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9/29: The Collapse of the Boston Red Sox
September 29, 2011 by Jared Goldman
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In the wake of one of the strangest nights in my life as a Red Sox fan, I have to ask, "Why?"
The question is not rhetorical expression of despair, as in "Why is baseball so cruel?" It's a real question: "Why did the Red Sox collapse?"
It's easy to come up with quick answer. Injuries, poor conditioning, bad free agent signings, and lack of clubhouse leadership are all popular explanations. Many will propose a combination of causes.
And it is also likely that some people will throw up their hands and declare that the reason cannot be found, because baseball defies reason. Such is the greatness of baseball, they might say. I am not one of those people. In a few weeks, though, once I have entered the acceptance phase, perhaps I will be able to appreciate that perspective.
In the FiveThirtyEight Blog at the New York Times, Nate Silver crunched the numbers to determine the likelihood of the Red Sox missing the playoffs in such agonizing style. In a calculation that was not "mathematically rigorous," he determined "a probability of about one chance in 278 million."
With odds like those, Silver speculates that some other factors may be involved in the latest Sox meltdown. I would have to agree. In this age of advanced statistics, when sabermetricians are ensconced in baseball's front offices and celebrated in films like "Moneyball," we should be able to empirically investigate why one team manages to defy all expectations.
I know where to start: stress. Though it's not an original explanation, the idea that pressure could be the root of the Red Sox' woes jibes with their playing environment, where the weight of sports history, regional angst, and the local media can be overwhelming. It also might explain player underperformance — see the Yerkes-Dodson law — and the large number of broken-down bodies.
How to measure stress? Blood pressure and cortisol levels come to mind. Players could also fill out questionnaires assessing anxiety. Of course, the players' union may not approve such measures, given how drug testing has been so fiercely contested. Also, athletes may be loath to dignify the notion that stress affects their job performance. Nonetheless, I still think it would be interesting to compare the subjective experience of playing in Fenway Park or Yankee Stadium as opposed to say, St. Petersburg's Tropicana Field, where the Rays might benefit from the breezy Florida vibe.
My point is not to invite pity for the Red Sox, a collection of millionaires, nor to excuse their futility. The results would be just as interesting if there's no demonstrable difference in stress. Maybe there's some other reason. Either way, I can't believe the answer lies in dumb luck or the resurfacing of a curse. I can only hope that cold, hard facts might alleviate my own stress over the cruelty of the baseball gods.
10/21: On-Demand TV: What's the Story?
October 21, 2010 by Jared Goldman
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A recent Marist poll suggests our TV viewing habits are undergoing massive changes. 16% of U.S. residents are watching most TV shows using their DVRs, while another 9% are watching most shows on the Web. If demographics are any indication, it won't be long before these numbers climb even higher: only 56% of people under 45 watch most TV shows in real time compared with 77% of their elders. The implications are straightforward: many of us are enjoying the flexibility of the digital age, which doesn't require us to be in our living rooms on a certain day at a certain time to catch our favorite programs.
A more intriguing question might have to do with what we're watching rather than how we're watching. Our evolving habits could alter (and may have already altered) the structure and content of television shows.
It's not hard to imagine possible changes in structure. Freed from strict programming schedules, shows needn't be edited into to half-hour and hour-long blocks that alternate between content and ads. Distributors can also be more creative with ad placement. Hulu.com, which offers TV shows in full, sometimes allows users to choose to view a long advertisement before their show starts instead of experiencing the traditional interruptions. Many shows resort to narrative devices that pump up suspense prior to commercials — what better way to make viewers sit through the beer and insurance ads? — and on-demand formats may give writers the confidence to ditch these tired conventions.
On-demand technology also allows us to start at the beginning of each series. Traditional TV shows, eager to pick up viewers in the first season, the third season, or whatever season, usually aren't structured so that knowledge of past episodes are crucial to understanding the show. Instead, mainstream programs are designed to deliver their thrills or laughs in a short period of time, followed by satisfying closure. Conflict is established in the first minute and resolved prior to the end of the half-hour or hour. Law & Order has mastered this form, hooking us before the credits with a crime scene, often drenched in blood, and then rewarding us one hour later by bringing the depraved perp to justice. House thrives on the same trick, although the mystery is medical rather than criminal (the amount of blood being roughly the same). In both shows, the characters have histories, but knowing their back stories aren't essential to following the action.
I'm sure there will always be a place for such tactics, but I also hope the new technology could spur writers to be more inventive when organizing plots. Individual episodes should still be self-contained, but they can also expand the less obvious narrative threads planted in earlier shows, as well as continue thematic and visual motifs. One of the common compliments lavished on shows such as The Wire and The Sopranos was that they told stories with novelistic complexity; each episode functioned as a book chapter, not only advancing another increment of plot, but also contributing, in a less linear way, to the narrative whole that stretched from the first episode to the last, many seasons later.
This could all be wishful thinking; the money-making requirements of on-demand content could shape our new media stories in ways that aren't especially respectful of narrative integrity. I've encountered plenty of three-minute comedy and sports highlight clips that start off with pre-roll ads, boasting a content-to-commercial ratio that traditional TV advertisers could only dream of. But, here's hoping that advances in technology will promote advances in TV shows.
One final thought — to the 7% of U.S. residents who don't watch TV at all, I say … wow. I'm not sure what you're doing with your free time, but I have a feeling it's more productive than watching TV, no matter what format.
9/17: Novelists vs. Beeping Devices
September 17, 2010 by Jared Goldman
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Jonathan Franzen, whose novel Freedom recently hit bookstore shelves, has an interesting idea about the role of novelists in the digital age.
In a video interview, the author discusses his earlier struggles with the question, "Why should I write?" and says he found at least one justification: a novel is a portal into a world in which the reader no longer feels alone. While a reader's reality may be ruled by unjust people and dominated by forbidding customs, a book provides a connection to an author who might be equally appalled at the state of things. Reader and writer are united in their solitude, which is made much more bearable as a result. In this way, solitude serves an important purpose in that it compels a reader to read and a writer to write, requiring them to forge a connection that transcends the constraints of their lives.
Franzen goes on to say that in the digital age our opportunities for solitude are rapidly disappearing. Chained to our communication devices, we have nonstop access to our co-workers, friends and family. Certainly, this access diminishes our sense of aloneness. But, Franzen raises the point that the "beeping devices" in our lives may only provide superficial relief, leading us to endlessly check our messages as though we're just one click away from a satisfying connection.
In that sense, Franzen articulates a battle that may have occurred in the minds of many writers who feel their craft is becoming obsolete. On one side, we have technology capturing all individuals in an expanding communication net,while on the other, we have practitioners of the "old" forms of media – novelists, playwrights, nonfiction writers, etc. – whose work isn't easily integrated into this digital grid. Novelists, Franzen says, are tasked with enticing people away from their linked-up lives.
The entire interview is worth watching, but for Franzen's comments on life in the digital age, fast-forward to the 9:06 mark:
7/14: Multitasking Bad for the Brain?
July 14, 2010 by Jared Goldman
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One could argue that digital technology has helped make us better multitaskers. These days, we can simultaneously check our e-mails, monitor our Twitter feeds and listen to a podcast, all while eating our breakfast. Wouldn't it make sense that such a capacity for divided attention is making our brains stronger?
Unfortunately, that might not be the case. Experiments comparing the ability of heavy multitaskers – thus designated based on self-reports about their technology use – to non-multitaskers, found that the latter group actually performs better on certain cognitive tasks. In a Stanford study, cited in a recent New York Times article, subjects participated in a test that required them to ignore extraneous inputs, a measure of their ability to filter out distractions. (You can take a test on ignoring distractions here.) In another test, participants had to switch between tasks, showing their ability to adjust to new information and task demands on the fly. (Take a task-switching test here.) In both cases, the non-multitaskers performed better than heavy multitaskers. Based on these and other experiments, the scientists surmised that multitaskers are more responsive to new incoming information. On the positive side, one might say the multitaskers are more alert to new stimuli; on the negative side, one could claim their multitaskers' focus is more easily disrupted.
As with many scientific studies, the tests in this case might not truly reflect real world situations. A cognitive test in a laboratory could fall short of replicating the experience of juggling computer applications. As always, more study is needed to examine, among other things, how different amounts of multitasking affect performance on cognitive tasks, and whether the recency of one's immersion in technology affects the ability to direct attention. Nonetheless, it would appear that heavy use of gadgets and computers is influencing our brain function.
On the plus side, there is also evidence that screen technology benefits certain cognitive skills. (Click here for a list of such articles.) It has been demonstrated in the laboratory that playing action video games improves visual attention in several ways. Gamers show the ability to process more visual inputs than non-gamers, the ability to process inputs across a greater field of view, and a better ability to process inputs presented in rapid succession. Considering the deficits shown by people with disabilities and the demonstrated erosion of certain cognitive skills among the elderly, perhaps, action video games – or programs that mimic them – can be used therapeutically.
Above all else, the experiments reveal the apparent power of technology to mold our brains, for better and for worse. The question, however, may be whether we can harness our gadgets' power to maximize the benefits and minimize the harm.
3/15: Hopping on the Bandwagon? The Internet's Impact on Intelligence
March 15, 2010 by Jared Goldman
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With the news from The Marist Poll that an overwhelming 68% of U.S. residents believe the Internet is making us smarter, I'm beginning to think I should just hop on the bandwagon and see where it takes me. Still, I can't help asking why people are so optimistic.
The general argument linking smarts to the Web seems to go like this: Because of this vast online memory store, parts of our mind that would have been tied up in the dark days preceding the Web are freed to accomplish new tasks. With the Web harboring all the data we need, we know finding an answer is as simple as typing a query into a search engine, and this certainty alters our approach to any task that requires information we lack. Now, we don't have to spend time and effort acquiring such knowledge; the Internet holds it for us, and we are more productive under this lightened load.
Some people characterize the Internet as an extension of our brains. In his Atlantic article "Get Smarter," Jamais Cascio discusses the rise of computers and devices dubbed "exocortical technology," which allow us to perform tasks we never dreamed of. He writes: "As the digital systems we rely upon become faster, more sophisticated, and (with the usual hiccups) more capable, we're becoming more sophisticated and capable too." The article is fascinating, and I encourage you to read it – among other things, it suggests that in addition to computers, drugs will be developed that help us perform cognitive tasks better.
But I can't stop myself from protesting that the Web, one of these "sophisticated" systems, has spawned a certain amount of unpleasantness: paparazzi-fueled "news," silly viral videos, a huge number of scams … the list goes on. While the Web can be seen as a tool to help us achieve things, it also appears to be able to distract us, sell us things we don't need, and lead us down fruitless paths as we seek information. One could argue that the Web is still in its infancy, and guides will emerge to point us in the right directions. But one could also argue that powerful entities who see the medium as a piggy bank waiting to be smashed don't want that to happen.
Nicholas Carr, whose article "Is Google Making Us Stupid," also in the Atlantic, created quite a buzz among tech pundits, points out that for all of the Internet's innovative power, it could be altering something fundamental about the way we read. Carr writes: "In the quiet spaces opened up by the sustained, undistracted reading of a book … we make our own associations, draw our own inferences and analogies, foster our own ideas." Such deep reading, he says, isn't encouraged by the Web's architecture, which is designed to accommodate shallow, fast processing: the more we click, the more some company stands to sell us something.
I doubt Carr was surprised when a survey from the Pew Internet & American Life Project revealed 81% of experts believe "Nicholas Carr was wrong: Google does not make us stupid." He knows as much as anyone that the bandwagon is alluring and swift, with some authority figures at the wheel. So while the Web skeptics and evangelists will go back and forth (the evangelists enjoying the majority position), one thing is abundantly clear: most people trust the Web to propel them into the future. If that's the case, then regulation, analysis, and organization are in order. Perhaps we need the skeptics to keep the bandwagon from tipping over.
This Is Your Brain on Social Networks … Any Questions?
December 18, 2009 by Jared Goldman
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Have you ever fallen into a tech-hole?
You're sitting at your computer, logged into your Facebook, Twitter and other social networking accounts, immersed in the links, videos, comments and other digital flotsam shooting down the info streams. Meanwhile, a person, real flesh and blood, walks in the room and wants your attention. You don't hear his words; you mindlessly wave him away. You're busy … with your virtual friends.
Perhaps that's never happened to you. As for me, I've spent a serious number of hours in the tech-hole. Based on a recent Marist poll, the number of Web users with social networking accounts, and perhaps susceptible to this experience, is growing rapidly. This furious growth has led some to question whether the effects of spending so much time on Facebook, Twitter and their ilk could be harmful.
In the U.K., neuroscientist Susan Greenfield took her concerns about social networks to the House of Lords, suggesting that the use of the sites could affect the human brain — especially a child's brain — in profound ways. One of her more frightening points was that using the sites could yield a generation of grown-ups with the emotional depth and cognitive abilities of big babies. The social networks provide experiences that are "devoid of cohesive narrative and long-term significance," said Greenfield. "As a consequence, the mid-21st century mind might almost be infantilized, characterized by short attention spans, sensationalism, inability to empathize and a shaky sense of identity." Among other things, she called for an investigation into whether the overuse of screen technologies could be linked to a recent spike in diagnoses of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. People who spend formative years surfing the Internet, an environment characterized by "fast action and reaction," could come to expect similar instant gratification in the non-virtual world, said Greenfield.
Her concerns have probably resonated with Web skeptics because she's homed in on recognizably annoying online behavior. For example, if you've ever been irritated when a friend updates his or her status message to broadcast a favorite kind of toothpaste – e.g., "[Person X] is contemplating the different colors of AquaFresh" — Greenfield sympathizes. "Now what does this say about how you see yourself?" she asks of those prone to posting personal trivia. "Does this say anything about how secure you feel about yourself? Is it not marginally reminiscent of a small child saying 'Look at me, look at me mummy! Now I've put my sock on. Now I've got my other sock on.'"
Not everyone is receptive to Greenfield's concerns. Ben Goldacre, a British writer, broadcaster and doctor, and author of a Guardian column called Bad Science, says Greenfield is irresponsibly using her position as head of the Royal Institution of Great Britain — a body devoted to improving the public's knowledge of science — because she doesn't have any empirical evidence backing up her fears. If Greenfield wants to promote awareness of the scientific method, says Goldacre, she shouldn't be spending so much time airing her qualms about untested hypotheses. Greenfield's caveats that her purpose is to raise questions, not give answers, aren't enough for Goldacre; he says she's recklessly generating scary headlines that frighten a Web-loving populace. "It makes me quite sad," he writes, "when the public's understanding of science is in such a terrible state, that this is one of our most prominent and well funded champions." In a heated BBC debate on the social networking controversy, you can see Goldacre square off against Dr. Aric Sigman, who says we should be wary about the time we spend in front of screens subtracting from the time we spend talking to people.
Despite the squabbling, it's probably safe to say that thinkers on both sides of the issue would agree that more research is needed. To that end, various studies and polls have been published on the social networks in particular and increased Web use in general. For example, the USC Annenberg Center for the Digital Future reported that households connected to the Internet were experiencing less "face-to-face family time, increased feelings of being ignored by family members using the Web, and growing concerns that children are spending too much time online." On the other hand, a poll conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life Project suggests that use of cell phones and the Internet has not, generally speaking, contributed to social isolation (I urge you to view their conclusions for a much more precise explanation).
In the meantime, the tech-hole always beckons, so much so that Web addiction treatment centers have emerged to help people who can't prioritize the real world over the virtual one. While weighing in on the controversy, Maggie Jackson, the author of "Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age," offers this advice to Web users: "Going forward, we need to rediscover the value of digital gadgets as tools, rather than elevating them to social and cognitive panacea. Lady Greenfield is right: we need to grow up and take a more mature approach to our tech tools." In other words, technology exists to support our relations with other human beings, not replace them.
In theory, it's easy to remember that. In practice, we might find ourselves sacrificing hours to the digital ether, convincing ourselves that we're connected to everyone, but in reality being connected to no one.
Related Stories:
12/18: The Twitter "Craze:" Not So Much
12/18: Social Networks Grow in Popularity Among U.S. Residents
12/18: Technology's Impact on Relationships
The Future of Technology and Journalism
10/7: Offensive Language
October 7, 2009 by Jared Goldman
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Initially, I was going to write about all the annoying phrases polled about in the recent Marist survey. I was going to discuss why they irritate me (or why they don't — Caroline Kennedy would have been happy to see I that have no problem with compulsive use of the phrase, "you know"). But, then I realized I use all of those expressions myself. At the end of the day (there's one right there!), I have no business taking on the role of guardian of the English language, at least when it comes to the way other people speak.
Instead, I will turn the critical lens on my own irksome verbal tics. Do you ever have that feeling immediately after using a certain word that you wish you hadn't and pause in disgust with yourself, much to the confusion of your partner in conversation? Well, these are the words that give me that feeling.
Amazing, brilliant
These terms are brothers in the family of inappropriately strong compliments. I use "amazing" so often that I am beginning to wonder if I really am so easily amazed. If you take me literally, I've been amazed by a sunset, the sound of a motorcycle engine, a soft plane landing, and a dog's ability to catch a Frisbee. As for "brilliant," I often use it when referring to a film, book or TV show I enjoyed. Did I really need to describe that Stephen Colbert sketch as "brilliant?" Couldn't I have gone with "clever" or "well-done?" Obviously, the word loses a bit more of its luster every time it's used. On a related note, another word used way too much is "genius." It's part of our culture of extreme flattery. This article from the Atlantic Monthly suggests the overuse of "genius" by pointing out its prevalence in discussions about football coaches. Do Shakespeare, Einstein, and Bill Belichick really belong in the same category?
That's funny
Is it, really? Then why do I say this only when I'm not laughing? It's a polite impulse, but it really results in a double-insult: not only do I think the joke is not funny, but I think the joke-cracker is gullible enough to believe that I express mirth not with laughter, but by declaring it outright. Anyone who truly wants to be polite should teach him or herself a convincing fake laugh.
You know what I mean?
When I use this in relation to a complex topic, it's perfectly acceptable. If I'm explaining, say, how a neuron works (for the record, I don't actually know how it works), then I am permitted to end a sentence with, "you know what I mean?" But, I should refrain if I'm explaining how to work the TV remote. I once had a supervisor who ended his critiques of my work with arched eyebrows, a cocked head and a conciliatory "you know what I mean?" I think he was trying to draw an affirmative response from me in place of explicit acceptance of his criticism. Every time I was tempted to say, "Yes, of course I know what you mean, and I disagree completely."
What're ya gonna do?
I use this expression too much. When I say it, I feel as though I'm trying to channel an overworked detective from a TV police drama — bags under his eyes, discussing a problem that just won't go away. "It's a tough situation" works better for me.
Or something like that
When I don't know the exact answer, I'll end my response with "or something like that," just so you can't hold me to it. It's often replaced by the equally vague "or something to that effect." Or, I'll begin my sentence with "I think" or "I guess." There should be an expression for expressions like these — perhaps "envagueners" or "imprecisioners." You know, something in that vein.
I mean
This might be the most useless expression in my arsenal. Rarely do I use "I mean" to clarify some point that has been misunderstood — in that case, it would be acceptable. Instead, I use it as a completely unnecessary introduction to what I'm about to say. If you ask me if I think it's going to rain, I might say, "I mean, there are clouds in the sky, and the air has that rainy smell… ". But, I have no idea how to define the role "I mean" has in that sentence. I mean, there's just no reason for it to be there.
You might be wondering if there's really any reason for me to eliminate these expressions from my conversational repertoire. It's true that most discussions are informal and most interlocutors, if put under scrutiny, would be guilty of these small verbal crimes. But as any English teacher will tell you, while thought affects speech, the converse is true, too. When I say something is "amazing," for example, I may be failing to process what I really think about it. The lack of precision and nuance in my spoken words diminishes the quality of my thoughts, which, when expressed, come out equally pedestrian. It can be a negative spiral of empty language.
So, while I would never tell someone to stop using a certain word or phrase, I would encourage them, in general, to put more effort into expressing themselves as best they can. They might start here, a site that provides the meanings and origins of scads of commonly used phrases, such as "take umbrage" and "cock and bull story." Not only might they add to their stable of sayings, but they'd gain more insight into how the meanings of words and phrases evolve in unlikely, unpredictable ways.
You know what I mean?
Related Links:
10/7: "Whatever" Takes Top Honors as Most Annoying
Our Genius Problem (from the Atlantic Monthly)
Oxford's Top Ten List of Irritating Expressions
Meanings and Origins of Phrases, Sayings and Idioms
Twitter: Can't Beat the Tweet
June 12, 2009 by Jared Goldman
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Even if you don't use Twitter, you've probably been inundated with news about the social networking site. That's because the sharp minds behind Twitter managed to create a perfect media storm. Not only does their product have an insanely catchy name — isn't it fun to say "Twitter" and "tweet"? — but it also provides mainstream media outlets with another way to reach an audience whose technology I.Q. is growing every day (Pebbles and Pundits also has a Twitter account). As a result, talking heads have been giving Twitter endless free publicity, promoting their own Twitter accounts and cracking each other up with Twitter-related banter (in a much-publicized gaffe on "The Today Show," Stephen Colbert rendered Meredith Vieira speechless when he attempted to coin the past-tense variation of "tweet").
Personally, I was skeptical when I first heard about Twitter. After the ascent of Facebook, MySpace, and many other social networking sites, why did the world need another one? What's more, Twitter only allows messages of up to 140 characters in length. How much significance could be conveyed in a sentence or two? Twitter struck me as another nail in the coffin of the average American's attention span.
A recent Marist poll suggests that, despite all the publicity, many people may share my skepticism — only 6% of Americans have personal Twitter accounts. Moreover, a study by Nielsen found that a majority of Twitter users stop tweeting a month after signing up. Is it possible that Twitter is a passing fad?
That's doubtful. The aforementioned Nielsen study caused such a fervor among Twitter users that an addendum was posted acknowledging their complaints (though not retracting the original findings). Comscore, a company that measures consumers' surfing habits, awarded Twitter the fastest-growing property title for the month of March; in April, Twitter surpassed The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal in unique visits. While Twitter may not be able to maintain its astronomical growth rate — a 1382% boost in unique visitors from February 2008 to February 2009, according to Nielsen — it seems to have become a staple in the lives of many people who use it to trade information and stay in touch.
You may be wondering, "What about money? Even though Twitter is popular, that doesn't mean it's generating any revenue — which means it may not be sustainable." That's a good point, but Twitter doesn't appear to be stressing over finances. In November, its owners rebuffed Facebook after the social networking rival offered to take over Twitter for stock worth $500 million. And, on the web site, Twitter claims that it's more interested in improving its service than boosting its bottom line. Meanwhile, speculation abounds over potential revenue streams with one possibility being the sale of commercial accounts to businesses. One can imagine the benefit a company might draw if it can find out, via Twitter, who's tweeting about their product, who else is receiving those tweets, and what, specifically, those people need in terms of customer care or innovation. What's more, some of that information can be found on a real-time basis, which could help inform business decisions that need to be made sooner rather than later. Recently, the ability of Twitter's search engine to deliver data in real time earned praise from no less than an online eminence — the co-founder of Google.
In other words, thanks to shrewd marketing and cutting-edge technology, Twitter appears to have built a sturdy nest in the tree of online media. For Twitter die-hards, that's great news. For the rest of us, it means enduring a lot more Twitter hype — or joining the growing ranks of tweeters.
Related Stories:
6/12: 6 % of Americans Have Twitter Accounts
Sources/Additional Information:
Google 'Falling Behind Twitter'
Twitter's Tweet Smell of Success
Twitter Quitters Post Roadblock to Long-Term Growth
ComScore Media Metrix Ranks Top 50 U.S. Web Properties for March 2009
When Twitter Met Facebook: The Acquisition Deal That Fail-Whaled


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Girls Night Out for Moms and Daughters
Girls in the Know (314-717-1270)
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM (CDT)
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Girls in the Know is hosting a mother-daughter night out at Sweetology on May 7. With every ticket purchased, adults who attend this unique and tasty event will receive one complimentary beverage; children will receive a cupcake to decorate. This is sure to be a fun-filled evening of laughter, cupcake decorating, and drinks for all at St. Louis' most exciting new interactive sweet shop. This event will appeal to GITK "graduates", friends, moms, aunts, grandmas and anyone with a sweet-tooth.
Cost: $15/adult and $10/youth; with each ticket, the adult gets a beverage (i.e. wine, beer or cocktail) and the kids get a cupcake to decorate
About Sweetology:
Sweetology is a new retail concept where young and old get a hands-on experience decorating all kinds of sweets from cupcakes to cakes and cookies. Start with the basic baked good, add a topping from a custom frosting dispenser and finish with extra goodies on top. There's also an opportunity for grown ups to enjoy drinks like coffee or a cocktail at the Drinkery. More information at www.sweetology.com.
When & Where
9214 Clayton Road
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM (CDT)
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You and him were happy. Voted 'Best Couple' even though you weren't even dating. Things were going great for you two, until that one boy moves into town and changes the world around the both of you.
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Ambition is an earnest desire to achieve a goal—something crucial in life that Jang Wooyoung lacked. Living freely for the present and doing whatever he pleased for fun was the life he intended to lead until Lee Jieun (IU) walked in. Fate made their meeting and will also draw them apart, but whether their future ties together again is up to Wooyoung alone.
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Clamps to a flat top upper receiver
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Ford Sollers Russia Venture Cuts Carmaking as Sales DropAnatoly Temkin
Ford Motor Co.'s Russian carmaking partnership with OAO Sollers is reducing production and cutting jobs in response to a decline in the vehicle market this year.
The Ford Sollers plant near St. Petersburg, the country's second-largest city, is suspending manufacturing for a combined 20 days from August through September, and will drop one of its three daily shifts after that, the venture said today in an e-mail. Talks are under way with labor unions on the workforce reductions, it said. A spokeswoman in Moscow declined when contacted by phone to specify how many posts may be eliminated.
"Sales of C-segment cars, including the Ford Focus, dropped by 16 percent in the first half of 2013," the company said. "A new working schedule will allow the company to maintain production efficiency."
Russia's automotive market has been shrinking as economic growth slows. Six-month industrywide sales of new cars and light commercial vehicles fell 6 percent from a year earlier to 1.33 million units, with demand for models from Dearborn, Michigan-based Ford plunging 19 percent, according to data compiled by the Association of European Businesses in Russia.
The seven-month automotive-market decline was also 6 percent, including an 18 percent drop at Ford, the trade group said yesterday in a statement. A Russian government incentive program to encourage car purchases may help accelerate a "gradual improvement to the point of stabilization in the coming months," the association said.
General Motors Co.,the biggest U.S. carmaker, is closing its St. Petersburg plant for a four-week vacation through Aug. 24, longer than the normal two-week summer shutdown, to keep production in line with demand, the company said in mid-June.


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Wisdom from a gas station--
"True love never fades."
Cars pass on by, either unaware
Or without a care.
At first, I think it's so silly...
Do they expect me to take this seriously?
I laugh at the wind,
My breath offensive.
Wisdom from a gas station--
It can't be that great.
A few desensitized words
To leave prices blurred.
That's all... right?
If it was so insignificant,
Why am I thinking about it?
Wisdom from a gas station,
Please don't be true.
I don't want to remember
Those moments together.
Can you teach me to forget?
In my heart, it's untrue.
I should've taken you more seriously.
Wisdom from a gas station--
My friend, you are wise.
I can't forget the face
That I refuse to replace.
Will this ever stop?
I guess not... After all,
"True love never fades."
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Lot 80: A fine and rare scroll shaped porcelain wall vase
Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art
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October 22, 2016
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dating: Qing (1644-1911)
provenance: China
Flat and glazed back, shaped as an open scroll; painted with famille rose flowers, one of them with a bug on top; featuring a bandage recalling a pink bandage, decorated at the center with a round, Shou symbol surrounded by clouds; featuring a small, round mouth on the right and a bigger one, shaped a semi-circle, on the left, surrounded by an opaque, gilded enamel. A tiny chip on the pink border. Period: 18th-19th Century. See three, very similar vases at Sotheby's, SALE NUMBER: HK0363; FINE CINESE CERAMICS & WORKS OF ART; 05 October 2011, HONG KONG; lot. 2083, 2084, 2085.
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Communication integration drives business app productivitycloud, Integration, Mobility, Unified Communications
Mobility and the cloud have become the primary drivers for organizations to integrate communication capabilities like voice and video with business applications. Moving unified communications (UC) to the cloud allows organizations to embed communication into the business applications they use daily with click-to-chat and click-to-call, and support a more mobile workforce.
"Marrying mobility and the cloud is the perfect storm of opportunity" for communication integration, said IHS Infonetics Research Director Diane Myers in the IHS and RingCentral webinar "How to Improve Business Productivity with Integrated Communications."
According to IHS research, 85% of organizations are using smartphones as part of their UC strategy and 79% view voice integration with their business apps as critical.
"When you integrate communication into your business apps, it can make your life easier," said Marco Casalaina, vice president of contact center and integrations at RingCentral, a cloud-based business communications provider. "It drives higher user productivity."
A simple integration like click-to-call, which lets users make calls directly from an app, can be very useful for someone who spends much of the day dialing numbers and making calls, he said.
Myers said the top three applications that organizations are moving to the cloud are email, collaboration apps and customer relationship management (CRM). CRM is a big area where people expect voice integration, especially with apps like Salesforce and Zendesk, Casalaina added.
"These are the apps people live in," he said. "They are in these apps all day long and need communication to be part of that."
Myers said voice integration with business applications is about breaking down silos between business apps and communication tools. Organizations that integrate see the value it brings to IT and their employees in improving productivity, she said.
Key voice integration considerations
Before organizations begin integrating their communication tools with their business apps, they need to understand the requirements that a cloud communication provider should meet to make integration successful.
Myers said organizations need to find a provider that understands what an organization needs to get from application integration. Organizations should request demos to understand a provider's integration services.
Casalaina said most cloud providers offer pre-built applications for the most common cloud tools to minimize IT involvement and make integration easy. But for organizations that have custom-built apps, Casalaina said a good cloud provider will also be a platform that offers application program interfaces (APIs) to support flexible voice integration that includes custom applications.
Voice integration with mobile devices can be tricky since it can be difficult to do deep integration with specific applications, Casalaina said.
For example, the Salesforce1 mobile app does not allow for much integration, but RingCentral uses mobile deep linking to make the app launch a RingCentral app that offers some voice integration.
"Mobile integration is newer when compared to Web-based integration, but it can be accomplished successfully," he said.
Is your PBX bad for business?PBX, Unified Communications
The legacy PBX is still a fixture for some organizations, but it may be holding them back from reaching their business goals.
8×8's Mike Reinhart, senior product marketing manager, and David Leach, business communications consultant, discussed the shortcomings of the PBX in today's communication environment in the webinar "Your PBX is killing your business."
Business communication has evolved due to globalization, an increasingly mobile and distributed workforce, integrated workflows and changing buying behaviors, Reinhart and Leach said.
"Picture your PBX in relation to these trends and you realize you've got a big problem that needs addressing," Leach said.
Reinhart and Leach listed 10 problems organizations face with the PBX: High acquisition cost and total cost of ownership; multiple vendors and systems involved; limited integration into business ecosystems; lack of insight into the customer journey; complex upgrades; costly or limited redundancy; complex system administration; security vulnerabilities; out-of-date feature sets; and built-in obsolescence.
"The day you install it, it's obsolete," Reinhart said. "It can't change as your business changes."
Leach said vendors are on a 12- to 24-month refresh cycle, so vendors are already working on their next PBX by the time an organization buys and deploys one.
But the cloud can eliminate many of the business problems created by legacy PBXs.
Cloud-based communications offers benefits including ease of integration with business ecosystems, resiliency and high availability, built-in security and software is always up to date.
Reinhart and Leach cited a Florida-based vacation travel agency that migrated from a PBX to 8×8's cloud-based communications services.
Leach said the agency reported business issues that stemmed from its PBX, including downtime caused by frequent hurricanes, a lack of integration of chat and voice traffic in the contact center and lack of integration with Salesforce.
After moving its communications services to the cloud, the agency no longer had to worry about weather-related outages and reported increased sales and agent productivity.
"The cloud gives businesses an edge that the PBX just can't offer," he said.
The three UC issues to address before you deployBig Data, cloud, service provider, Unified Communications
Before making the move to unified communications (UC), every organization must prioritize three issues: scalability, application integration and security. Failure to address these issues can have far-reaching implications for organizations when they enter a growth cycle or encounter a security threat.
Independent industry analyst Jon Arnold discussed in a webinar why the issues of scalability, application integration and security are so important, and how the cloud can address them and provide additional benefits.
Organizations need scalability to meet business needs, whether it's adding phone lines to accommodate more employees or ensuring a consistent end-user experience across branch offices. But for organizations that deploy an on-premises UC infrastructure, scalability is difficult, Arnold said.
The cloud is here to help. Organizations that deploy a hosted UC service can support growth by making sure their applications grow with the company and meet changing business needs. The cloud enables users to access their UC apps through the same interface for a consistent experience.
In addition, the cloud can leverage UC in ways an on-premises deployment cannot, Arnold said. The cloud offers flexibility that allows organizations to migrate to VoIP and UC at their own pace and makes migrating to UC an Opex decision since there's no need to invest in on-premises hardware.
"Stop thinking about the value of communications in terms of premise-based solutions," Arnold said. "The cloud provides new options that can create a competitive advantage."
Application integration
Organizations must integrate voice and telephony into other applications to leverage UC effectively, Arnold said. Voice is the preferred method of real-time communications. Integrating voice with other modes of communication, like instant messaging and conferencing, gives organizations an additional layer of value, he said.
Organizations looking to integrate their applications must focus on horizontal apps the whole company uses, like email, and vertical apps limited to specific departments, like salesforce.com, Arnold said. Organizations should leverage the cloud to integrate their applications for fixed and mobile environments to get the most value out of their apps.
"You need to give employees the tools they want to use in the way they like to use them," Arnold said. "You have to integrate them in a way that works in the environment people can be most productive, increasingly that means mobility."
Using the cloud to integrate voice into other applications also gives organizations access to big data. "There's a wealth of new information that comes when you capture everything in a digital format," Arnold said. Big data offers new metrics for organizations to gauge employee performance and make better decisions regarding employee and customer engagement.
For all the cloud's benefits related to UC, security concerns add a layer of uncertainty for organizations. Arnold said it's easy to think of security only in terms of telephony, but the reality is much bigger. Organizations that opt for a hosted UC and VoIP service face security threats in five areas: company data, employee data, financial data, operations and toll fraud.
Organizations must be proactive and address security issues before they become a problem by engaging employees, taking a holistic view of security that goes beyond IT and developing best practices to mitigate security risks, Arnold said.
Organizations should also have discussions with potential hosted UC service providers to make sure they understand security. Organizations should determine if a potential provider operates its own data center environment or if it uses a partner, what cloud models it supports, if it has the ability to encrypt VoIP traffic and if it can meet compliance requirements for data security audits, like HIPAA and PCI.
"If you don't think the cloud is a safe place, then you have to think twice about hosted UC," Arnold said.
Microsoft Outlook and the inside collaboration app conundrumCisco, Collaboration, Collaboration software, Collaboration tools, Email, Messaging, Microsoft, Microsoft Outlook, Social collaboration
Collaboration applications are the hot thing right now in unified communications.
The big collaboration apps seemingly do it all. They offer an easy-to-use, consistent and persistent workspace that features video conferencing, instant messaging, file sharing, screen sharing and mobility, among other things. The idea is for co-workers to live in these spaces to get work done together.
But what's missing? Email. Namely, the ability to collaborate outside your company is lacking.
We recently chatted with Irwin Lazar, vice president and service director at Nemertes Research, to try to make sense of this collaboration craze. Among his many good points, one in particular stood out: Microsoft Outlook, the simple communications tool that the majority of workers use religiously every day, is a key cog in this collaboration clamor.
"For Cisco, they have to find some way of competing on a broader scale with Microsoft than just in the voice and video market," Lazar said. "People spend a lot of time in Outlook. And Cisco, for years now, is saying, 'How do we get people out of Outlook and into something else?' "
If users live in Outlook, that means they have Microsoft licenses, which also gives them access to other capabilities like voice, desktop video and Web conferencing. So the process becomes a natural progression into the Microsoft suite, Lazar said, which steers users away from Cisco collaboration tools.
Cisco products have plug-ins for Outlook. And Cisco Jabber, one of the company's collaboration tools, recently added text messaging outside the company network. But as a universal collaboration tool, especially outside your organization, email is still persevering.
Smaller apps' big influence
In response to newer companies flooding the collaboration market with smaller apps, Cisco recently unveiled Spark, while Microsoft retooled Lync as Skype for Business and introduced Groups, another collaboration tool that includes an inbox, calendaring, file sharing and quick messaging.
Lazar does think smaller collaboration apps, like Slack and Glip, can challenge the larger incumbent vendors.
"I think they are competitive," he said, "and that's why Cisco spent a lot of time, effort and money to build Spark because they're trying to find some way to finally replace Outlook as the thing that people spend most of their day living in." (Again, it comes back to Outlook.) "I do think the [new] tools have a lot of potential to severely disrupt the market."
Fast forward two years from now and Cisco Spark will probably replace Cisco Jabber, Lazar added.
Alan Lepofsky, vice president and principal analyst at Constellation Research, agreed that "a new lightweight breed of real-time communications" is challenging big vendors. At the same time, he said, persistent chat is making a huge comeback — from its late '90s popularity — with tools like Slack, Glip, HipChat, Convo, Flowdock and others.
Lepofsky said with all the collaboration offerings, both big and small, some of the questions customers need to ask is: Do you want presence, chat and video conferencing as part of an integrated vendor suite, or do you want to go with a smaller vendor and hope it integrates with the rest of your enterprise software?
The bottom line: The market is indeed muddled as users wade through many options. But, like with most technology, find what suits you.
YouTube influences video content management in the enterpriseUnified Communications, Video, YouTube
Enterprises looking to deploy a video content management system should take a page out of YouTube's book.
While video content management allows organizations to store videos, create content and interact with content, employees expect a video management system to have the easy accessibility of YouTube.
In a recent Polycom webinar on video content management, Aragon Research Lead Analyst David Mario Smith discussed what he called the "YouTube effect" in the enterprise.
He said YouTube is "starting to creep into the enterprise" as employees are searching the site for tutorials and how-to videos. Enterprises can take advantage of this trend with a video content management system that makes it easy to store and access content and lets employees engage and create content.
But organizations shouldn't just use video for video's sake, they need to put video where it matters to achieve specific business goals, Smith said.
Beyond mimicking YouTube's easy accessibility, enterprises should look to video content management features like the ability to broadcast and record a livestream and extend to mobile devices. Enterprises also should determine the level of interactivity they want employees to have — whether it's the ability to comment on a video or provide them access to experts featured in a video.
Analytics is another important feature of video content management. With analytics, enterprises can understand how well a video is performing, how their employees are interacting with video content and how video is impacting business goals.
In the webinar, Cara Daly, senior products manager at Polycom, outlined four use cases that could benefit from video content management.
- Corporate communications: Create a better connected organization
- Provide employees easier access to the organization's brand
- Publish and syndicate videos easily — from polished campaign videos to employee-generated content
- Push and prioritize mission-critical content or highlight featured content
- Training departments: Develop talent without disrupting day-to-day workflows or being constrained by a budget
- Capture instructor presentations, slides and Q&A sessions
- Expand access to training course inventory
- Asynchronous training improves work/life balance
- Lines of Business: Foster innovation and reduce time-to-market through the collection and management of knowledge
- Share best practices and document complex tasks
- Boost post-meeting productivity
- Overcome scheduling and time-zone changes
- C-level executives: Need to engage employees with the commitment to drive toward the organization's strategic vision
- Extend the reach of leadership to everyone, everywhere
- Adapt quickly to changing market positions
- Enhance corporate culture
"It's really about knowledge sharing and enabling that valuable asset of knowledge to be moved quickly and easily through the organization for a more connected and informed culture," Daly said.
Mobility sparks 'wonderful disruption' in our lives, workEnterprise mobility, Mobile, Mobile devices, Mobility, Unified Communications
The power and proliferation of mobile devices are not new concepts. But stepping back and evaluating the mobility market and its staggering numbers – and what it all means for unified communications – can be eye-opening.
Mobility and its influence on the UC market was a focal point of Google's keynote address last month at Enterprise Connect. Google for Work's technology evangelist Adam Swidler said mobile devices are causing a "wonderful disruption" in the way we live and work.
Swidler cited a study by Benedict Evans of Andreessen Horowitz called "Mobile is Eating the World," which has some revealing findings. Namely, smartphones and tablets have far surpassed laptops and PCs in sales and shipments – and the changeover has been rapid and dramatic. Mobile devices are now nearly half of all consumer electronics sales.
The mobility market has seen dramatic growth since 2007 when the iPhone launched. Android launched a year later, and the iPad was released in 2010. Part of what's fueling mobile growth, said Swidler, is the refresh cycle for mobile devices is usually every two years, while users may buy a new PC just every five years.
With the advent of iOS and Android, Microsoft in particular has been significantly disrupted from its leadership position, said Swidler, citing the Evans study. In early 2009, Microsoft was on more than 90 percent of the personal computing devices that were sold. Since then, with the popularity of iPhone and Android devices, Microsoft now represents less than 25 percent of the devices sold.
This dramatic shift, according to the Evans study, is expected to continue over the next five years as another billion people come online – and virtually all of them will do so on smartphones.
Additionally, a younger generation of workers, who grew up with mobile technology, will only add to the mobile momentum as they join the workforce in the coming years. Teenagers, noted Swidler, simply don't use email today and don't make or take phone calls. They text.
Mobile promotes productivity
So what does this mean for UC? Swidler cited research by Steven Sinofsky, former president of Microsoft's Windows division, on how mobile technology fosters a culture of "continuous productivity" and impacts organizational structures.
Mobility, said Swidler, puts a focus on faster problem-solving and execution among team members. Mobile technologies can also allow outside perspectives into your organization – and that's a good thing.
"There's a clear rise and need to communicate with the outside and bring the value they can provide into your organization," said Swidler. "It probably seems uncomfortable to think you might have the same chat message intimacy with your customers that you do with your co-workers. But think how great an experience that is for your customers. Let them chat with you."
This mobile modernization is also inverting company launches and collaboration, said Irwin Lazar, vice president and service director at Nemertes Research.
"It's usually desktop first, phone first, video room first and app second," said Lazar. "Now mobile apps have feature parity right out of the box or feature superiority in some cases – that's a very different mindset for the collaboration industry."
Google searches for enterprise niche
Google's presence at Enterprise Connect this year was intriguing. The Internet giant didn't have a new product to pitch, and they didn't even have a booth. This year, however, marked the first time Google delivered a keynote address at the conference. So it makes you wonder if we'll be seeing more from Google in the business communications space.
Don't expect Google to rival Cisco or Microsoft in the UC market, and I would guess Google is fine with that. Google's focus perhaps might be just on small businesses – and there are plenty of those. Small businesses, after all, probably can't afford a big, expensive video conferencing service and would opt for Google Hangouts instead.
In his speech, Swidler did spotlight some of Google's achievements in the business communications market – most notably Hangouts and Google apps.
New Plantronics devices address UC noiseCollaboration, Headsets, Mobility, Unified Communications
While on a phone or video call, it's pretty common to pick up some background noise — whether it's dogs barking, car horns blaring or a co-worker's goofy ringtone.
As offices become more open and workers become increasingly mobile, background noise is a new challenge facing collaboration. Plantronics is targeting this problem of UC noise with four new audio devices announced earlier this month.
"Everywhere is the new workplace. We know office noise is increasingly becoming a concern due to more open working environments that promote collaboration, but workplace noise isn't just a problem for those in the office," said Bill Loewenthal, vice president of enterprise product solutions at Plantronics, in a statement. "You can't always control your environment and you certainly can't control your caller's environment."
Users are demanding tools that promote seamless collaboration. If someone on a call can't be heard because of background noise, users can't effectively collaborate. It's that simple.
"There's been increasing emphasis on the importance of a reliable, high-quality, seamless user experience when communicating and collaborating today," said Rich Costello, senior research analyst for unified communications at IDC. Plantronics' new devices aim to reduce background noise for users on audio or video calls and increase the clarity of their voices, whether they're at their desk or on the road.
The new products from Plantronics are:
Blackwire 725, a corded stereo headset with noise-canceling technology, is geared toward workers in open or collaborative workspaces who make PC-based calls. In addition to reducing outside noises, the device's headset includes a noise-canceling microphone that diminishes noise on the user's end of a call. The Blackwire 725 is available now and retails at $179.
Voyager Edge UC is a mobile headset for workers who take calls on their mobile devices, from their phone to their laptop. The headset includes three microphones that reduce noise caused by outside elements like wind. The Voyager Edge UC is available now and retails at $199.
Calisto 610 is a speakerphone that allows for mobile conference calls with small groups of people. The speakerphone includes a noise-canceling, omni-directional microphone and can integrate with a user's softphone. The Calisto 610 is available now and retails for $99.
Clarity 340 is a handset phone designed for workers with vision, hearing or dexterity challenges. The phone includes sound amplification, large buttons for dialing and a large display. The phone is compatible with hearing-aids. The Clarity 340 will be available in March and will retail for $149.
Mitel backs off its ShoreTel domination plans, but should customers still be worried?
Mitel has officially shelved its plans for a ShoreTel takeover.
Mitel pulled its third acquisition proposal — several days prior to the Nov. 20 deadline — due to " the repeated refusal of ShoreTel's Board of Directors to engage in discussions of any kind regarding a potential transaction," according to a press release from Mitel.
The UC vendor came forward with an unsolicited bid to buy ShoreTel for $540 million back in November, which ShoreTel scoffed at. In a press release, ShoreTel's board of directors said it "unanimously" concluded that "Mitel's proposal significantly undervalues ShoreTel and fails to reflect the upside of ShoreTel's growth initiatives and technology developments."
Mitel was unfazed at first, following up with two more offers. The final bid would have put the buyout at $574 million. When ShoreTel still refused to entertain the idea, Rich McBee, Mitel's CEO, brazenly wrote a letter to ShoreTel's board, noting that since the board wouldn't engage with him, he had approached unnamed large ShoreTel shareholders independently regarding the acquisition.
In the end, however, Mitel has decided to take its offer off the table.
Mitel has good reason for wanting ShoreTel. While Mitel's UC products are popular in Canada and Europe, ShoreTel has a solid customer base in the U.S. ShoreTel also has a very strong UCaaS offering — ShoreTel Sky — which is especially appealing at a time when businesses are becoming very interested in the prospect of moving their communication off-premises.
Since cloud-based UC is gaining popularity very rapidly in the telephony market and ShoreTel is a little ahead of the game in that space, Mitel's proposal makes sense, said Joe Rittenhouse, president of business development for Converged Technology Professionals Inc., a technology consulting firm and ShoreTel partner. "It's something worthy of acquiring, but I'm glad it didn't happen," he said.
With formidable leaders in the UC space — including Cisco and Microsoft — smaller vendors are forced to fight over scraps. Mitel's unsolicited offers may have created uncertainty among prospective ShoreTel customers, causing them to worry about Mitel discontinuing or ending support of Shoretel equipment. ShoreTel customers may also have worried about a forced migration to Mitel products. Such doubts could cut ShoreTel off at the knees in an already competitive UC market.
"[The bid] caught us off guard, that's for sure. It made us reevaluate where we were and where the industry is headed," Rittenhouse said. "But if anything, in the end, it reaffirmed the position we're going in as far as offering cloud services."
Rittenhouse said that existing ShoreTel customers probably felt more confident about their investments after seeing ShoreTel's reaction to the Mitel offers. "We were actually concerned it would have a negative effect, but because ShoreTel rejected [the bids] so quickly, our existing [customer] base wasn't worried," he said.
But just because Mitel has called it quits, doesn't mean other suitors won't step up to the plate for a chance at ShoreTel. Consolidation is a certainty in the already crowded UC market.
"I think there is going to be consolidation eventually, but ShoreTel is also carving out what will be a niche market and good hybrid approach, so I think that would be giving up before they had a chance to play the game," Rittenhouse said.
When the PSTN leaves, will your phone number stay?
As the public switched telephone network (PSTN) blinks out of existence, carriers are left wondering what will become of it's by-product: the telephone number. Will it go down with the ship, or will it become the life raft — connecting islands of communications?
I called on Voxbone's vice president of Strategic Alliances, Hugh Goldstein, to answer this question. He took part in a panel discussion yesterday at ITEXPO in Las Vegas on the future of the phone number. Here's what he had to say:
How will telephone numbers be common denominators between networks?
Hugh Goldstein: Voxbone has a big vested interest in this question because we've built a business around telephone numbers. The thing is that telephone numbers are very useful, yet they're linked to this legacy system that a lot of thought leaders in the industry believe will eventually go away. So there's a big debate from people at industry conferences on what the future will look like for telephone numbers. For the next 10-20 years, I expect everyone is going to continue to see telephone numbers in their daily lives. Part of the reason is that it's the common denominator between networks. When we have islands of IP communications we can use any [connector] you like — some SIP networks use email-address-like identifiers. If you have a provider, whether it be an over-the-top (OTT) service like Skype, or you have an enterprise that's built its own private network, they can use [that identifier language] within their own island. But when they want to go outside of that island, the telephone number is the common denominator. That's what everyone uses to find the destination for a call to make communication work.
What might be the long term solution for connecting disparate communication systems?
Goldstein: Long term, there might be other systems that become popular. But at this point in time it's difficult for any one new paradigm to really take a strong position unless there is a huge critical mass of customers just getting on board with it. Even though Skype has many hundreds of millions of users, there's not any big push to make a Skype ID the new telephone number, because it's attached to one individual company and it's proprietary. Telephone numbers are international, regulated — the property of countries essentially — and they're managed by international organizations regulators, so they're viewed as being neutral. That's a very strong attribute, even though we're seeing lots of ideas come about. It's still the telephone number that sits in front of a lot of IP services today.
Why might telephone numbers be replaced?
Goldstein: If there's a complaint about telephone numbers, it's that they're not that easy to remember by people. People prefer language-based things. [But] if that's the complaint of telephone numbers, an IP address of the length of IPv6 complexity would be worse. We all have lots of other different identifiers that are useful for us, like Facebook names, email addresses, [and] Skype names, but the telephone number is something that can link everything together.
How are telephone numbers being used as the common denominator between networks today?
Goldstein: One thing we find in our business [for OTT providers] is that businesses like to have numbers in different geographies. It's something that helps them deal with global markets. So if you run a business in L.A. and you sell to people in Japan, France and Brazil, [and] if you only put an L.A. number there, it's still difficult for people around the world to call an L.A. number. It's a perceived economic barrier. Not everyone's phone plans allows them to call international. Some of them feel reluctant to dial that international number. Maybe there's perceived language issues. But let's say in that scenario they put a Japanese, French and Brazilian number up on their webpage — that opens up the game and allows people in those markets to call and interact to do business with them. [For] Voxbone and other OTT providers like us, the cost to add numbers like that … is very low. So a lot of over-the-top and hosted PBX providers, I think they've found this as something that customers like. For their businesses, it's a way to increase the average revenue per user, because that business is very competitive based on price, so there's a certain amount that you can realistically charge for a phone line and voicemail. But now with international numbers, suddenly that customer in L.A. is [saying;] 'I'll upgrade my account, and I'll add the number in Tokyo, Rio and Paris, and they see a lot of value in doing that. That's what's happening today and that illustrates to an extent why [phone] numbers are still very important.
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Video content management wrangles streaming video in the workplaceMagic Quadrant, Unified Communications
Employees are streaming more video at work and it's not just cat videos on YouTube. Enterprise video content management is the latest service to emerge in the UC market as interest in enterprise video streaming grows. What exactly is video content management? Any software, appliances or software as a service (SaaS) offering that manages or facilitates the delivery of on-demand video (one-to-any device) across the Web, according to Gartner's Magic Quadrant.
Compared to 2012, the number of hours workers have spent streaming video at the office has risen from 7.2 to 10.8 hours per user, per month. Gartner projects that by 2016, enterprises will stream more than 16 hours of video per user, per month. Video streaming is catching on as enterprises use the technology to improve collaboration, customer service, employee training and advertisements. To prevent the increased video streaming from congesting the network, enterprises are turning to video providers for management services.
While the enterprise video content management market has grown significantly, Gartner said it is too early to forecast the market's future or estimate market size. However, Gartner found that most enterprises are looking at SaaS or hybrid video content management services. Gartner predicts that SaaS for streaming video will continue to grow in the market, especially for organizations that want to use video to target customers or avoid unpredictable storage infrastructure costs.
In its Magic Quadrant, Gartner named two market leaders: Qumu and Kaltura.
California-based Qumu offers a secure video content management system that not only lets IT pros manage and distribute content to any platform/device, but also allows them to capture video from any source and automate streaming and downloading. Qumu was founded in 2000 and acquired by legacy video vendor Rimage in 2011. The company identifies enterprise video content management as its best potential for revenue growth.
According to Gartner, Qumu's strengths include:
— a strong hybrid storage model that allows third parties to be storage partners;
— its partnership with audio search specialist Nexidia;
— and a modularized workflow that makes room for external processes.
However, Gartner says Qumu's pricing model is challenging and difficult to interpret.
Kaltura, based in New York, was founded in 2006 and claims to be the only open source online video platform. It offers a modular platform where IT pros can customize and develop aspects of the service, like the management, publishing, distribution and analysis. Kaltura also offers a social video portal for employees and a video extension for Sharepoint.
Gartner noted that in addition to the company's strong customization, other strengths include:
–a hybrid storage model that allows for third party partners;
–a highly flexible workflow engine; and
–flexible analytics that can serve just about any use case.
Gartner cautioned that transcription for search and other functions provided by Kaltura are licensed from other vendors and the administration and management interface requires more streamlining to make it easier use.
Other providers ranked on the Magic Quadrant include Panopto as the sole visionary; Polycom, Cisco, Kontiki, Ignite, KZO Innovations and Brightcove as challengers; and Sonic Foundry, VBrick Systems and Media Platform as niche players.


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Wednesday, June 18th – Lincoln County
Summary: The tail end of the weather system that soaked us over the previous three days drifted off into Idaho yesterday, leaving the Central Coast in the sun. Northwest winds were under 15 mph. A handful of light rain showers early in the morning dampened the ground but didn't produce any measureable precipitation. The rest of the day was mostly sunny; and talk about consistency, all of our reporting stations recorded exactly 63F for the high temperature. Lows were mostly in the upper-40s. Clear skies with a hint of haze near the beach dominated the overnight scene. This morning, low clouds hovered above the ocean and broken mid-level clouds were developing above.
Past 24 Hours High/Low...
Lincoln City: 63F/48F
Depoe Bay: 63F/45F
Newport: 63F/45F
Waldport: 63F/47F
Yachats: 63F/49F
Forecast: We'll be throwing the dice for sky cover over the next few days with a mix of clouds and clearing. Technically speaking, there is a southwest flow aloft creating a moist marine influence, and light northwest winds at the surface trying to push the clouds away. This situation is ripe for producing night and morning low overcast but, honestly, it's always a crap shoot under these conditions. So, for today, tonight and tomorrow, let's just say periods of clouds and clearing, leaning more toward cloudy from midnight to noon. Outlook is for a chance of a couple showers on Thursday night into early Friday, then back to the current regime. Highs 60-65F (depending on how often the sunny side of the dice come up) and lows around 50F.
Travel: A reminder that construction work is underway on Highway 101 through the Nelscott District in Lincoln City with short delays during the day and up to 20-minute flagged delays between 7:00pm and 6:30am daily. Also, beginning on Monday, June 23rd, nighttime paving and short daytime delays can be expected on 101 between Newport and Waldport; the entire stretch is going to be repaved. In the Coast Range today, partly cloudy and 65-75F. Valley destinations will have mostly sunny skies with a high of 70-75F. For the Cascades, mostly sunny with the freezing level at 8,000 feet.
Cascades Snow Pack: Currently 41", a gain of 2" since yesterday.
Marine: You can't ask for much lighter conditions than this morning. It's dead calm and the swell is down to 4 feet at 8 seconds. As of 8:00am, Depoe Bay bar is unrestricted, as is Yaquina Bay bar, though the dredge Yaquina is still working inside the jaws. Smaller boats that have been waiting for a flat day to get offshore may find today just right. NW winds 5-10 knots with rounded seas at 3-4 feet. Tonight, look for a light westerly breeze of 5-10 knots and the swell running about 4 feet. S to SW wind tomorrow, 5-10 knots gusting 15 in the afternoon along with seas of 5 feet. Outlook is for N winds 10-15 knots gusting 20 at times through the weekend and a NW swell at 4-6 feet.
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