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All the action on day two of the latest LV= County Championship games, with the contests at Wantage Road and Trent Bridge poised for day-three conclusions.
By Rob Barnett, Callum Dent & Dominic Farrell
6.52pm - Here's how things stand at the halfway-point in the latest round of LV= County Championship games. Join us tomorrow, when we look set for results in the games at Trent Bridge and Wantage Road.
Division One
Yorkshire are 213 for four following a fine half-century by Joe Root and lead Middlesex by 268 runs in their second innings at Lord's.
Lancashire are 244 for five in their second dig at Wantage Road, 199 ahead of Northamptonshire. Jos Buttler and Tom Smith are unbeaten on 66 and 44 respectively.
Nottinghamshire are 126 for three in pursuit of 300 for victory over Warwickshire at Trent Bridge. The visitors were earlier bundled out for 152 second time around.
Sussex are 25 for one versus Somerset at the BrightonandHoveJobs.com County Ground after Marcus Trescothick notched a century in his team's first-innings 372.
Division Two
Glamorgan are 126 without loss in response to Leicestershire's first-innings 500. Jacques Rudolph and Gareth Rees have both passed fifty, while Niall O'Brien starred with 133 for the home team.
Hampshire, for whom James Vince is 118 not out, are 289 for three facing Surrey. No play was possible after lunch at the Ageas Bowl
Worcestershire are 31 without loss - 188 behind - in their first knock versus Derbyshire at New Road. Captain Wayne Madsen was left high and dry on 111 amid his team's 219 all out.
Gloucestershire, who this morning lost the toss ahead of a midday start, reached 104 for six against Essex at Bristol before the weather exerted further influence.
ANOTHER WICKET - Wright strikes!! Jaques gets a thin edge through to Ambrose and departs for 64! #7togo #YouBears
— Warwickshire CCC (@CricketingBears) April 28, 2014
MUCH NEEDED WICKET - Jeets traps Lumb LBW for 40! Notts - 118-2! #8togo #YouBears
— Warwickshire CCC (@CricketingBears) April 28, 2014
6.22pm - Similarly they're done for the day at Wantage Road, where Buttler and Smith have steered Lancashire to 244 for five in their second innings, a lead of 199 over Northamptonshire. Where's your money tomorrow, folks?
That leaves just the matches at Lord's and Trent Bridge on-going and we'll have a close-of-play summary for you shortly.
6.19pm - Stumps at New Road, where Worcestershire have moved to 31 without loss in response to Derbyshire's 219 all out.
At Taunton Somerset and Sussex will go again tomorrow with the latter 25 for one. The hosts were all out earlier for 372 in their first innings.
6.19pm - Stumps at New Road, where Worcestershire have moved to 31 without loss in response to Derbyshire's 219 all out.
6.16pm - Jaques goes to 50 and Nottinghamshire are 102 for one - in a game where the last two completed innings mustered 116 and 152. The hosts need 198 more to beat Warwickshire and everything will be up for grabs at Trent Bridge tomorrow.
6.12pm - One brings two and Middlesex are admirably still fighting hard late in the day. Root goes for 63, lbw to Finn as he did first time around. Yorkshire are 201 for four, 256 ahead.
6.07pm - That's stumps at Grace Road, where Glamorgan have progressed serenely to 126 without loss in response to Leicestershire's first-innings 500. Bowlers on both teams must be casting envious glances towards conditions on offer elsewhere in the country!
6.04pm - Steven Finn has his sixth wicket of the match as Williamson's attempted cut flies to Sam Robson at gully. The New Zealander goes for 37 to end a 98-run stand with Root and new man Gary Ballance gets up and running with a four.
A couple of lives. Smith dropped on 31 at square-leg - tough chance to Coetzer - and Buttler missed stumping on 61. 229-5 now.
— Lancashire CCC (@LancsCCC) April 28, 2014
5.56pm - Further heavy rain means we're done for the day at Bristol. Despite some excellent work from Essex's bowlers during what play was possible today, the day one washout means the draw is favourite at halfway.
5.51pm - Somerset have a vital early scalp at the BrightonandHoveJobs.com County Ground. In-form opener Ed Joyce edges Alfonso Thomas behind to Craig Kieswetter.
Rees joins Rudolph in bringing up a fifty at Grace Road.
50 for Rudolph from 101 balls as the century stand comes up. Glam 102/0 with Rees 41*
— Glamorgan Cricket (@GlamCricket) April 28, 2014
5.42pm - Another England man to raise his bat is Yorkshire's Root, who recovers from a first innings duck to chalk a stylish Lord's fifty. The White Rose are 229 ahead with eight second-innings wickets remaining and firmly in charge.
5.38pm - Ten runs from two balls for Lancashire and Buttler has nothing to do with it - Crook's bouncer flies over the wicketkeeper for six no balls and four byes follow! Buttler does indeed move to his half-century during the next over - an innings that has shifted the momentum of this gripping match back into Lancashire's favour.
Lancs 181-5 after 58.1 overs, Buttler 45 and Smith 15. Stand of 51 inside 10 overs. Lead is 136 #NorvLancs
— Lancashire CCC (@LancsCCC) April 28, 2014
5.25pm - Gregory falls three short of a third first-class half-century as Luke Wells holds on at deep extra-cover. It gives Chris Jordan a five-wicket haul but Somerset will be buoyed by a total of 372 all out. The last-wicket pair added 75 of those and Myburgh finished on 37.
Phil Jaques and Michael Lumb bring up 50 for Nottinghamshire, who are one down chasing 300 versus Warwickshire.
TOP KNOCK! Wayne Madsen hits his 16th first-class century for Derbyshire, ending 111 not out against @WorcsCCC #P2bD pic.twitter.com/d09kEbx1xw
— Derbyshire CCC (@DerbyshireCCC) April 28, 2014
5.17pm - Mark Footitt holes out for 17 to hand Saeed Ajmal figures of 4-60 and Derbyshire are 219 all out - Madsen carrying his bat for 111.
Yorkshire are on to 151 for two - 205 ahead of Middlesex. Kane Williamson and Joe Root have 25 and 31 respectively.
Bad light has them back indoors once again at Bristol.
5.09pm - Essex pick up where they left off at Gloucestershire as James Foster pouches Cameron Herring behind to give David Masters a fourth wicket. The hosts are now 104 for six.
Somerset's last-wicket pair have moved the score on to 356 for nine to chalk up an unlikely fourth batting point. Johann Myburgh is 36 not out, while last man Lewis Gregory has raced to 32 from 31 balls.
Glamorgan openers Jacques Rudolph and Gareth Rees bring up a 50 stand.
5.01pm - Buttler relying on his natural instincts at Wantage Road as he takes nine from a Steven Crook over to move Lancashire's lead into three figures.
4.57pm - Breakthrough for Warwickshire. Steven Mullaney edges Keith Barker to Ian Bell at third slip and Nottinghamshire are 28 for one.
Some great shots from Lewis Gregory. Four 4's and a six so far in his 25 from 21 balls. Somerset move to 334/9. The spinners are coming on.
— Somerset Cricket (@SomersetCCC) April 28, 2014
Play will resume at 5pm. #ComeonGlos
— Gloucestershire CCC (@Gloscricket) April 28, 2014
4.48pm - This could be a potentially decisive turn from Hall after tea. Northants' veteran all-rounder now removes Paul Horton for 48. Tom Smith joins Jos Buttler at the crease, and Lancashire are five down and only 85 runs ahead.
4.43pm - Tim Groenewald proved a valuable ally to Madsen on his way to three figures but becomes Charles Morris' third victim for a handy 24. The partnership was worth 56.
4.37pm - CENTURY FOR WAYNE MADSEN! That really is a captain's innings in every sense of the term from the Derbyshire skipper. A single takes him to 100 from 228 deliveries, containing 12 fours amid a team total of 187 for eight.
Nottinghamshire innings underway. Mullaney 7* Jaques 4*, Notts need another 287 runs to win #NottsvWarks
— Nottinghamshire CCC (@TrentBridge) April 28, 2014
4.27pm - James Anyon bowls Peter Trego and Sussex have a third bowling bonus point against Somerset. Can their opponents eek out another with the bat from 297 for nine?
Northants are firmly back in charge against Lancashire now as Luke Procter is run out without facing a ball.
4.22pm - That's an important breakthrough after lunch for Northamptonshire at Wantage Road as Ashwell Prince departs stumped off Andrew Hall for 47. It didn't appear the tidiest piece of work from David Murphy but the home wicketkeeper and his team-mates won't mind one jot. The score is 109 for four, meaning Lancashire lead by 64.
4.15pm - Yorkshire head to lunch happy with their afternoon's work at Lord's. On 119 for two they lead Middlesex by 174 runs.
In Division Two, Worcestershire and Derbyshire are back out in the middle at New Road.
4.08pm - Jeetan Patel is caught at long-on by Fletcher off Gurney for a brisk 20 and Warwickshire are 152 all out. Just the 14 wickets over two sessions at Trent Bridge today! It means Nottinghamshire will begin their pursuit of 300 for victory after tea.
And that's tea! Definitely Lancashire's session. They have reached 104-2 after 41, which means the lead is 59. Horton 41. Prince 42.
— Lancashire CCC (@LancsCCC) April 28, 2014
3.52pm – The weather has won at the Ageas Bowl, where play between Hampshire and Surrey has been called off for the day.
Ashwell Prince and Paul Horton have rebuilt superbly at Wantage Road, helping Lancashire build a lead of 57.
Tea has been taken at the BrightonandHoveJobs.com County Ground and New Road.
Carter gets Wright for 0 #NottsvWarks
— Nottinghamshire CCC (@TrentBridge) April 28, 2014
3.41pm – Steven Finn has collected his first second-innings wicket, having Lyth superbly caught by Rayner for 54. Joe Root joins Kane Williamson in the middle at the home of cricket.
Nottinghamshire have snared another scalp as Barker tries to cut Fletcher and only succeeds in edging behind to Chris Read.
3.37pm – Charlie Shreck's dismissal, run out for 31 off 24 balls, has prompted an early tea at Grace Road with Leicestershire 500 all out.
In-form Lyth raises his bat for the third time this season, passing 50 as Yorkshire extend their lead over Middlesex to 145.
At Trent Bridge, Ambrose has been trapped lbw by Andy Carter to leave Warwickshire, leading by 260, 113 for seven.
3.28pm – Yorkshire have lost their first wicket at Lord's with 82 on the board. Spinner Ollie Rayner has bowled Lees, who offered no shot, and the young left-hander has departed for 33.
Tim Ambrose and Keith Barker have edged Warwickshire into three figures at Trent Bridge. Their lead is now 248.
Kieswetter is on his way back to the pavilion. Caught in the slips for 5. Somerset now 267/8
— Somerset Cricket (@SomersetCCC) April 28, 2014
3.16pm – Hildreth's resistance has ended on 18, caught in the slips off Chris Jordan to leave Somerset 267 for seven.
Jigar Naik has passed fifty for Leicestershire, who are 478 for nine.
Sun belting down on @HomeOfCricket and Yorkshire advance to 69-0. Lyth 38*, Lees 31. pic.twitter.com/5oGXIYwN3O
— Middlesex Cricket (@Middlesex_CCC) April 28, 2014
3.05pm – Chris Woakes is the latest Warwickshire batsman to lose his wicket, edging Luke Fletcher to second slip to depart for nine.
Ajmal continues to hurt Derbyshire, adding Tony Palladino to his list of scalps today, while Leicestershire continue to occupy the crease at Grace Road. They are 444 for nine after Anthony Ireland is bowled by Will Owen for three.
3.03pm – Read ecb.co.uk's story on Sangakkara joining Durham here.
The rain has stopped, but the outfield is still wet. The groundstaff are working hard so hopefully we can see some more play today! #LVCC
— Hampshire Cricket (@hantscricket) April 28, 2014
2.55pm – Craig Kieswetter and James Hildreth have been charged with the task of rebuilding Somerset's innings following the loss of Trescothick to Steve Magoffin for a superb 116.
Leicestershire are now 434 for eight after Jim Allenby ends Taylor's 77-ball 63.
2.46pm – Batting looks to be getting easier at Lord's, where Adam Lyth and Alex Lees' opening partnership now totals 54, extending Yorkshire's lead to 109 in the process. Lancashire continue to rebuild at Wantage Road and have finally moved into the lead.
Derbyshire are now 121 for seven after Charles Morris dismisses Wainwright lbw while the rain has now arrived at Bristol and a delay is likely.
Bad light stops play - Gloucestershire 104 for 5 from 27.3 overs, Chris Dent 47*, Cameron Herring 10. Masters 3-39, Napier 2-47 #GlovEss
— Essex Cricket (@EssexCricket) April 28, 2014
2.38pm – The loss of Bell has sparked a collapse that has seen Warwickshire, who are 204 runs ahead, lose three wickets for just two runs to slip to 57 for five. After having the England batsman caught behind, Harry Gurney accounted for Ateeq Javid in similar fashion a ball after Peter Siddle dismissed Will Porterfield, the Australian's third wicket.
Great to have @REALsaeedajmal back in his @WorcsCCC kit #spinking pic.twitter.com/eGdrslw12X
— Worcestershire CCC (@WorcsCCC) April 28, 2014
2.25pm – Somerset skipper Trescothick has compiled his first century of the season. But soon after his partnership of 139 with Petersen comes to an end when the latter is stumped by Ben Brown off Ashar Zaidi 14 short of a ton of his own.
Warwickshire have suffered a blow with the loss of Ian Bell to leave them 55 for three, a lead of over 202.
50 NOT OUT! Madsen (53*) completes his half-century off 143 balls (7 fours). Well batted Mads! Derbyshire 100-6 (47); Wainwright 7* #WORvDER
— Derbyshire CCC (@DerbyshireCCC) April 28, 2014
2.23pm – Rob Taylor and Jigar Naik have secured maximum batting points for Leicestershire.
Wicket. Siddle gets Evans caught Lumb at gully. 46-2 a lead of 193 #NottsvWarks
— Nottinghamshire CCC (@TrentBridge) April 28, 2014
2.11pm – Saeed Ajmal, making his season bow for Worcestershire, is on a hat-trick after ruining Dan Hodgson's Derbyshire debut by trapping the on-loan Yorkshire wicketkeeper-batsman lbw. However, David Wainwright keeps the Pakistan spinner at bay and Derbyshire are 83 for six after choosing to bat.
Lancashire's batting troubles continue as Andrew Hall traps Andrea Agathangelou lbw for a duck.
2.05pm – Away from LV= County Championship action, champions Durham have pulled off a coup by securing the services of Sri Lanka international Kumar Sangakkara. The 36-year-old will play four-day matches against Yorkshire and Sussex in preparation for his country's tour of England.
Wicket. @Wjdurston3 is caught by Whiteley off @REALsaeedajmal for 2. Derbyshire 83-5 (41.1); Madsen 43*. #WORvDER
— Derbyshire CCC (@DerbyshireCCC) April 28, 2014
2pm – Somerset's Alviro Petersen brings up a half-century before taking his fifth-wicket stand with Marcus Trescothick into three figures while Lancashire, trailing by 16, have lost Luis Reece to Muhammad Azhar Ullah for 10.
At Bristol, Will Gidman edges David Masters to England Test captain Alastair Cook at first slip and departs for 21, leaving Gloucestershire 66 for five.
Wicket! Hughes LBW off Andrew for 0 just after the resumption. Derbyshire 78-4.
— Worcestershire CCC (@WorcsCCC) April 28, 2014
1.47pm – Niall O'Brien's stunning innings comes to an end just two balls after the restart. The Irishman was caught in the deep for 133 to hand Glamorgan seamer Graham Wagg his fourth scalp.
Heavy, heavy, heavy rain has arrives @hantscricket pic.twitter.com/xHMa4LXx19
— Surrey Cricket (@surreycricket) April 28, 2014
6 - In his last six @LV_Cricket matches @DavehodMasters has dismissed six batsmen for ducks. Nipped. @EssexCricket
— OptaJim (@OptaJim) April 28, 2014
1.12pm – After an eventful morning session here are the lunch-time scores:
Division One
Middlesex were 123 all out on the stroke of lunch in reply to Yorkshire's 178 at Lord's.
Lancashire are 21 without loss in their second innings at Wantage Road, 24 behind Northamptonshire who today were dismissed for 165 as Matt Spriegel was last out for 64.
Warwickshire are 21 for one in their second dig, 168 in front of Nottinghamshire who were today all out for 116 at Trent Bridge.
Somerset are 174 for four versus Sussex at the BrightonandHoveJobs.com County Ground, with Marcus Trescothick unbeaten on 78.
Division Two
Leicestershire, inspired by Niall O'Brien's unbeaten 133, are 343 for six against Glamorgan at Grace Road.
Hampshire, for whom James Vince is 118 not out, are 289 for three facing Surrey at the Ageas Bowl.
Derbyshire are 78 for three versus Worcestershire at New Road.
Gloucestershire, who this morning loss the toss ahead of a midday start, are 49 for four hosting Essex at Bristol.
Joe Root posts a funky fielder at short extra cover and his man immediately takes a catch. Future England Captain. Middlesex 123 all out
— richard hobson (@richardjhobson) April 28, 2014
1.02pm – Steven Patterson dismisses Steven Finn to leave Middlesex 123 all out, 55 behind Yorkshire. It's lunch at Lord's and all the other games. We'll soon round up the scores.
Wicket. Chanderpaul falls just before Lunch, trapped lbw by Andrew for 32. Derbyshire 78-3 (34.1); Madsen 40* #WORvDER
— Derbyshire CCC (@DerbyshireCCC) April 28, 2014
12.48pm – Middlesex slump to nine down as Jack Brooks cleans up Ollie Rayner and Plunkett likewise accounts for Tim Murtagh.
Glamorgan's John Glover sends Ben Raine on his way, but O'Brien is still going strong.
Beautiful bowling from Anyon as Trescothick does well not to get an edge on a lifter. He's 75no though. Somerset 162/4 #GOSBTS
— Sussex CCC (@SussexCCC) April 28, 2014
12.40pm – Napier makes it two wickets in as many overs, bowling Hamish Marshall to leave Gloucestershire 27 for four.
Drop catch by Lyth at 2nd slip from a superb delivery by Brooks. #YCCC on top at Lord's @Middlesex_CCC 100-7 ( 39 overs)
— Yorkshire CCC (@Yorkshireccc) April 28, 2014
12.31pm – It's all happening! Vince goes to a hundred for Hampshire, Yorkshire's Liam Plunkett yorks John Simpson, knocking out his middle stump, Peter Siddle has Varun Chopra caught behind to make Warwickshire nought for one and Essex's Graham Napier likewise removes Alex Gidman.
12.24pm – Warwickshire's Chris Woakes makes it three breakthroughs in an over to dismiss Notts, who have lost four wickets in eight balls, for 116 – a first-innings deficit of 147.
Northants are also all out, for 164, 45 ahead of Lancashire, as Smith gets Spriegel caught behind for a valiant 64.
Derbyshire have recovered from three for two to 55 for no further loss with Wayne Madsen and Shivnarine Chanderpaul rebuilding.
Half-centurion Marcus Trescothick and Alviro Petersen have also shared a fifty partnership, for Somerset.
ANOTHER WICKET - Read is caught down the leg side off Woakes! Notts - 116-8 #YouBears
— Warwickshire CCC (@CricketingBears) April 28, 2014
CENTURY | Amazing cricket from @niallnobiobrien - three fours and a huge six take him from 83 to 101 in four balls! Super innings
— Leicestershire CCC (@leicsccc) April 28, 2014
12.14pm – Lancashire's Tom Smith has Olly Stone lbw for 15, ending a handy ninth-wicket stand of 39 with Spriegel that has put Northants 36 ahead on first innings.
Samit Patel makes an important fifty, but goes to Oliver Hannon-Dalby for 54 as Warwickshire take a first wicket of the day. Notts are 115 for seven, 148 behind on first innings.
In Division Two O'Brien has a maiden first-class ton for Leicestershire, from just 117 balls, Essex's David Masters strikes twice in an over to leave Gloucestershire nought for two and Surrey's Zafar Ansari snares Adams for 65, halting an alliance of 120 with Vince.
11.56am – Sidebottom strikes again, crucially ousting Morgan for 33 thanks to a stunning second-slip catch from Adam Lyth. Middlesex are 83 for six, 95 behind on first innings.
James Vince raises a fifty for Hampshire, who soon after shares a century partnership with captain Jimmy Adams.
DROP! A let off for Chanderpaul (20*) as he is dropped at second slip by Mitchell off Morris. Derbyshire 38-2 (15.3); Madsen 15* #WORvDER
— Derbyshire CCC (@DerbyshireCCC) April 28, 2014
11.39am – Ryan Sidebottom has a second scalp this morning, trapping Joe Denly in front to leave Middlesex, who still have Eoin Morgan at the crease, in a spot of bother.
11.35am – The toss takes place at Bristol: Essex opt to bowl first in what must be favourable conditions after a day of rain.
WICKET | Brilliant return catch by Dean Cosker and Cobb is out for 63. Leics 257-5
— Leicestershire CCC (@leicsccc) April 28, 2014
11.27am – Matt Spriegel, who has held Northants' first innings together, brings up a determined half-century, which has given the Wantage Road hosts a precious lead over Lancashire.
WICKET..Jordan traps the nightwatchman Thomas LBW and Somerset are 89/4 now #GOSBTS
— Sussex CCC (@SussexCCC) April 28, 2014
WICKET: Hodd takes the catch and Sidebottom has Dexter caught behind for 0 70-4. Come on! #YCCC
— Yorkshire CCC (@Yorkshireccc) April 28, 2014
11.09am – Leicestershire fifth-wicket pair Niall O'Brien and Josh Cobb soon raise fifties as their partnership nears three figures.
An 11.30am toss and midday start is scheduled at Bristol.
Middlesex's @Eoin16 & @dexy214 head down the Pavilion steps @HomeOfCricket to resume this morn against @Yorkshireccc pic.twitter.com/yZbulKvM2Y
— Middlesex Cricket (@Middlesex_CCC) April 28, 2014
10.50am – The one match that could not start yesterday is Gloucestershire versus Essex at Bristol. Unfortunately they won't be beginning on time there today with an inspection scheduled for 11am.
Cricket myth: "batsmen don't walk anymore". Some in county game still do. Lees/Lyth both did for fine nicks yesterday http://t.co/r0zpbP4Yvy
— James Coyne (@coynejames) April 28, 2014
10.40am – Good morning and welcome to our live blog coverage on day two of the latest LV= County Championship games. Here's how they stand:
Division One
At Lord's Middlesex, who won the toss, are 64 for three in reply to Yorkshire's 178 in which Steven Finn took 4-50.
Northamptonshire, having chosen to bowl first, are 133 for eight, 14 ahead of Lancashire on first innings, with James Anderson taking 5-37 at Wantage Road.
Ian Bell made 122 of Warwickshire's 263 as Andy Carter returned 5-55. Bell then saw his side reduce Nottinghamshire, who won the toss, to 43 for six by stumps at Trent Bridge as Chris Wright claimed 3-7.
In the 32 overs possible yesterday at the BrightonandHoveJobs.com County Ground Somerset reached 83 for three versus Sussex, who opted to field first.
Division Two
Leicestershire, put in to bat by Glamorgan, are 221 for four at Grace Road.
Hampshire, bolstered by Jimmy Adams' unbeaten 56, are 153 for two against Surrey, who won the toss, at the Ageas Bowl.
In the 3.5 overs possible at New Road Derbyshire, who chose to bat first, slipped to three for two against Worcestershire.
No play or toss was possible between Gloucestershire and Essex at Bristol.
The sun is out and the players are warming up! #LVCC pic.twitter.com/XM1IztCRHe
— Hampshire Cricket (@hantscricket) April 28, 2014
Grey but dry morning at Lord's as both teams net on the Nursery Ground. #LoveLords pic.twitter.com/T1ASnMGMSv
— Lord's Ground (@HomeOfCricket) April 28, 2014


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Heck, even college athletics departments know about building a culture of excellence.
I can see a couple of the big UC companies struggling and eventually failing. It isn't about what can you sell. It IS about what can you Deploy and Support!
The process to deploy 20 seats is NOT the same as the process to deploy 500 seats.
BE A CLOCK BUILDER, NOT A TIME TELLER - Jim Collins]]>
This is where Big Data is going: watching your every move and analyzing it. Dave and I don't see eye to eye on whether this will be used like a carrot or a stick. People don't quit companies or jobs; they quit their bosses. Listen in as we talk about his new startup and the implications.
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We went from TDM to VoIP to Hosted PBX to UCaaS to UC&C.
We went from T1 to cable broadband to Gigabit.
The consolidation of cable will tighten the market in 15 to 18 months. (It takes that long for integrations to take hold.) Now if the integrations are not a big fail, then cable - New Charter/Spectrum, Comcast, Altice - will ratchet up the competition in the small business market for triple play.
"Cable/MSOs are the fastest growing providers in the business services market, with much of their recent success in the mid-size business space," reported MarketResearch. Think about that: the mid-sized space - not just the small business segment of the market.
Of the $104 Billion total businesses spent on telecom services in the US in 2014, AT&T had the largest share (33%), followed by Verizon (22%) and the rest of the LEC band of brothers (Level3, CenturyLink, Sprint, Windstream). MSOs have more than $12 Billion of that pie, with the lion share - $5B - going to Comcast coffers alone.
SIP anyone? 54% of business cable subscribers also use cable for voice, the report states. That means less than half the businesses using cable are buying voice from another provider. That is a shrinking opportunity for the 2000 Hosted VoIP players in the US.
"Last year the Cable/MSO share of businesses with 100+ employees rose to 17%, reports TNS. "The main driver behind this growth was a heavier reliance on internet service and the need for greater bandwidth; two areas where larger cable providers excel."
Telco broadband has not kept pace with cable in speed and price. Egged on by Google Fiber - and a declining market share of businesses - ILECs have started tentatively rolling out faster fiber based broadband - 100MB to 1Gigabit depending on the ILEC (Windstream versus CenturyLink or AT&T).
UPDATE: Google just rolled out Gigabit Fiber to small business starting in Charlotte in July of 2016.
The ILECs have made a tremendous CAPEX investment in TV - just as OTT TV is hitting its stride. They spent big to supply triple-play, when they could have spent the money on FTTx projects for faster bandwidth. That was just uncreative thinking. [More of that Me-too mentality ingrained in telco.]
All of this will stress ILECs, some CLECs and even some OTT VoIP players. When cable takes about 35% of the SMB market, there won't be much room left for anyone else.
In March of 2016, "During the fourth quarter, Verizon reported that total broadband connections dropped to 2.1 million as it lost more DSL subscribers after losing 94,000 DSL customers," according to Fierce media.
Verizon is transitioning. Verizon is now betting on mobile ads (AOL acquisition and Yahoo bid); 5G fixed wireless broadband replacement for wireline services; and IoT (including connected cars) to add to its coffers.
A point I make often is that the debt that the ILECs carry is crippling with flat revenues.
Think about this: Vonage has taken $800M worth of voice revenue. Twilio gets $240 million in voice revenue. This is revenue that typically would go to Level3, Verizon and AT&T (and it probably does terminate to them eventually for a smaller percentage of that money).
WebRTC is being used in so many apps to allow for video and voice calls - bypassing the traditional voice network. [And bypassing the cellco text system and dollars.]
Then, we have Cable beating Telco in broadband bandwidth. Always has in fact. Gigabit fiber will be the real winner if the telcos decide to pursue that route for real (versus in just press releases).
We have telco getting in the data center - and now we have telcos looking to get out of that business without embarrassment.
There is a Talent problem, too. There are too many musical chairs. Not only can't you set a strategy when you shift personnel that much, you can't execute on a strategy either if the cogs are constantly being replaced. (And I don't mean cogs in a bad way. It takes a lot of talent to keep the wheels spinning.) The talent drain has also resulted in a domain knowledge drain as well. Quite frankly that means they don't where things are and how things have been done to keep things working. It isn't all documented, especially fiber maps!
Let's face it, for many companies that started with an A Team, they are now running with a B or C team. Why? As Steve Jobs said, "A Players hire A Players, B players hire C players. Get it?"
People move from company to company in teams. The same routine and team may work once, but it is not often a repeatable experience. There's a reason the Cavaliers recruited LeBron back to Cleveland - and didn't hire the whole Miami Heat starting line up.
The telco organizations harbor stifling factors: monopoly mindset, legacy systems, federal accounting and regulations, departmental silos and competing internal interests. These factors do not lend themselves to attracting more A Players.
There is also a surprising lack of talent for the new services and skills needed for omni-channel marketing; omni-channel customer service; cloud, managed services, migration and integration. This lack of skill will choke growth and brands.
We see outages and hacks every day. The worry is only about getting a customer. There is little concern for retaining that customer; data security; or a resilient network (4 Nines is good enough).
Many people are choosing smaller organizations to work for. The reasons are numerous but I would think that impact and voice play a major part. In smaller businesses, any one person can have a voice and can see the impact that they are having on customers, culture, and the company. That isn't the case in larger organizations.
Flat organizations (and smaller companies) have less meetings, fewer silos, maybe more transparent governance.
Most financial experts are predicting an economic slump in 2017. It won't matter which candidate wins the Presidential election, a slump is coming. We have under-employment; increasing number of freelancers; and a stagnant wage. None of these components inspire an economic engine that is fueled by consumer spending.
ARPU for cellular, cable and VoIP segments have been fairly constant over the last 4 years worth of data I could find. Bandwidth and voice revenues are actually shrinking. Total telecom spending from 2013 to 2014 shrunk $6 Billion dollars according to MarketResearch.
Growth will be hard to find. We are seeing a price war in cellular accompanied by escalating customer acquisition costs.
Hosted VoIP is experiencing a similar battle for customers that is increasing the cost of customer acquisition. Rising SPIFFs and other compensation are being used to grab both market share and channel partner attention.
PBX vendors are NOT crashing and burning as many had predicted. Premise PBXs are still being sold and installed by a robust band of vendors - Mitel, Shortel, Avaya, 3CX, Fonality, Zultys, Panasonic, NEC, Siemens and more.
We are half way through 2016. No big winners. The Twilio IPO was a surprise. Vonage spending all of its acquisition money for the year on Nexmo, Twilio's competitor, seemed strange, since there were Broadsoft clients they could have picked off instead to take a big step forward in the race. Slack and all the Skype4B hype are little surprises.
2016 is half over - and so many companies have either done M&A or played musical chairs that I expect nothing magical to happen in the rest of 2016. And I look at all of this and wonder what 2017 holds.
ASIDE: telco versus cable consumer data.]]>
The music industry died in 5 years. Blame it on Napster, but it was more about the Kingpins not wanted to change. Movies and TV are facing this, but seem to be adjusting better than the music industry did.
Newspapers blame Google and so much else on the fact that they just didn't want to figure out a service model. What they need is a newspaper subscription service like Rhapsody for Music or Amazon Prime for News. Micro-payments that get you into a dozen or so news outlets. Not enough people are going to subscribe to one newspaper, especially when the news is free on another site. If a bunch of newspapers got together, they could make it work. The Tribune Co or the Garnett company or Ziff-Davis or Time-Warner just haven't gotten out of the old product line thinking. It isn't about Time magazine. It is about the entire catalog. Just a thought.
CB Insights has this article about the 62 start-ups picking apart the hotel industry. AirBnB is Number 1. But once the hotels loose conventions, then it is over for hotels. Sites like eVenues and more events taking place at non-hotel locations will have an impact. [And when you pay $38 topark for a night in Atlanta, you start re-thinking that whole downtown hotel thing.]
Much of it is arbitrage. Uber and AirBnb are effective because (a) people need to earn more money and (b) people want to save money, even in the face of the uncertainty. That is arbitrage. It killed the long distance business.
Craigslist's free ads killed the classified business. Arbitrage.
When I mention innovation, I don't mean buy LinkedIn. I mean, adjust to the new sharing economy.
When Slack comes along and hits 2 million users daily in 24 months, any responsible executive in the UCaaS space HAS to investigate that. Use it. Try it. Incorporate some of that into your next version. Or lose.
The big problem that most software faces is that it is not as easy or as good as the iOS. That was what prompted Consumerization of IT and BYOD. This created havoc in the business world. All because most software deployments suck, fail, and are not adopted by users.
In this autopsy of the failure of Coin, Product Risk is big, which is why you need a Product Manager, someone who owns the product and is driving it to be competitive, relevant to its users, easy to use and more. Most products lack a Product Manager.
Newspapers lack more than a Product Manager. They lack a business model. They lack utilizing technology. Why is there a single front page? When I login why isn't it more like Amazon or Google News - and by that I mean relevant to me? Why aren't they curating stories along with social media like Storify? The St. Pete Times does an epic job when chasing a Pulitzer - like here, just a beautiful Medium-like layout for the story.
It seems we are all in a race for revenue, but forgot that to make and keep a customer, you have to offer a product that they want, trust and use.]]>
From James Altucher: "Automation is eating the world. Every time a line of software is written, a job is lost." VR, 3D printing, AI and robotics will make us all unemployed soon. what then?
Sports Authority is closing all its stores. Macy's, Sears, K-Mart and B&N have been closing stores for a couple of years now. Retail - even luxury retail - is declining. Not all of it is online shopping. In the future, what do malls look like? Basically entertainment and food courts.
Dollar stores are taking share away from even Wal-Mart.
The rise of the minimum wage is supposedly a problem for business owners, but all of the complainers have cash stockpiled and executive pay has flourished. Hmmmm... The amount of money available to keep the economy spinning is lagging.
We have an economy that runs on two elements: service (consumer spending) and technology/The Internet. [Good read here by Dixon on the Internet Economy]
As most businesses and consumers consume the Internet, the number of subscription services we pay for is increasing. Our monthly spends are going up with our bandwidth consumption.
The number of contractors or freelancers has increased to more than 35% in the US. As that keeps increasing imagine what happens to annual income, stability, savings, retirement...
I will just leave it there.
Research on the brain is cool. What words do to your brain HERE.
Two things that people talk about are ecosystems and blockchains. These are two systems that investors look for in startups.
"Consumers don't hate advertising; they dislike how the advertising is distributed." "According to an April 2016 report by Accenture, 84% of digital consumers complain that advertising too frequently interrupts their content consumption, 40% plan to remove these interruptions either via paid subscription or ad blocking software in the next twelve months." from mynfo, a Tampa startup that just closed $6.8 million in Series A financing!
Most business models - newspapers, magazines, car companies, schools, VARs - have not changed much in the last 20 years. So as change comes (not IF, but WHEN that change comes) it will disrupt most of the players.
Rovi Buys TiVo in $1.1 Billion Deal. Is Roku next?
Verizon's brand is taking big hits due to 3 things: (1) the strike; (2) vandalism of systems creating big outages; and (3) Frontier taking over a large chunk of FiOS customers. Frontier's take over was a cluster, like every other take over has been. What shocked me the most is how few people outside the industry actually knew that Verizon had sold off its assets to Frontier. Even fewer knew that Bright House was being bought by Charter. Telecom is at the very bottom of what people think about.
Already seeing UC providers moving away from Polycom since the merger announcement with Mitel. Fuze/thinkingphones went with Yealink. Birch is hollering about Panasonic. A few smaller players are testing out Grandstream. The move away from Polycom has started. Add in a move to softphones and mobile apps and what is MITEL buying?
Sangoma launched a line of phones for FreePBX and its newly launched PBXact UC, a premise based UC&C appliance.
"I never expected to witness the slow suicide of a country, a civilization. I suppose nobody does." [The author is talking about Venezula] "Hate, as a political strategy. Law, used to divide and conquer. Regulation used to punish. Elections used to cement dictatorship. Corruption bleeding out the lifeblood in drips, filling the buckets of a successive line of bureaucrats before they are destroyed, only to be replaced time and again." <- sound familiar?]]>
He says that as Charter is set to eat two cablecos to become almost as large as Comcast. After AT&T just bought DirecTV. After Level3 and Zayo have gobbled up most of the smaller players - and as Verizon is buying XO. Competition you say?!
AT&T, Verizon and Qwest had $235 billion in revenues at the end of 2008, up from $73.3 billion in 1984, when AT&T was broken up. As I have written before, all of the other carriers' combined revenue doesn't match a quarter of revenue for Ma and Pa Bell. Comcast is only one-third the size of either carrier.
If you talk consumer competition in broadband, well, the FCC's Broadband Report says, "approximately 19 million Americans--6 percent of the population--still lack access to fixed broadband service at threshold speeds. In rural areas, nearly one-fourth of the population --14.5 million people--lack access to this service. In tribal areas, nearly one-third of the population lacks access. Even in areas where broadband is available, approximately 100 million Americans still do not subscribe." Even "8 percent of urban Americans lack access to 25 Mbps/3 Mbps broadband." And that is without talking about the price per MB of broadband or caps.
FYI... Cable television companies provided Internet access to 43 percent of households, although it was available to 88 percent of the population....DSL from telcos is available to about 89 percent of the population in 2013, according to Dept. of Commerce report.
In the B2B side, cable is winning this war. Comcast's CLEC business is approaching $6 Billion (since just 2006). That dwarfs almost all of the competition except Level3, WIND and C-Link. Zayo only pulls in $1.2B in annual revenue. XO and EarthLink are around $1B.
Google Fiber has about 110K subscribers! So the competition makes a lot of noise, but isn't winning the hearts and minds of customers.
The Special Access pricing docket is still alive and well. The real problem here is that cable and telco are regulated differently - and cable doesn't have to wholesale. Also, the definition of wholesale needs to be explained, because wholesale pricing - like volume pricing - is lower than retail in every instance but telco.
After at least $1 Trillion in spending via BTOP, BIP, CAF, CAF II, USF, RUS and private investment, there still is fiber to every neighborhood. Best estimate on lit buildings is 50% have fiber. The other 50% are still on copper, which is fine if they are within 7000 feet of a CO or have clear line of site to a tower.
One problem is that the few larger CLECs, while visible via PR, do not make their voice heard at the FCC. The voice for lobbying is done by associations like Incompas, CCA, CTIA, NTCA, WISPA and NCTC -- all up against USTelecom - and all with almost competing agendas.
Healthy competition is important for the Channel because without it, we may be squeezed out of a job.
The USTelecom and the Top 10 ISPs hold big sway in DC and at state capitols. They win big battles. They can sway legislation - and they have deep pockets to sue the FCC every chance they get. The rest of the pack: notsomuch.
How do you win?
Let's look at the first game of the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs last night. They were calling a lot of penalties last night - 18 of them. Plus the cheap shots and the fights. The Lightning won? How? By scoring. Focus on winning. Protect yourself but have a plan, execute the play and go score some goals. Same for the Competition.
You can whine to the refs (the FCC). You can hope for penalties to be called so you have your competitor short handed, but even short-handed, you still have to score a goal.
Most people go to a show to meet customers, to make deals. More of that. Want to help your members? Bring in more prospects and customers.
We need competition. We need the smaller providers to be financially healthy. We all need to be closing business.
One problem the telcos have is mentality. CLECs are used to resale, not owning or operating anything.They sell on price not value or brand. The ILECs can't comprehend competition. They think -- but I am the ILEC!!!!! It make it difficult to shift away from network to sell cloud or managed services. And we have examples of how tough it can be.
The other mental issue is nostalgia. So many are hung up on how much better it was from 1995-2003. No kidding! But get over it and realize those days are gone, learn some lessons from then and apply them to today as you get back to the hustle!]]>
It is a challenge to change the culture of any business, let alone a global company with 300K employees. Remember that Mayer tried to change the culture at Yahoo when she arrived there.
The only companies that emphasize culture are Rackspace, Amazon and Zappos. And they have it built into the bricks and mortar as well as the hiring, promoting and peer review.
Tampa has two companies that help companies innovate; they add a startup department and an innovation center to the company. One is called Dabble Labs that will work with many industries. OccamMD only works with medical companies.
This is more like bringing Special Forces advisors to help you take care of a problem. It isn't changing the culture. Or making a permanent modification.
Tampa also has Thunderdome, which is where US Special Operations Command works with acadmia, local businesses and inventors to keep the military arm innovative and competitive.
Many companies are trying to be more innovative and more like a startup. Some of it is to be innovative and competitive; some of it might be to retain talent. And maybe a little has to do with company valuation / stock price.
It is a Big Hairy Audacious Goal to change culture in a global corp to be like a start-up.
In telecom, service providers could do this by trying more things (and failing at some). It works for Google.
No on asked for the Model T or the iPod or the iPhone. Experimenting allows for your company to find the next penicillin. [Penicillin was found by accident. Slack wasn't on purpose either.] Companies need more dabbling, more experimenting, especially in a time when you can analyze the results. Then learn from them and repeat the cycle.
This is part of the lean startup cycle. So a company doesn't have to go crazy; it just has to start with the experimenting, which will have to slog through years of meetings, politics and anti-brainstorming. It will have to allow for quiet time, reading, playing, being creative in a safe zone, and talking to customers. Not things that most companies do. (That's why many outsource it.)
Certainly the culture has to embrace experimenting and failing before it will actually work. So good luck to Samsung. [Samsung already made improvements to their sales channels.]
In thinking about the difference between telco and cable today, one big difference is that the cablecos don't compete and have an R&D arm, Cable Labs. Telco used to have Bell Labs but after Lucent plummeted, the telcos lost their R&D arm. Cable has had DOCSIS 3.0 and 3.1 while telcos wait for something better than VDSL2 (g.fast!)]]>
Buddy: "Robert Scoble leaving Rackspace for UploadVR to explore augmented and virtual reality (story here)."
ME: It was a great job for Scoble. Like a kid with a candy store. I didn't see how Rackspace could keep paying him to just play around with cool tech toys and blog.
Buddy: "Agreed. Even if they could. Not as meaningful as doing something perhaps??"
GapingVoid: "It's not about money or status. These are the three things that make people deeply happy in their work: purpose, autonomy, mastery. Everything else is noise."
Buddy: "Tell that to people's spouses!"
Maybe THAT is the real work-life balance!
Hugh MacLeod blogged that working in tech is a front row seat. Change is speeding up. But this is a great time to be in our sector. So much happening. Some really cool stuff. Some really boring stuff. But it is an adventure.
Maybe you don't have the job you want. Find something about the job you have to embrace. Do it for yourself. Life is short; you should enjoy some of it. Do it for your co-workers. If you find some joy, it is contagious.]]>
"As many of you already know, Windstream is eradicating their SMB Business (Customers billing under $1500) and sending them letters like the one I have attached. Go get your customers and find them a happy home (preferably Momentum) before someone else does. Let me know how I can assist."
Windstream has decided to go up-market. Everyone has. RC, 8x8, Comcast.
There are 27.5 million small businesses in the US according to 2012 data from the SBA and over 22 million are self employed with no additional payroll or employees (these are called non-employers). The SBA defines a small business as an enterprise having fewer than 500 employees. There are only 18,500 firms with 500 employees or more in the US. [infographic]
So the 22 million will be using cell phones or services like Grasshopper, RC, FreedomVoice or other Google Voice type auto-attendant in the cloud service. That leaves 5.5 million that can be targeted in the SMB category. [By the way, IDC says that there are 8 million business with under 100 employees to target.]
SBA data shows almost 1 million businesses with between 5-9 employees. However, a 5 employee business at $30 per seat is $150 per month. You need a lot of them to scale and move the revenue needle.
Or you need to be like an MSP, roll a bunch of services together to increase ARPU to $1000 per org. 8x8 ARPU is $369 now (up from $309 a year ago) as they went up-market, but those numbers get skewed with 2 large deals (one being 2400 seats). It only takes one 100 seat sale to match 20 smaller deals, right?
Something to ponder: Can you afford the cost of selling to them and supporting them?
There are more than 75,000 business with 50-74 employees and another 37K with 75-99 employees. Over 100K business in the sweet spot. And that is not mid-market. That is the top of the heap of small business pyramid. Not many CLECs or ITSPs have more than 40K customers. There is room there.
When businesses talk about going up-market, I wonder if they realize that the competition in the Enterprise market is blood red - to chase firms who are risk adverse in procurement. By that I mean that they will only purchase from brand names because no one is going to risk it by buying from an unknown brand. No one gets fired buying from IBM, Dell, AT&T.]]>
The slides have been published on Slideshare. Take a look.
Only 20% of the attendees at Google I/O 2015 are women. 17% of Google's technical workforce is female. Yet women are 50% of the college graduates. We need more women in STEM. There are financial benefits of women leadership.
McKinsey&Company: "Between 2008 and 2010, companies with more diverse top teams were also top financial performers. That's probably no coincidence."
Companies in the top 20% have 37% female leadership. [source]
A report by the Credit Suisse Research Institute revealed that those firms dominated by men had recovered more slowly since the 2008 financial downturn than those with a more balanced male-female ratio.
According to HBR, "Globally, [women] control about $20 trillion in annual consumer spending, and that figure could climb as high as $28 trillion in the next five years. [Women's] $13 trillion in total yearly earnings could reach $18 trillion in the same period." [And other stats about marketing to women and the She-economy.] How can you market to women without a woman's perspective and input - without women on your team?
"Women often encounter gender-based stereotypes about who is qualified to do what kind of job, which can sometimes persist in subtle ways and must be challenged at every level," writes Richard Branson in Entrepreneur mag.
We tend to clone ourselves. Mike Oeth pointed out that people have a bias to hire someone like themselves (BI article about that). Studies show that people view men and women's resumes -- even when they are exactly the same! - differently!
Nicole Hayward suggested that meritocracy - a data driven model - be used in place of the way we promote and hire today, to take the bias out. The convoluted methods that we use to hire are usually about tripping them up - and we actually hire based on the first impression!
The first step is being aware we are biased. The next step is to do something about it.
When I look at telecom, how many female CEOs are there? Maggie Wilderotter was named Executive Chairman of Frontier Communications in April 2015 after she transitioned from CEO. Frontier has a woman SVP in charge of Legal, Personnel and Customer Care (2 out of 3 being typical roles for women). Larissa Herda was the CEO of tw telecom, who left when Level3 took over.
AT&T only has one female on its executive team. Guess what role? CMO.
Verizon Enterprise: none. However, VZW has a female CTO and CMO and a few other women leaders. The parent company has one woman on the exec team. Marni Walden is executive vice president and president of Product Innovation and New Businesses.
I am not picking on any org, but it is hard to market to women -- and minorities and other segments -- when they are not represented on your executive team.
Women run two of Branson's Virgin companies, Virgin Money and Virgin Holidays. A woman holds the number 2 spot at Virgin Airlines.
20 cognitive biases that screw up your decisions]]>
INC magazine through the Small Giants Community has started a 3-year research project with the Center for Values-Driven Leadership at Benedictine University to examine the connection between culture, values and profit. The Return on Values Project has a one-pager here.
The Return on Values Project says there are 6 keys for success.
Out of the Small Giants event review, this paragraph kind of defines it for me. So many people have been in this industry circling around from logo to logo, Do they have any passion for the business left?
"One guest asked, "Why do you wake up and come to work?" If we live in a culture of choice, what is it about what we do that stems our purpose? This developed into a natural conversation about the balance of faith-based beliefs in business. As a group, we concluded that to run a successful business is to work with love. You must love what you do, why you do it, and how you do it. You must love your team and your clients alike, for one doesn't come without the other." [source]
It isn't even the musical chairs (and logos). Telecom companies are notorious for short sighted goals. Hard to get excited about those. Not certain how many of the national players have a culture people want to work with, but I have seen it at the regional level with TelePacific (long tenured staff); Hunt Telecom, Socket Networks, and Sonic.
Rackspace, Zappos and Netflix work hard to maintain the culture that made them special. Despite articles about the type of culture at work at Amazon, they seemed to have an embedded culture there as well. Of course, it takes leadership, training, hiring right and careful nurturing to maintain culture during growth. But if you want your employees to come to work for more than the paycheck, it might we worth taking a look.]]>
Now telecom is learning a big lesson from the airlines - fees for profit. Globally airlines collected $38 Billion in fees. This is $15.4 Billion for the top 4 US airlines.
Welcome to ancillary fees in telecom. Deltacom (EarthLink) tried to raise rates acouple of years ago. When that blocked, they just added fees - administrative fees. Might as well call it what it is: We sold underwater and need revenue fee.
There are fees for paper billing in a few sectors. There are fees for paying by credit card. (My county charges $3.50 to pay by credit card). There are now fees to get a smartphone, since subsidizing the smartphones become unprofitable.
Account Maintenance Charge (AMC): "The AMC is a monthly recurring end-user subscriber charge associated with general account servicing and administration. Customers can receive credits to offset this charge by enrolling in electronic billing and/or ACH auto pay."
On top of recouping USF, 9-1-1, telecom relay and other government taxes and charges, telecom is starting to tack on other fees --- for profit.
There are VoIP companies collecting fees that they don't pay.
The funny thing about consumers: they penalize the providers who don't add fees!
Expect more fees. It's profit for them. Their paymasters are Wall Street want more revenue and margin. You can't keep saving people money and live on razor thin margins.]]>
While search slideshare (now LinkedIn slideshare), I saw this slide, which sums up customer expectations as well as a conversation I saw having with Pete Davis of Panterra.
BYOD is not just an IT PITA (pain-in-the-@ss); it is about the user choosing. That is what Netflix is - user choice (including binge watching). That is what Consumerization of IT is.
Napster was about user choice, not piracy. Most of the mp3 downloaded were not available as mp3 commercially.
Want to be successful? Be Experience-Centric. Be User-Choice-Friendly.
In Hosted UC, some customers want OTT to save money. Some want UC delivered via a secure private circuit (today usually delivered via MPLS to enterprise and mid-market). Some will want both (hybrid). Some will want desk phones; some will not.
Some folks are looking for secure IM/chat/messaging. Some are using Slack. Othersare using Lync with Office365. How are you integrating those choices?
Be flexible or lose business.
Last thought about Experience-Centric. This means the deployment and training and support has to enhance the user experience. Think it through. Get feedback. Improve.]]>
I recently explored how one client company used Slack. Everyone liked it; however, it didn't really work. It lacks real presence; notification if message seen/read; a way to escalate the message to a phone call, etc. It really was just a messenger replacement. That isn't workflow or collaboration.
I think stand alone apps like Snapchat just aren't going to do it. Office365 with Lync/Skype and Google with Hangouts have full capabilities for collab, comms and integration. With the add-ons to Gmail, that platform gets richer and more useful (if you have enough memory to run the darn thing; it is such a memory hog.)
The buzz about Office365 is growing because all the work is being down to integrate voice and Skype/Lync with the other apps (like here). That is the first step in what has to happen. And it doesn't have to be Google or MS, but who wants to build another ecosystem? Well, someone will build one because we build instead of buy in this industry.
Enterprises aren't happy with the current out-of-the-box UC&C solutions. There are pitfalls with each software deployment - UC or CRM or other - because of functionality, poor planning, lack of user training, simplistic guides, bungled execution and other pitfalls.
I think it has to be about what you are trying to do, not just what tool can I use. You have to step up to see the desired outcome, how can I get there, and is the solution complex or simple.
Best example I can give comes from CRM. The execs and techies want CRM to touch every single department. That is the wrong reason to get CRM. If the salespeople won't use it or it is too cumbersome, then why bother? It has to be user friendly first, tech friendly second.
When you look at consumerization of IT -- why is that happening? Because people have iPhones and they like the simplicity and functionality of it. They want that at work. They like how easy Mailchimp, Dropbox and Slack/WhatsApp are to use. Simple interfaces, clean UX. Do you get that from the ERP system or the in-house built software project? Unlikely. The UX and GUI took hours of specialists' time to get right. (If you haven't seen what goes into UX, you should.) They want that look and feel at the office.
Unfortunately for your office, you have millions sunk in legacy systems, proprietary systems, and cobbled together integration. Not only does that make for a mess for IT; it isn't user friendly or mobile ready or portable. What now? When workplace evolution to hot desking and remote workers is speeding up.
There are people in organizations that just want a replacement for what they have now - only cheaper. Our industry taught them that. You have to find the business leader who wants to transform the business. That person will have a discussion about business goals and expected outcomes. (Remember to talk about the internal employee resistance to change -- and mention how the training, online learning and guides should smooth some of that out.)
It is changing pretty fast. That means opportunity abounds.
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Morris News Service has confirmed that Vice President Joe Biden plans to visit St. Johns and Seminole counties on Saturday. The exact times and locations for his public appearances have not been released yet.
Due to heavy rains associated with Tropical Storm Isaac, the St. Johns County Road and Bridge Department is providing free sand bags to county residents. Sand and bags will be provided to the public from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday at three locations throughout the county including:
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For more information, call 814-2301.
Deputies break up 70-person fight: St. Johns County Sheriff's deputies broke up a brawl involving nearly 70 people on Aiken Street in St. Augustine Wednesday night, according to a St. Johns County Sheriff's Office report.
Deputies responded to a disturbance call just before 10 p.m. in the 400 block of Aiken Street Wednesday and found nearly 70 people in the roadway armed with knives, hammers and even a container of bleach, the report said.
When deputies arrived, about 50 people fled the area in every direction, the report said.
Ponce De Leon Boulevard at State Road 16 is closed to northbound and southbound traffic due to downed power lines caused by a traffic accident.
Vehicles traveling northbound are being diverted west on S.R. 16. Southbound traffic is being diverted from the north interchange onto San Marco Avenue.
A vehicle traveling northbound ran the red light and hit a vehicle that was traveling east though the intersection, according to the St. Augustine Police. The force of the impact caused a vehicle to hit a utility pole, causing the power outage and a dangerous condition in the roadway.
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When it comes to expertise in a large number of medical specialties, people in Lafayette know their hospitals are more than up to the task from open heart surgery and balloon angioplasty, to neurosurgery and neonatal intensive care. From the simplest procedure, to the most critical, Franciscan St. Elizabeth Health strides to meet the needs of our community – more... with exacting precision and proven experience.
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National Campaign Is Raising Awareness for 70th Anniversary of the End of the War
The Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum is inviting all World War II veterans and their families aboard the USS YORKTOWN on Tuesday, July 29, to take part in a special Spirit of 45 Day Express Tour stopover.
The Spirit of 45 Express is part of a national campaign, supported by the Navy League, designed to raise public awareness for the 2014 commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII.
In 2010, Congress unanimously agreed to create an annual Spirit of 45 Day to honor the achievements of Americas greatest generation so that their example of courage, self-sacrifice, service and national unity will forever inspire future generations of Americans. Later, in 2013, Governor Nikki Haley proclaimed Aug. 11 Spirit of 45 Day for the State of South Carolina.
Since February, the Spirit of 45 Express bus has traveled more than 25,000 miles stopping at World War II memorials and museums in 37 states. It is expected to arrive at Patriots Point around 2 p.m. Tuesday.
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Horrible. Essentially told me I didn't have any problems.
I don't recommend this doctor to anyone experiencing back problems. He will not follow through with treatment.
I had multiple disc ruptures and spinal stenois of the lumbar spine. He was very good with the epidural steroid injection. Upoun follow up, I asked about the numbness and weakness in legs. Basically I was told I probably will not improve. Surgery would be last resort and might be worse off. Very negative.
I am a 46 year old very active male and i was pleased to get an appointment so quickly and the Staff was very pleasant to deal with. My disappointment began with Dr Marchetti. He was absolutely no help at all with my neck pain. His diagnoses was that I have artheritis and suggested that I eat nothing but fresh fruit and vegetables. I went home and ordered an inversion table and have been using it for about twenty minutes a day. My pain is totally gone now and I am still enjoying eating steak.
Dr. Marchetti has to be one of the worst doctors I have ever encountered. He doesn't believe his patients and treats them like they are crazy. He is very rude and makes you feel like you are not being honest about your pain. I have been in severe pain for years, and he wants me to believe it is all in my head. I would NEVER recommend him to anyone.
Dr. Marchetti and his staff were the first to find out for our son what was really wrong after going to doctors for four years. Because he was a baseball pitcher all doctors, surgeons, and therapists we went to kept treating his shoulder and arm, but he never got better. It turned out to be three back fractures he had been dealing with and refracturing some over the four years of misdiagnosis. Very thankful we finally had a doctor that gave us the right diagnosis!
Dr Marchetti and his staff are far above average. Dr Marchetti was prompt. He did not seem to be in hurry, listened. Look at and viewed my MRI in my presence. Provided a logical intelligent course of treatment. Both his nurse and staff of the institute followed up with me.
This doctor is more concerned about seeing mor patients in a day and the almighty dollar than the care of his patients. "You need to decide if the pain is worth the money, or if the pain is just not REALLY that bad" - direct quote!! He disregards symptoms to direct the diagnosis to fit his "guess" and/or to fit a costly procedure that he is currently researching!! DISGRACEFUL DR MARCHETTI


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The popularity of comics
May 11, 2012 by Leigh Scaggs
Blockbuster films like "The Hunger Games," The "Twilight" saga, and most recently, "The Avengers," always seem to spark a renewed interest in the book(s) that preceded them. As someone who works in a library, and is a strong supporter of reading and literacy, that is a very good thing. In the case of "The Avengers," which is playing in theaters now, the source is a variety of comic books. Captain America meets The Hulk meets Iron Man meets Black Widow … Continue reading
2012 Summer Reading Program
May 2, 2012 by Leigh Scaggs
It's here!!! Registration is now open for this year's exciting Summer Reading program, called "Dream Big: READ." There is also a companion program for teens, called "Own the Night." Registration for either takes just a few minutes. All you need is your library card. Click here. Once you are registered, get ready for eight weeks of amazing programs, crafts, stories and fun. There will be absolutely no reason to complain to the folks about having nothing to do this summer! … Continue reading
We want to catch you!
April 30, 2012 by Leigh Scaggs
May might mean spring flowers to most people, but to us at Boyd County Public Library, it means we get to be spies. In what is fast becoming one of our favorite times of the year (we have many), Get Caught Reading Month is a time for BCPL staff to go on the hunt in the community to find people reading – anywhere and everywhere. The month-long observance has been around since 1999, when the Association of American Publishers launched it … Continue reading
Happy Birthday, Kyova!
April 30, 2012 by Leigh Scaggs
They say time flies when your kids are young, and that couldn't be truer than in the case of the Kyova Branch. It's hard to believe the mall branch turns 1 year old on May 1! Enjoy cake and other refreshments throughout the day when you visit the branch, located in the Kyova Mall, across from Elder-Beerman. You can also register to win dinner and a movie for 2 at the Kyova Mall. And feel free to sing "Happy Birthday" … Continue reading
Share the love
April 20, 2012 by Leigh Scaggs
If you are anything like me, you enjoy reading or hearing poetry, and have a deep appreciation for those who create it, but you don't profess to be able to write it yourself. That's why Poem in Your Pocket Day – this year on April 26 – is so cool. It's a day when poets and non-poets alike can share their love of the craft. The idea is simple: select a poem you love, then carry it with you to … Continue reading
BCPL board vacancies
April 3, 2012 by Leigh Scaggs
The Library has two upcoming vacancies on its Board of Trustees. Are you interested in helping to guide the library, plan for future services and support a great community resource? Then you should apply! You must be at least 18, and a resident of Boyd County. Complete information and an online application can be found here. Applications will be taken through April 30 with the intention of interviewing candidates at the May 15 board meeting.


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Tricky Tests Await Spain's History Seekers
The Czech Republic qualified ahead of Iceland, Turkey and the Netherlands and Pavel Vrba has every member of his squad -- including captain Tomas Rosicky -- fit for Monday's match.June 13, 2016, 9:22 am explore: Sports
De Gea Scandal Won't Destabilise Spain, Says Pedro
Chelsea forward Pedro Rodriguez insisted Saturday that Spain's quest to win an unprecedented third consecutive European Championship will not be blown off course by sex scandal claims against goalkeeper David De Gea.June 11, 2016, 6:31 pm explore: Sports
David De Gea Calls Sex Scandal Claims 'a Lie'
Manchester United and Spain goalkeeper David De Gea said he was "desperate" to take part in Euro 2016 and would not be put off his team duties.June 11, 2016, 12:06 am explore: Sports
David De Gea's Name Appears in Spain Sex Scandal: Report
The name of Manchester United and Spain goalkeeper David De Gea has appeared in testimony about a high-profile sex scandal, a Spanish daily claimed Friday.June 11, 2016, 12:08 am explore: Sports
De Gea Expects Good Times to Return at United with Mourinho
Spaniard David De Gea moved to United from Atletico Madrid in 2011 and won the Premier League in the 2012-13 campaign, Alex Ferguson's last season in charge before he retired.June 10, 2016, 3:46 pm explore: Sports
Mata praises De Gea's role in helping Manchester United salvage some pride
"David was very good as always and that's not a very good sign for us because it means they had even more chances to score," Mata told the club's television channel (MUTV) after their shambolic performance against Liverpool at Anfield on Thursday.March 11, 2016, 5:26 pm explore: Sports
EPL: David de Gea own goal dents Manchester United's top-four bid
David de Gea's cruel 82nd-minute own goal condemned Manchester United to a 2-1 defeat at struggling Sunderland on Saturday that compromised their hopes of Champions League qualification.February 13, 2016, 8:28 pm explore: Sports
David De Gea dismisses talk of dressing room unrest at Manchester United
Goalkeeper David de Gea has dismissed reports of discontent in the Manchester United dressing room and credited captain Wayne Rooney with keeping the squad together and pulling in the same direction.December 17, 2015, 2:41 pm explore: Sports
David de Gea in spotlight as Manchester United face Liverpool
After the failed move to Real Madrid, goalkeeper David De Gea is finally set to make his first appearance of the season for Manchester United on Saturday against old rival Liverpool.September 12, 2015, 7:53 am explore: Sports
David De Gea signs new four-year contract with Manchester United
The Spain international, 24, almost joined Madrid on transfer deadline day, but the deal fell through as the necessary paperwork was not filed in time.September 11, 2015, 5:43 pm explore: Sports
Real Madrid chief rules out signing David de Gea in January
"He is there and we have three very good goalkeepers. We have not told him not to sign (a new deal). He has to do what is best for his career," said Perez.September 10, 2015, 5:11 pm explore: Sports
David de Gea to speak to coach Louis van Gaal on future at Manchester United
Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea is preparing to sit down and have a word on his future at the club with manager Louis van Gaal.September 9, 2015, 6:03 pm explore: Sports
No problem between Louis van Gaal and David de Gea, says Juan Mata
De Gea, the club's player of the year the last two seasons, was heavily linked with a move to Real throughout the summer transfer window but a deal failed to materialise as the Spanish club ran out of time.September 9, 2015, 7:32 am explore: Sports
Manchester United's 'lack of experience' wrecked David de Gea deal: Perez
Real Madrid president Perez has blamed Manchester United's "lack of negotiating experience" for the failure of goalkeeper David De Gea's move to the Spanish capital on Monday.September 4, 2015, 9:59 pm explore: Sports
Manchester United's lack of experience wrecked David de Gea deal: Florentino Perez
"I don't want to blame anyone but we do not understand why so much time was needed to look at the contracts," said Perez.September 4, 2015, 3:56 pm explore: Sports


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Lady Dogs shock Lafayette
IOTA – The Iota Lady Bulldogs may have finally turned the corner.
The Lady Dogs, who have had their share of problems in the early season, pulled off a remarkable upset Monday, knocking off Class 5A's Lafayette High Lady Lions, 47-41, in front of a packed house at IHS' home gym.
The loss was only the third for the Lady Lions in 12 games.
"This was a huge, huge win for us," said Baggett following the victory that sent his team to 12-10 on the year. "They (Lafayette) lacked intensity early on and we were able to build an early lead. I kept waiting for them to make their run because they are just physically talented, but we were able to fight them off and hold on."
Iota clung to a 7-4 lead after the first quarter before exploding for 22 second quarter points to take a 29-19 lead at the break.
"We really played one of our best defensive games of the season tonight," said Baggett. "To hold them to 19 points in the first half is something.
"We really had a great second quarter. We only had six turnovers at halftime and that was big because they got after us."
Candace Sensat sparked the second quarter run, hitting three 3-pointers in the frame.
"Candace really caught fire in the second quarter," said Baggett. "That was a pleasant, pleasant surprise."
Lafayette trimmed the lead to 39-30 after the third quarter before cutting the advantage to five in the fourth quarter.
Dominiqua Thomas thwarted Lafayette's rally attempt by draining a 3-pointer late in the final frame to push the lead back to eight.
Allison Baggett added two free thows with under a minute to play and Thomas hit a layup in transition seconds later to seal the victory.
Katelyn Regan followed Sensat with 10 points while Allison Baggett and Tori Stroderd each had eight. Thomas added five points, all in the fourth quarter, and Adlie Wriborg had two.
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The Los Angeles Kings will open their 2013-14 season on Thursday, Oct. 3 in Minnesota against the Wild. They have had a strong preseason thus far, and with two games remaining, there are a few cuts still to be made.
There shouldn't be any major roster changes beyond those stemming from the Jonathan Bernier trade and the return of a veteran defenseman.
Expectations are obviously high for the 2012 Stanley Cup champions, but there are still some bold predictions to be made.
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Not a bad DH tire, if I got a bike with them I'd use them, but replace them with something else. They look like the offspring of the original HRs mixed with a Minion DHR. I was never a fan of the old High Roller, and much prefer the Minion DHF. The HR2 is better than the old tire IMO but still has some of the old annoyances, personally a think it just handles a bit worse than a DHF, but braking traction is good as is mud shedding. Climbing as HR is worse than a semi-slick


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Quiz Can Guess Your Age, Gender, Relationship Status Based On Your Phone Apps
Do you ever wonder what the apps on your phone really say about you? Well, apparently they're a good predictor of your gender, age, relationship status and yearly income.
Do you ever wonder what the apps on your phone really say about you? Well, apparently they're a good predictor of your gender, age, relationship status and yearly income.
Facebook announced that they are planning to add a dislike button to Facebook. This goes against a quote I heard from the great rabbit Thumper who said "if you don't have anything nice to say don't say anything at all."
We've been asking for it for years, and now we're finally getting it.
My grandma joined Facebook a few months ago and she's still getting used to the way people talk on the internet. She thinks "LOL" stands for "lots of love."
We constantly hear stories of parents punishing their children publicly. Some methods are definitely questionable but I don't think there's any question this mom made the right call.
There's a video going around social media sites posted by College Humor about what it would be like if people left parties the way they leave Facebook.
There's a new law proposal on the table in Arkansas that would force employees to accept their boss' Facebook friend request.
It's funny, I was just thinking the other day that I've been on Facebook for a decade. The only reason I remember is because I joined my freshman year of college.
How often do you use Facebook...if you are on the social media / communicating site at all? Hitting the "LIKE" button or sharing your status now looks like it has a whole new meaning...
While you're busy posting photos of your dinner and commenting how cold it is outside, the rest of the Facebook community is discussing the trends taking the world by storm.
It's that time of the year, when pop culture websites and critics publish their annual Best Of lists and we heap praise on the best and most beloved movies and TV shows of the year. But what about the average moviegoer and TV-viewer? That's where Facebook comes in. The social media site has released their top 10 movies and top 10 TV shows of the year, based on the most discussed titled of 2014. While some are fairly obvious, the lists might surprise you and inspire you to contemplate the overlap between what's popular and what's actually good.
You wanna see Garth...we know :) ...and we are giving you tickets next week, but how about a few extra entries to win?!


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Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Town Engineer Russ Cornette has been appointed to be the new Town Director of Public Works.
At the April 9 Summerville Town Council meeting, Mayor Bill Collins addressed the vacant director position. The previous director, the late Charlie Miller, had planned to retire on April 11 and Cornette was previously selected to serve as the interim director. Miller died from lung cancer last month and Cornette stepped in as interim director, as planned.
Im asking we consider making the appointment of him as public works director permanent, the mayor said.
Council unanimously voted in favor.
Cornette has worked as the Town Engineer since 2005.
Im very excited about it, the opportunity to lead the public works department, he said. Im excited Council had the confidence in me to appoint me to do it. I hope to leave it better than I inherited it.
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