Ciscollaboration | Talkingpointz

Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Ciscollaborationby Dave Michels On November 16, 2009 In Tech Cisco’s Collaboration Summit Last Week Was A Major Event. So Major, John Chambers Personally Showed Up This Year. Kind Of Ironic, Lately Mr. Chambers Has Relied On Video Instead Of Personal Appearances As An Attempt To Reduce Travel And Demonstrate Video Presence. This Time He Personally Delivered A Very Important Mess...

Cloud Series 6: Voice Cloud Types | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Cloud Series 6: Voice Cloud Typesby Dave Michels On November 19, 2009 In Tech This Post Is Part Of A Series:part 1 The Cloudpart 2 Cloud Computingpart 3 Why The Cloud Nowpart 4 Cloud Punishmentpart 5: Hosted Voice, Just Say Nopart 6 Is Formally Titled: 10 Ways The Cloud Will Reshape Voice And Is Posted At No Jitter.inching Toward The Cloudsat Astricon 2009, There Were Numerous Session...

Landshark: Mobile Phones Kill! | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Landshark: Mobile Phones Kill!by Dave Michels On November 28, 2009 In Tech For Those Of You That Weren’t Watching Snl In 1975, A Land Shark Was A Cunning Urban Predator That Disguised Itself Before Attacking For The Kill. In Other Words, A Cell Phone.i Wrote A Similar Post In Jan/09 Called Mobile Phones Kill More Than Brain Cells, This Is An Update And Refresh.the Basic Premise ...

Voicecon – Clear Signaling And No Jitter | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Voicecon – Clear Signaling And No Jitterby Dave Michels On November 3, 2009 In Tech This Week Is Voicecon-sfo.this Event Is Fueling A Number Of Upcoming Posts. But Let Me Just Share A Few Observations.first Off, Voicecon Always Exceeds My Expectations. This Year Is No Exception, But In Unexpected Ways. I’ve Been Tweeting A Bit About It, And I Realized It Was Actually This ...

Cloud Computing As Defined By Nist | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Cloud Computing As Defined By Nistby Dave Michels On December 21, 2009 In Tech As A Resident Of Boulder, Co – I Am A Big Fan Of Nist. The National Institute For Standards And Technology Does Lots Of Important Things. Nist Is A Non-regulatory Federal Agency Within The U.s. Department Of Commerce. From Automated Teller Machines To Mammograms, Innumerable Products And Services Rely...

Inatives Are Getting Restless (against At&t) | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Inatives Are Getting Restless (against At&t)by Dave Michels On December 15, 2009 In Tech Grass Roots Rebellions In The Telecom World Are Rare. Normally, When Service Is An Issue People Just Switch Carriers (at Least Since Divestiture). But Cell Phones Are Far Too Emotional And Personal To Just Switch, Instead It Appears There’s Another Choice; Unite And Grieve Together.this...

Megatrends In Voice | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Megatrends In Voiceby Dave Michels On December 26, 2009 In Tech Instead Of Customary Year-end Future Predictions, I Thought I Would Write About Voice Megatrends I Am Seeing In Telecom As 2009 Comes To A Close. I Think It Is Important To Do Some Kind Of Year-end Reflection And These Trends Are More Insightful Than Predictions As They Are Real; Now And In 2010.the Megatrends Concept Put...

Recent Posts | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Recent Postsby Dave Michels On December 9, 2009 In Tech It Has Been A Busy Fall/winter – Literally That Is.a Few Posts In Other Places:at Nojitter: I Posted A In Depth Look At Google’s Offerings From A Uc Perspective. I Thought I Knew Google Pretty Well, But I Learned A Lot Writing This Piece. I Think The Gizmo5 Purchase Was An Incredible Deal And I Expect Significant Uc A...

Long Distance Choice Is Back (mobile) | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Long Distance Choice Is Back (mobile)by Dave Michels On January 14, 2010 In Tech U.s. Cell Phone Users Rarely Complain About The Cost Of Long Distance Because Its Hidden. Rather Than Charge Extra For Long Distance, They Simply Charge Equally For All Domestic Calls (and Cleverly Market It As Free Long Distance). But The Rules Change Dramatically When The Calls Are International. Callin...

February Musings | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup February Musingsby Dave Michels On February 28, 2010 In Tech Despite The Absence Of Very Many Posts Here On Pindropsoup – It Was Literally A Busy Month.the Future Of The Phone Conversation Got Updated At Nojitter With Remember When Ip Phones Were Cool?. This Is Becoming A Series Of Posts That Started With A Nojitter Feature Last July-ip Phones Will Never Beat 2008 Record. It Spa...

Here Comes Voicecon (rant) | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Here Comes Voicecon (rant)by Dave Michels On February 11, 2010 In Tech Voicecon Is Coming-up In Orlando. It Is A Great Event – Probably The Best Venue For Serious Uc Discussions, Demos, And News. And This Year’s Conference Will Be Even Better Since I’ve Been Invited Into The Program Three (3) Times!my Sessions Are:1) Co-moderator For Role Of Cloud In Enterprise Telec...

Startup Culture Ignites Itexpo | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Startup Culture Ignites Itexpoby Dave Michels On February 2, 2010 In Tech I Went To Itexpo To Catch-up With Many Telecom People And Learn New Things. But As A Resident And Fan Of Boulder, I Am Also Somewhat Intrigued By The Local Start-up World. These Two World’s Met Once Before – At Gluecon. The Gluecon Conference Addresses The Glue Required Between Various Apis And Techn...

Point-counterpoint: Hosted Voice Vs. Cpe | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Point-counterpoint: Hosted Voice Vs. Cpeby Dave Michels On March 8, 2010 In Tech This Post Is Part Of A Point-counterpoint Open Debate With Fellow Telecom Bloggermichael Graves. In This New Series, We Both Take Extreme Positions On A Given Topic. In Combination These Two Opposed Views Are Designed To Provide A More Complete Perspective. To Read The Counterpoint Of This Topic, Click He...

Polycom Downsizes Its Sip Saucer | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Polycom Downsizes Its Sip Saucerby Dave Michels On March 23, 2010 In Tech Polycom Today Announced Their Newest Sip Saucer The Ip 5000. This Soundstation Rounds Out The Company’s High-quality Conference Phone Portfolio And Fills A Gap In The Market By Providing A Conferencing Solution For Smaller Rooms. It Supports Hd Voice And Takes Up Little Space On The Table. It Is Also Interfere...

Upcoming Shows | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Upcoming Showsby Dave Michels On April 1, 2010 In Tech It’s Spring – Time For Shows Again.obviously We Just Got Done With Voicecon – The Big Mama Enterprise Voice Show.next Up Confirmed:ecomm April 19-21 San Francisco:this Will Be My First Time At Ecomm – From What I Can Tell, It’s About The Polar Opposite Of Voicecon. Ecomm – Or Emerging Communicat...

Forget It! | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Forget It!by Dave Michels On May 26, 2010 In Tech I Am Currently At Gluecon – That Makes This Spring Very Heavy For Conferences, This Being Number Five. Things Become Blurry. And I Have Come To A Conclusion About All Of These Events, It Isn’t What You Learn. It’s What You Forget.allow Me To Clarify.there Is Plenty Of New Stuff. I Have A Long Queue Of Things To Write ...

Mr. Smith Goes To Wall Street | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Mr. Smith Goes To Wall Streetby Dave Michels On May 21, 2010 In Tech Mitel Ceo Don Smith Describes His Company’s Recent Ipo As A Success. He Told The Ottawa Business Journal, “it’s The Biggest Ipo In Ottawa And Also The Biggest Communications Equipment Ipo In The Last 10 Years In North America.” That’s Impressive, But Why Would Mitel Do An Ipo Last Month? Wal...

Multi-vendor Uc, We’ll See | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Multi-vendor Uc, We’ll Seeby Dave Michels On May 19, 2010 In Tech Over The Past Year Or So, Complaints And Cries Around Uc Interoperability Have Been Growing. As A Response, There Is A New Organization In Town And It Is Called The Unified Communications Interoperability Forum (ucif). This Is Great News And Will Potentially Fill A Major Uc Hole.five Companies Joined To Form The U...

Un-unified Communications | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Un-unified Communicationsby Dave Michels On May 17, 2010 In Tech Un-unified Messaginglast Week I Wrote About Ocs At The Ucstrategies Site (microsoft’s Ocs Rides Its Own Wave) Which Discussed The Proprietary Nature Of Ocs, I Wrote:“active Directory And Exchange Are Not Optional Components With Ocs. By Committing To Ocs For Voice, The User Is Committing To Network Security A...

Farmville Almost Failed | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Farmville Almost Failedby Dave Michels On June 8, 2010 In Tech Not A Farmville Fan Personally. In Fact, I Don’t Get It At All. But Evidently I’m Unusual In This Category. By Every Measure Farmville Is Otherwise A Success – Even Steve Jobs Included It As A Key New Capability Of Ios 4. But More Importantly, Farmville Is A Cloud Success Story As Outlined Today At Gigaom...

They Are Dead Jim | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup They Are Dead Jimby Dave Michels On June 17, 2010 In Tech I Read Lots Of Serious Stuff. But Sometimes I Come Across Serious Stuff That Strikes Me As Nonsensical. Really?!so I Come Across This Serious Article About How Research At John Hopkins University Concluded That The Warp Engines On The Enterprise (any Of The Enterprises) Would Kill All Passengers On Board. Really? I Posted My In...

Uc Update | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Uc Updateby Dave Michels On June 21, 2010 In Tech I’ve Written Quite A Few Articles On Google Voice. The Service Itself Is Reasonably Simple, But Its Potential Impact To Enterprise Uc Gets Profound. The Latest Article On Nojitter Gets Into Some Of The Recent Real Time Acquisitions Google’s Made, And How They Could Impact Google Voice. Also, That Piece Links To A Larger General...

Rodman Speaks | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Rodman Speaksby Dave Michels On July 23, 2010 In Tech I Had The Opportunity To Discuss Uc Products And Trends With Jeff Rodman – Co-founder And Cto Of Polycom.the Interview Is Posted At Nojitter.com (the Talented Mr. Rodman).jeff Is Really Easy To Talk To And The Interview Could Have Been Much Longer. He Is Obviously Technical, But What Comes Across Is His Sincere Interest And P...

Siemens Enterprise Communications | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Siemens Enterprise Communicationsby Dave Michels On July 1, 2010 In Tech I Had The Opportunity To Meet With Chris Hummel, The Newly Named Cmo At Siemens Enterprise Communications. The Conversation Is Published Here (nojitter).a Few Additional Thoughts:i Agree That Sen Is A Diamond In The Rough. I Was Anxious To Meet With Chris Because So Many Interesting Things Are Coming Out Of Sen.t...

Where Did T-mobile Go? | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Where Did T-mobile Go?by Dave Michels On July 4, 2010 In Tech I Try Not To Get Hung Up On The Carriers – They Are Or At Least Should Be, Dumb Pipes.though If There Is Any Carrier I Have Any Loyalty To, It Is T-mobile. Of Course, Loyalty Is A Relative Term. I Was Loyal All The Way Until Verizon Launched The Motorola Droid – Then I Dumped Them. But All Things Being Equal, I ...

Dialogue With Danny | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Dialogue With Dannyby Dave Michels On August 26, 2010 In Tech My Conversation With Danny Windham, Digium’s Ceo, Ran This Week On Nojitter: :a Dialogue With Digium’s Danny. It Was A Pleasure To Speak With Danny, He Sets Folks At Ease And Responds In A Very Friendly Yet Direct Way.one Question That Came Up In This Exercise Is How Much Of The Voip And Sip Disruption In Telecom Can Be...

Gmail Is Calling: Skype Better Hurry On That Ipo | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Gmail Is Calling: Skype Better Hurry On That Ipoby Dave Michels On August 25, 2010 In Tech Today, Google Launched Telephone Calling Capabilities In Gmail. It Is A Bit Confusing Though, Is It Gmail, Gchat Or Google Voice Driving This – The Answer Is Yes. Here Is What We Know: 1) Requires The Plugin For Google Video To Access (initiate) This Feature. The Plugin Is Supported In All...

Google, Gmail, And Voice | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Google, Gmail, And Voiceby Dave Michels On August 28, 2010 In Tech I Write A Lot About Google Voice. I Am Am A User Of The Service, And I Respect Its Potential Disruption To The Enterprise Telecom Space. I Am A Big Fan In General Of Virtual Number Services And Believe The Model Will Emerge As A Default Solution For Many Types Of Organizations. It Rides Two Powerful Waves: The Cloud (p...

I Thought I Was So Cloud | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup I Thought I Was So Cloudby Dave Michels On August 1, 2010 In Tech Last Monday, The Hard Disk On My Primary Computer Failed. A Western Digital 250gb 2.5 Sata Drive In A 6 Month Old Lenovo Thinkpad.losing A Hard Disk Is A Terribly Disruptive Event. But I Was (rightly) More Annoyed About The Disruption Than Potential Data Loss. The Data Loss Didn’t Really Concern Me. After All, I A...

Advdwafe | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Advdwafeby Dave Michels On September 26, 2010 In Tech In My World Of Communications And Technology, There Are Three Orgasmic Topics That Are Guaranteed To Get Attention:android And The Next Mobile Device. New Devices Are Being Rumored Weekly And Launched Monthly.tablets. The Upcoming Tablet Wars, The Next Version Of The Ipad, Etc.video. Skype, Oovoo, Cius, Facetime, Etc.so The Obvious...

Itexpo: Startupcamp, Smart Grids, & Ucif | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Itexpo: Startupcamp, Smart Grids, & Ucifby Dave Michels On September 21, 2010 In Tech On October 4th, I’m Heading To Itexpo In Los Angeles. I Attended My First Itexpo Last January In Miami. It’s A Pretty Unusual Show, Kind Of A Circus But With More Than Three Rings. You’ve Got The Itexpo Show Itself Which Has Four Tracks:business Solutionsservice Providers Solutionsopen Sou...

Quick Impressions On Google Instant | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Quick Impressions On Google Instantby Dave Michels On September 8, 2010 In Tech Today, My Newsfeeds Were Clogged With Chatter About Google Instant News. If You Want To Know More About The Feature See Any Other Site.here Is What The Other Sites Didn’t Mention:the Concept Of Speed And Time Continue To Get Distorted. Yesterday’s Google Search Was Fairly Amazing, But Who Has Time To P...

Say Cheese | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Say Cheeseby Dave Michels On September 7, 2010 In Tech Video Systems Are Hot. Web Cams, Video Phones, Telepresence, Video Surveillance, Back-up Cams For Cars, Cam-corders, Flips, Camera Phones, Ipod Cams, And Others.i Am Surprised How Much Video Is Working Its Way Into Our Routines.  I Think We Are On Camera More Than We Are Not.how Many Cameras Are Pointing At You Right Now?as I Typ...

This Week | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup This Weekby Dave Michels On September 17, 2010 In Tech A Round-up Of My Posts From This Week.the Other Voice Channelsthe Majority Of Voice Systems Are Procured Through Indirect Channels. The Old Term Was “interconnect,” The Provider Interconnected Branch Equipment To The Carriers. Other Terms Include Dealer, Var, Systems Integrator, And Solution Provider. Yes, There Are Slight Nua...

Video Far From Clear | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Video Far From Clearby Dave Michels On September 2, 2010 In Tech Lots Of News In Video Recently.a Few Months Back, Google Announced Webm – A Royalty Free Licensing Program Using The Gips Vp8 Video Codec It Acquired (skype Uses Vp7 For Video Between Skype Clients). The Move Threatened The Patent Heavy H.264 Which Is The Predominant Standard In Video Streaming And Sip Based Video Conf...

Astricon Predictions And Hopes | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Astricon Predictions And Hopesby Dave Michels On October 18, 2010 In Tech Astricon 2010 Starts October 26. For Those Of You In The Know That’s Just A Courteous Reminder. For Those Of You That Are Not Familiar With Astricon Its Time To Find Out. I Attend About 7-10 Conferences A Year And None Are Quite Like Astricon. First, Its A Fairly Intimate Event – Everyone Is Approachable And...

Discussion With Laurent | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Discussion With Laurentby Dave Michels On October 20, 2010 In Tech Continuing With My Discussions With Compelling And Interesting Uc Executives, Nojitter Posted My Conversation With Laurent Philonenko, The Vp Of Unified Communications At Cisco (and Interim Cto And Intranet Blogger). This Interview Was Logistically A Bit More Complex Than The Others Due To Travel Commitments On Both Si...

Happy Halloween | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Happy Halloweenby Dave Michels On October 31, 2010 In Tech It Is Halloween. The Inexplicable Holiday Where We Let Our Kids Become Monsters, Run Around In Cold Weather, And Get A Ton Of Sugar.halloween And Telecom Have A Long History Together. There Are Plenty Of Scary Spooky Stories Involving The Telephone.one Recurring Story Is The Killer That Calls From The House. The Earliest Versi...

Ozzie Leaves Microsoft | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Ozzie Leaves Microsoftby Dave Michels On October 18, 2010 In Tech Not Quite As Big As When Bill Gates Left, But Ozzie Leaving Microsoft Is Another Big One.ray Ozzie Played A Large Role In Developing Microsoft’s Cloud Strategy And Is Retiring. I Knew This Whole Cloud Thing Was All Hype. Ozzie Was Hired Five Years Ago With The Freshly Minted Title Chief Software Architect. He Is Not B...

Snom Wants More | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Snom Wants Moreby Dave Michels On October 14, 2010 In Tech Snom Is One Of The New Companies. Founded In 1996 In Germany It Quickly Established Itself As A Quality Manufacturer Of Sip Phones. The Market For Sip Endpoints Continues To Grow; As Does Snom’s Portfolio.this Year, Snom Has Made Some Interesting Product Announcements – Clearly An Aggressive Growth Strategy With Both Logic...

Technology For Good (instead Of Evil) | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Technology For Good (instead Of Evil)by Dave Michels On October 24, 2010 In Tech Technology, What Is It Good For?telecommunications And Unified Communications Are Fascinating Topics. But In The End, Does It Matter? It Is Very Easy To Caught-up In The Day To Day, The Speeds And Feeds. But It Is Also Important To Consider Technology Improvements In The Context Of The Greater Good.  Is ...

Telecomputer Android Ip Phone | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Telecomputer Android Ip Phoneby Dave Michels On October 28, 2010 In Tech At The Recent La Itexpo Conference, A Startupcamp Event Roasted Five Young Companies And Audience Participants Were Given The Opportunity To  “invest” In The Firms Of Their Choice. The Darling Of The Event, Peoples Choice Winning Investment, And By Far The Most Interesting, Compelling, And Worthless Was Clou...

Uc Pioneers | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Uc Pioneersby Dave Michels On October 15, 2010 In Tech Television Just Isn’t What It Used To Be.tv Used To Command Our Attention And Unite Our Society. Most Of My Generation Grew Up With A Handful Of Decent Channels. Everyone Watched Certain Hits – Happy Days, Six Million Dollar Man, Mork And Mindy – The List Is Long. We All Watched The Shows And It Brought Us A Shared Experienc...

Voice News This Weekend | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Voice News This Weekendby Dave Michels On October 17, 2010 In Tech Two Stories Worth Note This Weekend. Skype And Phonoskype Is Popping Up On The Enterprise Uc Radar On A Surprisingly Regular Basis. Techcrunch Interviewed Vp Of Enteprise David Gurle, Who Offered A Few Interesting Tidbits About Their Plans For World Domination. While Gurle Declined To Name The Current Number Of Enterpr...

Ocs Rethync Results With Lync | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Ocs Rethync Results With Lyncby Dave Michels On November 11, 2010 In Tech I’ve Got My Head Buried In Microsoft’s Lync For The Past And Next Few Weeks. Several Client Projects Have Me Spending My Days Digging Into This Family Of Solutions. Lync Is The Family Name Of Three Products From Microsoft; Lync 2010 (client), Lync Server 2010, And Lync Online. Much More To Say Later, But Wan...

Scattered: Thoughts And Posts | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Scattered: Thoughts And Postsby Dave Michels On November 21, 2010 In Tech I Keep Thinking – Stop.i Don’t Keep Thinking. I’ve Been Really Scattered Lately. This Is What Nick Carr Talks About In The Shallows Regarding What Is Happening To Our Concentration Abilities As A Result Of The Internet. At Least That’s What I Think Its About, I Haven’t Read It (i Did Read The Big Switc...

Android Compromise | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Android Compromiseby Dave Michels On December 24, 2010 In Tech Fifteen Months Ago I Bought A Motorola Droid (droided). It Was The State Of The Art Android Phone On The Market. I Got It The Day It Went On Sale. Just Over A Year A Later, The Phone Is Ok, But Generally Obsolete. The Amount Of Innovation That Has Taken Place Is Amazing. Verizon Has Done A Decent Job Of Upgrading The Phone...

Can Ibm Do Telephony? | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Can Ibm Do Telephony?by Dave Michels On December 5, 2010 In Tech Last Week I Wrote At No Jitter: Lotus Foundations Rip. It Was A Sad One To Write, Because I Thought Lotus Foundations Had Legs. It Was A Reasonable Best Of Breed Approach For Ibm/lotus Fans To Get To Uc. What I Really Liked About It Was The Choice In Voice – Mitel, Broadsoft, Shoretel, And Nec All Initially Proclaimed ...

Heating Our Own Dog Food | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Heating Our Own Dog Foodby Dave Michels On December 21, 2010 In Tech Purina Is Coming Out With A New Dog Food. It’s Called Purina One Beyond. It Is Aimed At The Whole Foods Crowd Of Dog Lovers. Here Is One Of Four Videos That Introduces The Product.“;” Src=”http://lh6.ggpht.com/_n0efxihpdpy/trgwvxqdjgi/aaaaaaaabgg/3jk8lotemzm/video369bd2bd025b%5b59%5d.jpg?imgmax=80...

My Chat With Craig | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup My Chat With Craigby Dave Michels On December 14, 2010 In Tech At Nojitter, I Posted Craig’s Wild Adventures. The Sixth Of My Interviews With Voip (very Onusual And Interesting People). Craig Was Quite The Coup Because Until Recently, All Conversations Have Been Unquotable. He Even Once Shared That He Didn’t Like Being Off The Record. He Said As An Entrepreneur You Want To Share A...

Shift Happens | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Shift Happensby Dave Michels On December 30, 2010 In Tech 2010 Comes To A Close. Finally. I Am Ready For A New Year.i Posted Two Recent Articles Featuring The Word “shift”. But They Are Largely Unrelated.at Nojitter: I Wrote Is Freemium Worth The Price? The Post Looks At How Many Services Have Become Free And How We Rely Upon Them Despite Their Lack Of Assurances. The Shifty Point...

Thoughts On Kinect | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Thoughts On Kinectby Dave Michels On December 7, 2010 In Tech I Am Not Convinced It Was Entirely Planned, But Microsoft Seemed To Nail It With Kinect. And It Happens To Be A Good Gaming Device Too.let Me Just Do A Mind Dump Of Why Xbox Kinect Is So Significant:1) Xbox Kinect Is A Success. It Was Big News That Apple Broke All  Consumer Electronics Sales Records With Its Ipad, But Kine...

Week Lync | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Week Lyncby Dave Michels On December 20, 2010 In Tech End Of The Year Rush For Me – This Week I’m Working On A White Paper On The Ms Lync Sbas – Where And How The Five Hardware Partners Differ In Approach. If You Have Any Thoughts On Sbas – Drop Me A Line. I Think It Is One Of The Most Compelling Architectural Features/enhancements In Lync 2010.did A Post At Voice Report On Ly...

1998 Called: Wants My Life Back | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup 1998 Called: Wants My Life Backby Dave Michels On January 14, 2011 In Tech This Past December, I Avoided Year End Predictions. I Think It’s A Valuable Exercise, But Honestly A Year Is Too Small Of A Time Frame. I Am Sticking With My Deep Reflective Thoughts From Last Year –megatrends As They Continue To Occur At Glacial Speed.however, I Do Want To Call One Additional Megatrend I S...

Collaboration Sphere | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Collaboration Sphereby Dave Michels On January 28, 2011 In Tech In There’s A Change Afoot, I Wrote The Unified Communications Conversation Is Changing From Voice Centric To Collaboration Centric. Usually I Post Things As A Form A Cheap Therapy – It Gets Things Of My Mind And Allows Me To Focus On Important Matters Such As Seinfeld Reruns. But This Epiphany Has Been More Stubborn. ...

Hosted Voice | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Hosted Voiceby Dave Michels On January 27, 2011 In Tech Hosted Voice Is A Fascinating Space And It Is Just Getting Started. Hosted Voice, Enabled By Voip, Started Around 2005. The Most Well Known Pioneer Was Vonage – But That Was More Conceptual In That The Were Always Consumer Focused. Hosted Voice Generally Refers To Business Oriented Pbx Features Aimed At Business Accounts. Over ...

Innoprise | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Innopriseby Dave Michels On January 17, 2011 In Tech Two Words You Don’t See So Often Together Are Innovation And Enterprise. Innovation Is Often Associated With Young Upstarts That Intend To Disrupt The Established Order – Better, Faster, Cheaper. Enterprise Conjures Images Of Large Organizations That Were, At One Time, Innovative Upstarts. But We Know That Is Not True. Large Ent...

It Is So Confusing! | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup It Is So Confusing!by Dave Michels On January 25, 2011 In Tech There Is A Tremendous Amount Of Shuffling Going On And I Am Getting Confused. I Follow News And Industry Events Pretty Closely And Understand Why It’s All Happening, But Whoa! Back Up For A Second And This Is Just Nuts!  The Traditional Voice Folks Are Competing Against Email Giants Microsoft And Ibm, Which In Turn Are ...

Itexpo Cloud Summit – Miami | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Itexpo Cloud Summit – Miamiby Dave Michels On January 19, 2011 In Tech About A Year Ago, I Attended My First Itexpo. It Was In Miami. It Is A Pretty Interesting The Way The Show Ties So Many Events Into One. Itexpo, Put On By Tmc, Is In The Center Ring. Then There Are Several Other Summits Or Conferences Taking Place. Miami, Or Itexpo East, Has Slightly Different Programming Tha...

Cisco And Email | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Cisco And Emailby Dave Michels On February 28, 2011 In Tech A Major Flaw With The Cisco Email Model Was Encouraging The Use Of Outlook As The Client. If You Don’t Control The Client, And Only Emulate And Exchange Server, Then The Best You Can Really Do Is Be As Good As Exchange Rather Than Be Better. The Opportunity Is To Move Away From Clients In General – Leverage The Web/html5 ...

Enterprise Connect 2011 | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Enterprise Connect 2011by Dave Michels On February 25, 2011 In Tech Next Week Is Enterprise Connect, And It Looks Like It’s Going To Be A Good Conference. Most Of My Time Is Scheduled In Briefings. You Know Why Briefings Are Important? Because No One Can Understand Press Releases. Seriously. There Is A Ton Of News Announced At This Conference, And The Press Release Game Makes It Fun...

Google Chrome Os | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Google Chrome Osby Dave Michels On February 1, 2011 In Tech I’ve Always Been A Big Fan Of Thin Clients. In 1989, I Had A Unix Box Running Ms Office And Dumb Terminals Set Up In My Home. Office Was Nearly Identical To The Ms Dos Version, And Each “dumb” Terminal Had Multiple Screens (windows) Via Toggle And One Pc Supported Multiple Users.windows Took Off And It Took Some Time Fo...

Innovation Is Alive And Well | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Innovation Is Alive And Wellby Dave Michels On February 24, 2011 In Tech At Enterprise Connect There Is Something New… The Innovation Showcase Of Which I Am The Director. A Very Interesting Process. We Set Out To Find Small Companies That Are Doing Truly Innovative Things In Enterprise Communications. On No Jitter: At The Upcoming Enterprise Connect, Be Sure To Check Out The Inaugur...

Innovation Showcase Winners! | Talkingpointz
Enterprise Unified Communications Homeservicesresearchappearancesinterviewspodcastsaboutask Davepindropsoup Innovation Showcase Winners!by Dave Michels On February 28, 2011 In Tech These Companies Will Each Be Given The Opportunity To Present An “elevator” Pitch To A General Session Audience. Two Companies Will Be Presented Each Day On Tuesday And Wednesday At The 9 Am General Session Time Periods (march 1-2). Each Of These Companies Has Products Or Services Available Today With...