by Garrett Smith
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When someone first described Fonolo to me I couldn’t fathom it.
I mean…it can’t be true. A voice service that is both useful AND easy to use?
But that’s just what Fonolo’s “Deep Dial” service delivers.
If you’re not familiar with Shai Berger and his company Fonolo - look out - their company enables you to take control of your calling by allowing you to “Deep Dial” into large companies phone menus, automatically building an intelligent call history along with recordings for those calls. Sounds like the sort of service that you’ve always wanted, right?
That’s why I am bringing you thoughts on the near future of VoIP from the guy who is “already” there. Grab a pop for this one!
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by Garrett Smith
For those of you out there who celebrated a holiday and enjoyed a few days away from it all, I hope you and yours enjoyed it. I know I did. For those of you still “away from it all” I wish I was there with you - continue to enjoy.
After a few day break, I wanted to pick the series back up with Abdul Kasim of Critical Links. Critical Links makes a very exciting product called edgeBox. edgeBox is office-in-the-box IT solution that combines VoIP/IP-PBX, VPNs, security, NAC, QoS and a WiFi access point as well as a fax server, web server, e-mail server, print server and data storage into one device.
Despite the fact that it still won’t make your coffee - the edgeBox signals a new generation of small business technologies that look to harness the full capability of IP communications. That’s why Abdul is perfect to give us more insight into the future of VoIP…
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by Garrett Smith
Over the last two weeks we have heard from almost every corner of the VoIP industry. The executives we have interviewed are pioneers, thought leaders and visionaries that are truly shaping the future of this industry.
Then there is Andy Abramson - a guy who is all three rolled into one. From his position as CEO of Comunicano, a boutique asymmetrical communications consultancy geared to providing clients with Senior Advising, Marketing Communications, Corporate Communications and Marketer-In-Residence services, Andy has/had his hands in some of the VoIP industry’s most influential - and successful - companies.
If hearing “what’s next” from the guy who has worked on the inside of companies like TalkPlus, truphone, SightSpeed, Nokia, VAPPS amongst others doesn’t make your mouth water - then maybe a quick read of Andy’s award winning blog VoIP Watch might change your mind. Seriously - Andy knows what he’s talking about.
Let’s see what he has to say. Oh and there is no penalty for taking notes…
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by Garrett Smith
The small medium business (SMB) and the IP PBX markets are two markets that are hotly contested these days. 3CX - purveyors of a software based Windows IP PBX for the SMB - sits at the intersection of both of these markets. Who better to discuss the Near Future of VoIP within each of these markets - then the guy leading the SMB IP PBX company?
Nick Galea is that guy. Nick founded 3CX in 2005 and as it’s CEO has grown it to be one of the companies leading the evolution of business phone systems. With experts touting both doom and boom in the coming months for the SMB and IP PBX spaces - lets get some straight talk from a straight shooter who lives and breathes these potentially volitile markets.
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by Garrett Smith
When you hear the words VoIP you instantly think of innovation. And in order to waver the storm that will continue for most of 2009 - the VoIP industry must continue to be innovative.
What better way to get a glimpse into the innovations to come in the next year, then talk to one of the true innovators in the IP communications space, Alec Saunders. Alec is the CEO of Iotum, the company behind the innovative interactive conference calling service Calliflower, which has quickly gained momentum and favor amongst small and large businesses alike for its ability to enable powerful conversations.
Alec isn’t just innovating in the conference call space - he has been doing it since the early 80’s. It’s with that, that I bring you author of the Voice 2.0 Manifesto thought’s on the near future of VoIP.
Please, read on…
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by Garrett Smith
With the likes of Vonage on the verge of extinction thanks to the pummeling they’ve received since the start of their operations, no one can dispute the impact cable companies have had on the VoIP industry over the last few years. But will 2009 bring a further tightening of their grip on the industry - or will single plays leverage their nimbleness in order to earn themselves a bit of breathing room?
Heck if I know for sure. Thankfully our next interview comes from the cable side of things - after all they are in the best position to answer those questions. Rafael Fonseca is VP of Market and Application Development for Cedar Point Communications, a company that enables cable companies to offer VoIP services thanks to their cable telephony solutions.
Rafael brings with him more then 20 years of system and architecture design to his task of identifying market needs and working with their cable and telecommunications industry customers deploying voice services. With that mission and level of access to cable companies, it makes for unique point of view on the near future of VoIP.
We’re going to skip the niceties and jump right in…
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by Garrett Smith
If you know anything about VoIP, you know that your networks performance is paramount to a quality calling experience.
This is where our next interview in the series is coming from. Steve Wong is the VP of Marketing for ClearSight Networks. ClearSight Networks an analysis and monitoring solutions provider who is in the business of ensuring VoIP Quality of Service (QoS) on networks.
Steve has over 10 years of test and measurement experience - that when coupled with his knowledge of the VoIP space - makes for an interesting point of view on where the future of the VoIP industry lies. Hopefully he tells us there is better call quality coming. Let’s see what he has to say…
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