Killing Rumors

I caught wind of a rumor this past week about TMC’s IT Expo. Of course I didn’t buy it, but I tend not to argue with sources. Instead I go to the subject of the rumor and ask simply, “is this true.” It’s basically News Reporting 101, and I learned from one of the best … Read more

Doug Mohney Moves to Fierce Markets from Pulver Media

Doug Mohney, has been named Editor in Chief of Fierce Markets. There he will lead the Telecom and Digital Media Group that includes Fierce VoIP, Fierce IPTV, Fierce Telecom and more. I’ve known Doug since his days at SkyCache, a satellite broadband company and his ever present role at many a streaming media conference back … Read more

Russell Shaw R.I.P.

It is with the most profound sadness that I have to report the the untimely passing of Russell Shaw, a blogger, journalist and friend. Russell passed away suddenly in his hotel room in San Jose Thursday night or early Friday morning. According to his girlfriend whom I spoke with after being advised of Russell’s unexpected … Read more

Changing of the Guard and Changing of the Game

iSkoot has recently gone through some management changes installing a new CEO and some other new executives including pal Jim Hudak, who was most recently with Mig33, a company about to see some turbulence at the top I’m hearing as their investors may be looking to make some moves to stabilize the imported company and … Read more

Being Green On The Road

ComputerWorld’s David Haskin called me a week or so back to get my take on being a road warrior and how you can be green without really sacrificing much. Some Background For starters my team has been getting more and more used to my being out of the home office that I’m fortunate to have … Read more

Does Skype Deliver Value to Their Partners?

Former Skype Developer Program Director Paul Amery is questioning just how much value Skype really delivers to their partners? Translation-Paul is basically saying don’t expect to make money from the Skype users. My guess he knows that no one really is yet if you read between the lines.