Many predictions have been published in the last 3 weeks. One channel media outlet interviewed a handful of Agents for predictions for 2025. I address some of those here. (I wrote about my thoughts on 2025 here, but here are some more … [Continue reading]
Driven by Hope
A lot of telecom planning is driven by Enterprise telecom in the US. The financials are based on landing 6 huge deals per year. Some of that is government and some of that is one of the 30,000 actual enterprises. People forget that the channel … [Continue reading]
What Will 2025 Bring?
Doing some planning for 2025 and thinking about what is likely to happen next year. Let’s talk Cloud Comms first. There is a disconnect between “Enterprise” and 99% of the market. 99% of businesses are small businesses in the US. There are only 30K … [Continue reading]
Metaswitch Gets Acquired Again
In 2020, when Microsoft acquired Metaswitch for more than $270M in stock and cash, I wrote (and wrote) that it was a mobility and cloud play. Now that Microsoft has 400M desktops on Office365 and approaching 100M phone licenses, they are divesting … [Continue reading]
CVX Expo 2024 Reflections
CVX Expo in Scottsdale at Talking Stick Resort & Casino is in its third year. Registration was up from year 2. On the SD-WAN panel, while some panelists didn’t pay attention to instructions about telling sales stories, Ryan from Sandler Partners … [Continue reading]
