Next Generation is a nice way of saying, you’re too old.
And in my case I am too old.
I was listening to a presentation on LTE that mapped it to an IMS strategy and I was feeling like I was back when TINA-C was the major discussion with friends. TINA-C was an effort to get a strategy around telecom’s use of software. Per Wikipedia, TINA-C stands for Telecommunication Information Networking Architecture Consortium. It was an attempt (started in 1992) by several actors in the telecommunication world to define, design and realize a software architecture for the telecommunication infrastructure. The consortium has defined a number of specifications and has organized several experiments and demos.

What killed it? IP.

All of a sudden we weren’t managing the right thing. Its like being in the rail industry and building a solution for tracking passengers only to discover that cargo was the place where the system was needed.

I feel like we are heading there again.

But that is not the point of this post. Its the fact that people want me to write about Service Assurance and love the trend, and all I can think of is a defunct standard.

I have the same problem with UC. Anytime the word Unified gets used, I have the electroshock synapse screaming out Unified Messaging.

So if you are reading this, I thank you for being tolerant of a little historical background.

I consider myself a liberal, well, at least socially. So when a conservative arguement makes sense to me I welcome it. Too often, I liken the battle of politics are talking past each other. This lecture leaves me asking a lot of questions about how to manage transparency.

Dialogue is good. The observation that Enron was a SARBOX compliant board makes me ask the question, what should I do?

WIll have to get it translated when i get home.

Working on getting the MAC address have obtained the IMEI number.

Am keeping people updated here, facebook and skype.

My Mac and Phone were stolen, if you see me on IM its probably not me. Had to change password here since my skype account automatically recharges when the credits are low.

If you happen to see me on IM in the next few days, ask the person to give back my computer. 

If you know my cellphone do the same.

Yesterday, my wife and I flew into St. Maarten.  Its very beautiful.  But someone has stolen my devices from my hotel room.  Yes, I made the mistake of leaving the door unlocked.  Schmuck.

Now I seeing if the social network can help me recover my devices.  There value is primarily my information not the systems.

And I doubt they are that valuable to anyone else.

I am not going to change my IM ids in the hopes that my IMs give the person away.  Same thing for my cell.

Hello,

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* The Myth of the One-Size-Fits-All Cloud
* From Databases to Dataspaces
* Better Broadband: Enabling the Cloud Era
* The Internet: Starting from Scratch
* On The Shoulders of Giants

* MEET THE SPEAKERS *
All of the key influencers in cloud computing and the web infrastructure buildout will be on hand to discuss the future of the business. We are still in the process of building out the conference, but confirmed speakers include:

Keynotes:
* Marc Benioff | Co-founder and CEO, Salesforce.com
* Paul Sagan | President and CEO, Akamai

Confirmed Speakers Include:
* Werner Vogels | CTO, Amazon.com
* Greg Papadopoulos | CTO, Sun Microsystems
* Jonathan Heiliger | VP Technical Operations, Facebook
* Dr. David Yen | EVP Emerging Technologies, Juniper Networks
* Russ Daniels | VP and CTO, Cloud Services Strategy, Hewlett-Packard
* Richard Buckingham | VP Technical Operations, MySpace.com
* Jack Waters | CTO , Level 3
* Dr. Michael Stonebraker, Ph.D. | RDBMS pioneer and CTO, Vertica
* Raj Patel | VP of Global Networks, Yahoo!
* Jason Hoffman | Co-founder and CTO, Joyent
* Michelle Munson | President and Co-founder, Aspera
* Vijay Gill | Sr. Manager, Production Network Engineering and Architecture at Google
* Paul Strong | Distinguished Scientist, eBay
* Lloyd Taylor | VP Tech Operations, LinkedIn
* Michael Crandell | CEO, Rightscale
* Jeff Hammerbacher | Chief Scientist, Cloudera
* Allan Leinwand | Venture Partner, Panorama Capital
* See the full speaker list - http://events.gigaom.com/structure/09/speakers/?a=fb0415

Questions?
Email us at structure [at] gigaom [dot] com

See you at the event,
Joanne Wan
[Director of Business Development and Events]

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So now that Twitting is all the rage those of us who are incapable of limiting ourselves to 140 characters are including a teaser line and a tiny url.

I am sure this works just as well as email for those who are interested.  For me it looks like another step and a come on.

I think i need a song parody of The Who’s talking about my generation.

Old the old folks put us down

cause we social network and clown around

They don’t the kewl way we text

lost on info highway of what’s next…

Something along those lines.

Additional lines welcome.

I’ve been using my recent “scheduling flexibility” (sounds better than
saying “joblessness”) to volunteer with a couple of organizations.  One of
those organizations is LaidOffCampNY http://ny.laidoffcamp.com where we have
an event coming on May 1 & 2.  I’m on the outreach and content committees,
so I thought I’d reach out to you for a little of each.

Could you give a plug for LaidOffCampNY in your blog?  The standard press
release is at http://laidoffcamp.pbwiki.com/NY-Marketing-Deliverables , but
you can read a bit about my take on it below.

I got this post this morning.  Happy to connect you up.

Dear LinkedIn Connection,

As many of you know, I am a Pay It Forward Business Relationship Professional, who inspires people to develop strangers into their most valuable asset by connecting people and giving quality referrals through my network.  I have been asked by one of my LinkedIn connections to help his company establish a national system of Regional Directors throughout the United States, to work with restaurants selling them marketing and advertising services.

I am not a recruiter and no agency fees are available to be paid.  This is a “pay-it-forward” opportunity for those of you who may know of someone who is in need of employment or is in need of additional income (and in today’s economy – we all know someone).  A special word to my recruiter connections: Although no agency fee is available, I pledge to continue to supply you with prospective candidates as I have done in the past.

The company I am assisting develops concepts and branding to position restaurants for success.  Their advertising services include creative direction for print, radio, TV, web site development, graphic design, image development, media and public relations.  Regional Directors will be supplied with all the necessary marketing materials to get started and will also be provided with a lead generation program of direct mail and telemarketing.

The ideal candidate should have:
Some sales or marketing background with a successful track record.
An aggressive, positive can-do attitude, despite the economy.
Good people skills.

Regional Director - Job Description
Regional Director (RD) are responsible for all sales, marketing and account management functions in their territories.
·        The RD is responsible for following up on sales leads provided to them as well as generating their own leads with operating restaurants in their territory.
·        The RD is further responsible for signing restaurants up as participants in the company’s Welcome Mat, direct mail service, then providing the restaurant with information on free Internet advertising and providing the restaurant with a free Marketing Audit.
·        As an on-going Account Manager, the RD is responsible for maintaining a close advisory relationship with restaurant clients and guiding them in the purchase of additional marketing services from the company as shown in the company’s Marketing Services Menu.
·        The RD is then responsible for working closely with clients to help them grow their business by providing honest, objective and ethical advice on the choice of marketing products and services, as well as introducing clients to new company products and services, including the Advertising Placemat Program.
·        The RD is also responsible for managing the financial aspects of the RD’s clients, including providing project quotes and securing signed client approvals prior to work, and prompt collection of fees and payments due per company policies.

Please have anyone you know who may be interested forward me their resume.  I will then forward it on to my connection for consideration.  If you know of no one, please consider forwarding this email to someone in your network that could be of assistance.

Thank you and as always, please feel free to reach out to me to make those essential connections.

Stay the course!

ear LinkedIn Connection,

As many of you know, I am a Pay It Forward Business Relationship Professional, who inspires people to develop strangers into their most valuable asset by connecting people and giving quality referrals through my network.  I have been asked by one of my LinkedIn connections to help his company establish a national system of Regional Directors throughout the United States, to work with restaurants selling them marketing and advertising services.

I am not a recruiter and no agency fees are available to be paid.  This is a “pay-it-forward” opportunity for those of you who may know of someone who is in need of employment or is in need of additional income (and in today’s economy – we all know someone).  A special word to my recruiter connections: Although no agency fee is available, I pledge to continue to supply you with prospective candidates as I have done in the past.

The company I am assisting develops concepts and branding to position restaurants for success.  Their advertising services include creative direction for print, radio, TV, web site development, graphic design, image development, media and public relations.  Regional Directors will be supplied with all the necessary marketing materials to get started and will also be provided with a lead generation program of direct mail and telemarketing.

The ideal candidate should have:
Some sales or marketing background with a successful track record.
An aggressive, positive can-do attitude, despite the economy.
Good people skills.

Regional Director - Job Description
Regional Director (RD) are responsible for all sales, marketing and account management functions in their territories.
·        The RD is responsible for following up on sales leads provided to them as well as generating their own leads with operating restaurants in their territory.
·        The RD is further responsible for signing restaurants up as participants in the company’s Welcome Mat, direct mail service, then providing the restaurant with information on free Internet advertising and providing the restaurant with a free Marketing Audit.
·        As an on-going Account Manager, the RD is responsible for maintaining a close advisory relationship with restaurant clients and guiding them in the purchase of additional marketing services from the company as shown in the company’s Marketing Services Menu.
·        The RD is then responsible for working closely with clients to help them grow their business by providing honest, objective and ethical advice on the choice of marketing products and services, as well as introducing clients to new company products and services, including the Advertising Placemat Program.
·        The RD is also responsible for managing the financial aspects of the RD’s clients, including providing project quotes and securing signed client approvals prior to work, and prompt collection of fees and payments due per company policies.

Please have anyone you know who may be interested forward me their resume.  I will then forward it on to my connection for consideration.  If you know of no one, please consider forwarding this email to someone in your network that could be of assistance.

Thank you and as always, please feel free to reach out to me to make those essential connections.

Stay the course!