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Cisco's Chambers: collaboration via mobile devices will drive faster business processes: John Chambers, CEO of Cisco Systems, is now onstage, keynoting at NXTComm.Main takeaway: collaboration will speed up enterprise innovation initiatives that had been held back by "command and control" protocols.Chambers said that a collaboration/teamwork approach, enabled by ubiquitous broadband, acquisitions (such as webex, which was specifically cited by Chambers) and video on any device has...; Tags: trends, Predictions and Observations, Mobile, General, Cisco; Blog posts 2007-06-19
Poll: did you "VoIP" your Mom on Mother's Day?: Yesterday was Mothers Day in the United States.Mothers Day is the heaviest calling day of the year.Since we write a lot about VoIP around here, I thought Id ask:, if you have VoIP or even a voice-capable solution through your IM program, did you use it to call your Mom?[poll=69]; Tags: General, trends; Blog posts 2007-05-14
When it comes to most tech, The Long Tail is a myth: In Chris Andersons massively over-hyped book The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More (2006) he maintains that products that are in low demand or have low sales volume can collectively make up a market share that rivals or exceeds...; Tags: Predictions and Observations, trends, General; Blog posts 2007-04-23
Sorry, no VoIP over WiFi from your plane-unless: In all the excitement about WiFi coming to aircraft within the next year or so they say, a key fact is being overlooked.Buried in a Wall Street Journal story about the deal is that airplane WiFi contractor AirCell will block voice calls over the Internet. Thats just for those...; Tags: General, WiFi, trends; Blog posts 2007-04-04
Report: triple-play cable VoIP slowing growth of IM-based VoIP: To me, the most interesting part of research firm In-Stats newly published findings that more than 10 million U.S. homes now have at least one active VoIP user is not that round number.Its the fact that the growth in VoIP subscriptions from cable companies- many of which offer these...; Tags: yahoo, trends, General, AOL; Blog posts 2007-04-02

Porn again: adult content's big broadband problem you never hear about: Thats porn star Stormy Daniels.So whats an image of her doing on this blog? Ill tell you.An article on the ABC News website broaches this rather imagistic subject: are high-def cameras just a bit too, well, high-def for porn videos?After reading this article, I started to think the question...; Tags: trends, Streaming media, General; Blog posts 2007-03-06
Anna Nicole Smith: enthusiastic Internet user: Yes, I am serious, and there is a sociological lesson to be learned here.But first, some supportive information. There are plenty of accounts that would seem to point to Anna Nicole Smith in that Getty images photo as an enthusiastic Internet user and e-mailer.Take for instance "BIG MO,"...; Tags: General, trends; Blog posts 2007-02-24
Four reasons why every Realtor needs to video podcast: David Krug notes that in a recent survey done by real estate blogging setup and management service Blogging Systems, a leading real estate blogging service 68% of real estate agents said they would be focusing on blogs as a marketing tool in 2007!Scoble - astute podcaster and...; Tags: General, trends; Blog posts 2007-02-19
Toys Aren't Us: Whats wrong with the toy industry? Im not the only one wondering. From the Toy Fair at New York Citys Javits Convention Center, my colleague Caroline McCarthy asks, Has The Toy Industry Screeched To A Halt?Sure, many of the exhibitors were familiar, but Caroline decries an overarching lack of...; Tags: General, trends; Blog posts 2007-02-16
The three big disconnects in Wal-Mart's digital download plans: Today Wal-Mart Stores introduces a digitally downloadable library of 3,000 titles from the six major movie distributors. The significant majority of these titles are available for $14.88, but are tied to discounted pricing available to those who go to their Wal-Mart store and purchase the actual, physical DVD.Others...; Tags: General, trends, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.; Blog posts 2007-02-06
"Huh, Wah?" alert: High-Def VoIP: The VoIP Girl kicks off a rapidly morphing discussion about HD VoIP. "HD," as in High-Def.""Is HD VOIP something that consumers should consider when choosing a VOIP service, or is it more marketing lingo to work through?," she writes. "As I understand it, HD, high definition, or wideband VOIP refers...; Tags: General, KHz, Research, trends, VoIP; Blog posts 2007-02-05
Hey Michael Dell, bring customer service home: One of the reasons given for Michael Dell re-claiming the CEO mantle at Dell last week was the realization that customer service standards had slipped, and need to be restored.In our ZDNet neighborhood, as well as in the blogosphere and among friends and neighbors, this perception has taken on...; Tags: customer service, Dell Computer Corp., General, Michael Dell, trends; Blog posts 2007-02-05
Are VCs not sensitive enough to VoIP app marketing needs?: Interesting thought piece from fellow VoIP blogger Andy Abramson about what he sees as a lack of sensitivity on the part of venture capitalists toward the specific resources needed to market of products and services they are evaluating for possible investments in.That concept seems to be especially sticking in Andys...; Tags: Andy, Case Studies, General, trends; Blog posts 2007-02-05
Don't give up on NetFlix: NetFlix new Watch Now service will let a select view of the DVD distributors six million customers watch movies over the Internet.Select view, meaning 250,000 or so additional subs per week, until a June target date for complete subscriber base enablement.Since this content will not be downloaded but will live...; Tags: General, trends, Streaming media, NetFlix Inc.; Blog posts 2007-01-25
IP solutions provider: when you upgrade, don't just duplicate: One of the most astute observations I heard at the IP Telephony Expo in Fort Lauderdale this week came from the personable and visionary rare combo Brett Shockley, Founder, CEO and chairman of integrated IP communications and solutions provider Spanlink Communications.One of those industry thought-leaders able to take a ground...; Tags: General, trends; Blog posts 2007-01-25
IMS: a reality check: Yesterday at the Internet Telephony Conference & Expo in Fort Lauderdale, I was privileged to be on a panel entitled: Quo Vadis? An IMS Industry Round Table.OK, basics first. In this meaning, IMS refers to IP Media Subsystem, a type of next-generation architecture for mobile communications providers and carriers...; Tags: General, Research, trends, IBM IMS; Blog posts 2007-01-25
Obama to have Brightcove "channel": but what will this lead to?: Here in the U.S., were entering a 2008 Presidential campaign season where we will find candidates of both major U.S. political parties practicing the same every platform-all the time craze that just bout drove me nuts at the Consumer Electronics Show last week.One of the first manifestations of this...; Tags: General, trends, YouTube, Brightcove, Barack Obama; Blog posts 2007-01-18
Proposal: Congress should pass a "Freedom To Link" act: Several recent court decisions are, in my view, threatening the generally accepted notion that the Internet thrives on a "free to link" privilege between any two sites.As rabid as some content creators, their lawyers and agents are, I fear that we may be headed into an era where these rights...; Tags: General, Regulatory, trends, linked-to site, Web site; Blog posts 2007-01-14
CES panelists: these are three transcending steps for VoWiFi handsets: Earlier today, panelists at a CES session entitled "New Communication Tech: From VoIP to VoWiFi and Beyond" waved in on key advances that will push lots of VoIP users from beyond their PC to mobile environments.Three advances: VoIP handsets pre-bundled with cellphone-like functionalities such as cameras, video playback and even...; Tags: General, trends, WiMAX, WiFi, CES 2007, handset, VoIP; Blog posts 2007-01-09
I guess it's up to me to debunk this tv on cellphone fad: Theres a type of strange, counterintuitive faddishness at this years Consumer Electronics Show that to me, defies all manner of logic.Since few if any other bloggers will speak out about it, I view it as my role to do so.I am referring to rampant, contagious "platformitis-" the mad rush to...; Tags: Cellular phones, cell phone, telephone, video; Blog posts 2007-01-08