Being Green On The Road

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?

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

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

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

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

Welcome To A New Telecom Blogger

I was approached at eComm by a new telecom blogger yesterday and wanted to welcome him to the open world of blogging. He’s never hit my radar before, but new players are always a good thing. If anything we need more bloggers to replace some who have seen to move in new directions in life. … Read more

eComm Coverage by Mainstream Media and More

Despite all the hurdles first time events have, eComm came off basically without a hitch yesterday, and by the looks of some early “press” the event seems to have hit the mark the right way. Sure, everyone will like some speakers and find faults with others. That’s the nature of all conferences, and thankfully, we … Read more

Is Google Bringing Marratech Out?

I received a odd message in Facebook this morning that invited me to a demo of Marratech next Monday, the video and web collaboration platform which Google acquired a year ago. A lot of the Facebook page is in Spanish and the note is not from anyone whom I can tell is connected to Google. … Read more

RingCentral Rings Up A Big Sale

Startup RingCentral has landed a big fish in BT for its web based phone calling service according to the Red Herring. The net net here is that the play whicht RingCentral is pursuing to clone is working with other carriers, and using them as their channel partners versus trying to sell uphill direct to small … Read more