Yesterday, here at eComm 2009, I moderated a panel session titled Voice 2.0 - New Ways to Monetize Voice. We had a great lineup, and everyone on the panel had notable things to say about the opportunities that exist today for operators to make money with voice services and applications. If only we had more time to explore the topic - maybe next eComm...
The experience was definitely enjoyable, and felt a bit more special after learning that the Wall Street Journal picked up the session and ran an article about it. This link may expire by tomorrow, and if you need a text-based copy, just let me know.
WSJ writer Timothy Hay picked up on the key themes very well, and it was great to see Larry Lisser from Mobivox and Trevor Healy of Jajah getting some nice quotes. Let's hope this brings a little more attention and love from the investment community to this space. A little capital goes a long way with these companies, and as anyone attending eComm will attest, voice has a lot of life in 2009, and we've only seen a glimpse of what's to come.
For those of you not in attendance, there is a really nice photo gallery on the eComm website, with a few shots there of our session. You can view them here, starting at photo #172 - enjoy!
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Service Provider Views - 4G Outlook with Crossfire Media
My latest Service Provider Views column is running now on TMCnet. For this article, I've focused on one of the strong themes that came out of the IT Expo last month - wireless. Under the Crossfire Media umbrella, Carl Ford and Scott Kargman launched 4G Wireless Evolution at the conference, and by all counts, it was a successful debut.
To keep that momentum going, I recently interviewed Scott and Carl, not just about their thinking behind 4GWE, but also their overall outlook for wireless and operator migration to 4G. You can read the Q&A here, and hopefully, their thoughts will set the stage for a larger event next time around.
To keep that momentum going, I recently interviewed Scott and Carl, not just about their thinking behind 4GWE, but also their overall outlook for wireless and operator migration to 4G. You can read the Q&A here, and hopefully, their thoughts will set the stage for a larger event next time around.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
eComm 2009 - Day 2
More great content today here at eComm, but after a while, it starts to be a blur! Glad I'm taking notes. Just got time to post a few photos, and will add some commentary next time around.
Irv Shapiro, Ifbyphone
Jan Linden, GIPS
Chris Mairs, Andy Randall, MetaSwitch
Mark Spencer, Asterisk
Todd Landry, NEC Sphere
Dan York, Voxeo - relaxing after just finalizing the preso he's about to give
Irv Shapiro, Ifbyphone
Jan Linden, GIPS
Chris Mairs, Andy Randall, MetaSwitch
Mark Spencer, Asterisk
Todd Landry, NEC Sphere
Dan York, Voxeo - relaxing after just finalizing the preso he's about to give
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
eComm 2009 - More Day 1 Highlights
Just a few highlights from this afternoon's presentations...
Alan Duric, Telio
Peter Diedrich, Mobivox
Jonathan Taylor, Voxeo
Jonathan Christensen, Skype - focus was on today's launch of SILK - their free, super wideband codec - pretty interesting stuff
Looking out the window, it was great to see that the weather improved considerably by the afternoon...
Alan Duric, Telio
Peter Diedrich, Mobivox
Jonathan Taylor, Voxeo
Jonathan Christensen, Skype - focus was on today's launch of SILK - their free, super wideband codec - pretty interesting stuff
Looking out the window, it was great to see that the weather improved considerably by the afternoon...
Quick post using Vayyoo
Here's a micropost to say that we're having WiFi problems and it's hard to get online right now. Hope that will be fixed after lunch.
I'm doing this post using Vayyoo, so this is a good showcase for them. I've been trying to add photos to Vayyoo posts, but my blog platform is not cooperatingm. Once that's fixed, I'll be doing multimedia posts with Vayyoo - which is what really makes it neat.Stay tuned.
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I'm doing this post using Vayyoo, so this is a good showcase for them. I've been trying to add photos to Vayyoo posts, but my blog platform is not cooperatingm. Once that's fixed, I'll be doing multimedia posts with Vayyoo - which is what really makes it neat.Stay tuned.
This email composed using vPost. Download at:
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Thomas Howe/Jaduka Announcement
eComm is not heavy on announcements, but here's one that a good news story that's been in the works for a while. Followers of my blog should be familiar with both parties - The Thomas Howe Company and Jaduka. Today, they held a conference call at the conference to announce that Thomas Howe has joined Jaduka as their CEO, and Jack Rynes transitions from CEO to COO.
I think it's a great move for both companies, but I'm not going to get into the details now. In short, Tom brings the kind of vision to help Jaduka take enterprise applications to another level, and more importantly, position them at the forefront for what I would call the service provider of the future. Lots to say around this, but I'll do that in another forum.
Time is tight here, and others have done the job already, so I'll steer you to their posts and news items. First is the press release, then coverage from Rich Tehrani, Andy Abramson as well as Jim Courtney, who was present with me this morning in the suite where the concall was held. His post isn't up yet, but it will be soon - try checking his site later today.
I think it's a great move for both companies, but I'm not going to get into the details now. In short, Tom brings the kind of vision to help Jaduka take enterprise applications to another level, and more importantly, position them at the forefront for what I would call the service provider of the future. Lots to say around this, but I'll do that in another forum.
Time is tight here, and others have done the job already, so I'll steer you to their posts and news items. First is the press release, then coverage from Rich Tehrani, Andy Abramson as well as Jim Courtney, who was present with me this morning in the suite where the concall was held. His post isn't up yet, but it will be soon - try checking his site later today.
eComm 2009 - First Thoughts
Well, we're 1 hour into eComm 2009, and so far, it's been as promised. Lee's bang-bang format is going to plan so far, and we've had 4 presentations already. This pace will continue all the way through the conference, so you'd better take notes - which I'm doing.
I'm not into Twitter, so you'll have to look elsewhere for the real-time thought-bytes coming from most of the people in attendance. The "official" eComm Twitter backchannel is an easy way to follow things blow by blow - which I know my son Max is doing back in Toronto.
At this point, I'm just going to share a few photos, and will add my thoughts later in the day.
Lee, looking pretty relaxed 30 seconds before showtime...
Not much of a day here, but it's way warmer than Toronto. I just can't get Harry Chapin's great song Taxi out of my mind - "it was raining hard in Frisco..."
I'm not into Twitter, so you'll have to look elsewhere for the real-time thought-bytes coming from most of the people in attendance. The "official" eComm Twitter backchannel is an easy way to follow things blow by blow - which I know my son Max is doing back in Toronto.
At this point, I'm just going to share a few photos, and will add my thoughts later in the day.
Lee, looking pretty relaxed 30 seconds before showtime...
Not much of a day here, but it's way warmer than Toronto. I just can't get Harry Chapin's great song Taxi out of my mind - "it was raining hard in Frisco..."
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