http://www.inveslogic.com/tags/iotum Blog Articles Tagged with 'iotum' at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/1121787?rsstype=tag&tag=iotum Guest Host: Dan YorkOut at DEMO in San Diego, Alec saw a demo from MessageSling. Today we had one of the founders, Scot Junkin, on the call to talk about what they are doing with making messaging easier. They are also doing some interesting things ... Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:45:35 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/1121787?rsstype=tag&tag=iotum http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/1117498?rsstype=tag&tag=iotum We have a rule at iotum that we don t deploy upgrades on Friday. It s a simple recognition that folks would like to go into the weekend without the spectre of a major outage haunting them. Much as the folks at Facebook describe their experien... Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:11:38 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/1117498?rsstype=tag&tag=iotum http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/1102012?rsstype=tag&tag=iotum The tables were turned this morning, as Adam Somer interviewed Howard and I. Some time ago, Adam offered his services as an interviewer if we ever decided that we wanted to be on the SquawkBox. We took him up on it today, the day of the launch ... Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:25:10 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/1102012?rsstype=tag&tag=iotum http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/1099892?rsstype=tag&tag=iotum I m pretty excited about this one. Next week we ve got a pretty special event happening to promote the use of iotum s conference calling system. William Shatner is going to make a 90 minute appearance, 45 minutes of which will be an intervi... Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:00:02 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/1099892?rsstype=tag&tag=iotum http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/1079997?rsstype=tag&tag=iotum Today we talked with JAJAH CEO Trevor Healy, about the JAJAH Q2 Telecommunications Industry Index. This is a piece of research conducted by JAJAH which reveals industry trends that I think a lot of people on the telephone call had been expecting for... Thu, 29 May 2008 12:24:29 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/1079997?rsstype=tag&tag=iotum http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/1065960?rsstype=tag&tag=iotum Those cagey guys at Facebook are about to do something which nobody else in the last five years has been able to do. They re about to crown Jabber/XMPP the king of IM protocols, and in the process they may finally crack the hegemony that AOL, Mic... Wed, 14 May 2008 05:55:48 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/1065960?rsstype=tag&tag=iotum http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/1038035?rsstype=tag&tag=iotum I m working on a new concept for the SquawkBox on Friday, modeled on BarCamp. The idea is pretty simple we ll hold a couple of BarCamp sessions (dubbed BarCamp Radio) in place of the regular SquawkBox. Like BarCamp, the only real rule is ... Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:54:19 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/1038035?rsstype=tag&tag=iotum http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/990440?rsstype=tag&tag=iotum We have some big news today. iotum's FREE Conference Call application on Facebook has gone global. In combination with our partners Truphone, Abbeynet, and Moi Telecom, we have provided options for people who want to use the FREE Conference Call ... Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:53:58 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/990440?rsstype=tag&tag=iotum http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/973189?rsstype=tag&tag=iotum Discussed on this morning's call Nokia has agreed to acquire Trolltech for about $150 milion. Trolltech makes cross platform tools for developing graphical applications. It's flagship product Qt allows you to develop software for Windows, Jav... Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:17:47 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/973189?rsstype=tag&tag=iotum http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/969080?rsstype=tag&tag=iotum Ottawa DemoCamp 7 is happening on Monday of next week, January 28. On tap are:'Protecode Demo' - demonstration of a tool that unobtrusively detects, logs, and identifies external content during software development. This tool is used to automatical... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:57:21 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/969080?rsstype=tag&tag=iotum http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/971068?rsstype=tag&tag=iotum Ottawa DemoCamp 7 is happening on Monday of next week, January 28. On tap are:'Protecode Demo' - demonstration of a tool that unobtrusively detects, logs, and identifies external content during software development. This tool is used to automatical... Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:57:21 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/971068?rsstype=tag&tag=iotum http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/968363?rsstype=tag&tag=iotum Recording a conference call can be tricky, especially if you're planning to re-purpose that recording later as part of a podcast or a multi-media book. Even although recording a telephone call can never produce the same results as you would get rec... Sun, 20 Jan 2008 21:07:04 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/968363?rsstype=tag&tag=iotum http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/963998?rsstype=tag&tag=iotum I'm a big believer in the whole eat your own dogfood ethos in product development. People who eat their own dog food use their own products to understand how well they work,and what can be done with them. So, I'm going to run a public podcastin... Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:30:33 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/963998?rsstype=tag&tag=iotum http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/962593?rsstype=tag&tag=iotum Yesterday was a pretty exciting day on the privacy and data portability front. I didn't have any inkling of what was coming up next after publishing the Privacy Manifesto on GigaOm, but shortly after Plaxo, Facebook and Google all joined the Data P... Wed, 09 Jan 2008 08:47:54 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/962593?rsstype=tag&tag=iotum http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/959781?rsstype=tag&tag=iotum Last night we released a new feature to the iotum FREE Conference Call platform: recordings. Now the moderator of a conference call can choose to record that call, and then use the content later. The feature itself is something that various groups ... Thu, 03 Jan 2008 11:29:34 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/959781?rsstype=tag&tag=iotum http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/958756?rsstype=tag&tag=iotum It's been a fascinating evening so far. We're working our way up to the second countdown for the evening, in about 10 minutes. On the first countdown, in the eastern time zone, we had people calling in from parties, including 15 women who crowded... Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:55:39 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/958756?rsstype=tag&tag=iotum http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/952895?rsstype=tag&tag=iotum A lot of people where I live are thinking about Christmas right now. The weather couldn't be better for it, either. We're having an old fashioned Canadian winter, the likes of which I haven't seen since I was a child. It's cold at night (think ... Sun, 16 Dec 2007 14:48:55 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/952895?rsstype=tag&tag=iotum http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/950064?rsstype=tag&tag=iotum One of the hallmarks of agile development processes is the ability to crank out new features under very short timelines. The practical impact is that as a software development organization, you can quickly respond to user feedback with updates desi... Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:42:50 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/950064?rsstype=tag&tag=iotum http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/943236?rsstype=tag&tag=iotum We've had a pretty big day here. Today iotum announced the appointment of Randall Howard as Chairman of our company, as well as an investment by VERDEXUS, his investment company. You can read the press release on our website. My eagle-eyed frie... Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:05:15 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/943236?rsstype=tag&tag=iotum http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/942919?rsstype=tag&tag=iotum Having trouble finding a gift for someone? Giftoscope, a new web service will help with some quirky suggestions. Add Siberia to the list of places where Microsoft is building data centers. Chicago and Dublin are two recent locations of Microso... 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