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Mobility in the C-Suite3

on June 23, 2010 by Steve Parrott

Do you think mobility qualifies for a C-level position in the corporation? It’s an interesting thought, and an idea floated by analyst J. Gerry Purdy, Ph.D. of Mobile Trax in his weekly Inside Mobile column recently. More...


SEA Levels are Rising, But That’s Good

on June 21, 2010 by Steve Parrott

Yes, you read that headline right. But as much as we may love Mother Earth, this is not an environmental blog. You can find those in lots of places. In this case, the SEA that is expanding is Sprint’s Ethernet access. More...


IPv6: The Gathering Storm, Sort Of

on June 14, 2010 by Steve Parrott

When you know the hurricane is coming, you head inland. When you know there’s a blizzard in the forecast, you stock up on candles, batteries, and non-perishable food. The Boy Scouts have it right when they say “Be Prepared.” More...


Wireless Security and the Brooklyn Bridge

on June 01, 2010 by Steve Parrott

My first thought, as I started speaking to the audience at the Security Forum in New York a few weeks ago, was that this is going to be a tough crowd. The topic was “Securing the Wireless Workforce,” and from comments and body language, I could tell that these folks (members of the Technology Managers Forum) had real doubts about “wireless” and “security” even being mentioned in the same breath. More...


On the Road at the Security Forum

on May 12, 2010 by Steve Parrott

Tomorrow, I’ll be in New York City to speak to the Security Forum event of the Technology Managers Forum, focusing on the topic of “Securing the Wireless Workforce.” It’s a one-day event, and I get to warm up the crowd for the luncheon keynoter. Do hungry people listen better? I sure hope so. More...


Will Unified Communications Drive Telepresence?

on May 10, 2010 by Steve Parrott

One of the flashiest aspects of Unified Communications (UC) is telepresence, for a variety of reasons. And it’s a good sign that at least one industry analyst group is predicting that telepresence-specific sales should reach $2.7 billion annually within five years. More...


4G: It’s Real and It’s Spectacular

on May 04, 2010 by Steve Parrott

Ready for broadband wireless access? Do you want it today, or next week, or next month? That’s great, because it’s ready for you, in the form of 4G. Or, you can wait a while … several month at the very least … for LTE.More...


Bandwidth: It’s Really About Need

on April 27, 2010 by Steve Parrott

Asking if someone wants more bandwidth is a lot like asking them if they want more money, or more free time, or more sunny, 75-degree days. The answer is obvious.More...


Preparing for IPv6

on April 19, 2010 by Steve Parrott

We can all look back a dozen years now and chuckle at the way we fretted over Y2K, with our silly fears about how everything that involved a computer might grind to a halt on January 1, 2000, sending us back several decades, technologically speaking. In the end, Y2K turned out to be a bit of a non-event. Planes stayed in the air. The lights stayed on. No one rioted. But that success belies the truth … The reason things went so smoothly is not because Y2K was a non-event, but because a lot of people spent a lot of money doing what needed to be done to be sure networks, devices, utilities, transportation, and everything else was ready for the change. More...


The View on UC, from Over There

on April 12, 2010 by Steve Parrott

With our focus on networks and technology here at seamlessenterprise.com, we talk a lot about UC applications, but we don’t often peel the onion back one more layer to talk about business processes. More...