Cornered! is a blog devoted, most of the time anyway, to telecommunications: local and global issues, technology, people and trends from the perspective of someone who's been reporting, analysing and commenting on the industry since the dark ages (BC - before competition). Sometimes serious, sometimes flippant, sometimes frivolous. Controversial, analytical, informative, amusing, but never boring; a vehicle for examinations of important issues and observations on my encounters and experiences in an industry where polarised views and hyperbole are the norm.
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Sunday, 21 January 2007 |
InfoVista - a company that provides network performance and management software to some of the world's largest telcos, (including Telstra) and enterprises - has signed a $US15 million deal with Microsoft, but just what does it involve.
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Thursday, 04 January 2007 |
Microsoft has issued a press release boasting of its ranking by Gartner in the 'Visionaries' sector of Gartner's latest 'Magic Quadrant' report on secure sockets layer virtual private network (SSL VPN) vendors, but it's rather misleading.
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Wednesday, 03 January 2007 |
It's the time of year for crystal ball gazing and while bold soothsayers might punt on some of the outcomes of the major issues facing our largest telco in 2007 and beyond, the less prescient need look no further than Telstra's annual report, as filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for what these issues are likely to be.
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Wednesday, 13 December 2006 |
Childcare centres are installing webcams to allow parents to check on the welfare of their precious offspring. Many people cherish their cars almost as much, so this development from the US looks like a logical extension of the technology: car mechanics might not be impressed.
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Tuesday, 12 December 2006 |
Microsoft has taken its first real step into enterprise telephone systems, with the addition of voice functionality to Office Communications Server 2007. Today it is partnering with the major players in this space, tomorrow it could be competing with them head-to-head.
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Tuesday, 05 December 2006 |
Telstra's Nowwearetalking web site has launched a rabid attack on the Australian Telecommunications Users Group (ATUG) accusing it of single-handedly stifling investment in broadband infrastructure in Australia.
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Thursday, 30 November 2006 |
When Microsoft Australia MD Steve Vamos opened the press conference for the launch of Windows Vista, Microsoft Office 2007 and Exchange Server 2007 he didn't talk about Microsoft's software, he talked about service industries' growing contribution to the Australian economy.
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Wednesday, 29 November 2006 |
The Western Australian Government's grand broadband plans is big on promises, very short on specifics and when the published details are examined closely, not all its cracked up to be.
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Tuesday, 28 November 2006 |
Research in Motion launched the BlackBerry Pearl in Australia today with quite a splash and indicated it would soon be on offer from the three largest operators, but for them, selling it will be quite a different ball-game from selling the current range of BlackBerry devices.
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Monday, 27 November 2006 |
Recently I wrote some comments on the cellphones-for-kids (or rather cellphones for parents to give their kids) on offer from Gecko and Telstra. That prompted mobiles2Go, the providers of another product, the i-Kids phone, to offer me one on trial. And I'd have to say as a security device it leaves the others for dead. Unfortunately, as a phone it's a bit limited.
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Thursday, 23 November 2006 |
Oh dear the Australian Government's free market, pro-competition ideology just isn't working. When it comes to digital television we are just not playing by the rules and embracing this new technology with sufficient zeal.
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Thursday, 23 November 2006 |
Telstra and Optus are vying with each other to provide information on the Ashes series to their mobile, and in Telstra's case, online customers, and Telstra is looking like the clear winner over Optus.
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Tuesday, 21 November 2006 |
Every year around this time the Australian Communications and Media Authority's annual telecommunications report is tabled in Parliament and seized on by the Minister as evidence of the multibillion dollar economic benefits of the Government's 1997 telecommunications reforms.
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