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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Identity and identity management have become hot topics. In the web world, identities have emerged as the way we manage our online relationships when they move beyond...
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Today Plantronics began the process of purchasing Polycom for $2B. This acquisition continues the consolidation in the industry, now in the UC peripherals space. There...
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In this Industry Buzz podcast, Phil Edholm leads a discussion about SD-WAN. BCStrategies Experts on the call include Ashish Jain, Sara Uzel, and J.R. Simmons.

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In this Industry Buzz podcast, the BC Experts from BCStrategies review Enterprise Connect 2018, held March 12-15 in Orlando. Jim Burton moderates the conversation, with Blair Pleasant, Michael...

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There were two big “new” solution topics at this year’s event, team workspaces and artificial intelligence. While both have been discussed in the past, this year they...
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In this Industry Buzz Podcast, Jim Burton leads a discussion previewing BCStrategies' participation at the upcoming Enterprise Connect 2018. Twelve BCStrategies experts are participants in 20...

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Join me for a webinar with Frozen Mountain on Tuesday, March 6, 2018 at 2:00pm ET/11:00am PT that will focus on how WebRTC can be used in a range of use cases and...
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In this Industry Buzz podcast, Blair Pleasant leads a discussion about Avaya Engage 2018, with Experts Dave Michels, Dr. Joseph Williams, Sara Uzel, Marty Parker, JR Simmons, Phil Edholm, Jon...

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In this Industry Buzz podcast the BCStrategies Experts discuss mergers and acquisitions; what to look for in upcoming M&A activity in the business communications space; and the notable and...

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The topic of this Industry Buzz podcast is the forecast for 2018 in the business communications space. Participants include Experts Jim Burton, Nicolas De Kouchkovsky, Evan Kirstel, Dr. Joseph...

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In this Industry Buzz podcast, Phil Edholm moderates a conversation on the recent FCC Net Neutrality ruling. The...

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Today the FCC eliminated the Obama era restrictions on the ability of an ISP to arbitrarily limit internet traffic. While there are a range of arguments on both sides,...
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