I came to GENBAND in February of this year.  I joined the company because of my past experience with David Walsh and his ability to lead.  You see, I am all about innovation and execution.  For ideas to turn into innovation it requires a winning culture.

Culture can be defined as the cumulative IQ of the team, past experiences, attitudes and willingness of the group of people of an organization to win.  Culture is the critical environment in which ideas will thrive or die. Winning cultures require teamwork.

The mobile market place is undergoing major shifts and mobile carriers are facing major challenges in staying competitive in delivering services, and scaling their networks efficiently. Voice and SMS are commoditized, and the revenues are shifting from voice to data while the combined revenue of voice and data is not able to keep pace with the rising cost of delivering mobile data. VoLTE and RCS investments, while visionary, are not making a positive impact on top and bottom lines fast enough.

At the end of the day, it’s all about the bottom-line. As partners look at managing their business to increase profitability and making decision on which line-cards to carry, which services to offer, workforce management and which growth areas to drive to solidify the monthly recurring revenue (MRC) streams. However, it’s important as you look at your business to also understand what vendor partner ecosystem are you in.

An industry and government approach to supporting PSTN to IP transformation over the next decade

The public switched telephone network (PSTN), is arguably the largest legacy network in the world. While the Internet has grown, and a significant portion of voice calls today travel over the Internet, the importance of the PSTN is still very real and there remains a need to connect people with the quality voice services they’ve come to rely on. In fact, more than one billion people globally and the majority of all businesses still rely on the PSTN.

Once again our employees have demonstrated their commitment to GIVING by embodying the true spirit of GENBAND and I could not be more proud. As part of our recent trip to South Africa the team wanted to do something special for the local community. The decision was made to adopt a cause that would benefit those in need. 

Forget everything you thought you knew about “convergence” and “unified communications”. An entirely new and exciting world is opening up as three big trends intersect in support of a new level of demands from next-generation business users.

Last week I had the privilege of addressing the Women in the Channel (WITC) organization, a group that I am proud to say has had a strong impact on me personally and professionally. WITC is focused on supporting the advancements of its members, both women and men, through various channels such as mentoring, meetings and social networking events. The bonds that I have formed with members of the WITC will last a lifetime.

We recently  announced Generation Enterprise, a unique and disruptive way for enterprises to communicate in real-time.  GENBAND has built its reputation on transforming communications networks,  now we are transforming enterprises – adding to an already impressive list of vital organizations that we’ve been helping for years such as universities, healthcare systems, financial services firms, government agencies and multinationals.

The technology and telecommunications industries are littered with cautionary tales of innovative companies surrendering market dominance due to their inability to react quickly enough to new and disruptive competitive forces.

The fate of BlackBerry, the one-time 800 pound gorilla of the mobile device market, currently hangs in the balance, the result of a deer-in-the-headlights response to Apple’s introduction of the consumer-friendly iPhone, or so surmises a consensus of industry observers.