Just got back from the 2007 AGM for ANPI - Associated Network Buying Partners. I posted about this earlier, and I was there speaking on a panel about trends in the VoIP market, and how they’re impacting independent operators. ANPI represents about 400 of these carriers, so they have a lot of buying power in […]

My guest this week was Hilmar Gunnarsson, the EVP of Sales and Marketing for Oz Communications. Oz is a Montreal-based company doing a lot of good things in the mobile messaging space, and I’ve been wanting to do a podcast with them for some time. They got some healthy funding a few months back, and […]

Been very busy finishing up client work the past few days, and tomorrow I’m off to San Diego - whoo hoo. I’m presenting at ANPI’s AGM - am part of a panel talking about how current tech and market trends are impacting the independent operator market. I presented there in 2005, and am looking forward […]

I’ve been a fan of Sangoma for a while, and so is fellow blogger/industry watcher Ken Camp. Earlier this week I did a podcast with their CEO, David Mandelstam - our second one - and just today, Ken has posted up his podcast with David.
So, if you can’t get enough of Sangoma from me, tune […]

Yesterday, I attended the IT360 Conference here in Toronto, and gave a presentation on Unified Communications. The content at the conference is pretty heavy on Linux and Open Source, and it’s a great place to be if you’re into Asterisk. Saw quite a few familiar faces, and missed sessions by Open Source mainstays John “mad […]

This story broke late yesterday, and I just wanted to draw attention to it. Not much public detail or blog coverage yet, but I think it’s a good story. This is a $723 million deal, so it’s not a small thing, and speaks loudly to Mitel’s ambitions about becoming a bigger player in a rapidly […]

Just a quick post about a news item that combines a few things that I really like - baseball and blogging. Not so sure about the blood part, but just like Tommy Lasorda bleeds Dodger blue, it’s only fitting that players for the Red Sox bleed red - right?
So, there’s been a bit of a […]

On this week’s podcast, my guest was Mario Belanger, President of Avaya Canada. I try to have a mix of large and small companies on my podcasts, and it was nice to hear how an incumbent vendor sees the market. Mario and I spoke about the state of IP telephony from Avaya’s position, and the […]

In the wake of Vonage’s “permanent stay” reprieve this week, things are quickly falling into line as a David and Goliath story, and Vonage is taking up the mantle now in the name of competition, choice and free markets.
Yesterday, they launched a “national grassroots communications campaign to educate and mobilize consumers about preserving the freedom […]

Trying to stay closer to home these days, and for a change, the next conference I’m participating in is here in my back yard.
Next week is the IT360 Conference and Expo here in Toronto. It’s put on by IT World Canada, which is an affiliate of giant IDG. The IT focus isn’t of much interest […]