In Scouting Report: The Players to Pick To Build & Grow A 2.0 Telco/Carrier/Service Provider Andy Abramson picks his fantasy “Telco 2.0” team. Drawing on his experience in the sports world, Andy delivers his scouting report for IP communications. There are a bunch of the usual suspects, plus a few unusual folks. All I can say is that I’m flattered to be included with folks like Martin Geddes, Thomas Howe, Lee Dryburgh, David Beckemeyer and the rest. Thanks Andy, and congratulations to all the other recipients of Andy’s compliments!
Similarly, in My Favorite VoIP & Telecom Blogs for 2008 Ted Wallingford picks his favorite reads for the past year. The blogs “I should’ve post more comments on in 2008”. To be counted amongst Rich Tehrani, Om Malik, Andy Abramson, Jeff Pulver and others is high praise indeed. Thank you Ted, and P.S. I am as guilty as the next guy of failure to comment.
December 23, VoIP-News also named Calliflower one of The Top 25 VoIP Innovations of 2008. They said
13. Flexible Web-based conferencing for SMBs (small- to medium-sized businesses): Add a Web interface and conference calls evolve from rigidly limited conversations to spontaneous discussions with multiple ways for participants to know what others are up to. Iotum Inc.’s Calliflower service, for one, provides an onscreen dashboard that lets callers see who else is on a call or has not yet joined, as well as a chat "wall" where they can exchange text comments and post URLs to illustrate their points. Scheduling is just as easy. Users can log on and immediately set up a call, send invitations and moderate the call. Best of all, there’s a version that costs nothing except for the long-distance connection to reach the service.
The Calliflower team thanks you also!
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry make Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
