That's it! Thanks for the update. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Simon P. Ditner Sent: July 4, 2007 9:31 AM To: Mike Dancy Cc: Dave Donovan; [email protected] Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] surprising google purchase
Are you thinking of Iotum's presence management suite? I think they were tightly integrating things with Exchange, but have now re-focused on the Blackberry market. On 7/4/07, Mike Dancy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Wasn't there someone in Ottawa who had a similar business? They would > assign one phone number to you and it would be forwarded to various phones. > > I seem to recall thinking that it was quite cool so maybe Google is hoping > for the same. (note that this service only applies to USA ) > > > > Though you would still need a provider whether it's a cell service, land > line etc. to forward this number and voice mail to. > > > > Maybe they'll tie it in with their gmail for a total communication tool. > > ?? > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: Dave Donovan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: July 4, 2007 9:12 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] surprising google purchase > > > > > <Sarcasm> What innovation! </Sarcasm> > > Not only is it a commodity feature on many systems like Asterisk but it's > already been commercialized for years. (IE Bell's Prime Line). > > 50M isn't too much money, maybe they've got infrastructure in place and a > staff to manage it. Just having that out of the way would get you to market > a year quicker. > > DD > > > On 7/4/07, Simon P. Ditner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/07/all-aboard.html > > I still can't believe it, Google bought GrandCentral for $50m! For what? > Certainly not IP... > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- | It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what | you know for sure that just ain't so. -- Mark Twain | | The Toronto Asterisk Users Group | Join the discussion group by visiting http://taug.ca
