Telecom Reseller » Jeff Rodman 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 Living the Video Life in a Data-Capped World http://www.telecomreseller.com/2011/04/12/living-the-video-life-in-a-data-capped-world/ http://www.telecomreseller.com/2011/04/12/living-the-video-life-in-a-data-capped-world/#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2011 12:00:25 +0000 publisher http://www.telecomreseller.com/?p=10687 By Jeff Rodman, Polycom Co-founder and Chief Evangelist

Even while live video is catching on as a popular way for people to have their calls …

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Companies are getting interested in telepresence, those full-scale, multiscreen experiences bringing remote groups of people together in …

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As we peel the lid off 2011’s juicy can of opportunities and challenges, there are three major …

]]> http://www.telecomreseller.com/2011/01/12/face-off-three-battles-in-2011/feed/ 0 The new generation of UC handsets emerges http://www.telecomreseller.com/2010/11/08/80-of-users-are-wholly-unsuitable-for-the-other-20/ http://www.telecomreseller.com/2010/11/08/80-of-users-are-wholly-unsuitable-for-the-other-20/#comments Mon, 08 Nov 2010 16:42:32 +0000 publisher http://www.telecomreseller.com/?p=6212 Jeff Rodman, Co-founder and CTO, Polycom

It is hard to find the right balance between function, freedom and performance in a handheld device today, especially …

]]> http://www.telecomreseller.com/2010/11/08/80-of-users-are-wholly-unsuitable-for-the-other-20/feed/ 0 Selling UC Into SMB's, One Vendor's Perspective http://www.telecomreseller.com/2010/10/01/selling-uc-into-smbs-one-vendors-perspective/ http://www.telecomreseller.com/2010/10/01/selling-uc-into-smbs-one-vendors-perspective/#comments Fri, 01 Oct 2010 18:26:25 +0000 publisher http://www.telecomreseller.com/?p=4994 by Jeff Rodman, Polycom

The changing tide of the VoIP landscape has altered the contours of the telephony business.  An amazing proliferation of Unified Communications …

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The Unified Communications Interoperability Forum has bitten off a lot to chew and I’m frequently asked, “How you …

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Remember when you got your first HD Television (if you’re a little older, think “color”)? Were you disappointed when …

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With a speakerphone we can talk, discuss, listen to voicemail or order merchandise hands-free. A full-duplex speakerphone (FDS) …

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For over a hundred years, if you plugged a phone in, it worked. It would ring and you …

]]> http://www.telecomreseller.com/2010/03/18/poe/feed/ 0 Ten Tips for Deploying HD Voice http://www.telecomreseller.com/2010/03/18/ten-tips-for-deploying-hd-voice/ http://www.telecomreseller.com/2010/03/18/ten-tips-for-deploying-hd-voice/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:37:53 +0000 admin http://telecomreseller.com/?p=1852 by Jeff Rodman, Co-Founder and CTO Voice Communications, Polycom

Adding HD Voice to an existing VoIP system is not difficult because the protocol is SIP …

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The recent announcement of an agreeement between Alteva and Simple Signal illuminates a growing trend, the rapid emergence …

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Since its inception in 1990, Polycom has evolved to become a worldwide leader in solutions which include voice, video, telepresence …

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