It’s yet another conference week for me. A circuit that seems to almost never end. Starting today I’ll be at IT Expo, the west coast edition of the twice a year mega-event that has become more than just VoIP with the addition of too many other events under one roof including StartupCamp Communications, the Cloud … Read more
8×8 and my agency’s client CounterPath are both offering something new, and each provides more for their customers. In the case of 8×8 they’ve gotten social, adding social networking information to their Virtual Office Pro 2.0. Basically, for $50.00 a month a combination of features, all running on the 8×8 hosted PBX is being offered … Read more
We all love being right, and in the case of Skype and Avaya, it seems, I was. Back in 2009 when Skype announced their relationship with Shoretel, I felt that Avaya and Cisco would be their next major partnerships and alliances. But Cisco is going their own way it seems, with reports that Cisco wants … Read more
As a regular user of Aircell’s GoGo service on a few airlines, most notably Virgin America and AirTran, because they offer it fleet wide, I’m always happy to see greater efforts put on in-flight WiFi. The experience I’ve had has been “good enough” to “stay connected” and with all the work my team and I … Read more
As a regular user of Aircell’s GoGo service on a few airlines, most notably Virgin America and AirTran, because they offer it fleet wide, I’m always happy to see greater efforts put on in-flight WiFi. The experience I’ve had has been “good enough” to “stay connected” and with all the work my team and I … Read more
The New York Times has a collection of tips on staying professional in a virtual meeting. My advice. Be yourself.
The New York Times has a collection of tips on staying professional in a virtual meeting. My advice. Be yourself.
When I see reports like this one I have to step back, take a deep breath and say, “oh well” when it comes to speed tests, especially, those done for mobile phones. You see, not only are all speed tests not created equal. But for mobile, it’s a whole new ballgame as a series of … Read more
The telcos want to be in the banking business. Plain and simple. They are already in a “own the customer” relationship and with technology they can move money and credits around as fast as any bank. This recent move by Verizon for FiOS payments shows they don’t want to be paying fees when they can … Read more
The recent spat of announcements and coverage about lower calling rates from just about everyone recently all reminds me of the calling card era. Sure there’s a market for that, and a need, but candidly, rates may matters to the price conscious consumer but not those who are already in the know. It’s what you … Read more
