I can clearly remember the first time I tried what Jajah then called its ‘web telephony’ service, back in 2007. Its claim: to take the confusion and early adopter status out of VoIP, by letting people use their computers to place a call, yet still ...
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Jingle Bells Ringing for Jajah: How they created $200M of perceived value.
Voice-as-a-Component: The Next Generation Begins.
Yes, the voice business has changed abundantly over the last few years. We've seen it give rise to entrepreneurial startups like never before, many with the hope of providing services that legacy operators either overpriced, or under-delivered on. Some...
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What I learned online – and off – this week.
Call it distraction or call it education, Twitter provides me with ongoing access to valuable posts written, or read and passed on, by experts in their respective field. In fact, it is the value of the content that increasingly helps me choose who I wa...
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My Under The Radar Visit.
Since a few years now I try to get to the Under The Radar conference here in the Bay Area. It's highly organized and I love the energy you get in a building when you mix passionate entrepreneurs, VC's with an increasing appetite and a cross section of ...
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The IVR: The Gift that Keeps on Giving?
When Voxeo announced their latest round of $9M last week, some of the headlines referred to them as an IVR company. IVR? Seemed like an understatement for a company that has not so quietly become a small powerhouse in next generation voice deployments....
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