For those of you OTGers "Old Telecom Guys" you remember "Ma Bell". Ma Bell was what we called ATT. ATT is long gone, SBC (A Baby Bell) took the name as they acquired them along with other assets. Verizon another baby bell bought MCI/Worldcom but kept their own (new name) Comcast may buy Verizon The Communications [...]
PBX guys are becoming a thing of the past! Not many left! Nortel, gone, Avaya Bankrupt, Toshiba Gone, now this. Mitel to Acquire ShoreTel! "The deal is part of a trend toward providing businesses with the ability to move their enterprises to the cloud." I don't think there is anyone starting a company today, that says, [...]
Comcast is entering into a new business! Tom Muller, OTG's CTO just brought this to my attention. Comcast's new play. "Voice as in VoIP, is just data. As VoIP becomes mainstream on mobile with WiFi calling, a service such as Comcast mobile jumps VoIP WiFi calling to a new plateau, moving WiFi calling as the preferred [...]
Next month, OTG is Climbing For Kids! It's a great event and a great opportunity to get outside and support an awesome cause! Please come join us! Join the team, even if you are not planning to climb! We get off to an early start by meeting at the Mt. Bierstadt parking lot and trailhead at 6 [...]
Illinois joined the "Death of the PSTN" club and decided to let go of the aging technology we all grew up with. Traditional landlines will soon go the way of Buggy Whips and 8 track tapes. ATT already has FCC approval in 19 of their 20 legacy states, CA is the only one holding out for [...]
It is not surprising that one of the most interesting directions for networking is the concept of Software Defined Networks (SDN) and Software Defined Wide-Area Networks. SDNs and SD WANs are both the result of the application of technology and computing power to emulate network functionality in the cloud. Early forecast for SD WAN had revenue [...]
The Hosted VoIP service providers have been in this battle for over 10 years! Most utilizing a Broadsoft platform. BroadSoft is the market share leader for cloud-based unified communications, with its open platform deployed by 25 of the world's top 30 service providers. These Service Providers have been working hard to educate the business community. The [...]
Not surprisingly, the FCC, under its new chairman, Ajit Pai, is pursuing the elimination of net neutrality rules established by Tom Wheeler, the prior FCC chairmen. This is consistent with the Yin/Yang practices of the two political parties, where policies swing from one end of the spectrum to the other, where each sees a problem from [...]
Previously posted by Michael Fair: Channel Partners 2017 is now in the rear mirror and I wanted to take some time to reflect on my many meetings with both service providers and their distribution partners in Las Vegas. As a consultant to the cloud and services industry, I get exposed to the good, the bad and [...]
Years ago, IBM created a sales technique that we refer to as FUD or Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt. The tactic was not to promote sales, but to hinder or slow sales. At the time, IBM was not considered a technology innovator and its competitors often came out with products that were more advanced and cheaper. IBM's [...]
