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YES, there hasn’t been a lot of posting on this site recently. Most of my blog time is going into HD Voice News (www.hdvoicenews.com).   And there’s an update on the HD Voice News report due for 2012.

A week from today, I’m headed out to Las Vegas for CES.  Next month, I’ll be [...]

Where you can find me these days beyond DougonIPComm

I’m doing writing for a variety of publications of late, so this blog doesn’t get as much attention/traffic as it did a couple of years ago. Still, you’ll find interesting things on here when time and news permit.

If you are interested in finding more of my recent writing, you can check out:

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IT EXPO West 2011–I’ll be there

I’m going to be running around at IT EXPO West 2011 in Austin, Texas, from September 12 through September 14.

I strongly recommend TMC’s media day on Monday. Briefings starts at noon at the Austin Convention Center; contact TMC to schedule a briefing time.

Location updates during that period will be posted on [...]

Metaswitch buys Colibria

And the buying continues. Metaswitch Networks has bought Colibria.   Metaswitch gets what it describes as the “leading independent provider” of enhanced instant messaging, presence, and network address book solutions.

Colibra’s products are deployed by operators worldwide – no hint as to how many customers it has in the press release – to deliver [...]

Delays on posting…

I’m head-down on getting the HD Voice News 2011 Report wrapped up so this arena has been neglected of late…

I’m hoping for a wrap within the next week to 10 days, which means that business-as-usual would happen around March 1 or so…

Stay tuned.

Cox adds Cisco gear to managed SMB telecom solution

Cox Business (www.cox.com), looking to add more green to last year’s billion dollar plus number, has announced it is the first MSO to get Cisco Managed Services certification and will be adding managed equipment to its voice services options.

The Cox Managed IP PBX+ service has launched in Oklahoma and Las Vegas.  Small business [...]

The Horribus of January, but IT EXPO East is next week

I had planned to have my HD voice report done by the end of January, but I was seriously sick (probably the flu) coming back from CES 2011. 

On top of that, multiple snow days has thrown my schedule for a big loop.

However, next week is ITEXPO (or is it IT [...]

Phone.com integrates with Mobile Office for BlackBerry

Phone.com keeps on adding on features and hits for the SMB crowd.  The company has added Mobile Office for BlackBerry to its services.

Customers can now listen/manage voice mail, view received faxes from a phone, run Call Logs on a call extension, block calls, quickly connect to a conference bridge, and make calls from [...]

CES 2011–The Cisco non-press conference

Las Vegas – I tried to get into the Cisco press conference today.  Should have known something was wrong when they stared handing out “Stand-by” tickets and had sign-holders for “Confirmed” and “Stand-by” lines.

After I and about 30-50 other press people were turned away because they room had been packed to the [...]

So you want to meet me at CES 2011…hah. Hah. Hahahah.

Yes, this post is for you, Mr. “I would like to meet with Doug, but haven’t gotten around to it yet” PR person.

I’m getting into Las Vegas for CES on the morning of January 4 and leaving/running away screaming on the evening of Friday, January 7. There’s at least two days where I’ll [...]

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