No More Buzz

I try to not mix work with pleasure, or, discuss happenings at work on this blog. However, in this case, sharing what we are doing is something that will help everyone.

A few weeks ago, we launched a major campaign to let all users and buyers of SoundStation conference phones about the end of the buzz. Specifically, all of our analog conference phones include technology to prevent the buzzing caused by GSM smart phones such as Blackberry's, Treo's etc. As part of an integrated marketing campaign, we launched the www.nomorebuzz.com web site with details and incentives. Take a minute to see all of the fun around the "buzz" and the incentives to replace your old conference phone with a brand new conference phone, without the buzz.

San Jose Sharks- a fun experience

We were at the San Jose Sharks game at the "Shark Bowl" this week. It's been more than seven years since I had seen the arena and the Sharks. What a change. The HD TV system, the sound system, the level of ongoing entertainment, and of course the hockey game, was phenomenal! It also helped that we were seated behind one of the goal posts and had a great view of the action, at least on one side of the play. I am converted... and working on my wife to get tickets for a game soon...

More on Xobni- back on the beta

After my previous post of concern about Xobni's stability issues, I ran into a situation where I needed it... So, I went ahead and downloaded an updated beta. It helped me find a file that one of my team members had sent a month ago. Instead of cruising over nearly a hundred e-mails, Xobni listed the files we exchanged in a snap. Wow, I am going to try to keep Xobni running on my system...

Do you Xobni?

I tried the Xobni application a few weeks ago. Xobni is a plug in into Outlook that essentially indexes everything about a contact. The files you exchanged with them, number of e-mails etc. It is a different way of mining the information outlook. I thought it was quite useful until I realized that my system had become less stable. Perhaps a new beta version is in order...

It is still not clear how Xobni is going to make money with this tool. If anyone has figured this out, I am all ears.

Back on the Blog- VON Spring Update

I have neglected this blog for a long while as I acclimated to my role at Polycom. We made several exciting announcements this week at the VON show around applications, a new Wi-Fi handset and Microsoft OCS.

The VON show was a shadow of its former self. Overall, the traffic was less and floorspace smaller. Many of my key contacts were there but we were all wondering whether this is still the place to be for telecom customers and partners. Lets see how the show attempts to remake itself.