OVERHEARD
Telecommuting was really in vogue several years ago. ...It has fallen to the wayside, but now with the [high] gas prices ... there is room to reinvigorate that conversation. I think we’ll see that regardless of what administration comes in November.”
-- Todd Thibodeaux, newly appointed president and CEO of CompTIA, regarding one of the many initiatives the industry association will be developing research and training programs around in the coming months.
Full-Contact Sports
Two corporate sponsors for August’s Beijing Olympics used [Send Word Now's Alert Service to communicate with employees abroad during the sporting event. Send Word Now's international two-way SMS application enabled them to communicate with overseas employees during daily operational tasks and, in the event of an emergency, to quickly coordinate and evacuate their employees. Using Send Word Now's Alert Service, these organizations were able to notify thousands of people in minutes as well as “track” and “field” responses from message recipients in real time for virtual head counts.
Telcordia’s Got Talent
With a record 97.5 million votes cast, season seven of “American Idol” and also the widely popular show, “So You Think You Can Dance,” have allowed Telcordia to showcase its own talent in helping service providers prepare for the voting traffic loads and manage the rush of votes. Telcordia’s SMS800 software manages all 25 million-plus toll-free numbers in North America, while the Telcordia NDB/800 is the network database that performs real-time routing of every toll-free call within the United States and much of Canada. And the crowd goes ... dialed.
