The Doppler Effect: Skype Connect vs Google with free calls.
by Alec on 31. Aug, 2010 in Alec, Conferencing, Skype, Social Media, Telephony
Yesterday, Skype Connect launched. Skype Connect is the formal release of the program started last fall called Skype for SIP. Ostensibly designed to connect the enterprise PBX to Skype via SIP, Skype touts the fact that vendors like Cisco and Avaya are certified to work with their networks. There is, however, another story here. Skype [...]
The death of Kin was inevitable
by Alec on 01. Jul, 2010 in Alec
News has broken that Microsoft has scrapped Kin, merging the team with the core Windows 7 group. Many folks, including Voyces own Jamie Siminoff, have said this was the wrong move. It was inevitable, gang… inevitable. Microsoft is a company that runs billion dollar businesses. This is what they looked like, by billions of dollars [...]
Google Targets Skype
by Alec on 18. May, 2010 in Alec
Last fall’s acquisition of Gizmo5 gave the Google voice team a nice SIP client. However, they still didn’t have anything to match Skype’s crack team of AV codec developers – the team responsible for SILK, and so many of the other quality innovations that differentiate Skype in the market place. Late last night Google moved [...]
CounterPath debuts Nomadic PBX
by Alec on 20. Apr, 2010 in Alec, IP Communications
CounterPath CEO Donovan Jones took the stage at eComm yesterday, launching their Nomadic PBX application. Based on Counterpath’s Network Convergence Gateway, Nomadic PBX is a mobile enterprise application which: Pairs the mobile number to one or more SIP devices (plus the mobile phone). Manages the call control based on presence or end-user direction. For example, [...]
Eye of Newt, and Toe of Frog
by Alec on 16. Apr, 2010 in Alec, Business, Cloud Communications, IP Communications, VoIP
So here we are. Six independent Voyces in the communications industry. Six people in leadership positions in businesses that deliver communications services to consumers and enterprises independently of what used to be thought of as the telecommunications industry. And six leaders of companies that would be thought of as small or even tiny by Wall [...]