Perspectives17: One Week, Ten Trends, Unlimited Networking
There is nothing as exciting as our annual customer and partner gathering each year, and this year, for the first time, we are bringing over 600 people together in my backyard, downtown Los Angeles. The energy in LA is unlike any other city, bringing a cool vibe to a hot town, with everything from music and entertainment to technology and a vibrant economy. As part of the real-time communications industry, we are in the networking business, and there will be no better networking happening than at this gathering which has grown each year over the past five years.
Looking Forward to the Stars Aligning on Many Dimensions in LA at Perspectives17
This is the fifth year we've brought together our customers, partners, industry analysts, and the media to share their perspectives - but the first year holding this exciting gathering in the City of Angels, Los Angeles!
Perspectives 17: One Event, Ten Trends, Limitless Cloud Creativity
It's my favorite time of year as GENBAND brings together hundreds of technology and telecom professionals at the top of their game to compare notes about the never dull worlds of networks and real-time communications applications, while sharing their experiences, and revealing visions into a future of hyper-connected digital conversations.
The Five Trends in Service Provider Network Transformation from our Conversations with Global Leaders
Over the last several years, we have been working with some of the largest and most successful Communications Service Providers (CSPs) in the world, and it's been fascinating to be part of their transformation teams, contributing to their large-scale projects, as virtualized and software defined networks emerge and legacy networks continue to fade into the past.
Over 1,000 Days In: Reflecting Back On Three Years of Innovation & Inspiration at GENBAND
Today marks the beginning of my fourth year at GENBAND, a company I am proud to be a part of, and with our world-class customers and partners, a community I always wake up happy to be included in.
Women on the Rise: Are Technologists the new "IT" Girls?
Last week in Las Vegas I had the very proud opportunity to participate in the 13th Women in the Channel (WiC) Networking Event as part of the Channel Partners Conference & Expo.
Talk to Me: Why Real Live Voice May Be the Coolest App of All
With all the focus on AI and bots, and with all the research on Millennials and their obsession with texting, some may lose sight of the power of live human conversations and how voice may always prove to be the shortest distance between a problem and a solution.
The growth of voice controlled assistants like Siri and Alexa is one leading indicator that the human voice is the most convenient way for humans to interact with their machines.
Network Evolution Trends that are Ruling the Real-Time Communications World
The majority of my time is spent helping our more than 700 service provider customers better serve their customers through more agile, efficient and powerful communications networks. Serving as the Chief Operating Officer of Network for GENBAND has given me unique insights into the issues and pain points that are facing today’s service providers. Every day my team and I help customers ranging from the largest operators in the world to rural service providers solve their communications issues and improve their networks.
Get in Bed with Embedded Communications by Falling in Love with Your Apps Again
What would your work life be like if you could reach exactly the right person at exactly the right time, and have your questions answered in seconds, not minutes, hours or days?
Work would get done a lot faster, stress levels would decrease substantially, and the speed of doing business would flow instead of ebbing and flowing.
For most of history, communications have been asynchronous, and even synchronized communications has often required people to switch from one application to another.