The telecom industry is undergoing major transformation from totally isolated systems to an interrelated blur of buzzwords. Historically, the competition kept things pretty similar. RFPs made direct comparisons manageable (and a good idea).
It is quite reasonable for a reasonable person to be overwhelmed by current UC offerings – which are rapidly shifting and difficult to compare. That’s where TalkingPointz fitz. IT leaders don’t have the time to sort out VoIP, UC, mobility, video, virtualization, resilience, “the cloud”, unified messaging, collaboration, centralization, rhubarb rhubarb rhubarb…
Get your UC guidance here. Purchase and download a TalkingPointz Independent Research report, just check out the curated news to the right, the selected TwitStars to the left, or naviate over to the Pin Drop Soup blog.
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From the TalkingPointz PinDropSoup blog:
- StartupCamp5
StartupCamp5 will be taking place at ITExpo Feb 1-3 at the Miami Beach Convention Center. I've attended the past four ITExpo's and StartupCamps, but won't be at this one. Feeling a bit wistful as so many people I know are heading that way. ITExpo is a ...
- Contempt for Customers
Thinly disguised contempt for the customer is an easy trap to fall into, after-all, without customers our jobs would be a lot easier. There is just one problem with this line of thinking... The first time I heard the term Thinly Disguised Contempt f...
- 10 Reasons Why RIM Won't Die
It has been fun to kick RIM. Text book example of why incumbents get disrupted/ RIM owned/invented email on a mobile phone. They invented the smartphone. We used to call their addicts '"Crackberries." But they (along with everyone else) underestimated...
- What Happened in Vegas?
The advertising campaign "whatever happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas" was absolutely brilliant. Come to Vegas and be naughty - everyone does. It gave Vegas a classy mystique, an improvement over the City of Sinners. That kind of advertising is a tough t...
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Dave is a self-proclaimed Telecommunications Contemplator. Most industry professionals gravitate toward the role of Analyst, Consultant or Journalist, but Dave blends all three as a professional Contemplator. He shares what he sees with the vendors, service providers, and end users. 