Former Nortel Subsidiary Picks Fonality’s PBXtra Over Nortel. Today, I spoke with Fonality’s CEO Chris Lyman and Amon Prasad, Director of Information Technology for BLADE Network Technologies. BLADE Network Technologies is a former subsidiary of Nortel and get this – they selected Fonality’s Asterisk-based PBXtra over a comparable system from Nortel. Even though Nortel offered… Continue reading Former Nortel Subsidiary Picks Fonality's PBXtra Over Nortel
Author: Vince Kimball
Grace
Grace Queen Elizabeth has ruled with grace for over a half century. Her meeting with Virginia Tech people today is just one more example of that. Of course some handler suggested it—but she agreed and, I have no doubt, expressed sympathy as few could. God save the queen. [The Tom Peters Weblog]
Microsoft starts dropping Longhorn features
Microsoft starts dropping Longhorn features. Microsoft has announced that several cool virtualization features will be dropped from what was promised for Longhorn release. Bink quotes a seemingly angry quote complaining about the lack of live migration, no hot-adding of resources, CPU core limitations, etc. I’m sure there are many that will be very disappointed about… Continue reading Microsoft starts dropping Longhorn features
Joey Stanford: iFolder
Joey Stanford: iFolder. SLED 10 has a nifty program called iFolder. iFolder is all about file sharing – making, sharing, and backing up files easier. Emplify has some debs up. Does not work in Feisty. It probably needs some MOTU guru to work on packaging this properly. iFolder is a simple and secure storage solution… Continue reading Joey Stanford: iFolder
DEBKA
DEBKA claims the Saudi attack was aimed at the royal family. This was the first attempt by Osama bin Laden’s organization to assassinate a member of the Saudi royal family. It is a pivotal event in that it sharply escalates the terrorist offensive besetting the kingdom and raises the stakes on both sides. I concur… Continue reading DEBKA
The Saudi Takedown Scenario
The Saudi Takedown Scenario. Reuters. 2 huge car bombs explode near Saudi security buildings. Earlier this year, my analysis indicated that the campaign against the Saudi state would begin in December, after the US elections. Over the past months, I have made major revisions to my Saudi takedown scenario based on my evolving model of… Continue reading The Saudi Takedown Scenario
Belmont Club
Belmont Club. Some interesting analysis of the existing Tsunami alert system. Here's a great animation of the wavefront from the Tsunami (it provides a timeline of impact). [John Robb's Weblog]
All Stick and NO Carrot
All Stick and NO Carrot. I agree with David Stephenson on this. The US is missing a major PR and goodwill opportunity. BTW, it looks like Pfizer is giving as much as the entire US to disaster relief. Spain nearly doubled the US contribution at $68 million… A little free thinking: A balanced security budget… Continue reading All Stick and NO Carrot
The Economist
The Economist. The Death of the American Meritocracy…. This premise of this article is totally correct. My personal experience totally confirms this. The new US tax laws will only only accelerate this trend. Societal ossification in the face of extreme global competition (from both economic and system competitors) is bad, bad news… [John Robb's Weblog]
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Goss continues to clean house in the CIA. It won't change anything. This is an understatement: Even before taking charge of the CIA, Goss and his close associates had been openly critical of the agency's directorate of intelligence, saying it suffered from poor leadership and was devoting too much effort to monitoring day-to-day developments rather… Continue reading continues