Phil Edholm

President and Founder

PKE Consulting

http://www.pkeconsulting.com

[email protected]

 

Phil Edholm is the President and Founder of PKE Consulting. PKE consults to end users and vendors in the communications and networking markets. PKE works with our clients to deliver the value of the integration of information and interaction. Whether with Unified Communications or integration of communications and business processes, PKE has the experience and knowledge to transform your organization.

Phil Edholm has over 30 years experience in creating innovation and transformation in networking and communications. Prior to founding PKE , he was Vice President of Technology Strategy and Innovation for Avaya. In this role, he was responsible for defining vision and strategic technology and the integration of the Nortel product portfolio into Avaya. He was responsible for portfolio architecture, standards activities, and User Experience. Prior to Avaya, he was CTO/CSO for the Nortel Enterprise business for 9 years. At Nortel, he led the development of VoIP solutions and multimedia communications as well as IP transport technology. His background includes extensive LAN and data communications experience, including 13 years with Silicon Valley start-ups.

Phil is recognized as an industry leader and visionary. In 2007, he was recognized by Frost and Sullivan with a Lifetime Achievement Award for Growth, Innovation and Leadership in Telecommunications. Phil is a widely sought speaker and has been in the VoiceCon/Enterprise Connect Great Debate three times. He has been recognized by the IEEE as the originator of “Edholm’s Law of Bandwidth” as published in July 2004 IEEE Spectrum magazine and as one of the “Top 100 Voices of IP Communications" by Internet Telephony magazine. Phil was a member of the IEEE 802.3 standards committee, developed the first multi-protocol network interfaces, and was a founder of the Frame Relay Forum. Phil has 13 patents and holds a BSME/EE from Kettering University.

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One area of networking technology that has been heavily discussed, but less well actually understood is the topic of QoS or Quality of Service. Within the umbrella of...
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Brother, the typewriter, labeler and printer company has introduced a cloud-based video conferencing solution. If you are in the market for a video/web collaboration...
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With the data and information in this white paper, it should be possible to optimize both the seating and distances for most video conferencing rooms. If possible, the...
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A meeting tourist is someone who comes to a meeting, typically joining on an audio conference, and does not really participate in the meeting in a meaningful way...
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The UCStrategies Experts discuss the announcement by Cisco making the Jabber client for IM free if you have Cisco Unified Communications Manager. The discussion is moderated by...

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This paper is the second in a series of three papers on the value of video in organizations. This paper focuses on the value of video for the middle manager. To better...
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Many organizations have invested significantly in video conferencing as a technology, often under the belief that it would have significant impacts on the business...
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