I am fond of saying that only doctors and pornstars actually need to be together to do their jobs.  An indelicate oversimplification perhaps, but the point is that most travel is business related and unnecessary. 

I am writing this post from my front porch while drinking coffee with my neighbor who is an executive at a software company.  Traditionally, we would both be sitting in our respective offices after spending two hours shaving, dressing and commuting to office buildings where we would be silently ignoring a bunch of other people who went through the same ritual only to find themselves silently ignoring us.  Continue reading “Telecommuting”

IPTV may be the hottest tech trend on the NXTcomm08 show floor this June 16-19, but it is in no way the only issue on the minds of exhibitors and attendees. Telephonyonline reports that new services, network capacity and new sources of revenue are among NXTcomm08 exhibitors’ chief concerns. These and exhibitors’ other interests were revealed in a recent survey conducted by NXTcomm08. Continue reading “Services, Capacity and Revenue Are Top Issues at NXTcomm08″

IPTV is by far the hottest technology going into NXTcomm08.  In 2007, more than 3,600 NXTcomm visitors identified IPTV as their product interest of choice and it is the most searched for term on the NXTcomm site this year, according to show officials. Continue reading “IPTV Hot at NXTcomm08″