Voice Broadcast of messages has always been a promise, that fell short in one area. Delivery. Now client ifByPhone is taking a page out of the Domino's Pizza and Federal Express (FedEx) playbook of successful business practices. They're guaranteeing the on time delivery of broadcast messages. How easy is it to use? Put it this … Read more
In reviewing the results of a recently announced Cisco IT services study reveals to me that many of the concepts including unified communications, the use of video in communications and streaming media, three technologies I've been heavily involved with and a consumer of are simply too challenging, even for IT professionals, on a variety of … Read more
Do you have lousy cellular coverage in your home? Is your office in a part of the building where coverage just almost makes it? Never fear, the Femtocells are coming and they’re promising to solve all your problems. We’ll see.
Stuart Henshall is ranting about his experience with Comcast, one that other customers of there’s have shared publicly or privately in the past. It’s not far different from what caused the movie “Cable Guy” to become a great example of art imitating life. That’s Comcast. But Stuart has to take a moment and think about … Read more
Jaiku takes residence in the Boulevard of Broken Dreams is the visual I that came to mind of when I read Ken Camp’s latest post about Jaiku. Maybe you know the painting. “Welcome to the Machine” by Pink Floyd is the song that I thought of as I reread Ken’s post. Here’s the part of … Read more
Since September I’ve been saying on KenRadio.com that Google is in for a very rough Q1 in 2009. One doesn’t need to be a genius to know that in this economy, advertising will be down, and given that Q1 is always a slow quarter anyway, the outlook for Google to slow down was obvious (or … Read more
I’ve been saying that IP based video conferencing will be taking off in 2009 and it looks like I’m right with that prediction. NASA and Verizon have reworked their agreements and now will have IP based video and web conferencing supplied by the Baby Bell. At the same time, Forbes is reporting how well the … Read more
In his post about high def communications, Rich Tehrani lays out a pretty good argument about the need for High Definition in communications. In my business we’ve been using HD audio conferencing from HighDef Conferencing and the comments from my team members and clients is consistent about the experience. The calls are simply better. As … Read more
Ted’s musing on tethering got me thinking, and reminded me to always carry my Nokia N95 which has an AT&T SIM when I’m in the USA or whatever SIM I’m using from T-Mobile in London or Yoigo in Spain. You see, I can tether today with that, and given the cheap data plan I have … Read more
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