
Principal, Cuthrell Consulting, LLC
Member of the Telecommunications Council
Jay Cuthrell is a Managing Principal with cuthrell.com and frequent industry speaker based in Research Triangle Park, NC and Missoula, MT. His clients include telecommunications service providers, startup companies, and investment groups. He has held CTO, VP and GM roles at Digitel Corporation and NeoNova (an Azure Capital and Bridgescale Partners portfolio company) and infrastructure consulting roles working both domestically and internationally for Fortune 500 clients. Mr. Cuthrell also served at Scient (iXL), Nortel, Analysts International, IBM, and NCSU College of Engineering. He holds a BS in Materials Science and Engineering from NCSU. Mr. Cuthrell specializes in ISPs, datacenters, hosting, co-location, RLECs, wireless, mobility, broadband, DNS, domain registrars, SSL, encryption, VoIP, IPTV, CRM, storage, networking, and open source. He is a frequent industry speaker at NTCA, OPASTCO, IP Possibilities, NCTIA/TCI, and conferences such as SxSW. (This is me - Update Profile)
Make the Call: Skype and Cisco
August 30, 2010
Is Skype Up For Sale? | gigaom.com
Coverage of a possible Skype acquisition by Cisco has been reported widely in tech blogs this week. The key points of contention seem to center around service provider and channel conflicts instead of the immediate synergies from such a buy.The immediate synergies are as follows: enabling of service providers differentiators in the SMB/SME market converged living room increased leverage within the mobile core
Airlines: Coffee, Tea, or iPhone HD with Telepresence?
June 7, 2010
Cisco Accelerates Intercompany Collaboration With Telepresence Interoperability | money.cnn.com
Cisco has already locked up agreements for Telepresence interoperability with the likes of LifeSize, TANDBERG and RADVISION as of last month. Considering the Apple iPhone HD announced today will enable ad-hoc video conference capabilities, the prospect of airline WiFi has never been more interesting.
January 16, 2010
Ford brings Wi-Fi to the highway | www.cnn.com
Ford Motor Company has shown a knack for pushing the boundaries of what constitutes the blend consumer demands in a motor vehicle. While many pundits may question the effective market for a mobile Internet service to a motor vehicle, the applications are as far reaching as those associated with the accessories and ecosystem of the Apple iPhone.
Comcast's new broadband cap isn't a headline but should be
December 3, 2009
Comcast Trials Broadband Meter in Portland – GigaOM | gigaom.com
Comcast has had less than favorable press related to their use of Sandvine products. However, there might be slightly different but no less favorable press coming regarding Comcast and their use of the uBR10012 (Cisco 10000 series CMTS) for the Comcast Broadband Meter. Expect to see sparks but make no mistake that ARPU will be preserved and that Arris will be keen to answer this with their own customer base.
Does Cisco have to win in the living room?
December 2, 2009
Videos on TV With a Flip of a Channel | online.wsj.com
A pre-production evaluation of the latest foray into the digital living room from Cisco may have flaws but it represents a response to perceived needs of consumers that demand more simplicity. Expect to see the an array of alternatives that deliver much simpler use case scenarios for a world that is composed of consumers that cut their teeth on VCR's blinking 12:00.
Jay Cuthrell has not participated in any GLG Live Meetings.