Recent Work Samples and Media

Recent Podcasts, TV interviews, Articles, Case Studies and White Papers Jon has written or been featured in:  

 
Article: Innovation - Many Paths to Follow for Staying Competitive , Service Provider Views, TMCnet, June 17, 2010 
Focus Brief: Ringio – Extending the Contact Center into SMBs , Jon Arnold, Focus.com, June 16, 2010 
Article: Skype for Business: That's Right, Service Provider Views, TMCnet, June 1, 2010
Article: Cisco's UC Update - Collaboration is Evolving, Maybe Further Than You Think, UC Strategies Views, May 28, 2010
Focus Brief: 5 Things You Need to Know About Unified Communications, Jon Arnold, Focus.com, May 24, 2010
Webinar: ARPU Generating VoIP Solutions, hosted by US Telecom Association, May 20, 2010
Article: Shaw Communications: When Cable Operators Go Wireless, Jon Arnold, Service Provider Views, TMCnet, May 14, 2010
Television Interview: State of Canada's Wireless Industry, Jon Arnold, Business Network News Television, interviewed by Michael Kane,May 11, 2010 (runs about 6 minutes - link expires within a week - contact me if it's not available)
Webinar: Voice in the Clouds: How Hosted Phone Services Help SMBs Level the Playing Field, Focus.com with RingCentral (register for replay), April 27, 2010
Article: Chasing the Clouds, Part 2, Jon Arnold, Service Provider Views, TMCnet, April 27, 2010
Focus Brief: SIP Trunking - 5 Ways to Make Your Business More Competitive, Jon Arnold, Focus.com, April 26, 2010
Interview: The Shadow Over Solar, CBC News, April 22, 2010
Article: Chasing the Clouds - The Service Provider Evolution Continues, Part 1, Jon Arnold, Service Provider Views, TMCnet, April 22, 2010
Article: Cloud Communications Alliance – Good News for UC , Jon Arnold, UC Strategies Views, April 20, 2010
Focus Brief: Why Businesses Need to Think Differently About Cloud Communications, Jon Arnold, Focus.com, April 16, 2010
Article: Atomico Ventures Fund - Something Else for Service Providers to Think About, Jon Arnold, Service Provider Views, TMCnet, March 29, 2010
Essay Excerpt: Communications Breakdown - Cloud Communications, by Jon Arnold, Cloud Communications 2010 eBook, Thomas Howe Company, March 17, 2010
Article: Cisco to Carriers: You're in the Internet Business Now, Jon Arnold, Service Provider Views, TMCnet, March 11, 2010
Article: Mitel Enters the Mobile Market - What Next? , Jon Arnold, Service Provider Views, TMCnet, March 2, 2010
Article: Cisco + HP + Collaboration Review = Confusion and Opportunity, Jon Arnold, UC Strategies portal, UC Views, February 19, 2010
Article: Verizon and Skype - Who's the Winner? , Jon Arnold, Service Provider Views, TMCnet, February 19, 2010
Article: Mitel Mobile – Adding Mobility to UC, Jon Arnold, UC Strategies portal, UC Views, February 8, 2010
Article: It's Only January, but so Many Questions Already for Service Providers , Jon Arnold, Service Provider Views, TMCnet, January 29, 2010
Article: Google in China - What Business are you Really In?, Jon Arnold, Service Provider Views, TMCnet, January 15, 2010 
Article: Will the Next Decade be Good for Service Providers and Bad for Privacy?, Jon Arnold, Service Provider Views, TMCnet, December 28, 2009
Radio Interview: BlackBerry Service Outages, Jon Arnold, CBC Radio, National News, The Business Network - interviewed by Meegan Read December 23, 2009
Podcast: UC Experts Review 2009 in Unified Communications, and Look Ahead, Jon Arnold, along with other UCStrategies colleagues, moderated by Jim Burton, December 21, 2009 
Article: How Can Service Providers Add Value?, Jon Arnold, Service Provider Views, TMCnet, December 16, 2009 
Radio Interview:  CRTC Update - Broadcasters Vs. Cable Battle, Jon Arnold, CBC Radio, National News, The Business Network - interviewed by Meegan Read December 9, 2009
Article: The Importance of QoS for IP Communications - Interview with Packet Island, Part 2, Jon Arnold, Service Provider Views, TMCnet, December 8, 2009
Article: The Importance of QoS for IP Communications - Interview with Packet Island, Part 1, Jon Arnold, Service Provider Views, TMCnet, December 1, 2009
Television Interview:  Telus Trumps Rogers in Ad Spat, Jon Arnold, Business Network News Television, interviewed by Michael Kane, November 25, 2009 (runs about 7 minutes - link expires within a week - contact me if it's not available)
White Paper: Media Gateway 2.0: the Intelligent Edge for Service Providers, J Arnold & Associates White Paper produced for TelcoBridges, November 4, 2009 (must register for access - please contact me if difficulty accessing this - soft copy is available)
Guest blog post: BroadSoft Connections 2009 Recap, Microsoft, Behind 3 Screens Blog, November 2, 2009
Article: Service Providers: Be Careful What You Wish For, Jon Arnold, Service Provider Views, TMCnet, October 26, 2009
Article: Why Skype Is Good News for Service Providers (Part 2), Jon Arnold, Service Provider Views, TMCnet, October 19, 2009
Interview: Smart Grid in an ICT Eye, Jon Arnold interviewed by Mary Allen, GreenerIT.ca, October 2, 2009
Article: Why Skype Is Good News for Service Providers (Part 1), Jon Arnold, Smart Grid Portal, TMCnet, September 29, 2009
Article: What Service Providers Can Learn from Utilities, Jon Arnold, Smart Grid Portal, TMCnet, September 18, 2009
Article: Reflections on the Smart Grid Summit, Jon Arnold, Smart Grid Portal, TMCnet, September 10, 2009
Podcast: UC Experts Discuss Cloud Computing and UC, Jon Arnold, along with other UCStrategies colleagues, moderated by Jim Burton, August 24, 2009 
White Paper: Telecom 2.0: Guidelines for Service Provider Success , J Arnold & Associates White Paper produced for Tekelec , August, 2009 (must register for access - please contact me if difficulty accessing this)
Article: Smart Grid - What it Means for Service Providers, Jon Arnold, Service Provider Views, TMCnet, August 24, 2009
Podcast: UC Experts Discuss Google Voice, Jon Arnold, along with other UCStrategies colleagues, moderated by Jim Burton, August 11, 2009 
Television Interview:  Pieces of Nortel - the Nortel/Ericsson deal, Jon Arnold, Business Network News Television, interviewed by Michael Kane, July 27, 2009 (runs about 8 minutes - link expires within a week - contact me if it's not available)
Article: BroadSoft, Microsoft and Chinook Hosting - Getting Hosted Right, Jon Arnold, Service Provider Views, TMCnet, July 27, 2009
White Paper: SIP Trunking – More Than Just Cost Savings, J Arnold & Associates companion White Paper for a Mitel Discovery Series webinar, July 27, 2009 (must register for access - please contact me if difficulty accessing this)
Podcast: Make the Call - SIP Trunking Roundtable, Jon Arnold - with AudioCodes, Avaya, Ingate Systems and Panasonic, Business Trends Quarterly, July 2009
Article: published transcript of the above podcast, Jon Arnold - with AudioCodes, Avaya, Ingate Systems and Panasonic, Business Trends Quarterly, July 2009
Podcast: UC Experts Discuss The Impact of Avaya's Bid for Nortel, Jon Arnold, along with other UCStrategies colleagues, moderated by Jim Burton, July 20, 2009 
Article: Google Wave Offers New Challenges for Service Providers, Jon Arnold, Service Provider Views, TMCnet, July 14, 2009
Webinar Presentation: SIP Trunking – More Than Just Cost Savings, J Arnold & Associates presenting for a Mitel Discovery Series webinar, June 30, 2009 (must register for access - link is archived for 90 days - please contact me if difficulty accessing this)
Article: Q&A with Telanetix – Why Hosted Services are Gaining Adoption, Jon Arnold, Service Provider Views, TMCnet, June 29, 2009
Podcast: The Benefits of VoIP Islands, Jon Arnold - with Elaine Hom, TechTarget Workshop - Unified Communications in the Enterprise, June 2009 
eGuide/White Paper: Connecting and Leveraging VoIP Islands, Jon Arnold, TechTarget Workshop - Unified Communications in the Enterprise, June, 2009
Article: What Service Providers and Auto Makers Can Learn From Each Other, Jon Arnold, Service Provider Views, TMCnet, June 12, 2009
Article: On the Future of the Automobile (and Telecom, Too), Jon Arnold, The Mark News, June 8, 2009
Article: What Service Providers Can Learn From MetaSwitch, Jon Arnold, Service Provider Views, TMCnet, June 1, 2009
Article: What Service Providers Can Learn From CSI and Television, Jon Arnold, Service Provider Views, TMCnet, May 13, 2009
Article: MetaSwitch Forum Takeaways - What Big Carriers can Learn from Small Carriers, Jon Arnold, Service Provider Views, TMCnet, April 27, 2009
Podcast: Reality Check -Five Things You Should Know About SIP, Jon Arnold - with Elaine Hom, Search Unified Communications.com, April 17, 2009 
Article: Innovation - It's Out There if You Look, Jon Arnold, Service Provider Views, TMCnet, April 8, 2009
Article: Surviving in the New World of Telecom, Part 1, Jon Arnold, Service Provider Views, TMCnet, March 25, 2009
White Paper: CRM over Voice - prepared for Mobivox by J Arnold & Associates, March 2009
Article: 4G Focus – Interview with Crossfire Media, Jon Arnold, Service Provider Views, TMCnet, March 5, 2009
Case Study: Alteva - Using BroadWorks to Deliver Hosted VoIP to a Large Retailer, March 2009
Article: SIP Trunking – the 6 Cs of Communications Evolution, Jon Arnold, Service Provider Views, TMCnet, February 26, 2009
Report: 2009 Telecommunications Industry Issues Index, prepared by J Arnold & Associates for JAJAH, February 17, 2009
Article: SIP Trunking - What's in it for Service Providers?, Jon Arnold, Service Provider Views, TMCnet, February 17, 2009
Article: Jaduka - Another Take on the Platform Play, Jon Arnold, Service Provider Views, TMCnet, January 28, 2009
Article: VoIP: Definitely Not Dead Yet - the Sequel, Jon Arnold, Service Provider Views, TMCnet, January 20, 2009
Article: VoIP in 2008 - "I'm Not Dead", Jon Arnold, Service Provider Views, TMCnet, December 29, 2008
Article: Microsoft and Service Providers Part 2: Progress Interrupted But Not Stopped, Jon Arnold, Service Provider Views, TMCnet, December 15, 2008
Television Interview: Wireless Substitution Trends in Canada, Jon Arnold, CBC Evening News, December 12, 2008 (segment runs about 2.5 minutes)
Podcast: Social Media in the Enterprise, with Tim Young, CEO, Socialcast, Jon Arnold, Business Trends Quarterly, Q4 2008 Edition
Article: Microsoft and Service Providers - Why They Need Each Other, Part 1 , Jon Arnold, Service Provider Views, TMCnet, December 1, 2008

Guest Blog Post: Avaya - Putting the Unified in Unifed Communications, Jon Arnold, ITinCanada - Unified Communications microsite, November 20, 2008

Article: Managing in a Down Economy, Jon Arnold, Service Provider Views, TMCnet, November 17, 2008
White Paper: Desktop Videoconferencing - Better Than You Think, prepared by J Arnold & Associates, October 2008 -- NOTE - for the initial release, you must provide your contact information to Global IP Solutions to download it from their website
Article: Social Media and Why Enterprises Need to Embrace It, Jon Arnold, Business Trends Quarterly, Fall 2008
Article: Is VoIP Dead?Jon Arnold, Service Provider Views, TMCnet, September 29, 2008
Article: Making Voice a Killer AppJon Arnold, Service Provider Views, TMCnet, September 16, 2008
Article: Ribbit - Why BT's $105 Million Was Well SpentJon Arnold, Service Provider Views, TMCnet, August 27, 2008
Article: Platform Play Updates - Solid Proof Points for Service ProvidersJon Arnold, Service Provider Views, TMCnet, August 15, 2008
Article: Tier 2/3 Service Providers: Leading the Way with VoIPJon Arnold, Service Provider Views, TMCnet, July 14, 2008
Article: Social Media Challenges Reside with Users, Jon Arnold, UnifiedCommunicationsSearch.com, July 9, 2008
Article: Microsoft Telco 2.0 - Part 2, Jon Arnold, Service Provider Views, TMCnet, June 26, 2008
Podcast: Host of a Squawk Box segment, interviewing Shidan Gouran, CTO, Jazinga, June 26, 2008
Television Interview:  RIM - smartphone outlook/quarterly earnings call, Jon Arnold, Business Network News Television, After Hours program - hosted by Andrew Bell, June 25, 2008. The interview runs the first 16 minutes of the program, and can be viewed in two files. Part 1 is the first 5 minutes, and you can watch it here. Part 2 contains the balance of the segment and you can watch that clip here.

Article: Microsoft Telco 2.0 - the Great White Hope or Hype for Carriers?, Jon Arnold, Service Provider Views, TMCnet, June 16, 2008

Article: Jajah - A Complete Platform Play, Jon Arnold, Service Provider Views, TMCnet, May 29, 2008

Podcast: IT's Changing Role in VoIP Adoption, interviewed by Carl Weinschenk of IT-Finance Connection, May 13, 2008

Article: Further Considerations for the Platform Play , Jon Arnold, Service Provider Views, TMCnet, April 30, 2008
Article: Exploring the Platform Play, Jon Arnold, Service Provider Views, TMCnet, April 16, 2008
White Paper: The Case for Hosted VoIP, prepared by J Arnold & Associates, March 2008
Article: The Case for Being a Platform Play, Jon Arnold, Service Provider Views, TMCnet, March 31, 2008

Article: Rethinking the Service Provider Business, Jon Arnold, Service Provider Views, TMCnet, March 20, 2008

Podcast: eComm2008 Highlights, interviewed by Ken Camp, March 13, 2008

Case Study: KPN - Fixed Mobile Services, March 2008

Case Study: Cbeyond - SIP Trunking Services, March 2008

Article: Equity Market Outlook - Q&A with Catharine Trebnick, Jon Arnold, Service Provider Views, TMCnet, February 27, 2008

Article: The Service Provider Dilemma, Jon Arnold, Service Provider Views, TMCnet, February 6, 2008
Article: What is a Service Provider?, Jon Arnold, Service Provider Views, TMCnet, January 16, 2008
Television Interview:  Canadian Telecom Outlook, Jon Arnold, Business Network News Television, November 2, 2007 (runs about 8 minutes)
Podcast: Key Takeaways From Fall VON 2007, Jon Arnold, IP ConvergenceTV.com, November 15, 2007
Podcast: with Scott Wharton, VP, Business Development, BroadSoft, during BroadSoft Connections 2007, October 16, 2007
Article: Unified Communications - Creating New Value for Businesses, Jon Arnold, MetaSwitch eNewsletter, August 2007 issue
Television Interview:  Bell/Telus/Canadian Telecom Outlook, Jon Arnold, Business Network News Television, July 3, 2007 (runs about 7 minutes)
Podcast/Interview: Telepresence, with Marc Trachtenberg, CEO, Teliris, Jon Arnold, Business Trends Quarterly, Q2 2007 Edition
White Paper: Covad ClearEdgePro - Making the Case for Hosted SMB IP Telephony, prepared by J Arnold & Associates, March 2007
Article: VoIP 2007 Outlook, Jon Arnold, Business Trends Quarterly, Q1 2007 Edition 
Article: Telco 2.0 - Easier Said Than Done, Jon Arnold, Microsoft's Canadian Connections Newsletter, Fall 2007
White Paper: Open Source IP Telephony, prepared by J Arnold & Associates, posted September 11, 2006 on LinuxDevices.com
Article: Intelligent Content Distribution: A Critical Enabler for IPTV, Jon Arnold and Danny Klein, Telecommunications Magazine, September 2006
Article: Technologies to Watch for Enterprise IP Telephony, Jon Arnold, Telemanagement Magazine, #238, September 2006


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