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March 31, 2006

Tom Evslin - Book Review – The Search

Tom Evslin reviews John Battelle’s book The Search.

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March 30, 2006

Critical Links - Exhibiting VON Europe 2006

Critical Links provides intelligent networking equipment that allows small businesses to benefit from the latest converged networking technologies without the need for specialist in-house IT knowledge. edgeBOX is the core product which, when deployed at the edge of a customer’s network, allows a Managed Service Provide to remotely provision, support and maintain all of the voice and data services that edgeBOX provides, such as a fully featured IP-PBX and VoIP gateway, security, QoS, collaboration, WiFi, router and file storage.

Mikey spoke with Peter Tyndale, EMEA Business Development Manager for Critical Links.

Peter is responsible for edgeBOX marketing in the EMEA region. His main area of focus for 2006 is to rapidly grow the market for edgeBOX through partnerships with distributors and high volume service providers. Peter has over 15 years of network and systems Business Development and Engineering experience having worked in technology development and delivery for companies in the ICT engineering and consulting sectors such as Admiral Computing (now part of LogicaCMG), Reuters, Merrill Lynch and Accenture.

You can find Critical Links at booth #442.

www.critical-links.com

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Tom Evslin - John Battelle’s The Search and Google Book Search

Tom Evslin quotes an interview he did with John Battelle about why John’s book The Search is not available on Google Book Search – not a decision John made himself or agrees with.

This podcast can be read in blog form at blog.tomevslin.com by clicking here.

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March 29, 2006

PMC-Sierra - On Location At VON

Laura and Carl spent some time at PMC-Sierra's exhibit at VON.

PMC-Sierra’s Multi-Service Processor(tm) based VoIP and router solutions enable PSTN-quality voice, video and data convergence in current and emerging home and enterprise broadband applications, including Residential and SOHO VoIP gateways, Analog Telephone Adapters (ATAs) and IP Phones.

www.pmc-sierra.com

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Tom Evslin - Free Business Idea - Sponsored WiFi

Tom Evslin has an idea for a new business – sponsored WiFi.

This podcast can be read in blog form at blog.tomevslin.com by clicking here.

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iBasis - On Location At VON

Laura spoke with Chris Ward, the Senior Director of Marketing at iBasis from the show floor at VON.

Founded in 1996, iBasis (OTCBB: IBAS) is one of the ten largest carriers of international voice traffic in the world. We deliver toll quality international call completion services and provide the global infrastructure that enables enhanced services such as conferencing and calling cards to expand to international markets quickly and efficiently. The company's customers include many of the world's largest carriers who outsource their international voice traffic to iBasis to reduce their cost of transport and service support, while providing service quality indistinguishable from that of traditional phone networks.

www.ibasis.net

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March 28, 2006

Jon Arnold / David Mandelstam

On today's Canadian IP Thought Leaders series, Jon Arnold spoke with David Mandelstam, President and CEO of Toronto-based Sangoma Technologies. Sangoma has a 20+ year history, and David provided his insights on how the company has evolved, including its recent embrace of open source. The outlook for open source was discussed, as were the challenges facing small Canadian companies competing in the global IP market. For those of you attending VON Canada next week, you'll have a chance to see David, who will be speaking on two sessions.

David Mandelstam, President/CEO, Sangoma Technologies

As a pioneer in the connectivity hardware and software products for telephony, Wide Area Network (WAN) and the Internet, Founder/President/CEO of Sangoma Technologies, David Mandelstam, is responsible for overall management of the Company and its future strategic direction.

David and his research and development team focuses on Sangoma’s family of AFT (Advanced Flexible Telecommunication) T1/E1/J1 voice/data cards that are engineered for today’s demanding soft PBX, IVR and VoIP applications, such as Asterisk™, Yate™, and others. They offer a new price/performance standard unparalleled in the industry that its competitors are now following.

Before starting Sangoma in 1984, David ran an engineering company and was engineering VP of an energy conservation company.

www.sangoma.com

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Multi-Tech Systems - Exhibiting at VON Europe 2006

Multi-Tech Systems is an ISO 9001:2000-certified global manufacturer of award-winning telephony, Internet, remote access, and device networking products. Since 1970, Multi-Tech Systems has grown from modest origins to a company with a worldwide reputation for reliable products of innovative design. This reputation is just as strong today. New technologies, same focus: Connecting voice and data over IP networks.

In this podcast Laura spoke with Hari Arimilli, VoIP Product Manager for Multi-Tech Systems.

You can find them at booth #224.

www.multitech.com

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Tom Evslin - AT&T is Ripping Off American Soldiers

Tom Evslin claims that AT&T is overcharging American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan for calls home to the US and misusing its position as payphone provider at PXes to block cheaper alternatives.

This podcast can be read in blog form at blog.tomevslin.com by clicking here.

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Signate - Exhibiting At VON Europe 2006

Signate is the leading provider of VoIP telephony solutions that utilize industry standard hardware and open source software to deliver great price/performance. Whether you need a turnkey system or just our state-of-the-art software, Signate enables capable, highly reliable, VoIP telephony for service providers, contact centers and enterprises that scale to tens of thousands of simultaneous calls.

Laura spoke with William Boehlke, the CEO of Signate. He joined the company after fifteen years spent building one of North America's largest technology marketing firms, where as CEO he led teams that worked with leaders such as Adobe, Borland, Knight-Ridder, Lucent, PeopleSoft, Siebel Systems and Tibco Software.

You can find Signate at booth #336.

www.signate.com

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Sphere Communications - On Location At VON

Carl spends some time on the show floor at VON with Andrew Mercker, the Director of Marketing at Sphere Communications. Andrew explains the products that Sphere is showcasing.
Sphere Communications is a leader in software-based enterprise telecommunications, and is the first to deliver IP PBX technology as a business application for your Service Oriented Architecture.

www.spherecom.com

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Vero Systems - On Location At VON

Carl Ford visited Vero Systems' booth at VON and spoke with Jim Zalnasky, the Vice President of Business Development. Jim gave some background on their optimal call routing services.

Vero Systems, based in Howell, N.J., is a global provider of voice Margin Assurance products and services for wireline, wireless, cable and VoIP carriers. Vero manages routing for more than 50% of North American voice traffic, and its solutions are deployed on more than 2500 switches worldwide.

www.verosystems.com

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Aculab - On Location At VON

Mikey sat down with Herman Abel, Product Manager for Aculab to discuss their services and product line. Herman highlights Aculab's most recent products.

Prosody X, a card designed for media processing in IP-based networks with TDM connectivity as an option. Designed around an IP core, its architecture makes the product distributable amongst different chassis platforms offering resilience and scalability as well as helping future proof solutions as they move to IP. Also discussed was Prosody S, a software only product providing core speech processing resources such as play, record, DTMF and conference, which run on a host PC’s CPU.

www.aculab.com

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March 27, 2006

Calypso Wireless - On Location at VON

Mikey spoke to Akshay Sharma, CTO of Calypso Wireless about their Fixed-Mobile Convergence solution, which Akshay likened to "IMS in a box." This is another interview conducted from the VON show floor.

www.calypsowireless.com

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Hula Networks - On Location at VON

Mikey sat down Steve Robinson from Hula Networks, our booth neighbors at VON in San Jose. Hula Networks is a reseller that buys, sells, and trades networking equipment.

www.hulanetworks.com

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Nominum - Exhibiting at VON Europe 2006

Nominum is a global provider of ENUM-based IP-application routing directory, DNS, and DHCP solutions that enable communication providers to deliver high quality always-on broadband internet and innovative services to their customers, including VoIP, push to talk, fixed-mobile convergence, IPTV, and triple-play.

Laura spoke with Albert Gouyet, the Vice President of Marketing at Nominum. Look for their new product called Navitas at VON Europe.

You can find Nominum at booth #428.

www.nominum.com

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Sangoma Technologies - Exhibiting at VON Europe 2006

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Founded in 1984, Sangoma Technologies Corporation is a leading provider of connectivity hardware and software products for VoIP, TDM voice, WANs and Internet infrastructure. The company develops and manufactures voice and data communication products including the industry-leading series of Advanced Flexible Telecommunications (AFT) PCI cards. Sangoma Technologies Corporation is publicly traded on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV: STC - News).

Laura spoke with David Mandelstam, Founder/President/CEO of Sangoma Technologies.

As a pioneer in the connectivity hardware and software products for telephony, Wide Area Network (WAN) and the Internet, David Mandelstam, is responsible for overall management of the Company and its future strategic direction. David and his research and development team focuses on Sangoma’s family of AFT (Advanced Flexible Telecommunication) T1/E1/J1 voice/data cards that are engineered for today’s demanding soft PBX, IVR and VoIP applications, such as Asterisk™, Yate™, and others. They offer a new price/performance standard unparalleled in the industry that its competitors are now following. Before starting Sangoma in 1984, David ran an engineering company and was engineering VP of an energy conservation company. David holds a B.Sc. in mechanical engineering from the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa, an M.Sc. in aerodynamics from the Cranfield Institute of Technology in the United Kingdom and a B.Comm. from the University of South Africa. Sangoma Technologies Corporation (TSXV: STC) (www.sangoma.com) is a leading provider of connectivity hardware and software products for VoIP, TDM voice, WANs and Internet infrastructure.

Look for Sangoma Technologies at booth #228.

www.sangoma.com

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March 24, 2006

Tom Evslin - Never Again

Tom Evslin explains what he and Jeff Pulver petitioned the FCC to do to assure that families do not become unreachable the next time a catastrophe makes their physical phone lines unreachable.

This podcast can be read in blog form at blog.tomevslin.com by clicking here.

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March 23, 2006

Jon Arnold / Erik Lagerway

On this week's edition of the Canadian IP Thought Leaders series, Jon Arnold spoke with Erik Lagerway, who recently joined fast-growing Shift Networks as their CTO. Both are fresh back from Spring VON, and did a wrapup of the conference on the podcast. Erik talked about his impressions from meeting many vendors as well as what stood out from the exhibit hall. Jon and Erik talked about the show highlights and directions they'd like to see VON take for next time.

Erik Lagerway, CTO, Shift Networks, Inc.

Erik Lagerway is a serial VoIP entrepreneur and has been in the business for more than 12 years. He is currently the CTO for Shift Networks. Erik is responsible for identifying, sourcing and delivering next generation SMB communications applications. Essentially Erik owns the R&D department at Shift. Before coming to Shift he Co-founded Xten (now Counterpath) and served as the President and COO for nearly 3 years. Erik designed Xten's business class softphone products and go-to-market strategies for company. He was instrumental in growing Xten from 3 to 40+ people and bringing the company from conception/zero revenue to more than 3 Million in sales on award-winning product in less than 2 years. Xten customers acquired during Erik's stay include Yahoo!, Vonage, Deutsche Telekom and numerous other carriers, OEMs, and Portals. Erik's understanding of the VoIP industry and his ability to uncover opportunities in the market provided Xten with the perceived lead in the industry for SIP softphones and contributed greatly to Xten winning 6 industry awards.

http://shiftnetworks.com

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Live from VON Spring with CosmoCom

Leron Polani, the Vice President of Strategic Business and Corporate Development for CosmoCom stopped by the Pulvermedia Podcast booth to discuss their exhibit and their experience at VON.

www.cosmocom.com

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VON China Spring 2006

While in San Hose, Carl Ford took some time to speak with our VON China partner Hermann Yang. Hermann works for Seekson International (www.seeksons.com) based in Shanghai China. Hermann is the Managing Director of Seekson International and the (Seekson) General Manager of our VON China events. Bernard Gutnick, Vice President of Product Marketing for Sylantro Systems joined in on the conversation.

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March 22, 2006

Jon Arnold at VON

Jon Arnold

PPN friend and contributor Jon Arnold stopped by Mikey and Laura's booth for a quick chat about what he was seeing at VON in San Jose. This is another podcast recorded directly from the show floor at VON. Laura did not make off with any televisions.

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LignUp Press Conference - On Location at VON

LignUp held a press luncheon at VON Spring 2006 to discuss FastLign, alongside a few of their prominent partners. This is a podcast containing the audio from that press conference.

FastLign is an industry alliance accelerating the adoption of IP telephony services. Founded by Level3, NexTone, Rodopi Software, tekVizion, CentricVoice, VoIP Logic, and LignUp, the alliance enables service providers to rapidly and cost-effectively deliver hosted telephony services.

www.lignup.com

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Tom Evslin - What Should Google Do About its Stock Price

Tom Evslin has some friendly but unsolicited advice for Google.

This podcast can be read in blog form at blog.tomevslin.com by clicking here.

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Sylantro Systems - Live from VON Spring 2006

While in San Hose, Laura spoke with Bernard Gutnick, Vice President of Product Marketing for Sylantro Systems. Bernard discussed a record number of people visiting their booth, and described VON as the best forum for them to generate new business, meet with the analysts of the industry and considers the high caliber of the event.

This conversation continued into a preview of VON China. Part 2 will be posted soon.

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March 21, 2006

VON Italy and VON Mexico

While on site at Spring VON 2006, we were joined by some of the organizers of our future VON Conferences.

Gianluigi Ferri of Wireless s.r.l. discussed VON Italy which takes place in October of 2006. In accordance with the international format of VON, this event, held in Rome, will host all the major players of the telecommunication sector, from fixed, wireless and broadband service providers.

Marcela Altamirano of E.J. Krause acknowledged the success of VON Mexico 2006. VON Mexico took place in association with Expocom, which is the largest IT show in Mexico. The conference was attended by a great mix of local Enterprise customers and Latin American carriers.
VON returns to Mexico City in February 2007.

For more information on upcoming VON events, please visit www.von.com

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March 20, 2006

Tom Evslin - The Blogobubble

Tom Evslin talks about the bursting of the blog bubble and makes some optimistic predictions about blogs and media.

This podcast can be read in blog form at blog.tomevslin.com by clicking here.

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Allworx Press Conference at VON Spring 2006

While on site at Von we covered the Allworx press conference where they discussed a broad array of new solutions and an expanded portfolio to help companies make the switch to VoIP.

Click here to read the press release.

Allworx, the product division of InSciTek Microsystems Inc., provides a complete, feature-rich Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and PC network system that allows small- and medium-sized businesses to make a low-cost, no-risk transition to VoIP – at their own pace and without disruption to existing operations. Allworx offers a powerful combination of traditional and Internet-telephone capabilities that enables customers to improve productivity and to save money. For more information, visit www.allworx.com or call 1-866-ALLWORX (255-9679).

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PPN / Blue Box - Podcast with Dan York from Spring VON

Mikey and Dan York of Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast found time on the floor at VON to talk about some security issues facing VoIP now, what issues loom ahead, and to talk a bit about Dan's own podcasts. This podcast is being posted jointly on both podcast sites, check it out on Blue Box here.

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March 16, 2006

Kingsley Hill, IPeerX - On Location at VON

Mikey sat down and had a chat with Kingsley Hill of IPeerX about VON and IPeerX's recently announced relationship with TelEvolution's PhoneGnome.

Kingsley Hill, President & Chief Executive Officer, IPeerX
Mr. Hill is an accomplished technology company executive in both large companies and smaller start-up companies. He has been involved in Voice-over IP nearly since its inception. His experience as CIO at Frontier Communications led him to write a seminal white paper on the Voice over IP in 1994. Mr. Hill served as the Chief Operating Officer for Planetactive GmbH in Duesseldorf, Germany, one of Germany's premier internet companies, and the operator of the country's largest online interactive gaming platform. Mr. Hill is a recognized leader among peers, setting standards for excellence company wide and piloting organizations to new levels of performance. Mr. Hill is a creative thinker known for driving leading-edge technology and business solutions. He is a strong communicator, capable of building top-producing teams, delivering world-class customer service, and strengthening key relationships at all levels. Mr. Hill is a graduate of George Washington University, Washington, D.C. and holds a BS in Econometrics.

ipeerx.com

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Eqo Communications - On Location at VON

Mikey was joined by Ian Andrew Bell, VP Marketing & Alliances at Eqo, who have recently announced the addition of Skype Instant Messaging to their Mobile Internet Phone Service.

Ian Bell is a 12-year veteran of the IP communications industry. He is the creator of a number of award-winning products and services including BuzMe.com, PulverRadio.com, RingCentral.com, and Telus Internet Call Director. He was a founder and VP Marketing of BuzMe.com, acquired by RingCentral in 2001. He has also served in Product Management roles with Cisco Systems, BC TEL Communications, and Navigata Communications. As a Management Consultant he drove the acquisition of MessageRite by FrontBridge (now Microsoft) in 2004 and built a municipal wireless service in Whistler BC in 2003, among other projects. Ian has a Bachelor's degree from Simon Fraser University's School of Communication and was an Apple Research Fellow from 1991-1995.

eqo.com

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Press Conference Part 2, Jeff Pulver, Jeremy Allaire, Jason Krikorian

This is the second of a 2 part press conference featuring Jeff Pulver and Jeremy Allaire of Brightcove, who are joined in this half by Jason Krikorian, CFO & VP, Business Development of Sling Media.

In the five years prior to co-founding Sling Media, Jason Krikorian acted as Partner in id8 Group Holdings, where he advised several companies on product and business strategy, including Microsoft, Hitachi, Viewsonic, and Synaptics. His areas of focus included mobile device platforms and digital media devices. He also drove business development activities for id8 Group. Mr. Krikorian joined id8 Group after spending several years in management consulting with The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), advising Fortune 100 clients in the retail, automotive, and utilities sectors. Sling Media, Inc., based in San Mateo, CA, is a new kind of consumer electronics company working to demystify convergence technologies and to create empowering experiences for the digital media consumer.

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March 15, 2006

Jeff Pulver and Jeremy Allaire Press Conference at VON, Part 1

This is the first of a 2 part press conference featuring Jeff Pulver and Jeremy Allaire of Brightcove at Spring VON. Part 2 will be posted soon.

Jeremy Allaire founded Brightcove in early 2004 with a vision for the transformation of television with the Internet. As President of Brightcove, Jeremy leads the company’s technology, marketing and business development strategy. Prior to founding Brightcove, Jeremy worked as a technologist and entrepreneur-in-residence for Cambridge, MA-based venture capital firm General Catalyst, where he worked on companies and investments in broadband media, mobile content, e-commerce software and digital identity. Before General Catalyst, Jeremy was Chief Technology Officer of Macromedia, where he helped define and launch the Macromedia MX platform for Rich Internet Applications, helping to evolve Macromedia Flash into a dominant platform for rich media applications on the Internet. Jeremy joined Macromedia with its merger with Allaire Corporation, where Jeremy was a co-founder and Chief Technology Officer. Founded in 1995, Allaire Corporation was a pioneer in using the web as an application platform, and its industry leading and award winning products power millions of websites, online services and business applications on the Internet.

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Introducing Cantata! (On location at VON Spring 2006)

This is a podcast of the unveiling of the new Cantata booth on the show floor at VON, and the subsequent press conference held by Marc Zionts, CEO of Cantata Technology, the new composition of Excel and Brooktrout.

Cantata Technology is the industry's leading provider of standards-based enabling technology including media servers, media gateways and voice and fax platforms for the enterprise and service provider markets. Cantata is a word derived from a rich musical composition in which talents converge to create something truly unique. A cantata is a work far more innovative, integrated and engaging than the sum of its parts. This same synergy is embodied in Cantata Technology. The company's vision is to serve as the foundation for anytime, anywhere IP-based communications applications.

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March 13, 2006

Tom Evslin - Advisory Capital – Comments, Discussion, and the Wikipedia Entry

Tom Evslin explains why he made a Wikipedia entry for advisory capital and discusses some of the comments on his recent post and podcast about this subject.

This podcast can be read in blog form at blog.tomevslin.com by clicking here.

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March 09, 2006

Jon Arnold / Bogdan Materna

On today's Canadian IP Thought Leaders podcast, Jon spoke with Bogdan Materna, CTO of VoIPShield, an Ottawa-based startup focused on VoIP security. Bogdan provides an overview as to why VoIP security is so important, as well as how the market lacks a basic understanding of this, especially in the enterprise market. Aside from discussing various approaches to educating the market, Bodgan also touched on some of the technical challenges of integrating a VoIP security solution into a carrier's network. If you're attending VON Canada, you can see Bogdan on the VoIP Security session, which takes place on April 5.

Bogdan has more than fifteen years experience in product development and building carrier grade management and security products. An active member of the VoIP Security Alliance (VoIPSA), he has authored a number of visionary articles for trade publications such as VoIP Magazine and TMCNet. He is a frequent speaker on VoIP security trends and issues and has spoken at events including VON and Internet Telephony. Prior to VoIPshield, he was a founder of Linmor Technologies, where he designed and built performance management products for large carriers including AT&T and MCI. Bogdan has also held various engineering and research positions at Nortel Networks, Microtel Pacific Research (MPR) and the University of Ottawa.

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Jeremy Allaire - Industry Perspective - Spring VON 2006

Look for Mr. Allaire's Industry Perspective: The Internet and the Transformation of Television Distribution.
Wednesday, March 15, 2006, 11:00am - 11:30am

The television industry is looking at a sweeping transformation that is centered around open distribution on the Internet. Shifting from a world of geopgraphic constraint, physical distribution, and carrier and operator control, to one based around the premise of the open Internet -- a world with dramatically more choice and control for both consumers and content creators and owners.

Brightcove founder and Internet pioneer Jeremy Allaire will speak about these trends and opportunities, painting a picture of the leading innovators in the space and how consumers will likely experience broadband content in 10 years.

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Tom Evslin - Disrupting the Venture Capital Industry – Advisor Capitalists

Tom Evslin picks up on Stowe Boyd’s idea for making the advice and connections usually offered by VCs available separately from the money – especially for those who don’t yet need to raise money.

This podcast can be read in blog form at blog.tomevslin.com by clicking here.

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Carl Ford / Rob Seaver - Vivox

Carl Ford and Rob Seaver chat about the meaning of communication for communities.

Rob Seaver, Founder & CEO, Vivox

Robert Seaver brings extensive experience in communications and online services to Vivox. Before joining industry pioneer Jeff Pulver to launch Vivox, Seaver was head of strategy, chief financial officer, and a member of the management board of Einsteinet AG, where he helped build the company from start-up to Euro 65 million in revenue and 440 employees. As managing director of Madrid-based Jazzya Investments he planned and executed the launch of new communication and media ventures. Prior to that, he held positions in investment banking at Goldman Sachs International and as an attorney with Sullivan & Cromwell in London. Seaver holds a JD from University of California, Berkeley and an AB degree from Harvard College.

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Jeff Pulver / Steve Smith - Lavalife

Jeff Pulver sat down and had a chat with Steve Smith, Chief Scientist at Lavalife, about the state of IP communications as they pertain to things like online dating and gaming, and where they might head next.

Steve is Chief Scientist of Lavalife, a leader in consumer dating applications with internet, telephone, and mobile products. His role is to research and integrate advanced IP communication technologies into the company's consumer products and ITsystems. He blogs about IP communications as “Steve’s Tech Journal”, and is an active advocate for a light regulatory touch on VoIP and IP Communications. Steve serves on the board of the Global IP Alliance.

Steve advises a number of high technology startups on IP Communication strategies and web 2.0 technologies. He holds a BS Computer Science from Cornell University, and in his early career founded Ampersand, Inc., a system engineering firm. He lives in Carlisle, MA.

Steve will be speaking in 2 different panels on Tuesday, March 14th at VON: Going Beyond VoIP: Building Communities with Communications and High Risk/High Value Communications: Online Dating and Global Social Networking.

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TelTel - Exhibiting at Spring VON 2006

TelTel is the leading Internet telephony service provider with the world¡¦s largest SIP-based user community. TelTel¡¦s SVNO program enables service providers and device manufacturers to offer VoIP services complete with customizable softclient operating on a global SIP-based backbone interoperable with standard compliant IP end points, WiFi phones, and value-added solutions.

Laura spoke with Benedict Tse, the Vice President of Business Development at TelTel.

Mr. Tse has extensive experience in emerging product development with extensive experience in developing Service Provider, SME, and consumer telecommunication solutions. He has successfully driven many pioneering projects including self-served billing system, credit card fraud protection system, self-provisioned communication systems, NAT traversal solutions, voice recognition and voice portal solutions.

Prior to his involvement in TelTel, Mr. Tse was the President and Co-founder of Packetel, Inc., a leading email-to-fax and VoIP solution provider. Under Mr. Tse's management, Packetel became a Top Tier solution provider in less than 2 years. Before Packetel, Mr. Tse founded BJT in 1996, the 3rd largest San Francisco Bay Area regional Internet service provider rated by San Jose Business Journal.

Mr. Tse received a Master of Science and Bachelor of Science both in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences from the University of California at Berkeley.

www.teltel.com

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March 08, 2006

Tom Evslin - VC Primer from an Entrepreneur’s POV – The Five Year Plan

Tom Evslin announces the good news that VCs no longer require entrepreneurs to prepare fictional five-year financial plans and tells you what to do instead.

This podcast can be read in blog form at blog.tomevslin.com by clicking here.

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Jon Arnold / Matt Stein

On today's Canadian IP Thought Leaders podcast, Jon spoke with Matt Stein, VP of New Technologies and Services with Primus Canada. Jon and Matt talked about the state of residential VoIP in Canada, and how consumers are using these services. Primus Canada was the first to offer residential VoIP in Canada just over two years ago, so Matt provides a solid perspective on the realities of providing a competitive service and how consumer demand is evolving. Matt will be speaking at Spring VON next week as well as VON Canada in early April.

Matt Stein joined Primus in early 2003 with the mandate to define and build new and innovative products for both the Commercial and Residential markets. At Primus, he is responsible for product development as well as technology and services strategy. Matt served as both Chief Architect and overall prime for the TalkBroadband residential VoIP product launch. He brings a wealth of experience in information technology and management in the areas of Internet infrastructure, security, networking, and enterprise applications. Prior to his role with Primus, Mr. Stein was Chief Technology Officer at Sprint Canada, in the application service provider division, Ascenda, where he spearheaded the organization's delivery of technology.

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INFONXX - Exhibiting at Spring VON 2006

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Information Services leader INFONXX delivers customer-focused solutions through technological innovations, flexible service transport options and industry-leading product offerings. As the world's largest independent provider of Directory Assistance and Enhanced Information Services, INFONXX was ranked first throughout 2005 among third-party DA providers in the Paisley Group's National Directory Assistance Performance IndexSM in the key indicator of “Calls Passed” – the overall measure of customers cared for and fulfilled. INFONXX employs thousands of customer service representatives, support personnel, and technical staff, as well as one of the most reliable speech recognition systems and network architectures in the industry.

Laura spoke with Yancy Oshita, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for INFONXX.

Yancy Oshita joined INFONXX as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer in November 2005. He is shaping and positioning the company's strategy, services, and new technologies and is responsible for Marketing, Product Development and Management, as well as oversight for new service innovations. Oshita joined INFONXX from Oracle, where he most recently led global strategy and marketing for the telecommunications and media vertical, and where he spearheaded the company's expansion into integrated customer management and service delivery platform solutions. He also was senior managing director in Oracle Consulting's telecommunications practice, where he successfully oversaw one of the company's largest CRM implementations. Previously, Oshita served five years at Teradata, where he was most recently director of Global Telecommunications Industry Marketing. He spearheaded the product strategy and eventual launch of Teradata's first packaged customer retention solution for wireless providers. Before Teradata, Oshita held a number of positions at AT&T and NCR, including director, Cross Technology Initiatives, director, Product and Industry Marketing, and regional sales director. Oshita earned his M.B.A. from University of Dayton, and his bachelor's degree from California State University.

Please visit INFONXX at booth #741.

www.infonxx.com

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Carl Ford / Charles Moldow

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Founded in 1995, Foundation Capital is a venture capital firm committed to supporting entrepreneurs and their companies, targeting innovative opportunities in telecommunications and networking; Internet infrastructure; and enterprise software. Foundation Capital funds total over $1.1 billion and include Harvard, Yale, CalTech, the Hewlett Foundation and MacArthur Foundation as investors.

Carl Ford Spoke with Charles Moldow of Foundation Capital.

Charles joins Foundation Capital after successfully building two companies from early start-up through more than $100 million in sales. Before Foundation, Charles was a member of the founding executive team at Tellme Networks. Charles led Tellme in raising one of the largest private financing rounds after the Internet bubble, adding $125 million in cash to the company balance sheet during August 2000. Prior to Tellme, Charles was the founding VP of Business Development for @Home. He established the @Media division in 1996 and assisted in the $7B acquisition of Excite.

www.foundationcapital.com

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Brough Turner - Industry Perspective - Spring VON 2006

Brough Turner is SVP, CTO and co-founder of NMS Communications, where he oversees the evolution of NMS's technology and product architectures and works on business strategy and new market development. Mr. Turner has broad business experience, but focuses on engineering, technology and products. His current interests include user-created content and communities, mobile content delivery and wireless infrastructure.

Mr. Turner writes and is quoted widely on telecommunications topics in both trade and general business publications and he is a frequent speaker at telecom industry events around the world. He holds a BSEE from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. For more of Brough’s writings on the technology, economic and social issues of communications at the intersection of telecom, mobility and the Internet., check out his blog at http://blogs.nmscommunications.com/communications.

Look for Mr. Brough's Industry Perspective: Mutual Disruption: IM/Presence Meets the Mobile Phone
Wednesday, March 15, 2006, 10:00am - 10:30am

AOL, MSN & Yahoo have built substantial instant messaging communities but they're dwarfed by mobile phone users. Now mobile operators are federating for universal IM, Skype and Google are redefining instant communications, and mobile data users in Asia are evolving their own communities. A survey and prognosis on emerging instant communications.

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Edgewater Networks - Exhibiting at Spring VON 2006

Edgewater Networks develops products that ensure the secure and reliable delivery of IP based voice and video for service providers and enterprises. The Edgewater Networks solution offers proven network and operational savings from the customer premises or branch office to the core of the network. EdgeMarc Series devices provide a SIP, MGCP or H.323 VoIP aware NAT/Firewall, VoIP survivability, passive call quality monitoring and powerful but easy-to-use traffic management that ensures high quality voice and video. EdgeConnect managed Power over Ethernet switches provide simplified administration, remote configuration and QoS for converged voice, video and data networks. EdgeProtect Series provide NOC based security and protect critical voice and video infrastructure elements from network based attacks. The EdgeView VoIP Support System is used to proactively monitor call quality (including VoIP MOS), simplify configuration of Edgewater Networks' devices and many IP phones and troubleshoot and fix issues that negatively affect call quality using a variety of tools including an on-line knowledge management database.

Laura spoke with Dave Martin, the Vice President of Marketing for Edgewater Networks.

Dave brings to Edgewater more than 14 years of experience with networking technologies in a variety of marketing, sales and customer support roles. Most recently, Mr. Martin was the Director of Marketing for Andes Networks responsible for outbound marketing and business development. Prior to Andes Mr. Martin was the Vice President of Product Management at Nokia IPRG, where he was responsible for product strategy and outbound marketing of the Nokia/Checkpoint security appliance product family. In this role, he helped grow the product line from a single platform to a diverse product family of firewall and VPN products that led the business unit in revenue. He came to Nokia through its acquisition of Ipsilon Networks in January of 1998. As the Director of Product Management at Ipsilon, Mr. Martin was charged with transitioning Ipsilon’s products from the pure routing space into new networking security markets. While at Ipsilon, he also served as the Director of Worldwide Technical Services. In this capacity, he handled the development and delivery of pre and post sales customer support. Mr. Martin began his career at Newbridge Networks holding a variety of technical and managerial roles in support of Newbridge’s TDM, ATM, Frame Relay, NMS and routing products.

You can find Edgewater Networks at booth #643.

www.edgewaternetworks.com

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Draytek - Exhibiting at Spring VON 2006

Draytek develops, manufacture and markets world wide advanced VoIP access routers, gateways and value-added software enhancements for the enterprise, SOHO, and residential markets. Our integrated VoIP is based on Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) for both wired and wireless networks. Draytek products provide an ideal migration path for end users wishing to protect their current CPE investment (analog/digital phones, fax machines, PBX and Key Systems) while migrating to a converged SIP based IP network. Draytek products and solutions are widely interoperable and have received numerous awards for the best in class for innovation, simplicity to install and enhanced features. Draytek has become a major supplier of VoIP router products and solutions globally.

Laura spoke with David Geisinger.

Mr. Geisinger joined Strowger in August 2003 as Vice President, Marketing. Mr. Geisinger brings more than 30 years of experience in sales and marketing for the telecom industry. Prior to joining Strowger, Mr. Geisinger was Vice-President, International Sales and Marketing for Cyras, which was sold to Ciena. Cyras was a fiber optic switch manufacture in Fremont CA., Prior to Cyras Mr. Geisinger was Director of carrier Sales for Timplex.

You can find Draytek at booth #941.

www.draytek.us

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Amity Systems - Exhibiting at Sping VON 2006

Amity’s IP Multimedia Communications offers a converged network solution connecting multi-sites and multi-users in a heterogeneous environment. These highly-integrated, cost-effective solutions for Enterprise desktops empower high-quality video, voice, and data over IP networks. Amity’s Multimedia Application Routing Server (MARS) is revolutionizing real-time conferencing and collaboration deployments throughout corporate networks.

Laura spoke with Richard Sweatt, Amity System’s Co-Founder and Vice President, Product Management and Business Development.

Mr. Sweatt has 24 years of experience in the communications field and 12 years in executive management. He leads the groups responsible for developing and driving strategy, roadmap, markets, and forecasts. He last served as CloudShield’s Vice President of Product Management.
Sweatt co-founded and led sales and marketing for two successful startups, NetCalibrate and DSL Communications, both were subsequently acquired. Sweatt held several executive management positions for NetScreen, Verilink, SynOptics, Vitalink, and NCR Comten. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from San Jose State University.
Sweatt held several group leadership positions in multiple industry LAN and WAN standards organizations like IEEE, IETF, ATM Forum, ITU, and ETSI NGN.

You can find Amity Systems at booth #133.

www.amity-systems.com

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March 07, 2006

Tom Evslin - VC Primer from an Entrepreneur’s POV – Finding First Round VCs

Tom Evslin talks about finding first round VCs – providing you need at least $500,000 to launch your wonderful idea.

This podcast can be read in blog form at blog.tomevslin.com by clicking here.

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sentitO Networks - Exhibiting at Spring VON 2006

sentitO Networks is a leading provider of intelligent VoIP gateway solutions for service providers worldwide. Its award-winning Open Network Xchange (ONX) architecture blends an open and distributed SIP-based platform with network-level applications for the scaleable and secure delivery of advanced VoIP services. The ONX includes the IVG1200 Intelligent Voice Gateway, Proxy7 Signaling Gateway, and PreVision Network Manager, providing carriers with the critical PSTN – IP interworking capability required to expand their subscriber bases. sentitO Networks is a privately held company with headquarters in Acton, MA.

Mikey spoke with Will Engler, Sr. VP of Marketing and Business Development.

In his present role, Mr. Engler works closely with customers and his engineering team to ensure the Open Network Xchange (ONX) product portfolio provides exceptional value in VoIP network infrastructures. He joined Sentito Networks from Lucent where he held the position of VP & GM, Access Networks, and had responsibility for marketing and R&D. At Lucent, Mr. Engler delivered state-of-the-art IPTV solutions and VoIP Line Access Gateways to network operators worldwide. Prior to Lucent, he held various positions in engineering, marketing, and sales at Timeplex and Infotron Systems.

You can find sentitO Networks at booth #334.

www.sentito.com

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Vero Systems - Exhibiitng at Spring VON 2006

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Vero Systems is the world wide leader in Optimal Cost Routing solutions for carriers managing some of the largest VoIP networks in the world. Our solutions enable corporations to either transition into VoIP, or turn up entire Greenfield VoIP solutions.

Laura spoke with C.E.O. Brian Cafferty.

Brian Cafferty, CEO founder of Vero Systems is a seasoned visionary in the design, and ongoing evolution of telecommunication software and professional services. Over the past 22 years Cafferty has held numerous senior leadership positions in telecom companies such as: ADC Telecommuncations, CommTech Corporation, Strategic Systems and Verizon (formerly Bell Atlantic.) His leadership roles have included: VP Global Solutions; VP Sales & Marketing and CEO. His innovative spirit has been repeatedly demonstrated dating back to his launch of Strategic Systems which later was acquired by CommTech Corporation. His hard driving leadership style has established Vero Systems as the market leader in LCR and margin assurance software and professional services.

You can fine Vero Systems at booth #137.

www.verosystems.com

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VoiceAge - Exhibiting at Spring VON 2006

VoiceAge is the forerunner in the development and dissemination of speech and audio compression technologies at the convergence of the Internet and wireless 2.5G, 3G and Wi-Fi networks. Our world-class speech and audio coding expertise helps us to deliver solutions with the best listener experience across diverse platforms and environments.
At VON Spring 2006, VoiceAge will be showcasing our wideband speech coding solutions, AMR-WB/G.722.2 and VMR-WB, which can deliver better than PSTN-quality voice at lower bit-rates. These fully interoperable, highly robust, standards-based codecs provide a quality of user experience that can't be matched in traditional telephony, adding to the attractiveness of VoIP service offerings and raising the bar for sound quality. We will also be able to talk to you about our AMR and G729 narrowband speech codec solutions - come by our booth (#439) to discuss how to improve the speech and audio quality of your VoIP/wireless solutions and listen to what to what our technologies can deliver.

Laura spoke with Laurent Amar is a co-founder and President of VoiceAge Corporation.

Mr. Amar has expertise in digital speech and audio processing and more than 15 years' experience in the development of successful business models for technology transfer in the telecommunications industry. He is a frequent speaker at industry conferences on the many benefits to be realized by implementing state-of-the-art codec solutions across diverse networks, wired and wireless, public and private.
At VoiceAge, Mr. Amar has been instrumental in building consortia for the development, standardization and marketing of state-of-the-art speech and audio coding technologies based on the field-proven ACELP® technology platform. He was also a driving force behind the creation and spin-off of VoiceAge Networks and its rich-media content adaptation platform.

www.voiceage.com

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March 06, 2006

Baby Bells Grow Up With Dr. Seuss

Jeff Pulver, Jonathan Askin, and Carl Ford perform a dramatic reading of "Baby Bells Grow Up With Dr. Seuss," a "Seussian" adaptation of the proposed AT&T/BellSouth merger, in adaptation of what would have been Dr. Seuss's 102nd Birthday, March 2nd. Read the text of this podcast on Jeff's Blog (linked above).

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Aspen Networks - Exhibiting at Spring VON 2006

Aspen Networks enables network managers to build truly fault tolerant Internet connectivity across their enterprise. Our network appliances provide reliable detection of ISP problems and auto fail-over with support for all traffic types including VoIP, VPN, and web access

Mikey spoke with Daniel W. Berger, President and CEO of Aspen Networks.

Dan Berger is a successful entrepreneur, investor and senior executive with 20 years experience in the global technology industry. Previously, Mr. Berger was President and CEO of SalesDriver.com, a web-based provider of sales force and channel incentives, where he raised $6.5 million in venture financing and managed the company from product launch to cash-positive. SalesDriver.com was acquired by the multi-billion dollar Carlson Marketing Group in 2002.

Prior to SalesDriver, he was SVP and General Manager of Cybergold and was instrumental in the company's 1999 IPO. He has also held sales, marketing and general management positions in the U.S. with Make Systems and Network Computing, and in Asia/Pacific with Proteon and Prime Computer. Mr. Berger graduated with honors from Colby College, Waterville, Maine (1980) with a B.A. in Government.

You can find Aspen Networks at booth #641.

www.aspen-networks.com

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Joe Rinde - Industry Perspective - Spring VON 2006

Joe Rinde, President, Rinde Associates

Joe holds a BS with High Honor from Stevens Institute of Technology and an MS in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University. In 1999 Joe was given the Pulver Voice On the Net Pioneer award. Joe was an architect of the Tymnet network, the first commercial packet network, and later marketing Director at Equatorial Communications, the pioneer of the VSAT industry. In the 90’s Joe developed data networks for MCI; later joining Vint Cerf's data architecture group at MCI where he championed IP Telephony services. Joe joined AT&T to lead their IP Telephony architecture efforts. This included long distance and local access using cable and other technologies. Joe was CTO at DiamondWare involved in the development of 3D conferencing as a value added VoIP service. Joe is now an independent consultant in converged networking. Joe advises carrier, equipment vendors and large end users on best applications of VoIP technology.

Look for Mr Rinde's Industry Perspective: Why VoIP is still a me too offering and what can be done about it?
Friday, March 17, 2006, 11:30am - 12:00

VoIP started 10 years ago with VocalTec’s IP phone that allowed Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS) between PCs on the Internet. Today we have calls between phones on the telephone network and internet connected phones, but bottom line it is still POTS. VoIP technology has brought prices down by lowering the barrier to entry to the phone service business. This is all good, but where is the new? What should we be getting from VoIP technology and when will we get it?

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March 05, 2006

Global Crossing - Exhibitiing at Spring VON 2006

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ONE PLANET. ONE NETWORK. INFINITE POSSIBILITIES.