Time Flies
Relatively speaking, time flies. I’ve worked in big Fortune 100 companies, my own company, and now just me – and...
New From Cisco: CMBE 3000
At Enterprise Connect 2011, Cisco announced a new phone system called the Unified Communications Manager Business Edition 3000 with planned...
The CIO Hat Trick
It used to stand for Career is Over, but I don’t think so any more. I do keep hearing people...
Type This
Yesterday, it was reported that the last typewriter manufacturer in the world (located in India) closed its doors. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32545640 Visit...
Logitech, LifeSize, and Slim Devices Oh My
I posted news about LifeSize now supporting Skype. I think it is significant news because the enterprise world, where LifeSize...
UC Is Free
Phillip Crosby published “Quality is Free” in 1979, and it became a key contributor to a global revolution in manufacturing...
Multi-Modal Communications 1
One term we use fairly often in unified communications is this notion of “Multi-Modal Communications”. There are some interesting new...
ALU’s Silent Auction
Lots of conversation this week about the possibility that Alcatel-Lucent intends to sell its enterprise business unit. I have a...
Upcoming Conference: Mitel Freedom Partner Event
Busy time of year for conferences… the next event is what used to be known as Mitel Forum. Many of...
Upcoming Conference: NEC’s Consultant Symposium
NEC is holding their Consultant Symposium in Florida this May and intends to cover these topics: The New UC&C; Architecture...
Microsoft Office 365 Getting Closer
Microsoft is rapidly moving Office to an Internet app that will run in a browser. It is called Office 365....
UCStrategies Podcasts
I cross-link most of my posts on other sites here, but have not been particularly reliable with my podcasts on...
Flip, Kin, Wave
Did the SmartPhone kill the Flip? Horseshit. Cisco killed the Flip. Evidently murdered just before its newest version was to...
Upcoming Conference: InterOp
I used to love InterOp. Back in the late 90s it was the show for IT topics. I used to...
The “Post PBX Era” is BS
Bovine Scatology NoJitter is running a symposium titled The Post-PBX Platform & The New Communications Architecture. The idea of a...
The “C” Word
There are plenty of C words known as the “C word.” Communications There is “bitch” with a capital C Cancer...
Next Conference: Aastra User Group
This is my year for conferences, about one a month. Next up is the Aastra User Group Conference in Santa...
Lync 2010 and the SBA
One of the more interesting trends in enterprise telephony is the notion of centralization. This just wasn’t possible a few...
Defending Avaya
Avaya sure looks stupid, their desktop video device is the most expensive tablet on the market. But armchair quarterbacks don’t...
UC Summit Podcasts
At the recent UC Summit, I recorded 5 podcasts. At Enterprise Connect, I brought with me my kid’s MP3 recorder...
Expert Guide for PBX Buying
Jon Arnold and I collaborated on a Focus Expert Guide: Purchasing Enterprise Phone Systems. Online collaboration is really changing the...
More on Interoperability
Interop was a big topic at both Enterprise Connect and the UC Summit. Here’s the painful fact about commitment to...