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August 29, 2006
Jon Arnold / Jim Courtney
On this edition of the Canadian IP Thought Leaders series, Jon spoke with Jim Courtney, a Toronto-based veteran of the Canadian telecom/IT market. In addition to being an industry consultant, Jim is an Associate Editor of Skype Journal, and writes on a wide variety of topics related to Skype.
Jim and Jon talked about recent trends in the Canadian IP market, and how service providers are slowly coming around to deploying IP-based services. On a more timely note, they also talked about today's news about eBay/Skype and Google working together. Jim's posting from earlier in the day on Skype Journal was referenced throughout their conversation.
Jim Courtney brings thirty years’ experience as a sales, marketing and business development executive with high technology enterprises.
Jim’s current interests are in the area of intelligent, interactive real time communications, embedding chat, presence, voice and web conferencing into Web 2.0/Voice 2.0 applications and services. His introduction to VoIP was through business development activities associated with VoIP and web conferencing software available in 1996.
Jim’s consulting includes:
- Business development: partnering strategies and execution
- Sales and marketing: leveraging distribution channels for revenues and coverage
- Product management: from concept to product/service success, bridging developer innovation and market needs
- Business plans: supporting funding search for early stage entrepreneurs
Most recently he consulted with businesses that apply Internet and associated technologies to the healthcare, automotive, telecommunications and location-based services markets.
Jim holds four degrees from the University of Toronto in engineering, physics and business administration
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Commetrex Corporation - Exhibiting at Fall VON 2006
Commetrex Corporation develops and markets enabling technologies designed to shorten the time to market and reduce the development cost of integrated-media telecommunications equipment.
Long known for its market-leading
fax and other licensed technologies, Commetrex has recently completed a multi-year development effort to offer the equipment developer middleware software products and a media-stream framework, plus a comprehensive line of PCI and CompactPCI DSP-resource and network-interface boards.
Laura spoke with Mike Coffee, President and CEO of Commetrex Corporation.
You can find Commetrex at booth #1155.
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August 28, 2006
Ring Central - Exhibiting at Fall VON 2006
RingCentral, Inc., provides on demand telecommunications services that enable small businesses and mobile professionals to effectively manage communications and project a professional image to customers, partners and prospects. RingCentral Online combines a toll-free and/or local number with advanced call management, PBX, voicemail and Internet fax, enabling customers to automatically screen, forward and place calls; take voicemail; send and receive faxes; and receive message alerts. More than 20,000 customers use RingCentral's comprehensive and affordable hosted phone system to unify landline, wireless, VoIP and email communications. RingCentral is headquartered in San Mateo, Calif.
Laura spoke with About Jay Blazensky the Vice President of Business Development at Ring Central.
Mr. Blazensky is responsible for RingCentral's growth initiatives by establishing new channel partnerships and driving strategic relationships with key industry players. Prior to joining RingCentral, Mr. Blazensky played an instrumental role at Sylantro Systems, spearheading business development and strategic sales initiatives. Additionally, Mr. Blazensky has held positions as the director of business development at Innomedia, an IP convergence solution, and the vice president of marketing and co-founder of Digicom Systems, a leader in communication systems integration. In his 23 years of telecom industry experience, Mr. Blazensky continues to help companies blaze the path for developing personal Internet telephony products.
Look for Ring Central at booth #1262.
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Adaptive Digital - Exhibiting at Fall VON
Adaptive Digital Technologies, Inc., (Adaptive Digital) is the leading provider of voice algorithms and solutions on the Texas Instruments (TI) TMS320™ Family of DSPs. With over eleven years of experience in the application of DSP in voice, data, and video communications, Adaptive Digital is capable of providing and developing key component building blocks utilizing today's most advanced DSP technologies. The company provides DSP algorithms and solutions for both telephony and video applications such as VoIP, conferencing, echo cancellation, streaming video, and video recording.
Mikey spoke with Scott Kurtz the Vice President at Adaptive Digital Technologies.
Scott has focused on building an engineering team and developing DSP based software products and technology to accelerate and improve Adaptive Digital's product development. Scott has specialized in the field of Digital Signal Processing and Digital Communications over the course of his 23-year career, beginning at RCA Corporation's Government Communications Systems Division. Scott moved on to InterDigital Communications Corporation. where he was instrumental in developing the first digital wireless local loop telephone system which was the precursor to today's digital cellular telephone systems. Scott holds fourteen patents. He earned his BS in Electrical Engineering from Lehigh University and his MS in Electrical Engineering from Drexel University.
Look for Adaptive Digital at booth #468.
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August 25, 2006
Syniverse Technologies - Exhibiting at Fall VON 2006
Syniverse Technologies (NYSE: SVR), which is based in Tampa, Florida, is the leading provider of mission-critical business, technical and network solutions for mobile operators worldwide. Syniverse provides services to over 350 telecommunications carriers in more than 50 countries, including the ten largest U.S. wireless carriers and six of the ten largest international wireless carriers. Syniverse has offices in major cities throughout North America, The Netherlands, China, and the United Kingdom, and a global sales force in Brazil, France, India, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Norway, Singapore and Slovakia.
Laura spoke with Douglas A. Hilmes the Director of Business Development and Strategy at Syniverse Technologies.
Douglas Hilmes, Director of Business Development and Strategy for Syniverse Technologies, has more than 20 years experience in the telecommunications industry. He is responsible for new product initiatives and growth areas at the company, including new technologies, product extensions and solutions for operator interconnectivity.
Mr. Hilmes has special expertise in services interworking, IP-based technologies and mobile data solutions.
Before joining Syniverse in 2005, Mr. Hilmes served as vice president of business development at Pronto Networks, a provider of public Wi-Fi services. Additional previous positions included corporate officer and vice president of sales at Copper Mountain Networks, a leading provider of Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) equipment to the service provider industry; area vice president of sales and director of marketing at Premisys Communications Corporation; and marketing and engineering positions with AT&T Paradyne, Sun Microsystems and Hewlett-Packard.
Look for Syniverse Technologies at booth #116.
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August 24, 2006
Hewlett-Packard Company - Exhibiting at Fall VON 2006
HP OpenCall software is an integral part of HP’s portfolio of wireline, wireless, IP and media solutions and enables service providers to transition to IMS-based networks and effectively manage the triple play of voice, data and multimedia services.
Laura spoke with Mark Hipp the General Manager of the Americas OpenCall Business Unit at HP.
Mark Hipp began his career with HP as a staff sales engineer in 1984. He joined Hewlett-Packard’s sales organization after receiving a degree in Computer Science Engineering from the University of Florida.
In 1989, Mark became a member of HP’s dedicated sales organization in the telecommunications industry. After serving in a number of roles in the telecommunications industry and region program, Mark became a Sales District Manager for HP’s Southeast and Midwest Telecom area. In 1998, Mark became HP’s National Business Development manager leading HP’s efforts in cultivating strategic alliances with US based internet and service provider customers. HP created a Telecom Software Sales Organization in 2001. Mark was selected to lead this software organization that has the responsibility to market HP’s OpenCall product and services portfolio.
Look for HP at booth #643.
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YFonGlobal - Exhibiting at Fall VON 2006
YFonGlobal is an internet media company that creates private branded internet communities for resellers, associations, and enterprises. We create value for our customers by providing media content customized to the needs of your end-users. End-user media incentives are online ads, push content and interactive media.
Laura spoke with Marian Sabety the President and CEO of YFonGlobal.
Look for YFonGlobal at booth #910.
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Jon Arnold / Jim Van Meggelen
On this edition of the Canadian IP Thought Leaders series, Jon spoke with Jim Van Meggelen, of Toronto-based Core Telecom Innovations. Jim is actively involved in the Asterisk community and is one of Canada's leading figures moving Open Source forward. Jim and Jon focused on how Open Source is becoming a bona fide alternative to traditional telephony solutions in the business market, and how active Toronto is in the Open Source developer community. Jim duly noted how the Toronto Asterisk User Group is the largest Asterisk group in North America, and probably the world. They also discussed the good work of another Canadian company, Iotum, and how they have developed a plug-in version of their Relevance Engine to enhance the Asterisk platform. Finally, Jim and Jon noted the best-selling book that Jim co-authored, Asterisk, The Future of Telephony, which Jon cited as a valuable primer for anyone wanting to learn more about this topic.
Jim Van Meggelen is President and CTO of Core Telecom Innovations Inc., a Canadian-based provider of open-source telephony solutions. He has over fifteen years of enterprise telecom experience with TTS, Nortel, Williams, Telus and Core Telecom, and has has extensive knowledge of both legacy and VoIP equipment.
Jim was the architect of two of the world's largest managed enterprise voice networks; each solution serving roughly twenty-thousand users in more than one-thousand communities across Canada, providing telecommunications in five different languages, through six time zones, administered completely from a central location. These networks pioneered the use of extensive automation and database control in a branch voice network - functionalities not generally available in proprietary telecommunications systems. Jim has now moved on from the world of proprietary telecom, and is commited to open-source telephony.
Jim is one of the authors of O'Reilly's Asterisk: The Future of Telephony, and is currently working on the Asterisk Cookbook, also for O'Reilly.
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Ericsson - Exhibiting at Fall VON 2006
Ericsson is a world-leading provider of telecommunications equipment and services to over 1,000 mobile and fixed networks in 140 countries. 40 percent of all mobile calls are made through our systems. We are one of the few companies that offer end-to-end solutions for all major communication standards.
Laura spoke with Keith Shank the Director of Ericsson Experience.
Keith began working in wireless telecommunications in 1981 as a systems design engineer for a leading consulting firm where he helped produce the initial top 60 market filings for Cellular service. Joined Ericsson in 1987 and has held roles ranging from Product Management, Systems Management, Business Management and VP of Strategy. Current role is the creation, visualization and promotion of consumer, enterprise and convergence capabilities for the US market.
Look for Ericsson at booth #443.
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August 23, 2006
Cantata Technology - Exhibiting at Fall VON 2006
Cantata Technology (formerly Excel and Brooktrout) provides enabling communications hardware and software for the creation and delivery of IP-based applications. Cantata products, along with a worldwide network of partners, empower service provider and enterprise customers to develop new products, introduce new services and cost-effectively transition networks to IP.
Laura spoke with J.C. Murphy the president of Cantata Technology.
J.C. became president of Excel in May 2003, and became president of Brooktrout in October 2005, when EAS Group acquired the company. Before that, Mr. Murphy held leadership positions with Excel and Lucent Technologies for over ten years. Before being named Excel president, Mr. Murphy held senior management positions within Lucent, including Vice President and General Manager for the Open Network Platforms group, and Vice President and General Manager of the Softswitch Solutions Group. Before joining Lucent, he held leadership positions within Excel Switching Corporation, including General Manager for the Open Network Platforms Group, Vice President of Global OEM Sales, and Director of Sales for the Eastern Region. Before that, he held sales positions with ADC Telecommunications, where he gained extensive experience in the telecommunications industry. Mr. Murphy served five years of active duty as an Officer in the United States Coast Guard. He earned a bachelors degree in Political Science/Engineering from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.
You can find Cantata at booth #1328.
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Borderware Technology - Exhibiting at Fall VON 2006
BorderWare Technologies makes Internet communications safe. The company's content and application security solutions enable customers to mitigate the risks and threats associated with Internet communications. Founded in 1994, BorderWare has developed partnerships and affiliations with some of the industry's most prominent companies including Cisco Systems, F5 Networks, Kaspersky Labs, Marconi, PostX, PGP, Research In Motion (RIM), RSA Security, Sun Microsystems, Symantec and Ubiquity. More than 8,000 customers in 65 countries have selected BorderWare solutions for their superior security, scalability, business continuity and lower total cost-of-ownership.
Laura spoke with Jeff Carr the Vice President of SIP Solutions Group at Borderware Technology.
Mr. Carr brings over 19 years of successful experience in technology sales and business development. Currently he is Vice President, SIP Security Solution Group for Borderware Technologies and is responsible for all managing the team that is focused on the emerging SIP/VoIP security market.
Mr. Carr started his career with NCR Corporation where he spent 8 years in the Data Services Division until NCR’s acquisition by AT&T in 1991. He then moved to Oracle in the applications division focusing on major Telco’s in the western US and Latin America. In 1997 he joined Netscape Communications as a Regional Sales Manager for Central sales. He led the central sales region increasing revenues from under $5M to $33M. Netscape was acquired by AOL in 1998 for $6+ Billion. Beginning in 2001, he has focused exclusively on network security solutions as the first VP of Sales for Vericept Corporation, a leader in the network intelligence and forensic market. Prior to joining Borderware he was part of the leadership team with Ciphertrust an Atlanta based email Security Company.
Mr. Carr holds a BS in Geotechnical Engineering/Soil Science from Colorado State University.
You can find Borderware Technology at booth #771.
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August 21, 2006
Ascalade Communications - Exhibiting at Fall VON 2006
Ascalade Communications Inc. is an innovative product company that designs, develops and manufactures digital wireless and communication products. It delivers world-class products by offering its partners and customers complete vertical integration, from leading-edge product design and development to final production. Ascalade's products include digital cordless phones, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phones, digital wireless conference phones and digital wireless baby monitors.
Ascalade partners with Tier One branded distributors and telecommunication companies in bringing new and innovative products to market. It enhances its partners and customers' product development cycle by offering faster time-to-market and quality assurance through its expertise in leading-edge product designs, development and product manufacturing. Ascalade's partners and customers benefit from consistent quality, reliability and controlled production through its seamless vertically integrated infrastructure.
Ascalade's corporate headquarters and research and development office is located in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, with sales and distribution offices in Hong Kong, SAR, China and London, United Kingdom. The company's 240,000 square feet manufacturing facilities are located in Dongguan, China.
Laura spoke with Raymond Chow the Director of Business Development at Ascalade Communications Inc.
Raymond is responsible for directing the business development and strategy for new and emerging growth opportunities for Ascalade. Raymond also manages Ascalade’s VoIP business and is instrumental in building and putting together the necessary business relationships surrounding Ascalade’s Skype and Microsoft Live products.
Prior to joining Ascalade in May 2004, Raymond managed business development and sales for a video game hardware original design manufacturer (ODM) where he played a key role in leading hardware support for next-generation video game platforms like the Sony Playstation 2 and Xbox.
Raymond holds a Bachelor of Arts, Economics degree and a Bachelor of Arts, Political Science degree from Simon Fraser University, and a Master of Business Administration degree from Queen’s University.
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IP Unity - Exhibiting at Fall VON 2006
IP Unity is the leader in carrier–grade media servers, application servers and real-time multimedia applications over IP and TDM networks. The company’s open and modular Mereon™ solutions let service providers rapidly deploy services, from simple media-enabled information services like IVR and voicemail, to complex multi-modal personal communications like videomail.
Laura spoke with Jerri Barrett, the Director of Marketing for IP Unity.
Jerri is responsible for defining marketing communications, product marketing, events management and public relations. Prior to joining IP Unity, she was vice president of customer service and executive director of sales and marketing at HighWired Technologies. In this role, Jerri set strategic direction for marketing and sales, developed the company business case for its second round of investment and directed all aspects of customer service. She has held senior marketing positions at LinkAir, Nortel Networks, Glenayre and Frontier Communications. Jerri has a MBA in marketing from the University of Rochester and a BA from Mount Holyoke College.
You can find IP Unity at booth #429.
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Empirix - Exhibiting at Fall VON 2006
Empirix helps organizations adopt complex communications solutions with confidence. We combine the industry’s deepest knowledge of telecommunications and self-service applications with award-winning testing and monitoring solutions to ensure our customers realize the promise of their technology investments. Empirix is the only company with expertise that spans the evolution of these advanced technologies across multiple markets – from testing in R&D labs through monitoring the end-user experience. For over a decade, thousands of quality-conscious network equipment manufacturers, service providers and enterprises worldwide have trusted Empirix to reduce the time and cost of integrating new technologies into existing environments.
Laura spoke with Duane Sword, the Vice President of Product Management for Empirix.
Duane leads the product policy, and strategic and outbound marketing efforts for its suite of Hammer test solutions. Prior to joining Empirix, Duane held product management, business development and functional operations management positions with Agilent Technologies and Hewlett-Packard. He has worked extensively in the telecommunications industry, specifically with manufacturers and service providers of broadband switches and routers in Europe, North America and Japan and has a wide background in international product marketing and business development. Duane holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degree from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University (RMIT).
You can find Empirix at booth #949.
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August 17, 2006
Carl Ford / Prem Uppaluru
Carl Ford spoke with Prem Uppaluru the CEO and Co-founder of Transera.
Prem brings to Transera his 25 years of experience in the telecommunications and networking industry and his keen entrepreneurial instincts. Prior to joining Transera, Prem was Executive Vice President, Voice Portal Solutions at Genesys, where he was responsible for strategic direction and development of the company's Voice Platform and Managed Service solutions. As a result of his efforts, the Genesys Voice Portal products were awarded the top ranking in worldwide market leadership from the Gartner Group for completeness of business vision and ability to deliver compelling value to the marketplace. Prem joined Genesys in mid-2002 when the company he co-founded, Telera, was acquired by Genesys and its parent company, Alcatel. While at Telera, Prem served as Chief Executive Officer, and was the driving force behind the company's success in the emerging VoiceXML platform and solutions market. Prior to co-founding Telera, Prem co-founded VOIS Corporation where he served as Chief Executive Officer. Before launching into his entrepreneurial efforts, Prem held Vice President and General Manager positions at Novell. He also served as Vice President of Engineering at Fluent and Samsung Software America. Prem also held engineering management positions with Bell Labs and Bellcore during his tenure in telecommunications, network management, multimedia and telephony. Prem holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Texas at Austin. He received his masters and undergraduate degrees in Electrical Engineering from IIT Bombay.
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August 16, 2006
Carl Ford / Bryan Smith
You might not realise it yet, but what we called “the information superhighway” a decade ago, just built a bypass near your business. Your customers are just about to find a quicker and easier way to deal with you, or your competitors.
Cyberspace isn’t a fictional world in a Sci-Fi novel anymore. It’s a real world where people do billions of dollars in business each year. Clique Communications is here to make sure that you understand the changes that are occurring, and start using the Internet to begin meaningful dialogues with your customers.
Carl Ford spoke with Bryan Smith the Vice President of Marketing at Clique Communications.
Bryan Smith was most recently the Vice President of Broadband Services at Insight Communications, the ninth largest cable operator in the country. In this role he was responsible for all aspects of Insight’s high-speed Internet service including creating the product vision, developing marketing strategies, and leading the implementation of projects. Bryan joined Insight in 2002 as Vice President of Marketing Strategy and Analysis and in this role he led several initiatives including the launch of HBO, Showtime and Starz! On Demand service and he gained distribution for Insight Broadband service into retail outlets like Best Buy.
Prior to joining Insight, Bryan worked at AT&T where he held various marketing roles in AT&T’s Consumer Services Business, including leading the launch of AT&T local phone service, managing the AT&T True Rewards and developing the communications strategy for AT&T’s advertising campaigns.
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Sling Media - Exhibiting at Fall VON 2006
Sling Media, Inc. is a digital lifestyle products company creating a family of consumer electronics solutions that are a natural extension of today’s digital way of life. The first member of the Sling Media family is the award-winning Slingbox™, a device that allows consumers to access their living room television experience at any time, from any location, using a variety of different displays including laptops and desktop PCs, PDAs and smartphones.
Laura spoke with Jeremy Toeman the Vice President of Market Development at Sling Media.
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deltathree - Exhibiting at Fall VON 2006
Founded in 1996, deltathree is a leading provider of integrated Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephony services, products, hosted solutions, and infrastructure. deltathree offers customers high quality Internet telephony solutions that are viable and cost-effective alternatives to traditional telephone services. Supporting hundreds of thousands of active users around the world, deltathree serves customers through its two primary distribution channels: the Service Provider and Reseller channel and the iConnectHere direct-to-consumer channel. deltathree offers a broad suite of private label VoIP products and services as well as a back-office platform for service providers, resellers, and corporate customers. Based on deltathree's customizable VoIP solutions, these customers can offer private label telecommunications to their own customer bases, under either their own brand name, a white-label brand, and/or the iConnectHere or deltathree brand name. At the same time, iConnectHere, deltathree's direct-to-consumer offering, provides award-winning VoIP products directly to consumers and small businesses online using the same primary platform.
Laura spoke with Shimmy Zimels the Chief Executive Officer of deltathree.
Mr. Zimels is the President and Chief Executive Officer of deltathree - appointed in 2002. Mr. Zimels began with deltathree in 1997 as the Vice President of Operations and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining deltathree, Mr. Zimels was the Controller and Vice President of Finance at Net Media Ltd., a leading Israel based Internet Service Provider, from June 1995 to June 1997. From April 1991 to May 1995, Mr. Zimels was a senior tax auditor for the Income Tax Bureau of the State of Israel. Mr. Zimels graduated with distinction from Hebrew University with a degree in Economics and Accounting and holds a Masters in Economics from Hebrew University.
Look for deltathree at Suite #153A.
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August 15, 2006
Tektronix - Exhibiting at Fall Von 2006
Tektronix enables its customers to design, build, deploy, and manage communications networks. Tektronix provides a comprehensive suite of Network Diagnostics and Management solutions for fixed, mobile, IP and converged multiservice networks. Tektronix is working on products for applications and architectures, such as IPTV, broadband wireless access and IP Multimedia Subsystems.
Laura spoke with Gary McFarlane the Director of Marketing for the Communications Business at Tektronix.
In his current position, Gary is responsible for the outbound marketing in support of Tektronix's growing Communications Business.
In a 15-year career at the Test, Measurement and Monitoring leader, Gary has held a variety of sales and marketing positions, including sales, sales management, field marketing, strategy development and product management. In these roles, Gary has worked in both sales and marketing for all the product categories Tektronix participates in, including Video, General Purpose Test and Measurement and Communications Test, Measurement and Monitoring.
Look for Tektronix at booth #1320.
www.tektronix.com
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August 14, 2006
Objectworld Communications - Exhibitng at Fall VON 2006
Objectworld Communications Corp. is the first and only provider of IT Telephony™, the next step in the convergence of telephony into the IT data center. Objectworld products lower costs and enhance productivity by extending or replacing traditional PBX systems with SIP unified communications productivity software for Microsoft® Windows™ platforms.
Laura spoke with David Levy the CEO of Objectworld Communications.
Mr. Levy brings over 30 years of experience commercializing emerging technologies into successful communications and computing businesses.
Prior to this present venture, Mr. Levy was President and CEO of Mobile Knowledge. In partnership with Latitude Partners, a Toronto based Investment Company; Mr. Levy restructured Mobile Knowledge into a profitable operating company. Mr. Levy founded Loran Inc. in 1993, which he built as Chairman and CEO into a leading systems integration and network management company. Peregrine Systems acquired Loran for $130 million in September 2000, after which Mr. Levy served as General Manager of its worldwide network management business unit. Mr. Levy was also the founder of Plaintree Systems Inc. and its President from 1988 to 1993, where he pioneered the first silicon-based IEEE.802.1d Bridge for Ethernet and LAN media switching. Throughout his career, Mr. Levy has held senior management positions with industry leaders such as Mitel, Bell Northern Research, ITT, and IBM throughout North America and Europe. Mr. Levy holds a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry from Birmingham University in England.
Look for Objectworld Communications at booth #1349.
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Iperia - Exhibiting at Fall VON
Iperia is the emerging leader in unified communications, serving both service providers (wireline, wireless, and broadband) and enterprise companies worldwide. Iperia's ActivEdge software is based on open industry standards, such as SIP and VoiceXML, and leverages off-the-shelf hardware components. Iperia’s Enterprise platform IperiaVX allows the integration of new and existing applications into a voice-enabled framework. Iperia offers a suite of "best in class" applications plus an open architecture that provides interoperability with shared resources and systems. This combination brings new efficiency and ease of use to personal and business communications. Iperia is privately held and funded by Friedli Corporate Finance, a leading Swiss venture firm. Its headquarters are in North Billerica, Massachusetts.
Laura spoke with David Jodoin the CEO of Iperia.
Jodoin has over 15 years of executive management expertise and a proven track record of substantial revenue growth in the hi-tech industry. In his role as CEO, he provides the drive and corporate leadership for the Iperia as it continues to expand its product portfolio and customer base. Prior to joining Iperia, Jodoin served as CEO for Alpha NetSolutions, Inc. and Cerepoint, Inc. In addition, he's held several senior level positions including executive vice president and general manager of the Vantive Corporation. Jodoin joined Vantive through the acquisition of Innovative Computer Concepts, a company he founded and served as CEO and CTO.
Look for Iperia at booth #721.
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August 11, 2006
Carl Ford / Bill Joll
On2 Technologies is a premier developer of advanced video compression and streaming technologies. On2 Video codecs are widely used in the Internet, VoIP, mobile media and video-on-demand markets. On2's software is used by such leading global companies as Adobe/Macromedia, AOL, Skype, XM Satellite Radio, Sony, CTTNet, and Brightcove.
Carl Ford spoke with Bill Joll the CEO of On2 technologies.
Bill joined On2 in May 2006 after serving as Vice President of marketing, Carrier Solutions, at RealNetworks, Inc. He spent 18 years at Nortel, where he served as President of Marketing for Europe, General Manager of two different carrier product lines, and Director of Product Management for enterprise products for both Asia and Latin America markets. In 2000, Bill left Nortel to serve as CEO of two successive technology start-ups, Maple Optical and Threshold Networks. Bill earned a Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Electrical Engineering at the University of Manitoba and has brings an international perspective having lived and worked in Singapore and Europe.
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August 10, 2006
Global Crossing - Exhibitng at Fall VON 2006
Global Crossing provides telecommunications solutions over the world's first integrated global IP-based network. Global Crossing has a host of communications solutions for businesses and carriers of any size, connecting more than 300 cities in 28 countries, and delivering services to more than 600 cities in 60 countries.
Laura spoke with Tony Cimorelli the senior product marketing manager of VoIP Services for Global Crossing.
With Global Crossing since 2000, Tony has been instrumental in the global release and launch of its VoIP Outbound, VoIP Toll Free, VoIP Local, and VoIP On-Net Plus services for the carrier, enterprise, and partner channels. Before coming to Global Crossing, Tony had a successful 14-year career with MCI Telecommunications in various marketing roles, including International Relationship Manager and Regional Call Center Solutions Manager.
A graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo, Tony holds a bachelors degree in International Business and Certification in Telecommunication Management.
Look for Global Crossing at booth #1268.
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August 09, 2006
Kentrox - Exhibiting at Fall VON 2006
Kentrox Quality of Service (QoS) solutions protect and prioritize applications of small and medium offices. The QoS solutions include access routers combining QoS, VPN, firewall, WAN access, and a QoS appliance that protect and prioritize Voice over IP (VoIP) and other critical applications.
Laura spoke with Greg Iverson the Executive Vice President of Business Development at Kentrox.
Greg Iverson joined Kentrox in 1996 as Vice President of Marketing. Greg now has responsibilities for developing the overall business and long-range strategic planning for the company and management of the engineering, marketing, and sales organizations. Prior to Kentrox, Greg held senior positions at Interphase Corporation, ADC Fibermux, Micom Corp., and Prentice Corporation. Greg holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from DeVry Institute of Technology, Arizona.
Look for Kentrox at booth #868.
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Jon Arnold / Barry Fogarty
On this week's Canadian IP Thought Leaders podcast, Jon spoke with Barry Fogarty, President of Diginiche. This Toronto-based company is focused on advanced collaboration applications, and is finding a growing audience for their technology. Barry spoke about the need for an ease-of-use platform, and how their browser-based solution brings collaboration tools to a broader audience. Collaboration tools are now finding their way into new markets, and Barry addressed the broader opportunity beyond conventional workplace applications.
Barry Fogarty is a photographer, programmer and producer who has led seminars in interactive imaging for Apple, Canon and Nikon, and who has created award-winning content for companies such as HP, Hitachi, Seiko, Ford, Nissan and Better Homes and Gardens.
He is also the founder of diginiche, a development studio that was originally incubated in the University of Toronto’s Innovation Foundation, and is currently part of the MaRS Commercialization Centre. Octopz, the company’s software product, makes online collaboration easy and affordable. Currently in final beta, the application has been featured in an Intel Case Study, and will be commercially released in Q3 2006.
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August 08, 2006
NeuStar - Exhibiting at Fall VON 2006
NeuStar is a provider of essential technology services to telecommunication providers in North America and Internet service providers around the world. NeuStar operates the directories that manage virtually all telephone area codes and numbers, and enables the dynamic routing of calls among thousands of competing communications service providers. In North America, the network of every telecommunications service provider is either directly or indirectly connected to NeuStar’s centralized clearinghouse, virtually every telephone call placed is routed using NeuStar’s system, and every telecommunications service provider is one of NeuStar’s paying customers
Laura spoke with Steve Granek the Vice President of IP Services and Business Development at NeuStar.
Mr. Granek has been instrumental in leading NeuStar’s groundbreaking efforts in enabling interworking between next-generation communication and content network operators, with a specific focus on VoIP, SIP, IMS, ENUM and Digital Identity infratructure. He brings more than 20 years of entrepreneurial experience and both technical and non-technical business expertise to NeuStar. Prior to NeuStar, Mr. Granek served as VP of NexTone Communications, VP of ADC Telecommunications, and VP of Telet Communications. Prior to that, Mr. Granek founded and operated a pioneering network integrator focused on the enterprise marketplace and then emerging internet services market.
Look for Neustar at booth #749.
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August 07, 2006
360networks - Exhibiting at Fall VON 2006
360networks, the premier telecommunications infrastructure provider in the Western United States, debuts their new VOIP offering at the Fall VON Show. Now directly serving Tier 1-4 markets, 360networks' VOIP is 100% SIP based and runs on their wholly owned fiber optic backbone, providing maximum quality and service.
Laura spoke with Rick Coma the Senior Vice President of Business Development at 360networks.
Rick Coma accepted in this position October 2005, after serving as Vice President, Business Development, since April, 2003, after serving as Vice President, Product. Prior to that, he was Director, Product Management of 360networks inc., (the Company's predecessor's parent company). Mr. Coma joined 360networks inc. in April 2000.
Look for 360networks at booth #909.
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August 04, 2006
Carl Ford / Krishna Yarlagadda
Carl Ford spoke with Krishna Yarlagadda Founder, President & CEO of HelloSoft.
Krishna is responsible for setting HelloSoft's mission, formulating corporate strategy and executing a plan for the company's overall growth.
Under Krishna's leadership, HelloSoft developed core IP (intellectual property) in communication technology areas such as Voice-Over-Packet, xDSL, 2.5G/3G wireless, Bluetooth and WLAN. HelloSoft's IP portfolio includes components such as echo cancellers, and vocoder, which are currently deployed on mission critical voice gateways handling voice calls in several major US cities.
Prior to starting HelloSoft, Krishna was Chairman, President & CEO of ZSP, where he pioneered the development of DSP's based on RISC technology. ZSP was acquired by LSI Logic, and it’s industry leading DSP architecture has been adopted by major semiconductor companies including Broadcom, IBM, Connexant, GlobespanVirata, Skyworks and Brecis.
A seasoned entrepreneur, Krishna was also the founder of CoWave, a broadband wireless company, nBand (sold to Proxim), a communications processor company, vEngines (sold to Centillium) and eSilicon. In addition, Krishna also served as an advisor to start-ups such as Silicon Spice (sold to Broadcom) and Intoto.
Krishna held key management and technical positions in the SPARC processor division of Sun Microsystems and was a key player in successful launch of four SPARC processors (UltraSPARC I & II, SuperSPARC I & II).
Krishna is a frequently invited speaker on DSP architecture and technology, and a contributor on DSP to industry journals such as Microprocessor report, Computer design, and EEtimes.
Krishna has a B.S and MS in Electrical Engineering.
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August 02, 2006
M5T - Exhibiting at Fall Von 2006
M5T is the leading provider of Secure SIP-Based Solutions for VoIP, and the company provides it SIP Stack to some of the largest manufacturers in the world including Siemens, Avaya, and Nortel.
Laura spoke with Stefano Genoni the Vice President of Business Development at M5T.
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Carl Ford / Mark Pascarella
Listen as Carl Ford sits down with the President of Gotuit Media Corp., Mark Pascarella. Watch videos, make your own playlists, share videos with friends. Innovative ideas that provide "A new way to watch!"
www.gotuit.com
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Newport Networks Limited - Exhibiting at Fall VON 2006
Newport Networks is the premier supplier of carrier class session border controllers. With a proven capacity of over 100,000 calls the Newport 1460 Session Controller is the largest capacity SBC available in the market. The 1460 also supports other critical VoIP capabilities such as Lawful Intercept and Emergency Call Handling.
Laura spoke with Alan Nunn the CTO at Newport Networks.
Alan Nunn joined Newport Networks as CTO in Spring 2006, bringing with him over 19 years experience in carrier telecommunications. Prior to joining Newport Networks, Alan was Chief Voice Architect in BT Group’s Chief Technology Office. He was responsible for setting the future direction of BT's voice networks, covering both traditional PSTN as it moves to the 21CN IP based infrastructure, and new VoIP services. He dealt primarily with technology and strategic issues around Voice and emerging Broadband services, and was a prime mover behind the development of BT’s 21CN Core Voice strategy.
He has a first class honours degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and is a Member of the Institute of Electrical Engineers and a Chartered Engineer.
You can look for Newport Networks Limited at booth #1161.
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PIKA Technologies - Exhibiting at Fall VON 2006
PIKA Technologies manufactures and supports computer plug in voice/fax boards and software to application developers. For almost two decades PIKA has enabled the design of TDM and IP-based call recording systems, IVR, call center, PC PBX and fax applications.
Laura spoke with Terry Atwood the Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Customer Care at PIKA Technologies.
You can find PIKA Technologies at booth #1366.
www.pikatech.com
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Applied Global Technologies (AGT) - Exhibiting at Fall VON 2006
AGT is an award winning innovator of communication technologies and solutions that dramatically improve your daily workplace conferencing and collaboration processes. As IP experts, AGT offers conference ready managed video services, mobile and fixed emergency communication systems and on-demand collaboration applications.
Laura spoke with Mike Tilley the Vice President of Marketing at Applied Global Technologies (AGT).
Michael Tilley provides more than 15 years of marketing, communications and management experience in the telecommunications industry. The former satellite and cable television executive's career has included marketing responsibilities at DIRECTV, High Speed Access Corporation, Primestar and Time Warner. He has worked closely in the development and launch of innovative products and services during his career. Tilley is also a former television sports anchor and reporter (ESPN, ABC Affiliate, FOX SportsSouth) and currently resides in north Atlanta.
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