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It's certainly an interesting concept - and one that shouldn't be surprising from tiny Estonia, considering its history of technological leadership despite its size and economic stature (recall that Skype, Transferwise, Kazaa, and many other tech startups that have emerged from within its borders.) The tiny Baltic nation this week suggested it could build itself as an e-nation, effectively allowing anyone to become a digital citizen and living his digital life within its networks. As vague as that statement is, it hints at efforts beyond the standalone web service, to go after the 80 million homes that the CEO says don't have HBO. And while going direct will attract many, it will almost certainly lose many from the ranks of its pay-TV partners, who have counted on premium channels like HBO to fuel their TV Everywhere customer retention efforts. Analysts are touting Apple's new tablets as the key to expanded business usage. But I'm not drinking that Kool Aid, because businesses are rolling out tablets without regard to what Apple does, making due with existing iPad models and alternative tablets. Let me give you several examples I've seen since August. The future of payments is undoubtedly mobile and digital, as this week's go-live of the Apple Pay service hopes to prove out. The idea is to enable frictionless, cardless commerce, and to do it in an ultimately more secure way than our existing magnetic stripes and password-based authentication mechanisms would offer today. Biometrics are a key part of enabling this, and, many say, the ultimate linchpin in establishing a trusted m-pay ecosystem. I've been using the Asus PadFone X Mini for nearly a week now, and I think the company actually has something here. It isn't perfect, no product is, but if you were put off by phones that were too large but needed the extra screen real estate for web work, or simply wanted a deal where you'd pay for one device but get both a tablet and a phone as part of a bargain. Sales growth for tablets has been slowing, and part of the reason is that with larger phones people are having trouble justifying new tablets but what if you got both for the price of one? HBO and CBS both announced the development of their very own over-the-top (OTT) video services last week, setting many to wondering whether the cord-cutting-that is, the cancellation of traditional cable and satellite service-would start as a trickle or a flood. I realize Digium has too many services going on that it doesn't fit cleanly into a traditional acquisition by the likes of a Mitel. Plus, the whole Asterisk open source model screws up a lot of thinking among old school telco heads. Google is the only one for Digium that makes sense. And Digium is one that makes a lot of sense for Google. "I'm hungry. Let's get tacos." What does that mean? One option is I am looking for a specific Reservoir Dogs clip. More than likely, though, I am in search of a place for lunch. What happens if you enter the phrase into a search engine? (Hopefully, you're not very hungry.) Is it 2015 already? It is, if you are an IT manager in the final stages of budgeting and allocating. With a new year comes a new opportunity to begin again. Theft of service is a persistent and frustratingly widespread occurrence in the communication industry, representing perhaps two percent of industry revenues, but difficult to prevent because the attacks happen in so many ways, over a broad range of products. Mitel wants to buy ShoreTel for $8.10 per share in cash. I don't know which is crazier: Mitel for offering, or ShoreTel's board for turning the offer down. Mobility - meaning mobile connectivity - has changed the way we behave, both personally and professionally. Digital interactions are the norm; interpersonal communications are becoming a challenge for many who would prefer to text or IM. On the flip side, digital communication can be much less disruptive to others and can take place at nearly any time, despite not requiring real-time response. Normally, when businesses talk about getting rid of a division, it usually follows that someone else is going to pay a tidy sum to take it over. But recently, an unexpected change happened as IBM agreed to pay Globalfoundries $1.5 billion to have Globalfoundries take over its semiconductor operations. While the payments will arrive over the course of the next few years, the agreement actually opens up some new opportunities for IBM. The truth is, if the bad guys want in bad enough they will find a way in. Advanced attackers and the APT are savvy, sophisticated, well-educated, and often well-funded.
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