Warren Montgomery's Telecommunication Services Page
.
My Background
I am an independent consultant providing
analysis, design, and recommendations on telecommunications and high
availaibility systems
technologies. I retired from Lucent Technologies, where
I
was a technical manager of a team responsible for architecture
and prototyping
of telecommunication services, including internet call
management,
Voice over IP, VoiceXML, SIP, Intelligent Network, and many
other technologies. I had a long relationship with Personeta a
premier maker of
a
programmable applications platform for communication carriers,
and Insight Research, a
market research firm offering analysis of topics related to
telecommunication. I have also done work for several law frims and
venture capitalists helping them evaluate business opportunities and
pursue patent cases. To learn more about what I do
professionally
see my
Resume
.
Some views on the Telecommunications Industry
The Telecommunications industry is rapidly
changing
through the introduction of new technology for converged networking and
changes
in regulation leading to greater competition. This is creating
extraordinary opportunities, but as in any period of rapid change a lot
of unsupported
claims and chances to make mistakes. This makes it critical for
carriers, manufacturers, and end users to have the best information
about the industry and how to properly apply the technology. Here
are some example essays outlining my views on these topics:
- What happened
to the Telecom Industry? (2002)– (An essay on why the
telecommunications
industry went through a huge
boom and bust cycle, and what it means for the next generation of
products
and services).
- What's
wrong with PCs? – (2006) An essay on why Personal Computers are the
cause
of so much frustration by users trying to do simple tasks, and what can
be done about it.
- Converged
Services versus Converged applications - (2006)An essay on the role
of
converged networks and converged services
and what's really important
- Where do you
put your services?
(2001) An essay on where to put services inside of communication
networks,
offering guidelines on what is important and what to consider.
- So you want "5 9s"
- (2001) An essay on achieving high availability in systems, including
planning
for it, evaluating vendor claims of it, and operating high availability
systems
- How to hold a
Virtual Conference – (2001)An essay on why video conferencing is a
poor
substitute for being
there, and how today’s technology could be used to create a much better
virtual conference experience
- The Day Bell
Labs Died A little humor on the
company
I retired from.
Conference Notes
I am also known for taking extensive notes at
conferences, and have co-authored several short papers reporting on
conferences. Here are my notes for some of the communications
conferences that I have attended.
- Notes
from ICIN
2013 -- Notes and commentary from the 17th ICIN conference held in
Venice, Italy, October 2013
- Notes
from ICIN
2012 -- Notes and commentary from the 16th ICIN conference held in
Berlin, Germany, October 2012
- Notes
from ICIN
2011 -- Notes and commentary from the 15th ICIN conference held in
Berlin, Germany, October 2011
- Notes
from ICIN
2010 -- Notes and commentary from the 14th ICIN conference held in
Berlin, Germany, October 2010
- Notes
from ICIN
2009 -- Notes and commentary from the 13th ICIN conference held in
Bordeaux, France, October 2009
- Notes from ICIN
2008 -- Notes and commentary from the 12th ICIN conference held in
Bordeaux, France, October 2008
- Notes from
ICIN 2007 -- Notes and commentary from the 11th ICIN conference
held in Bordeaux, France, October 2007
- Notes
from ICIN 2006– Notes and Commentary from the 10th ICIN
conference held in Bordeaux, France May/June 2006
- Notes
from Fall VON 2005– Notes and Commentary from the Fall VON
conference
held in Boston, September 19-22, 2005.
- Notes from
Spring VON 2005 – Notes and Commentary from the Spring VON
conference
held in San Jose,
March 7-10, 2005.
- Notes from ICIN
2004 – Notes and Commentary from the ICIN conference
held in Bordeaux, France,
October, 2004.
- Notes from Fall
VON 2002 – Notes and Commentary from the Fall VON conference held
in Atlanta,
October 7-10, 2002.
- Notes from
Supercomm 2002 – Notes and commentary from Supercomm, held in
Atlanta June 2-6, 2002.
- Notes from
Spring VON 2002 – Notes and Commentary from the Spring VON
conference held in Seattle,
April 8-11, 2002.
- Notes from Fall VON 2001 Notes
and personal perspectives from one of the industry’s premier
conference, Voice On Net from
pulver.com
- Notes from Next
Generation Network (NGN) 2001 Notes
and perspectives
from the Next Generation Network Conference
For more information
on
what I can do for you, please contact me:
Warren Montgomery
wamontgomery@ieee.org
1-815-756-1934