Porter’s Place A Marketing Strategy Blog by Dana Porter, Head of Amdocs Global Marketing

Amdocs blogs

• Sneak preview
  BLOGGER: JEFF BARAK Are you fed up of friends spoiling your favorite TV show by letting you know how the series ends before you’ve managed to see the final episode? Well, help might be at hand if a solution currently in the Amdocs incubation lab actually makes it to market. Under a scenario demonstrated at this week’s Amdocs [...] […]
• Forget bring your own bottle…Bring your own device (live from Intouch 2012)
  BLOGGER: JEFF BARAK We all remember the BYOB (bring your own bottle) parties we attended as cash-strapped students and perhaps somewhat foggily remember the hazardous effects that drinking cheap alcohol had on our studies the next day. Well, today’s trend of BYOD (bring your own device) might not damage our health, but it’s certainly giving enterprise [...] […]
• Get a glimpse into the future (live from InTouch 2012)
  BLOGGER: JEFF BARAK Amdocs CEO Eli Gelman provided a glimpse into the company’s future at this year’s Amdocs InTouch Business Forum today. Pointing out that it’s Amdocs’ job to anticipate what service providers need to stay ahead, he told an audience of over 500 people at the InterContinental Hotel Miami, that there were four areas on [...] […]
• 48 Hours with Android
  After four and a half years of using an iPhone exclusively, I swapped out for an Android phone for the weekend to finally see first hand what its all about. The device I have is the new Google Nexus Galaxy from Samsung. Immediate differences After getting my hands on a micro SIM adapter, I  removed the micro SIM [...] […]
• Who would you trust to look after your home when you’re not there?
  BLOGGER: NAOMI WEISER  Be honest – who hasn’t had one of those “Did I lock the door?” moments when you can’t quite remember whether or not you actually turned off the heater/left all the lights on/locked the door properly behind you?   I admit that it’s happened to me more than once. But the scope offered by home [...] […]
• Social Media at InTouch and Management World Dublin
  There will be a strong social media presence this year at both InTouch and Management World Dublin. If you’re at either of the conferences, you’ll be able to interact with other people also attending via our social media channels. If you’re not there, you’ll be able to keep up with everything that’s happening in Miami [...] […]
• InTouch 2012: Profit from the Connected Home
  77% of consumers want to be able to remotely connect to their homes in order to monitor against intrusions and fires, more efficiently manage home energy consumption and care remotely care for the elderly. Many service providers are launching connected home offerings as the new quintuple play to add customer value, drive revenues and improve [...] […]
• iPhone sales in China
  Here’s an interesting opinion piece on iPhone sales in China. A tidbit: In its native U.S. ecosystem, the iPhone functions beautifully. But take it to China and the device just isn’t very happy. To start with, more than half of the 30 million iPhone users in China have unlocked their phones (a hint that something [...] […]
• InTouch 2012: Power of the Portfolio
  We are entering an era of permanent revolution. The explosive pace of change – which is driven by rapidly-growing technologies and declining prices – has created uncertainty and volatility. Organizations are facing an unprecedented challenge to adapt and the stakes are high: failure means collapse, while success means exponential growth and rapid market-shar […]
• Computing Convergence in the Wireless World
  When Motorola launched the Android-powered Atrix 4G smartphone at CES 2011, they showed a glimpse of the future of mobile phones, mobile computing, and computing in general. […]