Would u like to collaborate with YuuGuu?
When I was at an event organised by FirstCapital event before Christmas, I met with two guys who told me about a new service they were launching – YuuGuu. I’m sure I probably said something along the...
View ArticleNexagent, an enigmatic company?
In a recent post, MPLS and the limitations of the Internet, I wrote about the challenge of expecting predictable performance for real-time services such as client / server applications, Voice over IP...
View ArticleThe insistent beat of Netronome!
Last week I popped into to visit Netronome in their Cambridge office and was hosted by David Wells their VP Technology, GM Europe who was one of the Founders of the company. The other two Founders...
View ArticleGSM pico-cell’s moment of fame
Back in May 2006, the DECT – GSM guard bands, 1781.7-1785 MHz and 1876.7-1880 MHz, originally set up to protect cordless phones from interference by GSM mobiles were made available to a number of...
View Articleiotum’s Talk-Now is now available!
In a previous post The magic of ‘presence’, I talked about the concept of presence in relation to telecommunications services and looked at different examples of how it had been implemented in various...
View ArticleAzea Networks, upgrading submarine cables.
Azea Networks, upgrading submarine cables. For some reason I’ve always been intrigued by Azea Networks. I’m not sure why, maybe it’s because of the market area they are involved with – submarine cable...
View ArticleTao Group throws in the towel
I’m really sorry to hear that the mobile software company the Tao Group has gone into administration according to The Register. The company has a history going back over ten years and I recently wrote...
View ArticleThe Cloud hotspotting the planet
I first came across the first across the embryonic idea behind The Cloud in 2001 when I first met its Founder, George Polk. In those days George was the ‘Entrepreneur in Residence’ at iGabriel, an...
View ArticleXTERA acquires AZEA NETWORKS
I don’t normally ‘do news’, but as I wrote a long piece about Azea networks earlier this year I thought this pertinent. Allen, Texas – (November 29, 2007) – Xtera Communications announced today that it...
View ArticleEDS hoovers up Nexagent
To quote Channel Register: EDS has bought Reading-based firm Nexagent. Nexagent makes software for companies to design, manage, and provision virtual private networks, especially those for large...
View ArticleMobile apps: Java just doesn’t cut the mustard?
When I attended Library House’s MediaTech 2.006 conference in December 2006, I bumped into an old colleague of mine Francis Charig. Francis is CEO of the Tao Group (pronounced ‘dow group’) based in...
View ArticleXGate: Protect your child’s on-line experience
Having only recently posted a short review of Crisp Thinking, who have taken a network-based approach to detecting possible predatory paedophile discussions in chatrooms, I was interesting in seeing...
View ArticleWhat makes Cheapflights tick?
Coincidentally a few days after I posted about the new investment body Howzat Media, I happened to hear David Soskin, CEO of Cheapflights, talking at the recent AlwaysOn media conference in New York...
View ArticleJoost’s beta – first impressions
I have received a beta account for Joost at long last. Joost is the new initiative from Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis of Skype fame. I can’t describe the service any better that than the way they...
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