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November 27, 2006News out of Stockholm today has it that Ericsson will cut up to 400 administrative and sales jobs in Sweden, but many workers will be offered positions with staffing company Manpower, Inc. The offer will be presented to about 4,600 workers in sales, marketing and administration, most of them in the Stockholm area. The restructuring should be completed by the end of January.
November 27, 2006
Tomorrow, November 28, I’m honored to be the opening presenter at the 4th Annual Industry Conference on Broadband Communications and VoIP, hosted by the New York Society of Security Analysts (NYSSA). The event is a half-day investor conference attended by institutional investors and analysts, and features companies that want to get more exposure on Wall Street, and includes CTI Group, mPhase, and VoIP Inc.
The New York Society of Securities Analysts (NYSSA) is the premier membership organization on Wall Street for portfolio managers and security analysts, and the largest society of its kind in the world. Founded in 1937, it is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to educating investors and advancing the competence of investment professionals. Founders included Benjamin Graham, considered to be the father of security analysis.
VoIP Preview has a handy little tool to test how well your Internet connection will work with VoIP, and see how Skype, Vonage and others measure up. You can also search for the best plan for you, based upon your zip code, and compare your results with others in their forum. Non-VoIP users are not left out, as the application will also test your internet connection speed as well.
November 24, 2006
Apologies to Steely Dan, but “Black Friday” is here!
By the time many of you see this, you will be have spent the early hours of the day on some awful line in order to be a great deal on a gadget of your choice.
Neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow … Now that’s what I’m talking about!
(Guaranteed 10 per store. One item per person. Limited to store stock. Do those words sound familiar?)
Is this a great country or what?
November 24, 2006
I am on the elliptical machine as you can see. The news from Miami is that an armed gunman stormed the Miami Herald building. It seems he is a former employee and may have hostages.
Blogged via wireless handheld
November 23, 2006
Not just for all of our gadgets — be they many and multiply! – but for all of the many things that make our lives special and complete — I’ll leave the Thanksgiving list up to you.
November 22, 2006I had been hearing rumors of the sale of Telx for a while. Many I spoke with feared an incumbent provider would do the purchasing. As you may know Telx provides the physical location for much of the voice peering taking place in the US through their facilities in New York ad Atlanta. They own these facilities and with their association with the VPF, they have made it a no brainer for carriers and enterprises of all sizes to use their facilities as a location to peer with others. The company was just sold to GI Partners, a private equity company. The firm invests in companies with recurring revenue and asset-intensive business models in North America and Western Europe. I believe this sale signals the beginning of interest levels increasing for similar locations such as Terremark’s NAP of the Americas in Miami and other facilities such as One Wilshire in Los Angeles. As Hunter Newby has said many times, his company has prime real estate and there is only so much of it available. Terremark Worldwide saw its stock appreciate just over 3% today, probably related to this news.
Tags: meet me room, peering, telx, vpf
November 21, 2006
After a delay of just under an hour, we are under way. The plane to Florida has a few empty seats and I am in an exit row and am lucky enough to have no one next to me.
As I sit here, sick of reading and having looked at most of my email at least once, I ponder just how poorly airlines in the US must be doing. After all my seat pictured in blue and to the right is torn and a piece of the seat is just hanging. In addition the handle is ripped off the sun shade.
All this talk of being the richest country in the world is ironic when you fly domestically. Take an international flight and the situation generally improves.
I don’t mean to bitch and I am happy to be airborne but I wonder if the day will come when US airlines will be in good enough shape to fix the airplanes. Most of us wouldn’t get into taxis as cosmetically challenged as this plane yet once aboard a flight what choice is there?
I heard reports SouthWest would pick up some routes if the US Air/Delta deal goes through. Apparently the larger carrier would be forced to get rid of duplicate routes. While the news could be good for the cost conscious and the planes will likely be newer than average, we still won’t get more luxurious international type flights.
Then again, speaking for myself, with a good broadband connection I would be happy to sit on crate.
Blogged via wireless handheld
November 22, 2006
Yes, you have read correctly!
Motorola recently showcased some new technology, which included a robotic tech support assistant, packaging that will light up when consumers stroll by and phones made from soybeans.
You will never look at a soybean the same way again … will you?
Check out PC Magazine for the details.
November 22, 2006
So not surprising then to read his digital camera ditty today about whether megapixels really matter.
(An endless debate that harkens back to the very dawn of the digital camera age.)
They do, don’t they?
Well, to steal one of his lines, not to give away the punchline, click here.