Alec Saunders SquawkBox

It's been a busy busy week here, and you may have noticed that the blogging has been a little light.  So light, in fact, that I failed to report on the latest iotum partner, Solegy, and their integration of the iotum Relevance Engine with their open source session border controller.

I'm particularly pleased with this announcement, as it's a double whammy.  Solegy runs hosted services on that SBC, which means that Solegy customers as well open source users will have access to iotum.

And, I'm pleased to finally be doing something with Eric Hernaez and his team, after having known him for 4 years, and through 4 different companies (between the two of us).

"I can't say it enough folks.  This is part of the future of the BlackBerry."  So says BlackBerry Cool, the arbiter of new and cool on the BlackBerry.

Thanks for the compliment!

A Virginia jury has just handed Vonage another setback, ruling that it violated several of Verizon's patents.  Vonage must $58 million in damages.  The ruling is somewhat controversial, in as much as some are questioning the validity of the patents. 

It's a kick in the teeth for Vonage, already down for the count.