Of all the hotel chains I stay in around the world, the most consistently inconsistent is Starwood Properties. Last fall at the W in Seattle we noted some problems, only to have some lame exec type out of New York try to explain what little she knew as to what the problem might be…now I’m … Read more
I just took a quick looksee at VoIPLoop tonight and found their coverage of the Microsoft Unified Communications efforts rather useful, but when I saw the Cisco Telepresence piece I really felt the team over there is on the ball.
According to In-Stat the next few years will see the rise of the new converged WiFi handsets that operate in dual mode. For real growth to matter it will be up the the mobile carriers, SIP based VoIP providers and hotspot operators to be willing to really work together. In my mind Earthlink, Google and … Read more
Tom has a very, very spot on and insightful post about the Microsoft Office Communicator platform and what it means. I’m not at all surprised about the connectivity to the public IM networks like AOL’s AIM, Yahoo and others but I don’t see Skype or Gizmo amongst them. But the one thing that I don’t … Read more
Speaking of Irwin Lazar, give him major props for his definitive recap of what’s happening with presence and real time communications in the recent issue of Business Communications Review. He made a PDF of his article and you can find it here. For companies like Tello, iotum and Orative it provides a wonderful road map … Read more
Siemens is a company in the middle of an entire reorganization. Burton Group rising star Irwin Lazar adds some insight and provides a link to what’s going on inside the company.
It’s a start and Oliver Starr has the scoop on how Cingular will hit the oceans really soon but at a price. Roaming prices that is. Still, for those who want to get away, but need to be connected and working anywhere, the new deal with Carnival Cruise lines, the WalMart of big ships, at … Read more
I’m one of the happy users who has been on a series of intercontinental flights on both Lufthansa and SAS who has used the Boeing In Flight Internet Service and it has worked as advertised. Hopefully Boeing won’t mothball it. The fact that the financially troubled US airlines can’t see the value in this for … Read more
I’m one of the happy users who has been on a series of intercontinental flights on both Lufthansa and SAS who has used the Boeing In Flight Internet Service and it has worked as advertised. Hopefully Boeing won’t mothball it. The fact that the financially troubled US airlines can’t see the value in this for … Read more
Worthy of a read, Russell Shaw has a very crystal ball like view of what may be in store for Vonage. While he may be right, I don’t see this happening for a year or two. Vonage has a lot of runway and ongoing revenues from users who are not leaving. One of the little … Read more
