Tuesday, March 11, 2008

ITGulfcoast Alan Woods DigitalFX International Streaming Media

PENSACOLA, FL - ITGulfCoast, an Information Technology Association for the Gulf Coast, will hold their regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, Mar 26th 2008 at PJC Downtown. Alan Woods, representing DigitalFX International will discuss how businesses can utilize streaming media to increase their sales, to strengthen relationships, decrease advertising and marketing cost.

Multimedia & Streaming Video Technology for Today's Business

Small business are looking for ways to use streaming media to increase their sales, to strengthen relationships, and to decrease advertising and marketing costs. Alan Woods will discuss some important issues for entrepreneurs who are seeking to grow their business with streaming media.

How do you effectively and efficiently market with video?
How do small businesses thrive in the YouTube world?
Why do some videos soar and others crash?
What are some of the guiding principles to a good video?
Speaker Information

Alan L. Woods is a media consultant representing Helloworld and DigitalFX International. He has been in real estate acquisitions and a small business entrepreneur for over 20 years. His love for technology applications was born in a college basics programming course and he has been utilizing it in marketing and sales since 1985. Alan is a designated e-Pro, has been awarded the Rising Star award for innovative marketing and sales. He is a past member of the Pensacola Association of Realtors Business Development Committee. He consults with and trains Realtors and small business owners in streaming media marketing techniques.

DigitalFX International, Inc., operates as a digital communications and Web-based social networking company. Its products include Video Mail, Video IM, Live Webcasting Podcasting. The company also hosts and markets HELLOWorld.com, a Web portal that provides subscribers with a spectrum of streaming video content, as well as an integrated suite of consumer-oriented streaming media applications, including video email, video chat, and live Web-casting; and offers Web 2.0 communication tools that enable users to create, transcode, send, manage, and store various forms of digital media content.

Meeting Details

This meeting will be held at the PJC Downtown Center http://www.pjc.edu/includes/maps/PJCMapDTC-s.pdf. The meeting starts at 11:30am and ends at 1:00pm. The cost for lunch is $12 per person. Cold lunches will be provided by Aegean Breeze.

Register for this Event
To register for this event, please visit click the Register Now button. Payment can be made by cash or check (made out to ITGULFCOAST.ORG) at the event or in advance by using Paypal.

The meeting is open to all ITGULFCOAST members, guests and to the public. For more information call 850-932-4713 or visit the organization's website at www.itgulfcoast.org.

(Suzanne Bowen is the outgoing chairman of ITGulfcoast and now an at-large board member.)

Sunday, March 09, 2008

Presidential Campaign Everything oIP Proposals Requested

Have you noticed how successfully the Obama campaign has used the internet to win votes and finances? We have a request for the same approach for a central African presidential election scheduled for 2011 when the requester's candidacy will be announced.

The particular country where the election will be ... does have internet and mobile phones. But these tools are used by the intellectual few (10 Million, 3 million active/daily).

He knows that open source technologies make what was once formidably expensive, now quite affordable, scalable and flexible. He would like to start talking to companies now so he can make his decision soon and have his network up by 2010. Please message me on Facebook with your name, company, website address, email address, and phone number, so I can introduc you to this team.

We realize that there are several DIDX.net members as well as those not participating in DIDX.net, but are well-respected in the global telecommunications over IP industry, who are capable of putting together a comprehensive, easy to use, affordable Internet package to make this a reality. Let's get you introduced to the presidential candidate's team. Alternatively email care@didx.net, attention: Suzanne Bowen re: Presidential Campaign Internet Solution Request.

Thursday, March 06, 2008

Pulvermedia and Digium to Produce AstriCon Sept 23-25 Arizona

Wow, this is so cool. I remember my small seat on the Open Source Round Table at IEXPO West 2005 with Alan Percy of AudioCodes, Charles Studt of VoEX, Ron Lott of Sun Microsystems, William J. Rich of Pingtel Corp., Chris Lyman of Fonality and Mark Spencer of Digium. I had to drive the highway between Las Vegas and Los Angeles in a rental car with an automatic transmission. (My cars have always been manual.) I had just learned I'd be speaking on this panel that day and was composing my thoughts about everything over IP. When I arrived in L.A., I understood why the car wasn't moving up hills very well. The emergency brake was on all the way. Hmm... What's so cool? Check this out.

Pulvermedia has partnered with Digium to produce their annual gathering of the Asterisk Open Source Telephony community, otherwise known as AstriCon. Now in its 5th year, AstriCon 2008 will take place in Glendale, Arizona on September 23 - 25, 2008.

Some may feel a bit digitally smug and insist that paying one's employees a salary and paying your bills do not mix with open source, that it's only for geeks. What's a geek? Tell me what they look like. They look like me and you, and I being of the non-digitally smug am realistic. I want to do it all; get the payroll to the SuperTec team, pay the bills, and be a part of empowering the world with exciting communications opportunities that are possible because of open source.

If selling or buying products or services and mixing/mashing up in the exploding open source IP telephony market is part of your company´s growth strategy, you'll want to tap into and leverage the audience that will be at AstriCon.

Please visit the AstriCon 2008 web site to learn more at -www.pulvermedia.com/astricon.

Today marks the official opening of the event floor, for companies who wish to reserve space, sponsorships and event marketing opportunities. Don´t miss this limited opportunity to join us in September; space and sponsorships are in short supply so please contact Christopher E. Erb, COO of Pulvermedia Events to take active part in AstriCon 2008.

This time, I'll take the emergency brake off. See you at Astricon. DIDX will participate and build community at this gathering, for sure. We can't wait!