Mitel bought ShoerTel yesterday. I looked around for news coverage of it, and beyond the news announcement being largely rewritten, only two insightful pieces came out. The best was from a sales channel partner of both, Matrix, and the other came from analyst Zeus Kerravala. Given I wasn't briefed by either company, I'll reserve my … Read more
The Guardian UK ran a story this morning about the expected smaller grape harvest across France this year. To me, it's not a big surprise as all the time I was in Bandol, the Rhone and the Roussillion this past July (2017) all I was hearing was how dry the regions were getting, how stressed … Read more
Today, I'll be on the ClueCon Weekly starting at 10 AM PDT. You can watch it via YouTube or from ClueCon's Facebook Page. Streaming Media, AT IT'S FINEST!!
From the hilltop town of Suzette, just north of Beaumes de Venise come a wonderful winery, Saint Amant. I've been enjoying their wines for a few years now, and really became a fan after a weekday visit on my way to Chene Bleu this past April. Last night I popped the cork on the 2014 Grangeneuve which … Read more
A dear friend came up from San Diego for some wine related business yesterday and was all excited about tasting a bottle of Washington State wine made by Charles Smith and his K Vintners project. Smith, who is as as outgoing as Randall Grahm, is a true wine personality on every level. Much like the … Read more
Last Wednesday, I broke the news that Sonus and Genband are getting hitched. Today the announcement came out to make it official. Why does this feel so much like the Nokia-Siemens deal to me? Why is this feeling like some jobs are going to be lost? Why most of all does this feel like customers … Read more
If there's a region or two in the Northern Rhone that is under appreciated it's either Crozes-Hermitage or St. Joseph. Both are capable of producing incredibly age worthy reds from Syrah, and mind blowing whites from Marsanne and Roussanne, but the reds are overshadowed by the likes of Cornas, Cote-Rotie and Hermitage, while the whites … Read more
Sooner or later its going to happen. Just like we saw pricing wars in voice years ago, SMS has remained a very lucrative market for mobile operators. But with the arrival of companies like mBlox, Mach, Syniverse we saw the first wave of non telco sellers of SMS and MMS services. And then we saw … Read more
MAY 19 – ISSUE #87 Google I/O, which provided a month’s worth of news in a few days with all the new and updated efforts from the Mountain View giant is over. ZD Net and Axios both have concise wrap ups for those who are interested. The really impactful news … Read more
Rumor has it that Sonus and Genband, two long time legacy VoIP players are getting hitched. While this has been talked about before, it seems to be gaining steam once again. At the end of the day Genband has lots of legacy pieces and parts, and their KANDY WebRTC platform has been not much of … Read more
