Comments on: Dominate Unified Communcations by Thinking Small http://stardustglobalventures.com/2009/02/07/dominate-unified-communcations-by-thinking-small/ Home of Sheryl Breuker Media & Ken Camp Consulting Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:35:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Conversations with Dina » Imagination, intuition … and small steps? http://stardustglobalventures.com/2009/02/07/dominate-unified-communcations-by-thinking-small/comment-page-1/#comment-2538 Conversations with Dina » Imagination, intuition … and small steps? Sat, 07 Mar 2009 04:55:13 +0000 http://stardustglobalventures.com/?p=525#comment-2538 [...] enough to do this within the security of the several networked communities I live in. As does Ken Camp when he says, in the context of Unified communications: So which is more [...] [...] enough to do this within the security of the several networked communities I live in. As does Ken Camp when he says, in the context of Unified communications: So which is more [...]

]]> By: Stardust Global Ventures » More on Small Thinking in Unified Comunications http://stardustglobalventures.com/2009/02/07/dominate-unified-communcations-by-thinking-small/comment-page-1/#comment-2260 Stardust Global Ventures » More on Small Thinking in Unified Comunications Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:50:06 +0000 http://stardustglobalventures.com/?p=525#comment-2260 [...] recent post, Dominate Unified Communcations by Thinking Small, has garnered a couple of thoughtful responses I want to touch [...] [...] recent post, Dominate Unified Communcations by Thinking Small, has garnered a couple of thoughtful responses I want to touch [...]

]]> By: Ken http://stardustglobalventures.com/2009/02/07/dominate-unified-communcations-by-thinking-small/comment-page-1/#comment-2254 Ken Sun, 08 Feb 2009 19:47:22 +0000 http://stardustglobalventures.com/?p=525#comment-2254 I think there are hundreds of other winners we could add Mike. I just rattled off some that came to mind and I agree with all the ones you added too. The winners are legion. I think there are hundreds of other winners we could add Mike. I just rattled off some that came to mind and I agree with all the ones you added too. The winners are legion.

]]> By: Michael Picher http://stardustglobalventures.com/2009/02/07/dominate-unified-communcations-by-thinking-small/comment-page-1/#comment-2239 Michael Picher Sun, 08 Feb 2009 10:50:53 +0000 http://stardustglobalventures.com/?p=525#comment-2239 I'd add a couple of winners to the list... SER/OpenSER, FreeSwitch, Patton Electonics (I like their gateways and detest AudioCodes), Ingate, Edgewater Networks and SipFoundry/sipXecs. By the time the 800lb gorillas choose their tech direction and build/buy something they may have put their stakes in the wrong piece of ground. They do most of the time. I'm a plumbing guy... down in the trenches looking up at what's floating in the ether trying to choose the most sound technology approaches for long-term use. I'll leave coding and dreaming to others... I need to make a living. :-) I'm sure you know that a pure SIP based system (yes, SIP has its NAT issues) that relies on DNS and SRV records for interconnectivity operates in exactly the fashion you are describing. Whether what we end up with in the long term is SIP or some other protocol with resilient routing capabilities is for the market to decide. Most of the time I feel like SIP interconnectivity is too complex to succeed (specially between vendors), but it is pretty simple at its core. One of my favourite sayings is "Simplicity breed reliability", so this bugs me a bit. Remember, if you don't start with a sound foundation (network) and the proper plumbing (technology) then house will crumble. I’d add a couple of winners to the list… SER/OpenSER, FreeSwitch, Patton Electonics (I like their gateways and detest AudioCodes), Ingate, Edgewater Networks and SipFoundry/sipXecs.

By the time the 800lb gorillas choose their tech direction and build/buy something they may have put their stakes in the wrong piece of ground. They do most of the time.

I’m a plumbing guy… down in the trenches looking up at what’s floating in the ether trying to choose the most sound technology approaches for long-term use. I’ll leave coding and dreaming to others… I need to make a living. :-)

I’m sure you know that a pure SIP based system (yes, SIP has its NAT issues) that relies on DNS and SRV records for interconnectivity operates in exactly the fashion you are describing. Whether what we end up with in the long term is SIP or some other protocol with resilient routing capabilities is for the market to decide. Most of the time I feel like SIP interconnectivity is too complex to succeed (specially between vendors), but it is pretty simple at its core. One of my favourite sayings is “Simplicity breed reliability”, so this bugs me a bit.

Remember, if you don’t start with a sound foundation (network) and the proper plumbing (technology) then house will crumble.

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