Viodi View – The Bridge Between the Heartland and Silicon Valley

Author: Ken Pyle, Managing Editor

  • Viodi View – 08/28/09

    Is it serendipity, good luck, or something else when the stars seem to align? That is how I felt a few weeks ago when I received a phone call from a telco friend with a simple request. Thanks to the timing of her call, I was able to exceed her expectations and, in return, get…

  • Viodi View – 08/14/09

    Yesterday’s announcement of the week extension for submitting applications the first NOFA for the broadband stimulus must feel like high school when the teacher gives you another week to finish a project. For the good students, it must be a bit frustrating, as you stayed on task, worked long hours and completed your project on…

  • Viodi View – 07/31/09

    Ten years from now, attendees may look back at the 2009 Summer Convention as the seminal event where OPASTCO kick-started its transition from an association of the PSTN to one with a focus on broadband and IP. Mark Gailey, Chairman of OPASTCO, and John Rose, President of OPASTCO, echoed this theme in their opening comments…

  • What Is a Telco in a 3.0 World?

    Warren Lee, CTO of NeoNova, asked the question, “What is a telco?” Lee’s question, inspired by his daughter, set the tone for an excellent presentation that looked at the characteristics of how the new generation communicates and things a telco can do to evolve to meet the needs of this new customer-type. Lee suggested if…

  • Congratulations OPASTCO Award Winners

    Congratulations to Steve Meltzer of JSI for winning the OPASTCO Associate Member Distinguished Service Award for 2009. For 32 years, Steve has been making valuable contributions to the independent telco industry. See him on ViodiTV in our conference coverage. Congratulations to Harry Baker for receiving the well deserved Lifetime Achievement Award. There will be coverage…

  • Viodi View – 7/16/2009

    Look out Google and Microsoft Another Internet OS Is Here Microsoft and Google’s recent announcements regarding cloud computing triggered a recent memory of a video interview from with a company called ViaCube. ViaCube is a cloud computing solution that can be configured as sort of a hybrid solution, whereby a home appliance can be used…