June 05, 2007
Per Björklund, Efftel, with Carl Ford
As is the usual in Carl Ford's podcasts, this conversation with Per Björklund from Efftel covers a lot of ground, from Sweden's place in the high-tech world, to mainstream acceptance/adoption/understanding of VoIP services, to the ever-decreasing price of phone calls and the resulting focus on flexibility and features rather than simple dialtone for Efftel.
Per Björklund founded Efftel in 2004 together with Håkan Lund. Efftel (www.efftel.com/english.htm) is a rapidly growing service provider and operator delivering complete and extremely flexible VoIP solutions to small and medium enterprises in Northern Europe. Prior to founding Efftel, Per had over 13 years senior telecoms and venture capital experience from e.g., Telia and Telenor. Already in 1997 he initiated and managed Telia Light AB, Telia’s pioneering VoIP spear head company publicly launched at VoN 1998 in San José. He then as the VP Products had the P/L responsibility for Telia/Telenor’s 4 Bn EUR consumer services portfolio. After 9 years at Telia, he was a Director and co-owner of the Nordic VC Startupfactory for three years and then spent a year on the build-up of Sweden’s fastest growing and 4th largest mobile operator Telenor/djuice as the Product Portfolio Director.
Per holds an MSEE from the Royal Institute of Technology and an MBA from the Stockholm School of Economics. He has contributed as a speaker to several VoN conferences from 1998 and onwards. In his spare time, Per chairs the VoIP Section of the 27.000 member Swedish Computer Society, that was proud having Jeff Pulver as their guest speaker a month ago.
Catch up with Per and others from the Efftel team at Von Europe Spring.
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May 17, 2007
Tomer Treves, deltathree, with Carl Ford
Carl Ford spoke to Tomer Treves from deltathree about the new joip service, and the new phone from Panasonic that will bring joip into homes around the world.
For more on joip and deltathree, visit them at booth #212 at VON Europe Spring in Stockholm next month.
Tomer Treves, Consumer Group Managing Director, deltathree, Inc.
Tomer Treves joined deltathree (NASDAQ: DDDC) in 2004 and currently serves as Consumer Group Managing Director. Mr. Treves leads the team that handles business development, sales and marketing for deltathree’s Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) products and services directed for consumers and businesses. Mr. Treves is in charge of iConnectHere, a state of the art Global Internet Phone Service, and joip, the newly formed consumer group that powers Panasonic's GLOBARANGE hybrid phone. Mr. Treves’s business development expertise combined with his experience in legal counseling, specializing in international transactions, he has helped propel deltathree to a top tier global VoIP corporation.
Mr. Treves’s knowledge and experience in various hi-tech industries has enabled him to present at conferences around the world on issues such as migrating to VoIP, the future of telecommunications, consumer VoIP marketing, launching VoIP solutions and other facets of telephony. His distinctive dedication and success in advancing company growth spans his extensive career. Prior to deltathree, Mr. Treves played pivotal roles in providing legal consultation and business development for several leading law offices in Israel.
Mr. Treves graduated with honors from Tel Aviv University Buchman Faculty of Law with a Masters of Law, LL.M. He also holds a Bachelor of Law (with honors), LL.B from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
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March 30, 2007
Live from VON: VeriSilicon
Mahadev Kolluru is the Director of Application Engineering and Customer Marketing at VeriSilicon, whose booth was right next to our podcasting booth on the floor at VON, and who were wonderful neighbors. Carl Ford and Mahadev speak in this podcast about VeriSilicon's "ZSP" DSP product line, and about the future of IP from the perspective of a silicon solutions company.
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March 29, 2007
Live from VON: LignUp
Kevin Nethercott, President and COO of LignUp talks to Carl Ford about CodeLign, LignUp's new developer environment and community using Amazon's EC2 platform. Kevin predicts that in as little as 5-10 minutes, users can be creating applications and terminating phone calls.
What's interesting, according to Kevin, is the coming of age of the Voice Mashup, thanks to the huge number of people that are developing and playing around in this space.
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Live from VON: Covad and VoIP Watch
Simon McIver, Director of Marketing Acquisition at Covad and Andy Abramson of the well-read blog VoIP Watch stopped in the podcast booth to talk to Carl Ford about the art of marketing and education in this space, be it for VoIP or for broadband.
Simon also speaks to where Covad is heading in the future, with regard to applications, and Andy touches on the current "wow"s out there.
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March 28, 2007
Live from VON: Mu Security
Another one of the folks we caught up with at VON was Adam P. Stein, VP of Marketing at Mu Security. In this podcast he and Carl Ford talk about Mu Security's solution, which Adam describes as a "hacker in a box."
Mu Security helps Triple-play product developers and their service provider customers measure security, product resiliency or service availability methodically to ensure maximum network uptime. Using the Mu-4000 analyzer proactively increases both the service availability and security quality of any IP-based product.
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March 26, 2007
Live from VON: Digium (part 2)
This is the second podcast from VON with Bill Miller from Digium. In this part of the interview, Carl and Bill talk about the evolving Asterisk Pavilion at VON and the recently announced Digium/Asterisk World to be colocated with Fall VON 2007. Very exciting things are afoot!
Part 1 of the interview is here.
Digium.com
Askerisk.org
AsteriskNOW.org
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Live from VON: Digium (part 1)
Bill Miller, VP of Product Management & Marketing at Digium found a few minutes in his busy show schedule to chat with Carl Ford in the Pulvermedia Podcasting Network booth. In this first of two podcasts, Bill talks about where Digium is heading in light of their recent management changes, and reflects on the growth of Asterisk and the numerous facets of the Digium ecosystem.
Part 2 of the interview is here.
Digium.com
Askerisk.org
AsteriskNOW.org
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March 21, 2007
Live from VON: Paradial
Christian Testman, COO of Paradial, begins this conversation with Carl Ford by describing the firewall and NAT traversal Paradial provides with a plumbing metaphor, which served pretty well to illustrate the concept, and had the added bonus, if you take the metaphor further, of stressing the importance of such a service. You wouldn't want to live in a house without plumbing.
Visit Paradial at VON in booth #542.
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Live from VON: Call Tool Box Inc.
Geoffrey Corfield from Calgary's Calltoolbox Inc. stopped by the podcast booth today to fill us in about the wide swath of VoIP-related solutions they have to offer. From call centers to web provisioning systems, Calltoolbox seems to have something to offer to just about anyone.
You've got one last day to check out Calltoolbox at booth #1649 here at Spring VON 2007 in San Jose!
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Exhibiting at Spring VON 2007: technoCo
Carl Ford spends a few minutes with Rick Spielrein from technoCo chatting about their first product, the Vdex 40.
TechnoCo was founded by pioneers of the voice over Internet (VoIP) industry. Their previous company, Ozemail Interline, was the first in the world to provide Internet telephony (VoIP) to the public on a global basis. In fact, The Honourable Paul Keating (ex Prime Minister of Australia) released the OzEmail Interline VoIP services at a media event in Australia on the 16th January 1997.
Identifying a need and opportunity to empower small and medium developers who require specialised hardware platforms in order to bring their software products to market, Howard and Spielrein created "TechnoCo".
TechnoCo's first product is Vdex, a telephony platform that provides the necessary electronics to run the popular Asterisk PBX open-source software. Vdex is a highly sophisticated, hybrid telephony platform integrating multiple microprocessors and multiple digital signalling processors with numerous industry-standard voice codecs and telephone line interfaces.
Please visit technoCo on the web at technoco.biz, at VON at booth #751.
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March 20, 2007
Live from Spring VON 2007 - Welcome! (part 3)
Carl Ford and Mike McClenathan speak a little more about Niklas Zennstrom's portion of the Plenary Session, and a bit more about what their other initial impressions of VON are. It's going to be a great show!
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Live from Spring VON 2007 - Welcome! (part 2)
Glenn Gaudet joins the conversation in part 2 of our Spring VON 2007 welcome podcast, and as the Chief Marketing Officer of pulvermedia, he has interesting perspectives about the direction of the market at the onset of VON this year.
Check out part 1 here.
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Live from Spring VON 2007 - Welcome! (part 1)
Welcome to our first podcast from the floor of SPRING VON 2007! In this podcast, Mike McClenathan and Carl Ford talk about the opening Plenary Session, in which Jeff Pulver removed the "IP" from "IP Communications," and informed the members of the VON Community that they are now, themselves, the incumbents.
Welcome to VON!
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March 12, 2007
Exhibiting at Spring VON 2007: CommuniGate Systems
Founded in 1991 and based in Mill Valley, California, CommuniGate Systems develops carrier-class Internet Communications software for broadband & mobile service providers, enterprises, and OEM partners worldwide. Over 125 million subscribers including 45 million voice customers rely upon CommuniGate Systems products for their voice and data communication today. CommuniGate Systems is the most trusted and financially stable vendor which maintains the highest customer satisfaction levels in the Rich Media Communications industry. CommuniGate Systems provides flexibility, performance, scalability, with the benchmark proven architecture that remains un-challenged in the industry. Our open development environment with simple APIs delivers extensible flexibility with a unique clustering technology for 99.999% uptime for the most demanding application environments.
CommuniGate Systems has over 175 members in its partner network worldwide. Download CommuniGate Pro today and join the global initiative to help SIPify and convert nearly 2 billion email accounts to a single identity for all forms of Internet Communications. For more information, go to www.communigate.com, and visit CommuniGate at Booth #717 at VON.
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March 07, 2007
Exhibiting at Spring VON 2007: CGI
Carl Ford speaks with Keith Pigue, Executive Consultant, IPCentricITy™ Solutions for CGI. CGI will be exhibiting at Spring VON 2007. Please visit them at booth #1637.
CGI offers providers a full suite of solutions that boost customer satisfaction, improve competitiveness, and drive revenue. From the Tapestry® rating, billing and order management suite to the IPCentricITy™ Service Delivery Solution, our open standard architecture and portfolio of SIP-based Applications, CGI ensures you’re at the forefront of the new IP-Centric world of communications. See www.cgi.com for more information.
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Carl Ford's interview with Keith Pigue from CGI (director's cut)
This is a longer, less concise version of the conversation posted a little earlier today between Carl Ford and Keith Pigue from CGI. Please visit them at VON in booth #1637.
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February 07, 2007
VON Spring 2007: Birds of a Feather - Gordon Cook
Gordon Cook, Editor publisher, COOK Report
Birds of a Feather: Wednesday, March 21, 2:45 PM
Gordon Cook is a leading writer and strategic thinker on Internet issues. He has tracked the development of the Internet since its early years. In 1992, after a period as Senior Analyst with the US Congress Office of Technology Assessment (“OTA”), he started “The Cook Report on Internet Protocol”.
In the Cook Report, Gordon has documented the evolution of the Internet with an independent and refreshing perspective on economic, social, political and strategic issues. Gordon has a unique perspective and a view of the future based on deep knowledge of “how we got here”.
In addition to work at OTA, Gordon was Science Editor for the John von Neumann National Supercomputer Center with a background as a tech writer and policy analyst. He has a BA from Columbia University, Msc (Econ) from the London School of Economics, PhD from Duke University and a Masters of Library Science from Rutgers University. His other interests include Russian history and Nepal and Tibet - trekking in the Himalayas including time at Everest Base Camp. Gordon is based in Ewing, NJ, USA.
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January 29, 2007
VON Spring 2007: Looking for New Revenue Producing Services
Looking for New Revenue Producing Services
Thursday, March 22, 2007, 1:00pm - 2:15pm
Too often people say that VoIP is just cheap voice technology. The truth is that many of the applications that VoIP is bringing to the market are revenue producing, even on the PSTN. Reverse 911, personalized dial tones and other recognition services are producing new revenue and not just cannibalizing the old. Think you’ve got a good idea? You’re sure to hear another one in this session.
-Does the world need to know you’re using VoIP?
-Is VoIP and CTI interchangeable?
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VON Spring 2007: Service Providers' Fixed Mobile Implementations
Service Providers' Fixed Mobile Implementations
Tuesday, March 20, 2007, 5:45pm - 6:45pm
Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) implies different things to different people. Landline, wireless and cable companies all have their plans to deliver applications via FMC. For these service providers the issue is not what network you come from, but how to deliver services on a variety of networks.
- What is the compelling story that makes FMC a strategy for the service provider?
- Is the motivation reduction in costs or increased revenue?
- Are there specific applications that are the sweet spot for FMC?
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December 01, 2006
Dan Hoffman, M5 Networks, with Carl Ford
M5 Networks is one of the country's leading outsourced IP phone system providers. Trustworthiness is at the heart of M5's philosophy and business model. By outsourcing to M5 instead of buying another phone system and signing more local and long distance contracts, businesses save valuable time and hard dollars. M5 was founded in 2000, and since inception has been entirely focused on delivering the most reliable business phone system service in the industry.
M5 is continually innovating to improve our outsourced phone system solution. M5’s core technology partners include Cisco, Verizon, Sun, AboveNet, Sprint, Qwest, Focal Communications and VocalData. M5 has been named to the Pulver 100 list for four consecutive years (2002-2005), VoIP Magazine’s 20 Companies to Watch in 2006, and FierceVoIP's Fierce 15 list in 2005 and has received Frost & Sullivan's 2004 Entrepreneurial Company Award and the 2004 & 2005 VoIP Service Provider Award and Best SMB Provider Award from INTERNET TELEPHONY Magazine. In addition, the strong demand for M5 services has enabled M5’s management team to run the business conservatively, regularly reinvesting profits and maintaining financial stability.
Carl Ford spoke with Daniel Hoffman, President & CEO of M5 Networks.
As President and CEO of M5, one of America's leading Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers for small and midsized businesses, Hoffman has redefined the business phone system market by replacing traditional phone systems and phone company arrangements with an outsourced VOIP solution that businesses truly trust.
Personable, approachable and a true visionary, Hoffman was named one of 18 nationwide winners of the 2006 Best Bosses Award by Winning Workplaces, a nationally known clearinghouse for best practices in workplace excellence and innovative people practices, and FORTUNE Small Business. This national honor recognizes the most dedicated, passionate, innovative, inspirational and driven leaders of small and midsize businesses nationwide for creating tightly knit workplaces and inspiring intensely loyal workers.
Dan will be at Von Enterprise:
Hosted Voice Solutions
Wednesday, December 6, 2006, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
There is a clear trend for many companies to outsource, especially technologies and infrastructure they believe can be more efficiently managed elsewhere.
• What is the best model to determine if outsourcing is the right approach?
• Which technologies lend themselves best to this approach?
• What are the ramifications if outsourcing fails?
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November 22, 2006
CosmoCom - Exhibiting at VON Enterprise 2006
CosmoCom, the global leader in Unified Customer Communications, is revolutionizing customer interactions across the whole enterprise. One all-IP, multi-channel platform supporting many independent virtual contact centers can be internally deployed or hosted by a network service provider. CosmoCom is the most-selected platform for hosted contact centers by top-tier telcos globally.
Bob Emmerson, European Editor of VON Magazine, spoke with Steve Kowarsky, the Executive Vice President and one of the founders of CosmoCom.
Stephen R. Kowarsky is the Executive Vice President and one of the founders of CosmoCom. He came to CosmoCom from Comverse Technology, which he joined in early 1985 as its second U.S. employee after a distinguished career in software development and IT management. At both Comverse and CosmoCom, Mr. Kowarsky has played a key role in major account selling, key relationship management, product strategy and positioning, mergers and acquisitions, and intellectual property. He now has primary responsibility for CosmoCom's marketing communication activities. He is an industry authority and thought leader on the subjects of Contact Center On-Demand and Contact-Center-in-a-Box.
Look for CosmoCom at booth #19.
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November 15, 2006
Applied Global Technologies - Exhibiting at VON Enterprise 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.
Bob Emmerson, European Editor of VON Magazine, 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.
Look for Applied Global Technologies at booth #3.
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November 13, 2006
Psytechnics - Exhibiting at VON Enterprise 2006
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Psytechnics, the global leader in voice and video quality assessment, delivers solutions that accurately measure Quality of Experience for voice and video. Psytechnics has inspired 5 ITU standards and is helping hundreds of service providers and enterprises around the world improve their users' experiences.
Bob Emmerson, European Editor of VON Magazine, had previously interviewed Benjamin Ellis, the Vice President of Marketing at Psytechnics Ltd. and now they continue their discussion after meeting at VON Europe.
Benjamin joined Psytechnics in June 2006. Prior to joining Psytechnics he was the Director of Strategic Marketing and Communications at Juniper Networks, and previously Head of Product and Solutions Marketing for EMEA. He started his career in academia, lecturing in Computing and Information Technology, while building early campus-wide IP Networks. He has been involved in IP technologies for nearly twenty years and his industry experience ranges from managing IT operations for blue chip organizations through to work in developing new IP services and products globally.
He was involved in the early commercialization of the Internet whilst working at Silicon Valley companies including Cisco Systems, and has held roles in engineering, product management and strategic marketing. He has contributed to the development of IP networking in standards bodies and industry forums in the areas of Voice and Video over IP, Security, network management and Broadband networking.
Look for Psytechnics Ltd. at booth #8.
(To hear other podcasts in Bob Emmerson's Quality Concerns series click here.)
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November 01, 2006
Adax Europe Ltd. - Exhibiting at VON Europe Autumn 2006
Specialising in signaling infrastructure, Adax offers a complete set of protocol controllers, integrated software and signaling gateway configurations that provide solutions for today’s evolving and converging telecommunications networks. Adax’ high performance products are available for SS7, ATM, IP, and Interworking in fixed and mobile networks.
Michael McClenathan spoke with Robin Kent the Director of European Operations for Adax Europe Ltd.
Robin Kent joined Adax in 1994 to lead the development of the Adax business in Europe. The challenge has been to turn a technology led company selling on features, into a market driven business building success on its benefits and developing customers ‘for life’.
He has successfully overseen the establishment of the company in Europe and its transition from an OEM technology supplier to a customer focused provider of high quality, high performance telecommunications signalling products to network equipment providers and integrators in the European market. Adax Europe is now responsible for business development and service throughout Europe, Middle-East, Africa, and India.
Responsible to the President of Adax Inc. for all aspects of Adax performance in Europe including sales, marketing and technical support in the European market Robin is also a member of the Adax Inc. management team and has responsibility for international marketing.
Look for Adax Europe Ltd. at booth #415.
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Alliance Systems, Ltd. - Exhibiting at VON Europe Autumn 2006
Alliance Systems, Ltd. designs, builds, ships, and supports communications and computing equipment providing the infrastructure for VoIP, wireless, security, and other applications. Through its engineering, manufacturing, and value-added services, Alliance helps customers optimize their businesses by enhancing profitability and reducing time to market. With its head office in Plano, Texas, USA, an office in Germany, and warehouses in The Netherlands, South Africa, Germany, and the Philippines, Alliance delivers solutions to OEMs, ISVs, and service providers throughout the world. Alliance Systems EMEA is head-quartered in Bad Homburg, Germany.
Mike spoke with David Duffett - Sales Executive, Northern Europe, Alliance Systems EMEA GmbH.
David is a Chartered Engineer and has been in the telecoms sector for more than 15 years, with experience that spans air traffic control communications, wireless local loop, mobile networks, computer telephony and VoIP. A long time advocate of Asterisk, he currently represents Alliance Systems in the UK, Ireland and the Nordic region.
David’s conference speeches and presentations (covering telecoms and training-related subjects) are known for being ‘creative’ in a positive and practical way. By building fun into the agenda he encourages both participation and enthusiasm in audiences around the world.
Look for Alliance Systems, Ltd. at booth #514.
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SIEMENS Communications - Exhibiting at VON Europe Autumn 2006
Siemens Networks* engages in a dialog with its customers to create trendsetting communications solutions that help network operators and service providers achieve their business goals. Siemens Networks contributes its innovative strength, worldwide experience and unsurpassed implementation expertise in all areas of voice and data communications. As an innovation leader, Siemens Networks delivers customer value today and prepares customers for tomorrow with trendsetting solutions. Siemens Networks is a fully-owned subsidiary of Siemens AG and operates in about 100 countries.
Bob Emmerson spoke to Tim Miller, Vice President SURPASS VoIP Strategy and Business Development.
Tim Miller is responsible for defining the product and market focus for the fixed VoIP products at Siemens Networks. Driving a tight coupling to the market, he also owns the planning for new channels and alliances in this market segment.
Miller joined Siemens in 1997 as a systems engineer in Chicago; he has held a variety of management positions in the US and globally, involving carrier applications, business development, and sales. Throughout his career at Siemens, Miller has played a consistent leadership role in defining the applications environment for products in both the carrier and enterprise divisions.
* Siemens Networks will merge into a 50-50 joint venture with the Nokia Networks Business Group, creating a telecommunications powerhouse that will be called Nokia Siemens Networks. The new company will be a global communications leader with strong positions in important growth segments of the fixed and mobile network infrastructure and services, featuring a world-class fixed-mobile convergence capability. The new company Nokia Siemens Networks is expected to start operations by January 1, 2007, subject to customary regulatory approvals, the completion of standard closing conditions, and the agreement of a number of detailed implementation steps.
You can find Siemens at booth # 608.
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October 31, 2006
Global Crossing - Exhibiting at Von Europe Autumn 2006
Global Crossing provides telecommunications solutions over the world's first integrated global IP-based network. Its core network connects over 300 cities in 28 countries worldwide, and delivers services to more than 600 cities in 60 countries and 6 continents around the globe as well as 700 carriers, mobile operators and ISPs.
Mike spoke with Marcel Rijpstra, Sennior Product Manager Voice at Global Crossing.
Look for Global Crossing at booth #314.
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AudioCodes - Exhibiting at VON Europe Autumn 2006
AudioCodes enables the new voice infrastructure by providing innovative, reliable and cost-effective Voice over Packet technology and Voice Network products to OEMs, network equipment providers and system integrators. The company is a market leader in voice compression and VoIP technology and is a key originator of the ITU G.723.1 standard
Michael McClenathan spoke with Alan Percy the Director of Business Development at AudioCodes.
AudioCodes is a leading provider of Voice over IP Telephony enabling technology and systems components. Mr. Percy joined AudioCodes in July 2001, bringing over 15 years of experience in the telecommunications, networking and wireless equipment industries. Mr. Percy holds a BA in Computer Science from the University of Buffalo, has had a number of papers published in various telecommunications technical journals and is a frequent speaker at industry conferences.
Look for AudioCodes at booth #313.
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October 30, 2006
Nokia - Exhibiting at VON Europe Autumn 2006
Nokia is a world leader in mobile communications, driving the growth and sustainability of the broader mobility industry. Nokia connects people to each other and the information that matters to them with easy-to-use and innovative products like mobile phones, devices and solutions for imaging, games, media and businesses. Nokia provides equipment, solutions and services for network operators and corporations.
Carl Ford spoke with Markku Rauhamaa the Vice Presidentof Nokia Ventures Organization.
Markku Rauhamaa has more than 25 years of experience both in the IT and telecommunications industries. He started his career in 1979 in research at Nokia, soon moved to software development, and then managed international support activities. From 1987 to 1995 he worked for Hewlett-Packard in Nordic and global marketing, business development, and management positions in Finland and in France. He returned to Nokia in 1995.
Markku has gained a wide experience in setting up and managing new international businesses in Nokia and with Hewlett-Packard. Both of these companies have offered him experience in corporate business development, venturing and setting up new companies with partners.
Look for Nokia at booth #602.
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October 26, 2006
snom technology AG - Exhibiting at VON Europe Autumn 2006
Something a little different for this podcast. It's in English first, and then in German beginning at around 9:05.
Dr. Christian Stredicke, Founder and CEO, with the latest news from snom technology AG.
With over 20 years of experience in the computer industry, Dr. Christian Stredicke is the founder and CEO of snom, a company making VoIP phones and related equipment based on the IETF open standard, SIP (Session Initiation Protocol).
Stredicke founded snom in 1996 and is currently a member of the technology executive board. Prior to founding snom, Stredicke studied computer science from 1989 to 1992 and business administration from 1992 to 1996 at the Technical University of Berlin, earning Master’s degrees in both fields. In 1992, Stredicke received the Erwin Stefan Preis award for his outstanding short studies in computer science. During the next five years, Stredicke held a teaching and research position at the Institute for Technical Computer Science at the Technical University of Berlin, where he received his Ph.D. in Engineering in 1997.
After receiving his Ph.D., Stredicke worked as a consultant on a variety of projects at Arthur D. Little. He is the author of numerous publications concerning VoIP technology.
Look for snom at booth #315.
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October 25, 2006
Empirix - Exhibiting at VON Europe Autumn 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.
Michael McClenathan 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 #310.
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VozTelecom - Exhibiting at VON Europe Autumn 2006
VozTelecom, the leading European Hosted VoIP Applications offering for Service Providers provides its SIP-based Service Delivery Platform on a private-label hosted model. Over a dozen of service providers in Europe and Latin America have launched VozTelecom’s innovative VoIP applications: broadband Telephony, Web-based multimedia communicator or IP-Centrex, hosted into VozTelecom premises.
Bob Emmerson, the European Editor of VON Magazine, spoke with Xavier Casajoana the CEO of VozTelecom.
Look for VozTelecom at booth #516.
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Centile - Exhibiting at VON Europe Autumn 2006
Centile is the leading enabler of next-generation SIP-based services and converged fixed-mobile (FMC) and multimedia applications. Centile's VoIP Applications Platform, the IntraSwitch" has been designed to meet various needs of Service Operators and Internet Centric companies by launching cutting-edge, value-added and cost-effective new multimedia services within a short timeframe, with a minimal technology risk and an excellent ROI.
Centile's IntraSwitch provides the scalability, reliability and manageability to support hundreds of thousands of business and residential customers in a highly distributed architecture.
Centile’s IntraSwitch offers a comprehensive range of powerful applications in a network-hosted model that eliminates the need for a costly premise-based PBX . The solution comes fully loaded with ready to market service functionalities such as Business Trunking-VoIP VPN, Hybrid IP Centrex, IP Centrex, Mobile IP Centrex, FMC, Residential VoIP, Hosted Enterprise PBX and offers value-added Class 5 features, CTI (Computer Telephony Integration), IVRs (Interactive Voice Response), ACD (Automatic Call Distribution), Conferencing, Presence Management, Instant Messaging, Video support and multi-protocol support (SIP, SCCP, MGCP).
Bob Emmerson the European Editor of VON Magazine spoke with Bertrand Pourcelot, who is Vice President of Product Management at Centile.
Bertrand POURCELOT has over 14 years experience in software development within international mission critical environments. He is in charge of Product Roadmap definition, Product Development management and Technology partnerships. Before joining Centile in early 2001, Bertrand was responsible for Software Engineering at Alcatel within the System Architecture Division. Priori to this, Bertrand has been strongly involved in various international Software Development Projects within mission critical environments at Aerospatiale (EADS France), first as a Developer and Architect, then as Technical Manager and finally as Project Manager for the European Space Agency (ESA). Bertrand graduated in Electronics & System Architecture Engineering (ENSERG) from the Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (INPG) and in Computer Science Engineering & Project Management from Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, one of the top 5 French Engineering School
Look for Centile at booth #412.
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October 23, 2006
VocalTec Communications Ltd. - Exhibiting at VON Europe Autumn 2006
VocalTec Communications Ltd. is a global provider of carrier-class multimedia and voice-over-IP solutions for communication service providers. A pioneer in VoIP technology since 1994, VocalTec provides proven trunking, peering, access gateway and service delivery solutions that enable flexible deployment of next-generation networks (NGNs).
Bob Emmerson, European Editor of VON Magazine, spoke with Yair Golan, Vice President of Marketing & Business Development at VocalTec.
Yair joined VocalTec in November 2005. In 2003, Mr. Golan joined Tdsoft and served as the Manager of its European Office, and joined VocalTec's management in January 2006. Prior to joining Tdsoft, Mr. Golan served as VP Business Development for TVGate, the interactive TV Division of Comverse Ltd. (NASDAQ: CMVT). Before joining the Telecom industry, Mr. Golan served in various management and consulting positions at the Israel Prime Minister’s Office. Mr. Golan holds an MBA degree from École Supérieure de Gestion (Paris, France).
Look for VocalTec Communications Ltd. at booth #210.
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Verizon Business - Exhibiting at VON Europe Autumn 2006
Verizon Business, a unit of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ), is a leading provider of advanced communications and information technology (IT) solutions to large business and government customers worldwide. Combining unsurpassed global network reach with advanced technology and professional service capabilities, Verizon Business delivers innovative and seamless business solutions to customers around the world.
Bob Emmerson the European Editor of VON Magazine spoke with John Irvine Vice President International Marketing at Verizon Business.
John Irvine was appointed Vice President International Marketing for Verizon Business in January 2006. He is responsible for all marketing activities for Verizon Business in Asia Pacific, Emerging Markets, Europe and Latin America. Prior to joining Verizon Business in October 2005 as vice president for marketing in Europe, Irvine held senior positions in a European voice over IP (VoIP) start-up business and at Level 3 Communications in Europe, having spent a number of years at BT Global.
Irvine has a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University of Ulster and a master's degree in business administration from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, North Carolina.
He is based at the company’s international headquarters in Reading, U.K. Irvine and his wife, Karen, have three young children and live in Hertfordshire, U.K.
Look for Verizon Business at booth #400.
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October 20, 2006
Psytechnics Ltd. - Exhibiting at VON Europe Autumn 2006
Psytechnics, the global leader in voice and video quality assessment, delivers solutions that accurately measure Quality of Experience for voice and video. Psytechnics has inspired 5 ITU standards and is helping hundreds of service providers and enterprises around the world improve their users' experiences.
Bob Emmerson, European Editor of VON Magazine, spoke with Benjamin Ellis the Vice President of Marketing at Psytechnics Ltd.
Benjamin joined Psytechnics in June 2006. Prior to joining Psytechnics he was the Director of Strategic Marketing and Communications at Juniper Networks, and previously Head of Product and Solutions Marketing for EMEA. He started his career in academia, lecturing in Computing and Information Technology, while building early campus-wide IP Networks. He has been involved in IP technologies for nearly twenty years and his industry experience ranges from managing IT operations for blue chip organizations through to work in developing new IP services and products globally.
He was involved in the early commercialization of the Internet whilst working at Silicon Valley companies including Cisco Systems, and has held roles in engineering, product management and strategic marketing. He has contributed to the development of IP networking in standards bodies and industry forums in the areas of Voice and Video over IP, Security, network management and Broadband networking.
Look for Psytechnics Ltd. at booth #500.
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October 13, 2006
Aculab - Exhibiting at VON Europe Autumn 2006
Aculab offers enabling technology for integration into high performance, wired and wireless, next generation communications solutions - from contact centres and IVR to media gateways and media servers. Products for use within telco or enterprise solutions include digital network access, SS7 and media processing resources; speech processing, transcoding, fax and conferencing in IP and PSTN environments.
Aculab's portfolio includes; Prosody (certified for use with the Asterisk open source IP PBX Business Edition), Prosody S, a software only HMP product, and Prosody X, which is currently available in PCI and cPCI formats, with PCIe format coming later this year. Prosody X offers unrivalled benchmarks in density and price, paving the way to a new era in communications building block technology.
Mike spoke with Simon Millard the Head of Professional Services at Aculab.
After graduating from Sheffield University with a degree in Pure Physics, Simon spent seven years working for Her Majesty's Government Communications Centre designing and programming DSP platforms. Simon has been with Aculab for eight years, starting as a DSP programmer before moving to a technical consultancy role within the sales team, and then to his current position leading the global Professional Services team.
At VON Europe Autumn in Berlin, Aculab are co-exhibiting with one of our "Connected with Aculab" partners, Alliance Systems Ltd. Visit us on stand 514 to learn more about our partnership and how it can meet your needs.
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GlobalCollect - Exhibiting at VON Europe Autumn 2006
GlobalCollect provides international payment services for Customer Non-Present (CNP) businesses that include internet, mail, telephone order, and more. GlobalCollect has a proven successful history for more than a decade, providing a complete solution including electronic payment processing, reconciliation, invoicing, and bank network management. Through one single web-enabled technical and administrative interface, our online payment platform offers the largest range of local payment methods and currencies in over 200 countries including all major credit and debit cards, direct debits, checks, real-time and offline bank transfers, prepaid methods and invoices. In addition, the hands-on dedication of our highly experienced professionals will proactively anticipate your evolving needs. Find out why GlobalCollect is a worldwide leading payment service provider!
Mike spoke with Pieter Stal, the Vice President of Business Development at GlobalCollect.
Pieter joined the Management Team of GlobalCollect mid 2005. As VP Business Development, Pieter provided consultancy to GlobalCollect's key clients like Skype, Vivendi Universal, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Vodafone on how to increase online sales by offering the right mix of local currencies and payment methods. Previously, Pieter worked for Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency, as Area Director US West Coast, advising US technology companies on their European expansion and location strategy.
Look for GlobalCollect at booth #217.
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October 11, 2006
Stratus Technologies - Exhibiting at VON Europe Autumn 2006
For over twenty years, the world's largest telecom service providers have relied on solutions from Stratus Technologies. Today you'll find our open, server-based telecom solutions driving everything from traditional IN, to next-generation services, to IP-based enterprise telephony, to converged personalized services and Fixed Mobile Convergence
Mikey spoke with Esther Sassoon Blandford, Stratus’s EMEA Telecom Sales Manager.
Esther is a highly experienced, multi-lingual international sales manager with 20 years’ experience in the communications industry working for both large and small organizations.
Sassoon-Blandford joined Stratus after spending the previous 8 years at Vodafone Group, running a number of key multinational corporate customers. She has worked in both fixed and mobile telecom environments, including postings in Germany and France in the early 1990s, when GSM was first launched. Her career has spanned various disciplines from customer service, through product and account management to sales management and has strong relationships with and in-depth knowledge of the EMEA network operators.
Look for Stratus Technologies at booth #207.
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October 10, 2006
Thomson Cirpack - Exhibiting at VON Europe Autumn 2006
CIRPACK, Thomson’s NGN business unit, develops voice switching platforms that can be connected to TDM, ATM and IP networks to deliver advanced phone services to all types of subscribers simultaneously and provide seamless migration of wireline networks to IMS/TISPAN architectures. It provides carrier-grade reliability, scalability and regulatory features for massive deployments of broadband telephony and IP Centrex, for instance, as well as of legacy PSTN infrastructures delivering ISDN or POTS services. With about 3 million Class-5 licences deployed, and some 70 telco customers in 25 countries, CIRPACK is the largest softswitch vendor in Europe.
Mikey spoke with Fabien MAISL the Director of Marketing and Partnerships for Thomson NGN Group, Cirpack.
Fabien MAISL is Director of Marketing and Partnerships for Thomson’s Network Intelligence Solutions, the company’s business unit developing VoIP softswitches, IPTV middleware and IMS core-network platforms. Fabien brings over 15 years of international experience in positioning and launching innovative products in the telecom market.
In prior position, he was Product Marketing Manager with CS Telecom, Director of Marketing with Netopia Europe and Product Marketing Manager with Apple Europe. Fabien holds a master degree in networks engineering from the French National Institute of Telecommunications.
Look for Thomson Cirpack at booth #506.
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October 05, 2006
Netcentrex Converged IP Communications - Exhibiting at VON Europe Autumn 2006
Netcentrex Converged IP Communications provides IP-based voice and video solutions that enable communication service providers to deliver VoIP and FMC services for both consumer and enterprise markets. The Converged IP Communications solutions leverage products and expertise from Netcentrex which was acquired in May 2006 by Comverse. Netcentrex is recognized for its leadership in the worldwide market for Class 5 application servers with 4 million VoIP lines in commercial service, as well as its rich portfolio of VoIP, IP Centrex, Triple Play, Quad Play and IMS solutions.
Netcentrex Converged IP Communications will present new Converged IPCentrex, Quad Play and FMC demonstrations at the Comverse stand, no. 206, at Autumn VON Europe, in Berlin.
Mike spoke with Erik Larsson, Vice President Marketing, Netcentrex Converged IP Communications, Comverse
Erik Larsson is responsible for driving the overall marketing activities for converged IP communications within the Comverse group. Before the acquisition by Comverse, he played a significant role in reinforcing Netcentrex’ image and position in the marketplace and developed the company’s reputation as a leader in VoIP applications using his extensive knowledge and experience of the telecoms environment.
Prior to Netcentrex, Erik held senior marketing positions at Nortel and Genuity / Level 3, and has a track record of managing successful marketing initiatives both for early-stage and established high-tech companies. He has published a number of articles in specialized media and is a frequent speaker at industry events.
Look for Netcentrex Converged IP Communications at booth #206.
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October 03, 2006
Agilent Technologies - Exhibiting at VON Europe 2006
Agilent Technologies is a global, diversified technology leader renown for test and measurement solutions that enable service providers, network equipment manufacturers and cable providers to streamline and automate operations environments and to manage voice, video and data - Triple Play - across next generation networks.
Mikey spoke with Paul Gowans, Triple Play Global Business Development Manager for Agilent Technologies.
Paul is a 15-year veteran of the communications industry. He is currently responsible for Agilent's OSS portfolio of NGN solutions focusing on Triple Play IP services. Mr. Gowans' expertise in Telephony, IP, VoIP, IMS and Mobile comes from developing, supporting, marketing and consulting on major data networking and telecommunications projects.
Mr. Gowans is a seasoned spokesperson on many networking issues for a variety of international conferences and forums including VON, Supercomm, Billing World and Telestrategies. He is a graduate of Edinburgh University in Scotland with a B.S. in Computer Science and Management Science.
You can find Agilent Technologies at booth #204.
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September 29, 2006
XConnect - Exhibiting at Von Europe Autumn 2006
A quick chat between Mike McClenathan and Eli Katz from XConnect about the importance of federation peering vs bilateral peering, XConnect's recent acquisition of IPeerX, and XConnect's upcoming presence at VON in Berlin
Eli Katz is the Founder and CEO at XConnect, an organisation which realises the vision of global end-to-end IP communications. XConnect is the world's first and largest provider of 'Plug and Peer' VoIP interconnection services dedicated to connecting IP communications providers and by-passing the legacy PSTN.
Eli co-founded and is interim chairman of the UK’s VoIP trade body ITSPA - the Internet Telephony Service Providers’ Association and has a distinguished track record in telecoms. In 1996 he joined Telco Global at its inception, and in 1999, as Managing Director, the company grew rapidly offering telecoms, internet & mobile services to one million customers with £250m annual revenue. He was a key player in the IPO of the US parent company.
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September 27, 2006
mywebcalls.com - Exhibiting at VON Europe Autumn 2006
Paul Kapustka spoke with Mark Salvin, Co-Managing Director at Telecomplete Ltd. - the parent company to mywebcalls.com.
mywebcalls offers complete VoIP services supported by technical knowledge and experience. Competitive call rates, free site-2-site calls, per second billing and dynamic reseller management tools make mywebcalls an excellent VoIP partner. With emphasis on QoS, we offer flexible services for home, small business and corporate users.
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Nominum - Exhibitng at VON Europe Autumn 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.
Mikey spoke with Albert Gouyet, the Vice President of Marketing at Nominum.
You can find Nominum at booth #300.
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BorderWare Technologies - Exhibiting at VON Europe Autumn 2006
BorderWare develops application level firewalls for email, VoIP and IM. These products block inbound threats, control outbound content and centrally manage a messaging infrastructure. Borderware’s SIPassure protects SIP application servers and IP-PBX systems blocking denial of service and other threats, ensuring service continuity and safeguarding user confidentiality with encryption services.
Mikey spoke with Peter Cox – CTO International for BorderWare.
Peter Cox co-founded BorderWare. He brings more than 25 years experience to the company as a specialist in network security and e-commerce. Peter heads Borderware’s International technical team and is currently focused on SIP security.
Before founding BorderWare, Peter started Internet Smartware, a European specialist in network security and e-commerce. While serving as the Managing Director, Peter worked on a number of high-profile projects including Fleetweb, the first Internet-based EDI application to receive U.K. Tax Authority authorization for the transmission of tax invoices.
Peter is also one of the leading authorities on the Common Criteria organization, security certification and protection against cyber terrorism, and was instrumental in enabling Borderware to become the first firewall vendor to achieve an EAL 4+ Common Criteria Certification.
Look for BorderWare Technologies at booth # 219.
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September 26, 2006
Jeff Pulver, Ted Leonsis, AOL - VIDEO PODCAST
We're still messing around with this and we're open to your feedback and suggestions, but it seems like now is as good a time as any to post PPN's first ever Video Podcast (Vidcast?). So, without further ado, here's a video of Jeff Pulver and Ted Leonsis, Vice Chairman of AOL LLC, from the show floor at VON Fall 2006 in Boston.
We're interested to know how this works for you. Would you prefer smaller files, better quality, different file formats? A separate feed for Videos only, or video podcasts mixed right in with audio podcasts? Please send any and all feedback to mikey[at]pulver[dot]com. Thanks!
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