As a disclaimer the team behind Calliflower, Iotum, and specifically Alec Saunders and Howard Thaw are both clients and friends for many years. From the early days of Iotum when Alec and I whiteboarded out the strategy in my home office, to their launch at DEMO, the magic of what is going on inside Iotum … Read more
VoIP is far from dead and judging by the crowds and the rooms that were full of people the rumors of its death are far from over. I’ll be the first to admit that trade shows in general are down, but this year’s IT EXPO East in Miami Beach Florida is anything but. Walking the … Read more
Now Comcast likes WiFi. For years, on panels and elsewhere, I’ve been saying that the best partner for WiFi networks in public spaces are the cable operators. Now it seems that Cablevision has broken ranks and is going wireless to benefit their customers, so too is Comcast. This is something that should have happened seven … Read more
If your not keeping tabs about Adhearsion, you should be. These guys are some of the brightest programmers around and like pals Thomas Howe and Erik Lagerway some of the most involved in bringing cutting edge programming language front and center into VoIP. I’m looking forward to hearing what they have to say at eComm … Read more
Om Malik yesterday posted about his iPhone and WiFi, relating the study to some of HIS favorite apps. Two he highlighted are two clients, Truphone and Boingo. At SFO Airport last week and again earlier this week I made a series of international calls using my iPhone using Truphone. I also made some domestic ones … Read more
I’m not endorsing the concept of jailbreaking your iPhone as there are alternatives like the Nokia N and E series that let you accomplish this without doing anything at all but a new piece of software for jailbroken iPhones lets you trick your handset into thinking 3G is WiFi. That means you can now use … Read more
Last year one of my “crystal ball” statements was that video conferencing is going to rise. A story about Heathrow Airport points out the I’m not wrong. And then there is video-conferencing. Recent research from WWF showed that almost 90 per cent of the UK’s major firms expect to fly less and use video-conferencing facilities … Read more
Broadsoft which last month rescued Sylantro, a company full of promise, sales and no profits, is making moves in the mashup space. When you take stock of the applications and the devices they have developed widgets and apps for you have to realize that developers are having a field day coming up with more ways … Read more
I remember when I first heard the name Voice Wing from Verizon I penned this post comparing it to something related to being sick. In that post I reported that the service was really a repackaged DeltaThree, so if nothing has changed, then more rough times are ahead over there as Tom Keating points out … Read more
In a down economy the time to do business to grow is when everyone is cutting back. February brings on a series of events, conferences and trade shows that make it easy to find your next customer. First up in Florida is the winter version of IT Expo, held in Miami Beach February 2-4. I’ll … Read more
