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Could SIP Save Skype?

November 2, 2009

The answer, in my article over at GigaOM.com, is resoundingly NO.
But there’s more to it than that.
My argument in this piece was largely an economic one, not as much a dissertation on the independent merits of the protocols in play.  I do think that the issues around SIP remain relevant as they result in far [...]

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In BusinessWeek: “Who killed the VoIP revolution?”

November 3, 2008

Last week I penned a column for GigaOm which has been picked up by BusinessWeek.  Here’s an excerpt:
“VoIP is dead,” Skype General Manager of Voice and Video Jonathan Christensen declared at an industry conference a few weeks ago. He spoke figuratively, of course, but he may well have been right. While Voice-Over-Internet Protocol proponents had [...]

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Key3Media Acquires VON from Jeff Pulver

September 22, 2001

Unfortunate timing… I think many of us missed this.
-Ian.
——- http://pulver.com/reports/vonews.html
Key3Media, the World’s Leading Producer of Technology Tradeshows and Events, Announced Its Strategic Acquisition of Networking Pioneer pulver.com’s VON and SIP Events
LOS ANGELES–Sept. 11, 2001–
Global Acquisition Completes Months of Planning that Places Key3Media at the Forefront of Networking Space
Key3Media Group, [...]

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