A note to our third child, E2E Technology, LLC, born on August 1, 2003.
Love your parents Andrea (black) and Chris (blue) Bacarisse.
Happy Birthday E2E! I write this letter as the express jet takes off for the XChange Americas 2011 IT conference in Denver, Colorado. (I'm actually using Airplane Mode in an airplane!) We've come a long way in eight short years and together have seen everything change rapidly.
The best way to describe this crazy roller coaster we call technology is through simple math.
PDA + cell phone + camera + MP3 player + GPS + email + Internet = Smart Phone
Small form factor laptop - DVD drive = Netbook
Larger scale smart phone - phone = Tablet
Traditional phone line features + Internet = SIP trunks aka Voice over Internet
Cable company + Internet = High Speed Internet
Business phone system features + offsite hardware = Hosted PBX
Server + offsite hardware + storage = Virtual Server
Software + Internet = Software as a Service (SaaS) aka "Cloud" computing
Voice mail + fax + email = Unified Messaging
TV shows + video shorts + Internet = Hulu, YouTube (I love HBO GO!)
Video camera + Internet = Live Video Conferencing
User contributed information + online statuses + friends + businesses + Internet = Social Media (Now we know WAY too much about each other.)
Laptop + High Speed Internet + VoIP Phone = Never having to go to the Office
Whew! These examples are just a tip of the iceberg.. Here's what I now accept as a normal work day. Writing/blogging on my first generation iPad, listening to music purchased over the Internet, and then syncing my notes across Evernote using Software as a Service to the E2E team! Mobile? YES! Geeky? YEP! Proud of what E2E has accomplished? ABSOLUTELY! Where will the next eight years take us? One never knows, but I am ready for the ride with you!
Happy Birthday E2E.
P.S. This Blog post would have been out on your birthday, but as usual I was slow in writing my portion of the blog.
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