Pipeline Publishing, Volume 6, Issue 2- Letter from the Editor

Pipeline Publishing, Volume 6, Issue 2

	This Month's Issue:
	IMS and Beyond: The Future of Convergence

Letter from the Editor

“Two roads diverged in a yellow wood…”

- Robert Frost

Whoa, Mr. Frost. I’m going to have to stop you right there.

I appreciate you stopping by this evening, but we’re spending some time talking about convergence. Not divergence. It’s sort of the opposite. Two roads coming together. Not splitting apart.

Then again, I suppose two people walking along those roads in the opposite direction would probably experience convergence rather than divergence.

What’s that? I’m missing the point of your poem? Well you, sir, are missing the point of my letter from the editor. So I suppose you should be going. Besides, I understand you have miles to go before you sleep.

There. Now that Robert Frost is gone, I’ll be more careful about the quotes I include in my letter from the editor. After all, “good fences make good neighbors.”

What’s the state of convergence in the communications space?

All kidding aside, the topic of this month’s issue of Pipeline is convergence. What’s the state of convergence in the communications space? How does IMS play (or not play) into that goal? Where is it all heading?

I’ve got my own thoughts on the matter, Barbara Lancaster shares some insights into what customers want from convergence, and Ed Finegold brings you the latest in his column, The BSS Report, on Convergys’s work in the convergence space. In addition, we have insight from industry leaders Comverse, Nakina, OpenCloud, and Agilent on the state of convergence in the industry and what we can expect moving forward.

Enjoy, and if you’re new to Pipeline, we encourage you to sign up for a subscription. It only takes a few seconds and is totally free.

All the best,

Tim Young
Editor-in-Chief

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