Comments on: Six Month Generational Iterations: They’re Coming http://www.saunderslog.com/2006/04/11/six-month-generational-iterations-theyre-coming/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=six-month-generational-iterations-theyre-coming An outcome-driven leader, proven technology product developer, and marketer with over 20 years of hands-on experience including start-up, small and large business environments, and the board room. This is my blog. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:15:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Andrew http://www.saunderslog.com/2006/04/11/six-month-generational-iterations-theyre-coming/#comment-1414 Andrew Tue, 11 Apr 2006 12:36:07 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/04/11/six-month-generational-iterations-theyre-coming/#comment-1414 I have seen the CAPEX as low as 3-5 months, on some traditional switching equipment. You can still find tons of hardly used Nortel and Harris gear lying around that is being sold off (some for the second time) for 8-10 cents on the dollar, and with the new Telehop colo coming, hosting will be about 1/2 price from what I have heard, so don't expect this model to completely dissapear anytime soon. It is still a tough sell for someone that wants to do dialaround backhauling to pay roughly 2x3 times as much for new PC based termination gear, unless you are going pure SIP play as you mentioned. Hence; why I call Iotum a 'killer app' :) I have seen the CAPEX as low as 3-5 months, on some traditional switching equipment. You can still find tons of hardly used Nortel and Harris gear lying around that is being sold off (some for the second time) for 8-10 cents on the dollar, and with the new Telehop colo coming, hosting will be about 1/2 price from what I have heard, so don't expect this model to completely dissapear anytime soon.

It is still a tough sell for someone that wants to do dialaround backhauling to pay roughly 2×3 times as much for new PC based termination gear, unless you are going pure SIP play as you mentioned. Hence; why I call Iotum a 'killer app' :)

]]> By: Alec http://www.saunderslog.com/2006/04/11/six-month-generational-iterations-theyre-coming/#comment-1413 Alec Tue, 11 Apr 2006 12:11:13 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/04/11/six-month-generational-iterations-theyre-coming/#comment-1413 The approach we've taken is to put a small shim into the network element, and partner with the manufacturer of the network element. One of the things we've considered doing is wrapping the whole thing inside a SIP proxy instead. Makes it a little easier. Yes, in fact, we do have a linkage :) The approach we've taken is to put a small shim into the network element, and partner with the manufacturer of the network element. One of the things we've considered doing is wrapping the whole thing inside a SIP proxy instead. Makes it a little easier. Yes, in fact, we do have a linkage :)

]]> By: Adam Uzelac http://www.saunderslog.com/2006/04/11/six-month-generational-iterations-theyre-coming/#comment-1412 Adam Uzelac Tue, 11 Apr 2006 11:18:18 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/04/11/six-month-generational-iterations-theyre-coming/#comment-1412 I completely agree and also see an anti-IMS spin peeking around the edges of this argument. I would also like to comment on the "The most brittle linkage in our system is the link to the network element that performs switching on our behalf." comment. Wouldn't some kind of linkage or policy between the network elements the application uses and the application itself make sense? Isn't the relevance engine experience somewhat related to the transport mechanisms? Just thinking aloud here..... Adam I completely agree and also see an anti-IMS spin peeking around the edges of this argument. I would also like to comment on the "The most brittle linkage in our system is the link to the network element that performs switching on our behalf." comment. Wouldn't some kind of linkage or policy between the network elements the application uses and the application itself make sense? Isn't the relevance engine experience somewhat related to the transport mechanisms? Just thinking aloud here…..

Adam

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