype client will win the battle. So far Fring is in the lead, but the race is close. Beyond MobileSkype though you also have some competition in other places from two pure SIP players, Truphone … Read more