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Does open source control 18% of the PBX market?

Has open source taken over the low end of the PBX market, and does it already have nearly one-fifth of the total market? by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: PBX, John Malone, Telephony, Open Source, VOIP, Networking, Telecommunications, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-01-30

Dishing It Out

There may soon be just one satellite radio company. Now, the stars seem to be aligning for there to be just one satellite TV company, as well. First, in radio. The FCC is close to making a decision that will let Sirius Satellite Radio Inc acquire arch-rival...

Tags: AT&T Corp., DirecTV, Satellite, Satellite Television, Liberty Media Corp., John Malone, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Satellite TV, Network Technology, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Networking, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-07-02

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Sirius could file bankruptcy as early as Tuesday

Financially strapped Sirius XM Radio could file for bankruptcy as early as Tuesday if it cannot successfully negotiate with the holders of its debt, reports the AP. The satellite radio company said Friday that it has exchanged more than $172 million of debt maturing in December for...

Tags: XM Satellite Radio Inc., Satellite, Sirius, Common Stock, Bankruptcy, Liberty Media Corp., Company, Satellite Radio, Litigation, Network Technology, Personal Finance, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Business Operations, Networking, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-02-13

Does open source control 18% of the PBX market?

Does open source control 18% of the PBX market?Open Source PBX studyThank you for your writing about our recent Open Source PBX study. Here?s the methodology that was followed. The number of Open Source PBX surveys conducted and completed for the research exceeded 7,000. Then our PBX...

Tags: Telephony, VOIP, PBX, Open Source PBX, Does Open Source, open source, Asterisk

Discussion threads 2009-01-30

A 1968 computer demo that changed people's lives

Can a computer demo change people's lives? I've seen plenty in my time but none that moved me in any significant way. Yet 40 years ago, Doug Engelbart gave a demo that did change people's lives and changed the entire course of computer systems development. On Monday...

Tags: Collective Intelligence, Computer, Demo, Productivity, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-12-02

AOL's dial-up business: Is there a (minor) bidding war brewing?

AOL's dial-up business may be worth a little more than expected--especially if Liberty Media and EarthLink get into a bidding skirmish for Time Warner's most unloved asset. Let's be clear: AOL's dial-up business is dying, but it still throws off cash and still has 8.1 million subscribers....

Tags: EarthLink Inc., Time Warner Inc., America Online Inc., Liberty Media Corp., Asset Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-12

Google: John McCain's secret campaign weapon

Digital Markets Blog presidential campaign 2008 special series on what I am calling “User Generated Politics�John McCain succumbed to the “ultimate job interview for the top job in the U.S.� earlier this month in his pilgrimage to the Googleplex.While McCain is no stranger to cross-fire, verbal or otherwise, even he experienced...

Tags: User Generated Politics, Presidential Race, Politics, Political Campaign, John McCain

Blog posts 2007-05-22

Tech tunes into TV at CES

Tech tunes into TV at CESVideo, SchmidioWhat video. Snippits. Commercials. Briefs. Music Videos.Big whoopie.Let me know when I can get full TV. Let me know when I can watch full-length movies.Let me know when there is REAL Video. Not this nickle and dime petty...

Tags: Corporate communications, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Cable, Advertising & Promotion, Digital media, theater, video, Starz Vongo, TV

Discussion threads 2006-01-03

With telco mergers approved, greed factor can't be discounted

I've been processing my thoughts this morning on what happens next in light of the Federal Communications Commission's unanimous approval yesterday of the Verizon-MCI and SBC-AT&T mergers.My opinion is a conflicted one. From the standpoint of telecommunications infrastructure, these deals work. AT&T's able business services infrastructure meshes well with SBC's...

Tags: MCI Inc., cable, Ed Whitacre

Blog posts 2005-11-01