The then Big Thing

CAT-iq is the then Big Thing. Built on top of the DECT wireless standard, CAT-iq is evolving into a plug-and-play wireless network that has licensed, "clean" spectrum for data. You're going to see a lot of CAT-iq 2.0 gear appear over the then three years, with the first cordless HD voice phones that will have good or better feature functionality – things like shared address books – than their analog counterparts.

Lot of snarky comments about The Cloud

I've heard a lot of snarky comments about "The Cloud," however I don't think we've as a matter of fact begun to even scratch the surface of cloud capabilities for data centers. Geographically distributed computing gives you levels of business continuity people have dreamed about for years at an affordable price.

I think RIM will remain a steadily declining niche. RIM blew it with its tablet. Windows Mobile 7 is not relevant because there's no tablet using it. HP's WebOS has more relevance than WM7 because HP has a tablet out and is putting marketing dollars behind it.

I think the iPad is a fascinating study in being optimized for one person's vision. It's a beautiful piece of hardware, there are amazing apps for it, however if you want to move something from an SD card onto an iPad, it's either a kludgy dongle or a network connection. The mail client on it drives me nuts and I wish someone would port something decent over.

A lot of companies lost faith in VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) and started chasing the video rainbow. However if you take a look at the numbers Whaleback, Vonage, and 8x8 are posting, VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) all in all has a lot of life left. I'm looking forward to see if people start get excited about VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) and HD voice again, especially since Verizon Wireless will roll out HD voice support when VoLTE comes out in 2012. I think you'll see more tablet applications – as opposed to iPad giveaways – in Austin.

Must for Enterprise Communications on Tuesday at 12

"Why video is a must for Enterprise Communications" on Tuesday at 12:30 should be lively. I think some video is a must for enterprise communications, however we're not ready for the everybody-has-a-desktop-camera world but. There's cost, there's bandwidth, there's complexity on the network and nobody's as a matter of fact looked at the social and workplace impact issues involved.

Let's say everyone has a video camera. Now, I am having a bad hair day or I spilled my drink all over my white shirt and now I have to walk down the hall past a couple of video sessions in cube land. Not flattering for me to be on Candid Camera and likely to be distracting if I'm walking past Bob's head during he's on the video session. Want to learn more about the latest in communications and innovation? At the time be sure to attend ITEXPO West 2011, taking place Sept. 13-15, 2011, in Austin, Texas. ITEXPO offers an educational program to help corporate decision makers select the right IP-based voice, video, fax and unified communications solutions to improve their operations. It's as well where service providers learn how to profitably roll out the services their subscribers are clamoring for – and where resellers can learn about new growth opportunities. To register, click here.