Author: Ken Pyle, Managing Editor
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Cleaning Products – No, It’s Web 2.0 Technologies
Martin Taylor, Vice President of Product Management and Technology for MetaSwitch, gave an excellent overview of XML and its ascent as the standard for machine-to-machine interface in the telephony world. XML allows for a mash-up of applications, such as the obligatory caller ID on television. Combining XML data with Asynchronous JavaScript is AJAX, which allows updating of…
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Prospering in the Video Business
The WTA Spring 2008 Meeting featured a upbeat panel on the distribution of video by independent telcos. Gerald Duffy of Blooston, Mordkofsky, Dickens, Duffy & Prendergast moderated a panel that provided both the big and detailed picture of the video business. Ben Foster, VP of Sales and Marketing for Twin Valley Telephone, an early adopter of…
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Only in California – The Original Social Network
The basis for one of the nation’s most innovative independent telcos was the social needs of a couple of teenage girls. At the WTA 2008 Spring Meeting, Dan Walters of the Sacramento Bee explained how over 90 years ago Roseville Telephone (Now SureWest Communications) got its start when a couple of farmers connected their farms with…
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Battle of the Virtual & Actual Desktop
As discussed in an earlier issue of the Viodi View, Google, Adobe and Microsoft are increasingly crowding into each other’s traditional spaces. Recent product offerings from Google and Adobe provide more evidence of this trend. Google documents are available now in both online and off-line versions. They automatically synchronize to the online version and tracks…
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Content & Conveyance
Noted columnist Dan Walters of the Sacramento Bee pointed out that the newspaper business is about content and conveyance in a speech to attendees of WTA’s 2008 Spring Meeting in Napa, CA. Within this framework, Walters explained how the newspaper business is evolving as both the creation of content and the means of delivering it to…
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From Headhunter to Jack Rabbit
Silicon Valley headhunter, Sheri Cooper and her singing partner (yes, she has a rather eclectic existence outside of high-tech) Clancy Bounds are competing for the grand prize of the Lennon Award in the Children’s Category for their song, Jack Rabbit. Check out the song and their CD, The Uh Oh Moon, at http://cdbaby.com/cd/cooperbounds. Vote by going to…