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
Everyone is wondering if Skype is for sale? Well the “strategic alternatives” eBay took when they started to sort out who would be running the business now has passed with a series of hires from Motorola, Sun and a former biz dev exec as Chief Strategy Officer. They’ve also hired away the PR/Comms lead from … 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
It has been a little over a year now since I was called while on my honeymoon by the GigaOm COO, now CEO, Paul Walborsky, with the news of Om’s heart attack. Om has been a great patient and if he have seen him lately, you’ll know he’s been living a very different life than … Read more
Client GIPS today announced that Citrix, known very well for Go To Meeting, will be deploying the GIPS Voice Engine and the Voice Conference Engine. Last fall Citrix acquired VAPPS, best known for its HighDef Conferencing platform so the move makes a lot of sense. As someone who spends a lot of time on conference … Read more
Just when it’s starting to look like AT&T CallVantage will become one for the history books as the best ever consumer VoIP service, the folks who tried to bring you Voice Wing, Verizon, are coming out with yet another attempt at VoIP. They’re selling a $250 dollar device, complete with a contract. YAWN! Really. I … Read more
It looks like the folks who run the Regus Business Center operations around the world know that a discerning and informed business person is someone to highlight. Just this week they issued a press release about one of their new, and very useful business person’s essentials for types like me who need to be Working … Read more
It looks like the folks who run the Regus Business Center operations around the world know that a discerning and informed business person is someone to highlight. Just this week they issued a press release about one of their new, and very useful business person’s essentials for types like me who need to be Working … Read more
