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March 27, 2007
Jon Arnold / David Cork - Natural Convergence and SMB IP Telephony
On this week's podcast, Jon focused on the small business market and the adoption of hosted solutions for IP telephony. Jon's guest was David Cork, the CEO and co-founder of Ottawa-based Natural Convergence.
David's company was one of the first to focus on the small end of the SMB market for IP telephony, especially via a hosted solution. On the podcast, David spoke about the business opportunity, and how this market has been historically underserved. His company in particular has been built around the problems faced by small businesses and he spoke to how a hosted solution could address those needs.
Jon and David also explored the dynamics of this market, with David sharing his insights about why hosted telephony is a good fit for small businesses, or businesses with multiple branch offices that are too small to justify their own premises-based systems. On the domestic front, David discussed their role in the upcoming offering coming from Toronto-based Rogers, marking the first entree from a major MSO into the SMB market.
David Cork, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Natural Convergence
David Cork has over 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. Prior to co-founding Natural Convergence, he served in a variety of leadership and executive roles with Bell Northern Research, Mitel Corporation, ObjecTime and Nortel.
David has proven his ability to execute business plans. While with Nortel, he held the position of Chief Operating Officer for eXtremeVoice, Nortel’s national ASP offering in the area of Internet Call Waiting. Previously, he laid the foundation for sales growth at ObjecTime and built Mitel's Computer-Telephony Integration unit into a multi-million dollar business.
Posted at March 27, 2007 05:13 PM
