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
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
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
It’s easy to say, “I’m not going to xyz conference” and come up with excuses like “no one is going to be there” or “none of the people I need to see or meet with will be there” but it’s another to cast aside the excuses and put your money where your mouth is and … Read more
I’ve been moderating and participating in conference panels since my days in pro-sports management back in the 70s. Since the early days, I learned and never forgot the key reason to be up on stage that my mentors drilled into my head at a tender age (I was a just a teenager when I first … Read more
A study released by IT “parts manufacturer” Cisco reveals some obvious perceptions about video conferencing and a few not so obvious.
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
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
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
