I just had a conversation with my dear friend, Sylvain Fadat, the winemaker and owner of Domaine D’Aupilhac about his stunning 2015 La Boda Red. For those not familiar with La Boda, it means the union, as Fadat takes his best fruit from the Aupilhac and Cocallieres vineyards and makes a marriage of the two, … Read more
January is CES, the National Retail Federation and of course the run up to the Super Bowl. Not to be forgotten is the boondoggle of all boondoggles, the very well timed PTC gathering in Honolulu which is happening now, just before the NFL's Pro Bowl comes to the island. February brings TMC's IT Expo in … Read more
On Friday the news came out that Cisco's purchase of Broadsoft had one more roadblock removed. That hurdle was the possibility of an anti-trust violation due to restrictive competition. In it's ruling the DOJ basically said they don't see this as restrictive in nature. With this decision the shareholders will vote on January 25th to approve … Read more
I just realized I've been posting more of my wine notes on Facebook than on the blog. Perhaps that's a sign of the times. Regardless I would be remiss if I didn't share a wine note about pal Sylvain Fadat's 2002 Domaine d'Aupilhac Montpeyroux Coteaux du Languedoc Red wine from New Year's Eve here in … Read more
Over the past few months I've been using YouTubeTV and various streaming services like CBS All Access, Netflix, Showtime and more. As of this month, I've dumped my cable box, and the associated $90.00 a month bill that comes with it. And, I'm using a four year old Chromebook to be the cable box and … Read more
I love reading about the confusion surrounding CBD's and CBD oil as well as the ill conceived attempts to keep people from living healthier lives. At the base of it all is greed by likely two things. First is big pharma, who lobbying efforts can rival, or even surpass, the cable companies and telcos efforts … Read more
I'm getting into the Cannabis world more and following it the way I did with VoIP in 2003. I'm not a smoker/toker, I've never enjoyed it, but the medicinal effects can't be pushed aside, and that's where I see great promise. So from time to time I'm going to bring my newseye to the topic … Read more
FreedomPop, the very interesting, low cost or even sometimes free provider of data connectivity, and some voice, has made a move that's to say the least intriguing. They have in essence by announcing the white labeling of their platform become an MVNE (mobile virtual network enabler) that is selling to brands who want to go … Read more
Why am I not surprised to see AT&T coming out with Cisco surrounding Spark. For years, as far back as the days of Bell South, Southwestern Bell and the regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOC's) Cisco and they were thick as thieves, as the saying goes. The RBOC's were always one of the largest integration partners … Read more
Yesterday Voxbone, a former client of Comunicano's, and a company that always took a path of being the service providers' provider, made a move to compete with their own customers. They announced global SIP Trunking. And as they said in their news release: Starting today, businesses will also be able to use Voxbone’s services to … Read more
