TADSummit Online Conference, 16 April, Threat Models and Counter Intelligence

Bohdan Hopanchuk, a TADSummit regular, introduced his friend Jack Sessions, a Security Researcher (Mobile). Jack was a bounty hunter for the US DSS (Diplomatic Security Service). Helped 12 countries’ security services find and track cyber criminals. Contributes to many open source projects with a focus on mobile security and AppSec. This was an around the … Continue reading TADSummit Online Conference, 16 April, Threat Models and Counter Intelligence

Podcast 113: Truth in Telecoms. Twilio, Unleash The Tyntec!

Johnny is excited! We’d both been approached about the rumor of Twilio buying tyntec since last weekend. We’d both written it off, given market timing, Twilio had hired David Copsey (ex-tyntec), so they have the intellectual property. But the rumors kept building, clearly David understood the time it would take to copy tyntec, and decided … Continue reading Podcast 113: Truth in Telecoms. Twilio, Unleash The Tyntec!

TADSummit Online Conference, 9 April, Voice AI Update, Rob Pickering & Lyle Pratt

With my two favorite voice AI expert practitioners, a discussion on the state of the art in voice AI: After all the marcom from a bunch of conferences over the past few months, this is the dose of salts you need to clear away all the BS congestion blues. Voice AI continues to move at … Continue reading TADSummit Online Conference, 9 April, Voice AI Update, Rob Pickering & Lyle Pratt

Podcast 112: TADSummit Innovators, SignalGate, Alex Henthorn Iwane, Wire

It was Alex Henthorn Iwane of Wire’s article on SignalGate that attracted our interest. Wire has been part of TADS for years, here are the old CEO and CTO keynoting at TADHack in 2015. This is a fun discussion, as Johnny made clear at the start he is a fan of Wire, he was there … Continue reading Podcast 112: TADSummit Innovators, SignalGate, Alex Henthorn Iwane, Wire

TADSummit Online Conference, 2 April, Simwood Potato

This ended up a long but worthwhile discussion. The Simwood potato is relevant across the telecoms industry, from legacy telcos needing to leapfrog technical debt, to Simwood competitors missing features and services, to enterprises needing to add features overnight, and all the startup voice AI companies needing to plug their telephony gaps. It’s a surprisingly … Continue reading TADSummit Online Conference, 2 April, Simwood Potato

Podcast 111: TADSummit Innovators, Nice Guys Win, Eddie DeCurtis, Shush

Eddie and Johnny have known each other since Iris Wireless, back in 2012. To welcome Eddie on the podcast, Johnny got a new shirt, “shush EDDIE IS TALKING”. Johnny shared the crazy situation Iris was in as he took over. MetroPCS, its main customer, was moving to another aggregator. Johnny also pointed out Eddie is … Continue reading Podcast 111: TADSummit Innovators, Nice Guys Win, Eddie DeCurtis, Shush