Telecom Reseller » David Byrd http://www.telecomreseller.com The Voice of Unified Communication and Collaboration Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:53:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Curds and the Digium Way – SIP and Serve Blog: David Byrd http://www.telecomreseller.com/2012/02/06/curds-and-the-digium-way-sip-and-serve-blog-david-byrd/ http://www.telecomreseller.com/2012/02/06/curds-and-the-digium-way-sip-and-serve-blog-david-byrd/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:22:33 +0000 mgustafson http://www.telecomreseller.com/?p=21051 By David Byrd

After a week on the road at ITEXPO in Miami, I needed to take a break from restaurant food and cook. I …

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The week was very busy for Broadvox and many of our partners. We were in Miami for the East Coast version of …

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Last year after complaints by a European carrier that new services offered by Google were making it impossible to accurately predict traffic …

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I didn’t cook much this weekend as it turned out to be a weekend of leftovers. Friday, we ordered Mexican food and …

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In the month of January we lost two very good people from Sales and Marketing. While no one person is ever critical …

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One of the early lessons we learn as children is to play fair and share with others. For most of my life …

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Private clouds are perceived as the preferred means for the storage, sharing and retrieval of business-critical data, information and communication within the …

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By David Byrd

Wednesday when I used the word “punt” to describe the option of moving to a fully managed solution, I expected a few

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I filled out a questionnaire last week that had as a question the supposition that PBXs were going the way of the …

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We ordered Thai food for dinner Friday (soup and two entrées). It was very good. Saturday we decided to eat the leftover …

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The 80:20 rule is more than a common concept. It is formally known as the Pareto principle. The Pareto principle states that …

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Happy New Year! My goodness but it feels like it has been weeks since I wrote this blog. Yet, I find myself …

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This is my last blog of the year and rather than throw more statistics at you I decided to offer some end …

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Last week was an exploration of chicken. I purchased three chicken breasts and decided to create a different chicken dish for three …

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First, I want to remind you that we have understood energy to have mass or weight for years. E=mc2 is the …

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Last week was interesting, for foods fixed during the week. I made pan roasted chicken with a creamy Boursin cheese sauce and …

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before they sign an agreement.

by David Byrd, Broadvox

Resellers have an assortment of broadband connectivity solutions to …

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Apparently, since the merger of Broadvox and Cypress Communications, I have written more blogs on Unified Communications than SIP Trunking. I was …

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By David Byrd

I have been down on cable as a “business ready” connection, for months. The fluctuating quality of cable services and the lack

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Sometimes I think I should create a food diary to remember everything I cook. Not just the recipes but each idea for …

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Yesterday during lunch, the subject of checks was raised and we discovered that one among us had never written a check. Not …

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Facebook is intending to go public in 2012 and the target valuation is a staggering $100 billion. Whether or not the figure …

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Obviously, given that it was Thanksgiving weekend I did a fair amount of cooking, however not on Thanksgiving Day. Since Gay and …

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After a quiet weekend with little cooking last week, this one had cooking at a torrid pace. Friday, we enjoyed London broil …

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