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What Did You Expect From a Hardware Guy? Thats right, thanks to all the hard work by VoIP Supplys Tony Diloreto, I have my very own VoIP Hardware store. The Smith On VoIP Hardware store will contain the best VoIP Hardware on the market, at the best prices, all supplied by VoIP Supply . Soon, you too can also have your very own, easy to implement VoIP hardware store through the VoIP Supply Affiliate Program . Although the V-Store is in beta, if you are interested in taking it for a test drive, please drop me a line at smith (at) smithonvoip (dot) com.
Written by Smith On VoIP - Garrett Smith's Insights on VoIP P on February 20th, 2007 with no comments.
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The Smith Report Almost 100 of you have already noticed that little email sign-up form to the right. I am hoping many more will notice it after this I have decided to expand into your inbox with Smith On VoIPs latest initiative, The Smith Report. The Smith Report is a weekly newsletter that expands on the daily coverage found here at Smith On VoIP including news, notes, tips, deals, offers, and exclusive commentary. Read The Things I Cant Post Publicly Thats right, I withold information everyday. The Smith Report will be the place where I first break inside scoops, promos, and other not for public content. The best part? It is delivered right to your inbox, no need to visit my site, or check your rss feed reader. Sign-up For The Smith Report Today! Just click on the the following link to Sign Up For The Smith Report
Written by Smith On VoIP - Garrett Smith's Insights on VoIP P on February 3rd, 2007 with no comments.
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Find the Latest VoIP Deals I recently updated the VoIP Deals section with a few new deals. I have a back-log of offers that I will try to get up over the next week, but I make no promises! For now, check out the lastest VoIP Deals and remember if you find one, feel free to send it to me .
Written by Smith On VoIP - Garrett Smith's Insights on VoIP P on January 23rd, 2007 with no comments.
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Some of you may have noticed that I recently added a few new pages to Smith On VoIP. One of the additions that I am truly excited about is the Smith On VoIP advertising options . Why I am so excited? No, it is not just because this is an opportunity to generate revenues for this site. I am so excited about opening up advertising options on Smith On VoIP because of the opportunities it will generate for me to work with various VoIP companies to assist them with achieving their business goals as it relates to marketing their product(s) and or service(s). So if you have ever stopped by Smith On VoIP and wanted to advertise (or if you have previously contacted me and I was not able to handle advertisements at that time) check out the rest of this post for more information about how you can advertise on Smith On VoIP. Smith On VoIP Advertising Options Do you need to better establish you companys brand name with VoIP consumers? Are you looking to directly connect with a targeted audience of key VoIP industry influencers? Having trouble driving targeted consumers to your website? Need to generated qualified leads? Want to generate buzz for your latest product? Please Read On Smith On VoIP Has An Advertising Solution For You! As a marketing professional myself, I understand your situation. Every year marketers are asked to squeeze more and more from their marketing budgets. I have created a number of low cost advertising solutions designed to drive revenues and maximize your return on investment. I am committed to making your advertising campaign a success. I am willing to work with you to create the best offers for the Smith On VoIP audience and select the best advertising solutions to meet your business goals. Still Interested? Check out the Advertising Rates Below Smith On VoIP Advertising Rates - No Sticker Shock! Banner Ads (Three Month Minimum) Header Banner 46890 $100/M Site Navigation Banner 72890 $100/m Column Banner 160600 $75/m, 120120 $50/m Content Banner 250250 $100/m Footer Banner 46890 $25/m Text link Ads (Three Month Minimum) > Sitewide Column Link $25/m Product Reviews Many believe the best advertising does not look like advertising. The best advertising is interactive and informative. Product reviews (hardware, software, and service) are both interactive and informative. Not only do you get a robust product review, I will also work with you to better understand how you can get others within the VoIP blogsphere to review your product. Product + $500 VoIP Consulting Are you a business looking to migrate to VoIP? Are you equipment manufacturer interested in developing a new VoIP Product? Are you a VoIP Service Provider interested in launching a new VoIP Service? Just want to talk to me about VoIP for an hour for your own gain? I am available on a limited basis to offer consulting on a variety of VoIP related > initiatives. Please use the contact form below to receive more information about VoIP consulting prices and availability. So You Want To Start An Advertsing Campaign? Please fill out the form below to get started. Make sure to include which advertising options you are interested in! Your Name: > (required) Your Email: > (required) Your Website: > Your Message: > >
Written by Smith On VoIP - Garrett Smith's Insights on VoIP P on January 7th, 2007 with no comments.
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I am heading out to CES on Monday. For the first time in a long time, I am heading to a conference or expo with very few meetings planned in advanced. Although many may feel this a poor move on my part, it leaves me open to explore, meet, and investigate the latest in the world of consumer electronics. I will be paying particular attention to: Skype Products Cordless VoIP Products Wireless VoIP Products Dual Mode Products IP Phone System Appliances So If you plan on going to CES next week, what are the products, services, or trends that you are looking for?
Written by Smith On VoIP - Garrett Smith's Insights on VoIP P on January 7th, 2007 with no comments.
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I just wanted to drop a quick note wishing all of the Smith On VoIP readers a Happy Holiday! I will be back to regular posting (taking some blogging R&R) on Tuesday. Until then, enjoy your time with friends and family - I know I will!
Written by Smith On VoIP - Garrett Smith's Insights on VoIP P on December 25th, 2006 with no comments.
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>After a solid six months of begging, pleading, buying lunch, and trying to black-mail him, Cory Andrews has finally decided to begin contributing to Smith On VoIP. Cory, one of the founders of VoIP Supply , as well as PBX Select , a new start-up focused on the sale of end-to-end IP PBX solutions for the Small Medium Business is one of the most well respected minds in the VoIP industry. Cory has been a colleague of mine for the past three years and I am excited that he has finally decided to get off the sofa and step-up onto the SmithBox! Check out Corys First two posts: Asterisk Based Wake-up Service for Ski-Bums > Speech Recognition Comes to Small and Midsized Business
Written by Smith On VoIP - Insights on VoIP Products and Serv on November 25th, 2006 with no comments.
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I have to admit that I was more then a bit shocked when I read VoIP News’ “50 Most Influencial People in VoIP” piece on their site (thanks Andy). Why was I shocked?
Because I made the list.
To be on the same list as Om Malik, Jeff Pulver, Rich Tehrani, Andy Abramson, Alec Saunders, Jon Arnold, Tom Keating, Greg Gatlizine, Russell Shaw, the Skype Journal Crew, not to mention names like Mark Spencer, Chris Lyman, and Jeff Citron is truly humbling. I do not consider myself to be in the same league as any of the people on that list. To think that, in such a sort time writing Smith On VoIP, my peers have found enough value in what I do to consider me worthy of such an accolade is un-real.
Maybe it is a case of my perception of what I do vs. the reality of what I have done that I am missing. A big thanks goes to those who did nominate me and to VoIP News for choosing me. This is the sort of thing that adds to the motivation to provide the best VoIP insights, commentary, reviews, news, and education possible to the Smith On VoIP readers.
Written by Garrett Smith on November 14th, 2006 with no comments.
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VoIP News is looking for The Top 25 People in VoIP. With so many innovative individuals in the industry, this is undoubtedly a difficult task so help them out by submiting your nomination here.
Written by Garrett Smith on November 2nd, 2006 with no comments.
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VoIP News is looking for The Top 25 People in VoIP. With so many innovative individuals in the industry, this is undoubtedly a difficult task so help them out by submiting your nomination here .
Written by Smith On VoIP - Insights on VoIP Products and Serv on November 2nd, 2006 with no comments.
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For some reason Technorati has not updated my blog in over two months. Numerous attempts to ping them and or contact their support department has been unsuccessful. So I am writing this post and inserting this like to my Technorati Profile in hopes that they will start to update my blog on the site.
If anyone out there might know a better way to get them to update my blog profile, please let me know!
Written by Garrett Smith on October 26th, 2006 with no comments.
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Folks, time to introduce you to the newest member of the GigaOM writer pool, Wagner James Au who is going to cover online gaming and MMOGs for us. So who is this guy? Well, lets see… he is a San Francisco-based writer who has written about the culture and business side of games for nearly a decade for publications and online destinations such as Salon and Wired, and Kotaku, Gawker Media’s game site.
Oh he was also an embedded journalist inside Second Life, while working for Second Life creator, Linden Labs. He left Linden in Feburary to develop a book about his experiences there, and still writes about Second Life on his own blog, New World Notes. The funniest part of negotiating with James was that he wanted to call his column, which will track the business and hardware behind broadband
games for GigaOM - “Low Ping Bastard“.
In online games, that’s the name aggravated gamers give to the player with the fastest connection. Low ping means someone who gets the broadest spectrum of game data first, and uses it to maintain the competitive edge. And is, therefore, a bastard to everyone else behind the curve.
Being an old fashioned guy that I am, we have tabled that title, but if the community says its cool with that title, we can always bring it back. I think James is going to bring some valuable insights to our community for two reasons - as we move into the second phase of broadband, what I like to call, broadband as a platform, the focus is going to shift to applications that drive the need for speed.
Secondly, I haven’t got a clue about online gaming - I still think Tetris is cool. But my limitations should not be a reason that readers should miss out on insights into this new and fascinating aspect of broadband. I hope you all will welcome James to our little community, and give him the same feedback as you always have.
Written by Om Malik on July 19th, 2006 with no comments.
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Here are some of the stories you might be interested in from past two days… just in case you missed these.
Written by Om Malik on July 19th, 2006 with no comments.
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This was our first full week of working exclusively on GigaOM, and despite a holiday break, we posted 38 stories and posts. In case you missed any of these, here is an easy way to find the older stuff. You can always find our archives here.
- 07-08 - VK Mobile Eats Dust, Pantech, Helio Next?
- 07-08 - Earthlink’s SF Store Is Open
- 07-08 - LiveJournal Goes XMPP-Jabber
- 07-08 - Apple, Google Holding Hands…
- 07-07 - Easy Come, Easy Go
- 07-07 - Kleiner, Sherpalo Back Indian M-Commerce Startup
- 07-07 - NBC, Web’s Retirement Home?
- 07-07 - Orbitel Launches WiMax In Colombia
- 07-07 - Coghead, A New Web App Machine
- 07-06 - In Digg’s Defense
- 07-06 - Tech IPOs Are NoGo’s
- 07-06 - The eBay Shuffle
- 07-06 - Microsoft Office Live - 100,000 Users
- 07-06 - Cisco Bug hits Verio UK
- 07-06 - That’s ADSL In Aisle One
- 07-06 - Qwest Has Its IPTV
- 07-06 - Taipei Muni Phones
- 07-06 - Earthlink To Introduce WiFi Phones
- 07-05 - Bell Canada’s Fiber Moves To Montreal
- 07-05 - Wednesday, July 5th Recap
- 07-05 - Clearwire Nixes IPO, Raises $900 Million
- 07-05 - Paris To Unwire
- 07-05 - Vonage: Churn Baby Churn
- 07-05 - Earthlink To Open Store In San Francisco
- 07-05 - Where will Amanda Go?
- 07-05 - Yahoo Mobilizes Ready
- 07-05 - Google: Time To Fight
- 07-05 - Enron’s Ken Lay Is Dead
- 07-05 - Online Travel: Out With Old, In With Next Web
- 07-05 - A Brand New Day
- 07-04 - Nobody Loves Qualcomm
- 07-04 - Optium, Another Optical IPO Candidate
- 07-04 - Skype for Mac With Video Soon
- 07-04 - The Khosla Report Card
- 07-04 - Millicom, China Mobile Break Up
- 07-04 - Intelsat Bulks Up
- 07-03 - It’s A WiBro World
- 07-03 - An Optical IPO, Really?
- 07-03 - Class Action Suits Hit Vonage
Written by Om Malik on July 9th, 2006 with no comments.
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These are posts that were published today, July 5, 2006. They are in descending order: the oldest posts first.
Written by Om Malik on July 5th, 2006 with no comments.
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Its been a little over three weeks since the plans of my little start-up project leaked out. Since then I have spent a nice ten odd days in London, reporting a story for Business 2.0, learnt how to make a Google Map Mash-Up, read through reams of legal documentation, and well, learnt to live with a constant knot in my stomach.
July 5th, a Brand New Day - a day when I start working on GigaOM on a 24/7 time cycle.
It is exciting, yet scary! A dear friend of mine, an entrepreneur for life, if there was one, offered me one bit of advice: learn to live with that knot in your stomach. It is your reality check. On the flip-side, a sartorially correct friend of mine sent a note saying, “welcome to the argyle sweaters and sock-less lifestyle.” Perhaps, if only I can let go of my affection for formal shirts.
A lot of you have either send personal notes, or expressed words of confidence in person. That means a lot, thanks! My friends at True Ventures have helped me plough through the details that can bog down a first time entrepreneur. It is because of them, that the to-do-list is 3/4th done. My editors at Business 2.0 have been generous enough to help me ease out of my old duties into a new life. They have given me enough time to kick off my new column for the magazine. But more than that - my parents, like all parents have not asked me once, “Why son, would you trade a nice job for life of uncertainty?” And somewhere I have to say thanks to guys from Federated Media, who are working hard on our behalf.
Before I go any further, let me introduce you to Katie Fehrenbacher, who has teamed up with me and is going to help shape the coverage here at GigaOM. She joins us from Red Herring (V2.0) where she was a reporter tracking telecom and wireless industries. She was also one of the founding editors at Engadget.
I had been impressed by her work, and when the opportunity rose to bring on board a full time writer, she was the first person I called. She accepted and what a break! Katie is a dogged reporter and a prolific blogger. (She is so diligent, that she has already filed about half-a-dozen stories, including some short posts even before we got going.) I hope you will join me in welcoming her to the team.
So what does this mean for you? Simply put more stuff on a daily basis. You should expect more mini-length features, and blog posts with an increased frequency. Perhaps, give you all a reason to come back more often to site. We promise to keep your RSS reader busy 
. Don’t worry - just because its more, doesn’t mean its going to be that different. (We will roll out some design changes, but don’t worry - they won’t be that radical. See that little box on the right - its just to identify some of our tops stories, worth your time. And oh, we added a better way for you to identify who is the writer of a particular post/story.)
What will the new GigaOM be about - you might be wondering! From telecom, broadband, optics, VoIP, Start-ups, Wireless, Wireless Broadband and the Next Net - all things that are helping evolve the world we generically call technology. The common thread, however will always remain: broadband - not the pipes, but the platform. It is how some of the smartest minds in Silicon Valley are thinking (download PPT), and this is a thread we hope to follow.
Along the way there will be some new features, new tools and new directions. Why? Vinod Khosla recently said: “The right way to build a company is to experiment in lots of small ways, so that you have plenty of room to make mistakes and change strategies.”
Some of those experiments will work, some of it won’t. I know you will let me know. Please do, for without your constant guidance, it is not going to be as much fun.
Let a brand new day begin!
PS: My friends in PR: keep those news releases coming, except send them to p r @ g i g a o m d o t c o m
Photo by Thomas Hawk via Flickr. Thanks Buddy - I could not start the new day without an awesome TH shot!
Written by Om Malik on July 5th, 2006 with no comments.
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We have finally settled on a location - Princess Louise in Holborn - thanks to Umair, who took it upon himself to organize the meet-up and find a venue.
Princess Louise
208 High Holborn,
Holborn, London,
WC1V 7BW
Tel: 020 7405 8816
Map
Written by Om Malik on June 16th, 2006 with no comments.
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I am overwhelmed by the generosity and outpouring of support and well wishes from all of you. Sitting here at SFO on my way to London, I have only had a chance to take it all in. Thank you for making it a special day. And those of you who asked, what it means in terms of blogging - well, you will get more of it. Now it is time to return to regular programing!
Written by Om Malik on June 13th, 2006 with no comments.
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What do you do, when all your life you have chased scoops, and then got scooped on your own news? You tip the hat to the person who beat you to your own story. As kids would call it, I got punked by Valleywag.
I wanted to wait till end of this month, to announce my decision to strike out on my own, and my role within Business 2.0 going forward. I wanted to call people I love and respect, and tell them individually. An archaic notion in this era of email, IM and broadband – but still! And then life happened. I will get to my future plans later in this post, but for a few minutes indulge me.
How do you leave a magazine, which has been part of your life for over three years? How do you put a full stop to a process that has helped you become a better writer, a better journalist, and a better person? How do you end relationships you have formed over that period? You don’t. And when my editor, Josh Quittner, made me an offer to write a column and be a contributing editor, it did not even take a second for me to say yes. I have often said, that ink not blood runs in my veins, and I love magazines.
So why leave? Two reasons!
Vincent, in response to a post on the site, had said, “Remember what they say folks: those who can, do. Those who can’t, teach.” I have written about start-ups for so long, and have always wanted to see if I had the chops to build something from scratch. With well wishes and support of my community, I hope I can.
The other reason is the fundamental change in the media consumption patterns. In the past, I worked for Forbes.com, arguably one of the more successful media properties on the web, and learnt some vital lessons about online media. From the mid-1990s to today, we have seen some stellar brands emerge such as News.com. They are living proof that large online media properties are a viable business.
And just as Internet spawned these brands, broadband is bringing about a fundamental change in the way people consume information. Blogs are a part of it, just like video sharing sites, or Digg.com or Newsvine. You have mash-ups and maps. You have open APIs to play around with. In other words, the entire ecosystem is going through a change. This change represents opportunity.
A few years ago, I wrote about the rise of the micropubs, and how that could help one or two person editorial teams to be successful building niche media properties. Paidcontent’s Rafat Ali has been a pioneer of micro-pubs, and then we have Mike Arrington and Techcrunch, celebrating its first anniversary today. (Congrats, Mike!)
Their success has given me strength to make the decision to go out and try something of my own. While I will be devoting more time to GigaOM’s content, I have some other ideas including developing web services that enhance the experience of my reader community. You will see these ideas unfold over a period of time, and hopefully you will enjoy them as much I would in creating them. Unlike those of you who are blessed with the smarts, I have to bring in outside help – smart engineers and code jocks. Thus, the need for some venture funding.
Perhaps, I am burying the lead (my B2 editors would say – there he goes again.) I have raised a tiny amount of money from True Ventures, a new very early stage fund based here in Silicon Valley. (The amount remains undisclosed.)
Tony Conrad, co-founder of Sphere.com and Toni Schneider, CEO of Automattic and a partner at True Ventures, introduced me to Jon Callaghan, general partner at True VP. I had met Toni when I wrote about his start-up, Oddpost a while ago. While reporting the story, I met Conrad, and we got to know each other well.
I had gone around and met with a lot of venture capitalists in the valley, who gave me some stellar feedback, and helped me craft a game plan. When I ran it by Tony and Toni, he suggested that perhaps it was time for me to meet with Phil Black and Jon Callaghan. They liked what I had to say, and decided to make their new fund’s first ever investment in GigaOM.
It is a big change for me, and hopefully all of you – my super-smart readers who have also become friends – will join me in this journey, and offer me advice, guidance and tips. It wouldn’t be fun otherwise.
Written by Om Malik on June 12th, 2006 with no comments.
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I am in London next week, and would love to meet up with like minded folks next Saturday, at a geek-friendly bar/pub/coffee shop. Any one interested, please leave recommendations of location and if you would like to join us.
Written by Om Malik on June 10th, 2006 with no comments.
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I am off to Toronto this weekend attending the Mesh Conference. It is a conference organized to look at the Web 2.0 North of the Border. It is already sold out. I am going to be doing a short keynote, that will be followed by a fireside chat with my good friend Mark Evans. I will also be on a panel that ponders the big question: Are Bloggers Journalists? Mathew Ingram will conduct the panel, which would also include Michael Tippett of NowPublic.com and journalist/blogger Scott Karp of Publishing 2.0. As part of this trip means, slow posting!
Written by Om Malik on May 14th, 2006 with no comments.
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Paul Graham brings his Start-Up School to Stanford this weekend. The event is free, but I am told that they have standing room only.
Where: Kresge Auditorium, Stanford University.
When: 29 April 2006, 9:00 am. [Schedule]
The Speakers are here
- Caterina Fake, Co-Founder, Flickr
- Mark Fletcher, Founder, Bloglines; Founder, ONElist
- Paul Graham, Partner, Y Combinator; Co-founder, Viaweb
- Joe Kraus, Co-founder, JotSpot; Co-founder, Excite
- Page Mailliard, Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
- Om Malik, Senior Writer, Business 2.0
- Tim O’Reilly, Founder and CEO, O’Reilly Media
- Chris Sacca, Head of Special Initiatives, Google
- Joshua Schachter, Founder, del.icio.us
- George Willman, Associate, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
- Ann Winblad, Founding Partner, Hummer Winblad
See you tomorrow, and if you want me to address some specific questions, drop a note in the comments section.
PS: Blog post slowdown will continue today as well! Duty calls!
Written by Om Malik on April 28th, 2006 with no comments.
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This April count on two things - taxes and David Isenberg’s Freedom2Connect conference, where I can almost guarantee that network neutrality will be a big issue, discussed over drinks, coffee, in the lobby, and oh on stage. The event kicks off tomorrow, and while I was initially supposed to be there, but I cannot - due to unavoidable reasons. (Sorry David!) Check out the schedule and the attendees, and of course the speakers.
But that doesn’t mean I cannot participate - I will be in the Group Chat, remotely, and arguing. There will be streaming audio of the conference, in the Quicktime format. The URL will be available right around 9:00 AM on Monday here. Right after F2C, BarCamp DC. By the way, there will be big honking wireless network with real bandwidth!
Written by Om Malik on April 2nd, 2006 with no comments.
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Get ready for another SF Techsession, tonight at the Westin. St. Francis in downtown San Francisco. The theme this month is online communities and interaction. Making 15-minute presentations are Skobee, Vast, Songbird, and Mozes. Click here to add the event to your iCal.
Written by Om Malik on March 29th, 2006 with no comments.
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My podcasting partner Niall Kennedy is organizing SF Tech Sessions, and the debut event is tonight. It is a straight-up shoot out between the new groupware applications - Joyent, Zimbra and Kerio.
The event will bring together journalists, bloggers, small businesses, and other interested users to learn more about groupware and underlying technologies such as Ajax, Ruby on Rails, and open-source. Attendees will learn more about the industry and the three featured companies and hopefully walk away with solid material for a blog post or business decision. Each product is so close to launch you will have an exclusive look before anybody else!
Joyent, Kerio, and Zimbra will have 30 minutes to present to the general audience. After all three companies have presented we will divide into three groups for in-depth discussion and hands-on opportunities with the product. Each company will have a chance to introduce themselves on this blog before the event.
Details
Groupware: Joyent, Kerio, and Zimbra
Thursday, February 23
6:30-9:00 p.m.
CNET headquarters
235 2nd Street
San Francisco
Written by Om Malik on February 23rd, 2006 with no comments.
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VoIPSupply.com has just announced the addition of the Linksys SPA-901 to it’s robust product catalog. The SIP based phone was created with the cost conscience customer in mind.
While the SPA-901 does not have an LCD screen, it offers the following features:
# One service provider line
# Two call appearances accessed via Flash Key or Hook Flash
# Shared line appearance**
# Line status indicator
# Call Hold
# Music on Hold**
# Call Waiting
# Outbound CallerID Blocking
# Call transfer - Atended and Blind
# Three Way conferencing with local mixing
# Multi-Party Call Conferencing via external Conference Bridge**
# Call Pick Up - Selective and Group**
# Call park and UnPark**
# Call back on Busy
# Call Blocking - Anonymous and Selective
# Call Forwarding - Unconditional, No Answer, On Busy
# Call Return - Redial Last Caller
# Hot Line and Warm Line Automatic Calling
# Call Logs (60 Entries Each) Made, Answered and Missed Calls. Accessed via HTTP Server
# Redial Last Called Number
# Do Not Disturb (Caller Hears Busy Line tone)
# Block Anonymous Incoming Calls
# URI (IP) Dialing support (Vanity NUmbers)
# Built-in Web Server for Administration and Configuration, with User and Admin Access Levels
# Built-In Interactive Voice Response (IVR) System to check status and change configuration
# Date and Time w/Intelligent Daylight Savings Support
# Call Start Time stored in Call Logs
# Distinctive Ringing
# 10 User-Downloadable Ring Tones - Ring Tone Generator free from www.Linksys.com
# Speed Dial (8 entries)
# Group Paging (Outbound Only)**
# Intercom (Outbound Only)**
# Set preferred CODEC, Per Call, All Calls
# Configurable Dial/Numbering Plan Support
# Ringer and Handset Voluem Controls
# DNS SRV and Multiple A Records for Proxy Lookup and Proxy redundancy
# Syslog, Debug, Report Generation, an Event Logging
# Secure Call Encrypted Voice Communication Support
# NAT Traversal
# Automated Provisioning, Multiple Methods. Up to 256Bit encryption: (HTTP, HTTPS, TFTP)
# Support Linksys Voice System Automatic Configuration
# Optionally require Admin Password to Reset unit to factory defaults
The SPA-941 uses standard encryption protocols to provide secure remote provisioning and unobtrusive in-service software upgrades. It has a street price of $83.95 and will be shipping next week.
BUY IT AT VOIPSUPPLY.COM NOW !!!
Garrett Smith
Written by Garrett Smith on February 17th, 2006 with no comments.
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Back in the day when I worked for a weekly newspaper in New York, the dismal newsroom taught me something: not everything merits a front page 24 point headline treatment. There are some stories which are short, sweet, touching or simply quirky. People like reading them, just not on the front page. These nuggets of goodness, however tasty could only be treated as appetizers and not as an entree.
This message was hammered into me when I shifted to a more languid lifestyle - writing for monthly magazines, Red Herring first, and now Business 2.0. Despite a vociferous arguments, my editors point out that not every story is a cover story. Yet it is a story. So short, that it almost tastes like a hint of truffle oil in a fluffy salmon omelette. For instance, the Scratchless CD story in the latest issue of Business 2.0.
On the web, especially in the no-longer-so-new medium of blogs, I found myself wrestling with the same dilemma. The short links (aka Gigalinks) while did the job, they really ended up diluting the value of the feed that flows with my blog. The longer high-impact posts, that fostered a lot of conversation did not get enough time on the front page. In the end, that was very important for me: to tap into the collective intelligence of the community.
I wondered about this often times. While showing off his new start-up, Edgeio, Michael Arrington pointed out that he had faced the same quandary and that prompted him to start CrunchNotes, as an accompanying blog to his main property, Tech Crunch. Still not convinced, I decided to put the question to the GigaOm readers.
What do you think about a daily journal type blog on daily.gigaom.com where I can post random links, mutterings and other stuff that doesn’t fit the “broadband” label? Will you subscribe to yet another feed?
An overwhelming majority of the 303 voters, 57% were in favor of this decision, while 29% were dead against it. 14% simply couldn’t care. After thinking it over, I have decided that lot of short and snappy stuff (including my ridiculous beach photos) are going to have to be off-loaded on a side blog.
The new blog, unimaginatively called, The Daily Om, is now live at http://daily.gigaom.com. If you are interested in adding this to feedreader, all you have to do is click here. [
] GigaOm, which is also getting help from seriously talented guest columnists is going to be reserved for high-impact stuff.
I feel sooner or later, many of us who are addicted to blogging, will have to set up the equivalent of Page 3 on their blogs. I am sure other are going to disagree, but my instincts tell me that I am right. Think of it as me applying the dolby filter to the content.
The main focus of this blog has been broadband, wireless, voice over the Internet, and broadband-influenced applications and socioeconomic changes. I am going to focus on all that because we are finally moving beyond the world of Sun Rocket, Vonage and instead moving into a more of a voice app world. There are just too many interesting start-ups, that are beginning to excite me again.
What will not change is the focus on scoops, and analysis. What will change: the web 2.0 launches or new features will move over to the new blog. I will be posting links to interesting stuff I find all over the web. No categories, just random thoughts, and links. Hope you will enjoy the journey and sign-up for the new blog as well.
Written by Om Malik on February 16th, 2006 with no comments.
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Written by Om Malik on February 12th, 2006 with no comments.
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For all those IPO fans it seems that the Vonage IPO is going to become a reality.
You have reached the website regarding the proposed initial public offering of Vonage Holdings Corp. common stock, including a proposed directed share program for certain Vonage customers. Both the proposed initial public offering and the directed share program are described in the registration statement of Vonage Holdings Corp. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 8, 2006, a copy of which can be found on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov
As indicated in the registration statement, we intend that Vonage customers will be eligible to participate if:
* they opened accounts with us on or prior to December 15, 2005, and
* maintained their accounts in good standing through February 1, 2006, and
* are a U.S. citizen, and
* reside in the U.S. when the offering closes, and
* have a valid social security number.
Customers do not need to continue to be Vonage account holders in order to participate in the directed share program.
A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission but has not yet become effective. These securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective.
According to Tom Keating, it looks like they are trying to raise another $250 million with the IPO.
Buy Vonage Here!
Garrett Smith
Written by Garrett Smith on February 8th, 2006 with no comments.
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Written by Om Malik on February 3rd, 2006 with no comments.
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TalkSwitch, a Canadian based manufacturer of SOHO and SMB PBX solutions recent addition to its phone line-up, the TS600, has been met with fantastic reviews from channel partners.
The TS600 features a hands free intercom, extra large LCD display, Voicemall message counter, dual 2.5mm headset jacks, in addition to six content-sensative feature keys all for a low MSRP of $189. The product is currently available through authorized resellers like VoIPSupply.com
Garrett Smith
Written by Garrett Smith on February 2nd, 2006 with no comments.
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PMachine was one of the companies included in my story from eons ago, Escape From Silicon Valley. Since then they have made enormous progress, released new updated version of their CMS, Expression Engine. And now they are conducting a new contest, the ExpressionEngine Shootout which will give away cash and other prizes to folks who come-up with cool EE templates etc. You can see the Shootout site here. For some odd reason, they asked me to judge the contest, and I accepted. I say odd, because I don’t know design that well. Especially when compared to the judges who all have awesome design experience and equally amazing portfolio of work. What I do know is that I am picky like hell when it comes to web design. (The n-versions of GigaOM are proof of that!)
Written by Om Malik on February 2nd, 2006 with no comments.
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EarthLink has teamed with Covad to offer VoIP service through EarthLink’s new DSL service. What is interesting about the offering is that it does not require any additional hardware.
Unlike other VoIP services, including the one EarthLink currently sells for $20 a month, the new service doesn’t require consumers to add hardware. Customers can use their existing phones and plug them into phone jacks as they would with any regular telephone service. The technology, called “line-powered voice,” puts all the intelligence and equipment for offering VoIP service in Covad’s central office, where all the gear to provide the DSL service is housed.
Remember that you heard the term “Residential IP Centrex” hear first. This offering is hot. I have been stating for some time that many VoIP providers are missing the boat when marketing VoIP services. By adding ATA’s, IP Phones, Soft Phones, etc VoIP Service Providers made the customer experience foreign, and for those who are not techies or geeks, intimidating. I believe this offering from Earthlink will result in a customer experience that is much easier to swallow for the “second round” of VoIP adoptors. This, in turn, will result in a higher activation and conversion rate for the company.
Garrett Smith
Written by Garrett Smith on January 31st, 2006 with no comments.
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Google released a new toolbar, and thanks to Niall Kennedy, you can add GigaOM directly into the Google toolbar for Internet Explorer. All you have to do is click here. That’s it - you are done! Niall says that by installing this button, users can “view my RSS feed from the toolbar, enter search text in the Google search box, or select text on the web page and click the button to find out what I have written about that topic.” Now if we could get it to work on Firefox for Mac and PC. Only 45% of GigaOM visitors use IE, while 41% use Firefox, and 11% Safari. 81% of GigaOm readers use Windows and 17% use Mac.
Written by Om Malik on January 30th, 2006 with no comments.
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….. two story deadlines, a conference and a social calendar that is jam packed with meetings and more…. it is unlikely I am going to have time to do anything much less blog…. or as they say, life happens… think of it as a 24-hour break from blogging!
Written by Om Malik on January 24th, 2006 with no comments.
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A GigaOM advertiser would love to get your feedback, and answer six simple questions in this survey. The idea is to fine tune the ads on the site. This is a one off deal, and hopefully you will be generous enough to oblige! (The Survey!)
Written by Om Malik on January 20th, 2006 with no comments.
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At this year’s IT Conference & Expo East, www.VoIPSupply.com is a Platinum Show Sponsor. Our booth, #301, is located in the front row to the slight left of the main Expo entrance. The booth will feature in excess of 15 fully functional products from over 10 different manufacturers. Some of the products on display include UTStarcom’s F3000 and F1000, the Linksys SPA-942, the Hitachi IPC-5000, Uniden’s UIP-1868, Bluetooth headsets from Plantronics and VXI, as well as phones from Polycom, Snom, and Aastra. In addition to these endpoints, expo attendees will also be able to demo IP PBX’s from Fonality and Talkswitch. VoIPSupply.com’s hardware experts will be on hand to assist attendees with the demos and to answer any questions about the equipment.
During the show, VoIPSupply.com will be running “show specials†on select products giving attendees the opportunity to stop into the booth, demo product, order the product at the booth, and have it at their door when they arrive home. The “stop and shop†concept was created in order to meet the needs of attendees who desire to “leave†the conference with a new product. The VoIPSupply.com booth, #301, is sure to once again be an Expo hot spot. I personally invite you to come over to the booth, introduce yourself, and experience the VoIPSupply.com difference!
Garrett Smith
Written by Garrett Smith on January 16th, 2006 with no comments.
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Folks, I am back to finishing stories for the magazine, and would not be posting much for most of Tuesday. A short Macworld post later in the afternoon if there is something worth saying!
Written by Om Malik on January 9th, 2006 with no comments.
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Dear Readers,
We are in a new year, so its time for something new. For starters, I am introducing a new mobile RSS reader which lets you get GigaOM on your mobile phone, along with feeds from some of my recommended blogs. In other words, a tiny GigaOm branded mobile application. GigaOM moblet was created by mFoundry’s mWorks platform. You can go here and do the needful. GigaOm Moblet.
In case you missed it, I have also added a new Rollyo search tool, that allows you to search for things of similar interest from blogs I read. All the blogs have been collected and aggregated based on the topic categories in GigaOm. In other words, its a micro search. You can find it in the lower right hand corner of the site. I hope you get to use it and send me your feedback. You can also add my Rollyo search to your Firefox browser. This is an easy way to find information on topics of interest from some of the best writers in the world, and thankfully you won’t have to read my rantings.
Lastly, I need some serious user feedback. Fazal Majid had made a nice little filter and showed me how he read GigaOM. Based on the data he sent me, i spent a lot of time analyzing my traffic, and discovered two distinct set of users. People who came in for long posts, and those who liked quick hits, aka Gigalinks.
My question to you is: should I turn Gigalinks into a separate side blog, and offer it as a separate RSS feed? Or should I let things continue as they are? I am trying to make sure that I don’t overwhelm the readers. Any thoughts or suggestions?
Last but not the least big shout out to KB Cafe and voters who named GigaOm best Internet Communications Blog. Trust me on this - SkypeJournal and Jeff Pulver are much better than I am.
Written by Om Malik on January 3rd, 2006 with comments disabled.
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