A lesson from history… I've been keeping an eye on the service catalog market for some time. I can't claim to be an early adopter though. My first brush with the concept was when I was given Cramer Service Catalog 1.0 to product-manage. From a professional perspective this was A Good Thing for me: It […]
Archive | May, 2009
TMW 2009 – “Mobile Advertising Has a Great Future and Always Will Have”
TMF have put up the keynote videos for this year’s TMW show on t’internet, so I recommend you watch (or re-watch) Rory Sutherland’s gig. Probably the most entertaining of the key-notes, but also the most interesting perspective: Customer behavior, revenue opportunities and squid pornography. It’s all there. Check it out at the TM Forum key-note […]
TMW Week – News From Amdocs (Catalogs, OSS Outsourcing and TeraPlay)
Continuing the round-up of news from Tele Management World Nice, 2009, with Amdocs… Amdocs At The Show Amdocs marketing took a different approach to TMW this year with a minimalist presence on the expo show floor. In fact, Amdocs had no stand in the expo, and no meeting rooms inside the Acropolis. Instead Amdocs returned […]
TMW Week – News From Telcordia (Fellows, OniTelecom Win)
Tele Management World is the time to release some positive PR. Lots of noise last week, on and off the TMW expo floor, so here’s the first news round-up, starting for no good reason with Telcordia: Tom Forsyth is a Jolly Good TMF Fellow As already reported, Tom Forsyth, Telcordia Director of Marketing, was made […]
TMW Nice 2009, What’s Hot and What’s Not
HOT! Optimism There's more of a buzz than last year. After the peak in M&A in 2007/2008 last year felt like a career fair with many attendees being more focused on re-evaluating their careers. This year, people are milling around the expo, enjoying the catalyst projects, and talking about technology and business. Maybe its because […]
TMW Nice 2009 – Forumville
They changed it! Forumville, the area for catalyst projects and demos down stairs from the Expo floor, has been redesigned. In previous years there were a whole lot of booths with racks of PCs and screens. Every hour or so two or three groups would get mic’ed-up and try to shout-over the neighboring presentation. TMW […]
TMW Nice 2009 – Thoughts So Far
1. More people than I expected during a economic crash and pandemic alert. The key-notes were very well attended and the expo floor had a buzz about it yesterday. Not the waste-land some had feared. 2. That said, there’s a lot of moderation being exercised. Less fancy toys being handed out at the stands, little […]
TMW 2009 – Day One, Part Two – Including TM Awards!
More updates on the key-note speakers at Tele Management World 2009… To give the ceremony a larger audience, this year the TM Excellence Awards were presented during the key-note session on Wednesday morning. With no fan-fare, here are the winners! Supplier or System Integrator Netcracker Service Provider Chunghwa Telecom Distinguished Fellows Tom Forsyth (Telcordia) and […]
TMW 2009 – Day One, Part One
Ok, updates on Tele Management World as they happen. Comments and summary to come later…. Keith Willetts (TM Forum) and Simon Torrance (Telco 2.0) started the day with an overview of what they thought were the key issues faced by service provider in the current economy. above. Keith Willetts and Simon Torrance with host Tony […]
TMW 2009 – Day Zero
Tuesday, and the forecast rain never really came. It’s a pleasant mid-20’s in the shade, with a cool sea breeze if you’re on the Promenade des Anglais. What’s less ‘cool’ are the costs here for us Anglais. Virtually one Euro to the Pound. Ouch! The tasty fresh fish platters are even more unaffordable now than […]