Mitel Goes BK
LinkedIn this morning is buzzing with news that Mitel is going to file bankruptcy to deal with $1.15B in debt. Mitel has accumulated this debt, largely due to financial commitments to …
Telecom
Metaswitch 3.0
Metaswitch 2.0 was when Microsoft acquired them. Metaswitch 3.0 starts now that Alianza has completed the acquisition. I have a problem with their PR headline: Alianza Completes Acquisition of Metaswitch …
Musings from ITEXPO
Just back from ITEXPO, the first tech show of the year. Here are some quick thoughts from the show. Lesson 1: If a speaker uses a PR contact instead of …
Ridiculously Boring
Telecom has become quite boring. One of my partners, Larry, left telecom almost 10 years ago because he was bored. As I read this morning’s rash of press releases, I …
Channel M&A in 2025
MSP M&A activity continued to be strong in December and in January. Private equity is powering some of those transactions, but it also has to do with (1) scale; (2) …
So Many Predictions for 2025
Many predictions have been published in the last 3 weeks. One channel media outlet interviewed a handful of Agents for predictions for 2025. I address some of those here. (I …