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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This is a story of the challenges of upgrading in our modern world. While it is a story of a consumer service, the fact is that I use these facilities as part of my home...
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In this Industry Buzz podcast, the BCStrategies Experts offer thoughts on what to expect in 2019. Jim Burton moderates the conversation with experts Peter Bernstein, Phil Edholm, Dave Stein,...

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In this Industry Buzz podcast, the BCStrategies Experts reflect on 2018. Jim Burton moderates the conversation, with Experts Peter Bernstein, Marty Parker, Phil Edholm, Michael Finneran, Joseph...

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Martello, the Canadian Network Monitoring and SDN company announced before the end of the year that it was participating in the BlackBerry/L-SPARK Accelerator Program...
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In this Industry Buzz podcast, the BCStrategies Experts discuss trends in Business Process Communications, and in particular, what is changing.

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At the Mitel Next event, CloudLink was in full force. Mitel was showing a range of integrations, from the Connect platform to how CloudLink is used to integrate the...
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I recently spent some time reviewing Cato Networks’ recent announcement around increasing SD-WAN uptime of its Cato Cloud. To increase availability and reduce the impact...
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BCStrategies welcomes Dean Manzoori VP, Global Cloud Communication, Masergy, to discuss global delivery of hybrid UCaaS.

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In this BCStrategies podcast, the BCStrategies Experts delve into the challenges associated with transforming corporate cultures -- roles, responsibilities and accountabilities -- to ones that...

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BCStrategies analysts and consultants have the opportunity to hear from and learn about many, many vendors. This week's podcast takes a look at some of the smaller, newer, or lesser known...

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In this Industry Buzz podcast, the BCStrategies Experts continue a discussion on SD-WAN based on an earlier podcast: SD-WAN: A Game Changer with Some Challenges.

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In this Industry Buzz podcast, the BCStrategies Experts discuss the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications. Marty Parker moderates the discussion, with Experts Dave Stein, Phil Edholm,...

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