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June 29, 2006
Apparent Networks - Exhibiting at Fall VON 2006
Apparent Networks, Inc. develops and markets software that provides a unique approach to improving application performance by addressing and diagnosing live converged networks as part of pre-deployment assessment, break-fix troubleshooting and continuous real-time network monitoring. AppCritical™ is an agent-free network diagnostic, assessment and measurement solution, which helps IT managers and professional services providers quickly identify and resolve network bottlenecks and faults that drain resources and prevent applications from performing at their peak. Customers include ACS, IBM, Symantec, Network Appliance, McData, TELUS, DHL Systems, the United States Department of Defense, Lockheed Martin, Bank of New York and Electronic Arts. The privately held company has offices in Seattle, WA and Vancouver, Canada.
Laura spoke with Matt Dion the Vice President of Marketing at Apparent Networks.
Matt Dion brings 12 years of business experience in the technology industry.Prior to joining Apparent Networks, Matt spent 10 years at Crystal Decisions helping grow the company from a 60-person startup selling developer tools, to the fastest growing enterprise software company in the world with more than 1,600 employees and USD$300 million in revenues. One of the critical cornerstones of Crystal's success was its partnering strategy. Crystal secured a significant OEM partnership with Microsoft early on, and then leveraged this relationship to expand its OEM and alliance program to more than 400 strategic partners including IBM, SAP, BEA, and Peoplesoft. During his time at Crystal, Matt was intimately involved in the partnering strategy and wore several hats including: strategic alliances, business development, public relations, analyst relations, product marketing, product management, and Vice-President of Sales. The company was acquired by Business Objects for approximately USD$1.2 Billion.
Matt holds a university degree in Business Administration and Psychology, from Simon Fraser University, British Columbia and is a member of BC Technology Social Ventures Partners.
Look for Apparent Networks at booth #713 at Fall VON.
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PortaOne - Exhibiting at Fall VON 2006
PortaOne is a leading global communications infrastructure vendor. PortaOne enables Internet telephony service providers (ITSPs) and voice network operators to quickly and efficiently implement, manage and deliver a wide range of solutions for their services.
Mikey spoke with Roman Khalenkov, the Sales and Marketing Director for PortaOne.
Look for PortaOne at booth #537 at Fall VON.
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June 28, 2006
Pactolus - Exhibiting at Fall VON 2006
Pactolus is the leader in the development and delivery of feature-rich, carrier-ready IP voice services for converged TDM/IP and VoIP (Voice over IP) networks. Our suite of SIPware™ services leverages the inherent flexibility of our SIP-based RapidFLEX™ sevice delivery platform to dramatically reduce the cost and time-to-market required to launch new subscriber services.
This is a conversation between Carl Ford and Ken Osowski looking ahead to Fall Von at Globalcomm.
Kenneth Osowski, Vice President of Marketing and Product Management, Pactolus
Ken was a lead developer of the company's business plan to support funding activities and market entry, now directs its product strategy and marketing activities, and has helped Pactolus to become one of the industry's most widely-deployed, flexible and customizable service delivery platforms. A frequent VoIP industry spokesperson and writer, Ken's teamed with executives across the industry to educate the market on SIP-based voice service delivery. A veteran in the enhanced services industry, he directed Boston Technology's introduction and commercialization of its carrier-focused voice messaging platform, and subsequently defined IPeria's market entry strategy as its Vice President of Marketing and Business Development. Ken serves on the editorial advisory boards of publications such as SIP Magazine and InteleCard News. He holds a B.S. degree in Physics from Franklin & Marshall College and an M.S. degree in Computer Science from Columbia University.
You can find Pactolus at booth #1248.
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CSR plc - Exhibiting at Fall VON 2006
CSR is the leading global provider of Bluetooth technology and other single-chip wireless communications. CSR offers solutions for Bluetooth with our BlueCore products, fully integrated 2.4 GHz radio, baseband and microcontroller. CSR’s UniFi product was the first single chip 802.11a/b/g solution targeting the mobile phone, VOIP and consumer electronics markets.
Mikey spoke with Tom Houy the Vice President of Marketing, Americas at CSR at Globalcomm.
Look for CSR at booth #1037 at Fall VON.
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Jon Arnold / Dave Hattey
On this week's podcast, Jon spoke with David Hattey, President and CEO of FirstHand Technologies. This is another Ottawa-based company, formerly known as SIPquest, who has long been associated with the development of SIP. David explained what brought about the name change, as well as the direction SIP is taking as it evolves and matures into one of the key enablers of IP communications. He also provided an interesting perspective as to why Ottawa is such a fertile market for companies in this space.
David Hattey, President & CEO, FirstHand Technologies
Dave's 24 years of technology and leadership experience range from small business to Fortune 100 enterprise and spans the entire value chain including end user, reseller, operator, and OEM.
Prior to joining FirstHand Technologies, Dave served as Vice President and General Manager, Enterprise Voice Solutions at 3Com, overseeing the defining, marketing, and implementing of 3Com's voice solutions to enterprises of all sizes. Dave also served as President of EFJohnson Company, a provider of wireless communications systems for public safety, commercial, and government customers, leading a turnaround of the company resulting in the company's first profitable year since going public 5 years earlier. Before EFJohnson, Dave served as Vice President, Operations for RACOM Corporation, a privately held mobile operator, overseeing the company's deployment and maintenance of a digital network covering more than 40,000 square miles. Previously, Dave held executive and managerial positions in General Electric, the Ericsson/GE joint venture, and Ericsson Inc. He led their North American Utility and US Federal business segments and also held leadership roles in sales, product management, marketing, and engineering. Dave earned bachelor's degrees in electrical engineering and computer engineering from the University of Michigan and his master's degree in business administration from Duke's Fuqua School of Business. Dave holds 11 patents.
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Citel - Exhibiting at Fall VON 2006
Citel Technologies is a global provider of unique IP telephony and converged communications solutions.
Offering sensible and cost effective migration paths from the traditional world of TDM to the next generation world of IP, Citel solutions provide customers the opportunity to make choices that suit their needs. Whether looking to enjoy the benefits of VoIP by leveraging their traditional PBX or by making the move to an IP PBX, Citel Technologies has the ideal solution. Specifically designed to maximize investment protection, Citel offers customers alternatives to the often recommended “rip and replace” IP strategy.
Mikey spoke with Leigh Fatzinger the Vice President of Marketing at Citel from the show floor at Globalcomm.
Citel will be at booth #222 for Fall VON.
www.citel.com
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June 27, 2006
Eli Katz, XConnect, with Carl Ford
As the Globalcomm floor was closing down, Carl and Eli rose above the din of the breakdown to bang out a quick podcast about Eli's various activities with ITSPA and his own company, XConnect.
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June 22, 2006
Pulverize - Commercial for VON
This is just a little commercial we clipped together from some of the many nice things our guests have had to say about the VON Conferences in our podcasts.
It's nice to feel loved.
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Seamus Hourihan, Acme Packet, with Carl Ford
Carl sat down with Seamus Hourihan, Acme Packet’s vice president of marketing and product management to for a general state-of-the-union style talk. Seamus had to be fairly tight-lipped as a result of a pretty significant announcement Acme Packet recently made. Listen in for details. This is still another podcast from Globalcomm.
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June 21, 2006
Catharine Trebnick, ThinkEquity Partners LLC, with Carl Ford
An introduction to an old friend of Carl's, Catharine Trebnick, analyst at ThinkEquity Partners LLC. In this short segment, Cat explains her role at ThinkEquity and how to obtain more information.
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Jon Arnold / Stéphane Marceau
On this week's podcast, Jon's guest was Stéphane Marceau, President/CEO of Montreal-based Voxlib. Stéphane and Jon talked about the growing interest - from both carriers and end users - in integrating PC-based communications with mobility. Stéphane outlined the issues driving this trend and how it adds functionality and value for subscribers. Voxlib is good example of an FMC solution, and Stéphane explained how they have made voice recognition a key part of the value proposition. He also touched on some of the reasons why Montreal is becoming a strong market for IP-based startups.
Stéphane Marceau, President and CEO, Voxlib
Stéphane Marceau brings over 12 years of global experience in the fields of telecom and IP to VoxLib. As Vice-President with Bell Canada, he built several new business lines, including the residential VoIP operating unit. Stéphane served as VP and head of many different Bell groups - consumer strategy, e-commerce, online SME markets and corporate development - and led several acquisitions and partnerships. Prior to his time at Bell Canada, he advised wireless and telecom companies in Western Europe, the U.S. and Canada on Internet strategy and technology opportunities. Stéphane is also on the advisory board of several technology start-ups in Montreal. He holds a Master's degree in Management of Technology from the University of Waterloo, which he obtained in 1994 after earning a BA in Finance from the Université du Québec à Montréal in 1992.
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June 20, 2006
Ken Osowski and Carl Ford on feature interaction
Carl's series of conversations about Feature Interaction continues with Ken Osowski from Pactolus. This was recorded in our booth at Globalcomm in Chicago.
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Jeff Pulver on ABC Radio
Here's a quickie for you. This is a short clip of a segment on ABC Radio that aired last month featuring Jeff Pulver on the subject of Iceland's phenomenal broadband.
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June 19, 2006
Jon Arnold / Bill Tam
Jon's guest for this week's podcast was Bill Tam, CEO of EQO Communications. EQO is a Richmond, B.C.-based company focused on bringing mobility to presence and Instant Messaging. Their initial focus is on Skype users, and Bill talked about the value that both end users and carriers see in making these applications mobile. We can all see the attraction of taking IM beyond the PC, and Bill addressed the opportunities as well as the challenges around making this possible.
Bill Tam, CEO, EQO Communications
Bill Tam has been a driving force in new telecom and wireless ventures over the past 17 years as an investor, as an executive, and as an entrepreneur.
Prior to joining EQO Communications, Bill was a Partner with SpringBank TechVentures and served on the boards of several technology startups. Bill was a founding executive and Chief Marketing Officer at MetroNet Communications, Canada's largest CLEC, which was acquired by AT&T Canada in 1999. Bill has also held senior executive positions at AT&T Canada, Rogers Communications, Jones Cable, Infowave Software and Bell Canada . Bill holds an MBA from Ivey School of Business, and earned his degree in Electrical Engineering at McGill University.
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June 16, 2006
Amir Zmora, Surf Communication Solutions, with Carl Ford
This is a conversation between Carl Ford and Amir Zmora from our booth on the floor at Globalcomm.
Amir Zmora, VP Business Development, Surf Communication Solutions
Amir Zmora joined Surf Communication Solutions in September 2004. In his current position as VP Business Development, Amir is responsible for all Surf’s business development activities, including establishing partnerships with telecom infrastructure hardware manufacturers. Prior to this he served as Surf’s VP Marketing, responsible for all Surf’s marketing activities, including defining new markets and products.
Prior to joining Surf Communication Solutions, Amir served as Director of Product Marketing for the RADVISION Technology Business Unit, specifically focusing on RADVISION’s SIP–related product family. Prior to this, Amir headed RADVISION’s H.323 and 3G-324M product line with responsibility for both R&D and QA.
Previously, Amir performed various telecom engineering roles. Additionally, Amir is a well–known speaker at various VoIP events, and has published articles in industry magazines, such as EE Times ComDesign and Internet Telephony.
Amir Zmora holds an MBA from the Tel Aviv University in Israel, a BA in Economics from the Hebrew University, and a BA in Software Engineering from the Sela Institute.
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Ken Osowski, Pactolus, with Carl Ford
This is a conversation between Carl Ford and Ken Osowski from our booth on the floor at Globalcomm.
Kenneth Osowski, Vice President of Marketing and Product Management, Pactolus
Ken was a lead developer of the company's business plan to support funding activities and market entry, now directs its product strategy and marketing activities, and has helped Pactolus to become one of the industry's most widely-deployed, flexible and customizable service delivery platforms. A frequent VoIP industry spokesperson and writer, Ken's teamed with executives across the industry to educate the market on SIP-based voice service delivery. A veteran in the enhanced services industry, he directed Boston Technology's introduction and commercialization of its carrier-focused voice messaging platform, and subsequently defined IPeria's market entry strategy as its Vice President of Marketing and Business Development. Ken serves on the editorial advisory boards of publications such as SIP Magazine and InteleCard News. He holds a B.S. degree in Physics from Franklin & Marshall College and an M.S. degree in Computer Science from Columbia University.
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June 15, 2006
Tom Evslin - Muniopolies
Tom Evslin talks about the quickening pace (and low price) of planned municipal WiFi networks.
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June 13, 2006
Dale Gantous, InGenius, with Carl Ford
Dale Gantous, who runs InGenius Software, stopped by the PPN Booth at Globalcomm to fill Carl in about the telephony markup language InGenius has developed.
InGenius is a leading software company in telephony application development. InGenius has been developing real-time software since 1986, and has focused for the past 10 years on combined internet + telephony applications development.
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Jon Arnold / Carl Ford
A meeting of the minds between two of our wonderful hosts, Jon Arnold and Carl Ford, from the Globalcomm show floor in Chicago. This isn't like most of Jon's podcasts in that it doesn't directly concern itself with the Canadian market, but as they point out in the recording, Chicago is pretty close.
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June 12, 2006
Tom Evslin - Global Warming – Too Important for Junk Science
Tom Evslin points out that the glaciers have been melting for fifteen thousand years – but that we still may have reason for immediate concern.
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Jeff Orr, WiMAX Forum, with Carl Ford
A podcast with Jeff Orr from the WiMAX Forum. The WiMAX Forum is an industry-led, non-profit corporation formed to promote and certify compatibility and interoperability of broadband wireless products. Their member companies support the industry-wide acceptance of the IEEE 802.16 and ETSI HiperMAN wireless MAN standards. Listen in to find out more.
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Terri Griffin, tekVizion, with Carl Ford
Terri Griffin took a few minutes out of her day on the Globalcomm floor to sit down with Carl Ford and talk about tekVizion.
Terri Griffin, President and COO, tekVizion
Terri brings more than 23 years of experience in management, marketing and engineering to her role. Most recently, Terri was director of marketing at Cisco Systems, responsible for all marketing activities for Cisco’s Southern area with a focus on solutions marketing and selling. Prior to Cisco, Terri was vice president of marketing at Sonus Networks, where she was responsible for the marketing strategy and overseeing all marketing functions. Terri joined Sonus as a result of the acquisition of Telecom Technologies, where she was vice president of marketing. In this role, Terri directed all marketing, product management, and brand-building programs, and was instrumental in the development of telecom technologies’ INIP Powered Partner program, which merged with Sonus’ partner initiative to form the Open Services Partner Alliance (OSPA). Terri has also held marketing and engineering positions at ODS Networks (now Intrusion, Inc.), EMASS (a division of E-Systems), and Raytheon Company. Terri holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and a minor in computer science from Stephen F. Austin University in Texas.
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June 09, 2006
Chris Cherry of MapInfo at Globalcomm
Chris Cherry, Director of Communication Industry Strategy at MapInfo, stopped by our booth at Globalcomm to have a talk with Carl about some of the pretty amazing things MapInfo can do.
MapInfo is the leading provider of location intelligence solutions, integrating software, data and services to provide greater value from location-based information and drive more insightful decisions for businesses and government organizations around the world. MapInfo's innovative solutions help customers use location intelligence to enhance their performance and decisions in many ways by meeting a diverse set of needs - from asset management and network planning, to site selection, risk management and "what's near me" mobile applications.
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Viseon podcast from Globalcomm
Our first podcast from the Globalcomm show floor (in order of recording, not posting). Begins with some quick chat between Carl and Mikey, before David Sandmann from Viseon joined us to speak about the VisiFone.
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June 08, 2006
Chuck Rutledge with Carl Ford on Location at VON Europe 2006
Carl spoke with Chuck Rutledge, Vice President of Marketing for Quintum.
Quintum Technologies, Inc., is a leading innovator in VoIP technologies. Quintum’s Tenor VoIP MultiPath VoIP switches and gateways are designed with "integrated intelligence" - so they're the perfect fit for SMEs and branch offices of large enterprises with traditional, IP-PBX and hybrid enterprise environments, as well as for service providers deploying VoIP-based services directly to enterprises requiring customer premise equipment at the network edge. Tenors’ MultiPath architecture and integrated call routing allow it to be deployed with minimum changes to existing voice networks, thus making it very easy to deploy VoIP. Tenor’s unique SelectNet™ capability also provides monitoring and call routing based on the VoIP Quality of Service, thus providing assurance of high quality voice calls.
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June 07, 2006
Preview VON Italy
VON Italy 2006 will be taking place October 25-26 in Rome, Italy.
Get a sneak peak from the planners of this event!
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Martin Taylor and Carl Ford on Feature Interaction
In a podcast-continuation of a conversation started on Jeff Pulver's Blog, Carl Ford and Martin Taylor of MetaSwitch have a conversation about Feature Interaction from our booth on the Globalcomm show floor.
Martin Taylor has spent over 20 years in the telecom and network equipment industries, with diverse experience in product marketing, engineering, technology planning and business development. As CTO at CopperCom, Martin was an early pioneer in Voice Over Broadband, and his technical leadership, vision and evangelization were key factors in CopperCom’s outstanding success in this emerging market. Martin also led the ATM Forum effort to develop a standard for Voice Over Broadband interoperability that has been widely adopted in the industry, and shaped the technology roadmap for CopperCom’s Class 4/5 softswitch following its acquisition of DTI Networks.
Prior to CopperCom, Martin was VP Network Architecture at Madge Networks, and was responsible for the company’s highly successful entry into the Token Ring switching market. At Madge, he also created a highly futuristic architecture for softswitch-based voice in the enterprise, leveraging ATM to the desktop. Before joining Madge, Martin spent several years at GEC-Plessey Telecommunications (now Marconi) where, among other achievements, he designed the passive optical components for BT’s Telephony over Passive Optical Networks (TPON) field trial.
Martin is a graduate of the University of Cambridge, England with a degree in Engineering. He enjoys skiing, golf, fine wine and web design.
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June 06, 2006
Dr. Ralf Ebbinghaus with Glenn Gaudet on Location at VON Europe 2006
Glenn Gaudet, Chief Marketing Officer at Pulvermedia, continues to explore ways to get the most out of your marketing efforts with Dr. Ralf Ebbinghaus, the Senior Vice President of Sales Central Region at Swyx.
Dr. Ebbinghaus holds a Master of Business Administration, a PhD in Marketing, and has professional experience in selling and marketing since 1989.
As a key employee from day one at ITK Telekommunikation AG, Ralf contributed immensely to the development of ITK in becoming a leading ISDN and Remote Access company. Ralf became part of the international management team of ITK and, as Vice President Marketing and Support, one of the key contributors to the company's success.
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Carl Ford with Jon "maddog" Hall on Location at VON Europe 2006
Carl Ford had a discussion with Jon "maddog" Hall, the Executive Director of Linux International on the show floor at VON Europe 2006.
Jon "maddog" Hall is the Executive Director of Linux International (www.li.org), a non-profit association of computer vendors who wish to support and promote the Linux Operating System. During his career which spans over thirty years, Mr. Hall has been a programmer, systems designer, systems administrator, product manager, technical marketing manager, college educator and author. He has worked for such companies as Western Electric Corporation, Aetna Life and Casualty, Bell Laboratories, Digital Equipment Corporation, VA Linux Systems, and SGI.
Mr. Hall serves on the boards of several companies, and several non-profit organizations, including the USENIX Association.
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Carl Ford with William J. Mich, Jr. on Location at VON Europe 2006
Carl Ford interviewed William J. Mich, Jr., Chairman and CEO of Aperio CI at VON Europe 2006.
Mr. Mich is co-founder and majority owner of Aperio CI. He has been the Chairman and CEO since its founding in 1990. He has overall responsibility for all client projects and Aperio CI's software development effort. During his tenure at Aperio CI, Mr. Mich has been instrumental in the design and execution of major marketing programs for fixed-line and mobile phone companies in the United States, Canada and the UK. These programs include MCI’s Proof Positive® and O2’s Firstsm program.
Aperio CI applies proprietary solutions to client’s transaction records, creating a detailed view of each customer’s usage. By integrating that with a comprehensive database of market and competitive intelligence, we enable clients to execute targeted marketing programs that acquire new customers, retain existing ones and increase customer satisfaction and profitability.
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June 02, 2006
Albert Gouyet and Patrick Melampy with Glenn Gaudet on Location at VON Europe 2006
Glenn Gaudet sat down with Albert Gouyet, the Vice President of Marketing at Nominum and Patrick Melampy, the Chief Technology Officer and Founder of Acme Packet. They discussed their combined efforts in VoIP peering.
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.
Acme Packet, the leader in session border control, enables service providers to deliver trusted, first class interactive communications across IP networks. The Net-Net SBCs satisfy security, service assurance and law enforcement requirements in wireline, cable and wireless networks. Deployments support all applications, all signaling protocols, and all border points.
www.nominum.com
www.acmepacket.com
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Glenn Gaudet with Richard Kirk and Jan Larsson on Location at VON Europe 2006
Glenn Gaudet spent some time with Richard Kirk the Vice President, EMEA for LignUp Corporation and Jan Larsson, the Strategy Manager for TeliaSonera International Carrier to discuss their recent alliance.
LignUp Corporation, a leading provider of converged communications solutions, announced that TeliaSonera International Carrier (TSIC), a leading global provider of cross-border communications services, will deliver FastLign managed IP telephony services to service provider customers across Europe. An alliance founded by LignUp, NexTone Communications and other industry leaders, FastLign is working to accelerate the adoption of IP telephony services by providing a managed services platform that allows service providers to rapidly and cost-effectively deliver competitive hosted services. TeliaSonera International Carrier will offer the FastLign services offering to its global customer base, which includes Internet service providers.
www.lignup.com
www.teliasonera.com
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June 01, 2006
Tom Evslin - Dynamic Clusters – Maybe You CAN Get There From Here
Tom Evslin talks about a couple of examples from his readers of how dynamic peer clusters CAN be formed and grow to critical mass.
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Ralf Ebbinghaus, Swyx, with Glenn Gaudet at VON Europe
Dr. Ralf Ebbinghaus holds a Master of Business Administration, a PhD in Marketing, and has professional experience in selling and marketing since 1989.
As a key employee from day one at ITK Telekommunikation AG, Ralf contributed immensely to the development of ITK in becoming a leading ISDN and Remote Access company. Ralf became part of the international management team of ITK and, as Vice President Marketing and Support, one of the key contributors to the company's success.
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Tom Evslin - You Can't Get There From Here
Tom Evslin broaches two business ideas which could be hits for anyone who can figure out how to get to critical mass from a standing start.
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