Category Archives: Event Review

That’s a Wrap on TADSummit 2023, Looking Forward to TADSummit 2024

Thank you to everyone who took part in and supported (sponsored and partnered) TADSummit 2023. Without your support TADSummit can not happen, it’s as simple as that. In particular our sponsors: Strolid, Stacuity, Unifonic, SIPhub, Jambonz, and TelecomsXchange. The quality of the content and people sets TADSummit apart. No marketing BS, simply practical insights and advice to help you build … Continue reading That’s a Wrap on TADSummit 2023, Looking Forward to TADSummit 2024

TADSummit 2023: Enterprise and LLMs

Programmable communications / telecoms puts the enterprise in control, we’ve seen rapid innovations over the past year. At TADSummit 2022 Karel pointed out the transformer model has changed game in LLMs, and he was proven correct through this year. BUT listening to the marketing hype is dangerous, the no BS policy ensures you avoid mistakes … Continue reading TADSummit 2023: Enterprise and LLMs

TADSummit 2023: Open Source

Open source telecom software is the foundation upon which programmable telecoms / communications is built. It is also a critical technology for telcos to make the leap to Techco. Put simply, if telcos continue to use their legacy closed source vendors, the Techco vision will not happen. This advice comes from the fixed line telcos, … Continue reading TADSummit 2023: Open Source

TADSummit 2023 Review

We wrapped up TADSummit on Friday 20th October, and then jumped straight into TADHack Global. The TADHack results were announced on Monday 23th, and presented at Network X on Tuesday 24th in a broader review of TADHack over the past 10 years. A delayed flight home on the 25th while watching the second half of ‘The … Continue reading TADSummit 2023 Review

TADSummit Special: Why conversational AI providers are moving to open source

Dave Horton, Creator of drachtio.org, the open source framework for SIP Server applications Commentary Dave provides an nice intro to the conversation AI space, and the reasons why Cognigy are using Jambonz. I really like Dave’s framing of why community driven FOSS (Free and open Source Software) will win over commercial software. Remember Linux and … Continue reading TADSummit Special: Why conversational AI providers are moving to open source

TADSummit Special: Silent Authentication

Eric Nadalin, CTO, co-founder tru.ID, and Gentleman Farmer Finally after all those years, mobile network operators start to offer a secure and frictionless alternative to SMS. Learn more about Silent Authentication. Commentary This is a great review of Silent Authentication, and the complex situation we find around this topic. In essence silent authentication is a … Continue reading TADSummit Special: Silent Authentication

IoT+ Review TADSummit 2022

These TADSummit 2022 reviews are a chance to give all the excellent content deserved attention and add my commentary on its importance. This is the last in the series. In this article I cover the presentations focused on IoT, a maturing segment of programmable communications, that’s moved beyond the silly hype. The ‘+’ is because … Continue reading IoT+ Review TADSummit 2022

Open Source Review TADSummit 2022

These TADSummit 2022 reviews are a chance to give all the excellent content deserved attention and add my commentary on its importance. In this article I cover the presentations focused on Open Source, the bedrock of programmable communications. Here are the links to the review of the Keynotes, to my presentation What Happened Since we … Continue reading Open Source Review TADSummit 2022

Telcos and Programmable Communications Review

These TADSummit 2022 reviews are a chance to give all the excellent content deserved attention and add my commentary on its importance. In this article I cover the presentations focused on Telcos and Programmable Communications. Here are the links to the review of the Keynotes, to my presentation What Happened Since we Last Met?, and … Continue reading Telcos and Programmable Communications Review