Monthly Archives: March 2012
Reprogramming Headaches
Friday, March 30th, 2012 at 7:13 AM EST
Now that I’m back from almost two months of travel one of the first things on my agenda was to reprogram my Phone.com services. While travelling I had both my personal and business calls forwarded to my cell phone, first to a temporary number abroad and then to my permanent U.S. number. It wasn’t very [...]
Why Telecom Professionals Aren’t Monogamous
Thursday, March 29th, 2012 at 10:55 AM EST
Editor’s Note: Revised by Alon Cohen EVP/CTO Phone.com. Based on an article by Alexander Haislip who is a marketing executive with cloud-based server automation startup ScaleXtreme and the author of Essentials of Venture Capital. Pity the telecom conglomerate incumbents, their salespeople and employees, most of whom are now being served with divorce papers, finally giving their spouses a way out from [...]
Upgrading the IP in VoIP
Thursday, March 22nd, 2012 at 6:55 PM EST
I just spent a day at a fascinating conference on the future of the Cable TV industry. Indeed the name Cable TV has become something of a misnomer. We’re talking about companies that deliver a majority of the residential broadband in the United States of America and a large and increasing amount of business broadband, [...]
Ari’s thoughts On Company Leadership
Thursday, March 22nd, 2012 at 6:50 PM EST
In a recent roundtable discussion Ari had with 2 other CEO’s and Patti Owens the host they cover a few different topics. I want to cover what Ari has to say in the chat. Patti asks “How do you keep employees happy?”. Ari’s response is that every employee must feel important and he does [...]
A Nice Mention for Must-Have Mobile Apps for Small Business Owners
Tuesday, March 20th, 2012 at 4:13 PM EST
We love getting mentioned in recommendation articles, they’re almost as good as testimonials. Our Mobile Office app got mentioned in a Must-Have Mobile Apps for SMB owner style article recently and I wanted to share some of the recommendations with our readers. The other 3 apps mentioned (besides Phone.com) are Square, which I saw [...]
Phone.com Company Profile By CEO Ari Rabban
Monday, March 19th, 2012 at 6:04 PM EST
“These small businesses we are addressing are using their cell phone number on their business card…” this is exactly what Phone.com is trying to do away with. Why put your personal cell phone number on your business card, you’re just asking to get phone calls at night and on the weekends. That’s ok for some [...]
One Ringy Dingy
Thursday, March 15th, 2012 at 8:35 PM EST
I’ve just come from a sojurn to Manhattan’s trendy South Street Seaport area, these days an emerging complex of upscale stores, cozy bistros, the posh Bridgewaters event hall, and even a dock with tall sailing ships. The last time I was in the area, some decades ago, the place was the site of the Fulton [...]
VoIP In A Fishbowl
Friday, March 9th, 2012 at 6:08 AM EST
Some years ago I wrote an article about the first VoIP-based security exploit in the industry. As with any digital technology these days, the darker side of the technology community has its sights on VoIP. More recently I’ve waxed eloquent over what I see as the coming tidal wave of mobile VoIP applications, running both [...]
Phone.com Inks A Deal With FlexJobs
Wednesday, March 7th, 2012 at 2:22 PM EST
FlexJobs is a service for people looking for part-time, freelance and telecommuting jobs. It is a growing niche who want it all but want it from their living room or dining room table. Phone.com is a big believer in this kind of work and decided to partner with FlexJobs to offer virtual telephone service. [...]
Using The Cloud To Save Money As A Small Business
Friday, March 2nd, 2012 at 12:30 PM EST
I’ve been giving a lot of thought these days to very small companies. I’m talking between 1to 3 people. It’s not easy, typically it’s a bootstrap operation and everyone is pinching pennies. Cutting the fat but staying healthy as a company is key. Your company needs to be smart but still spend money on the [...]