When Private Equity group Silver Lake purchased a large portion of Skype Technologies earlier this week, a ripple went through the technology community.  Could this be a sign of further cash infusions into the technology sector which has been struggling, as a whole, since the dotcom bubble burst almost 10 years ago.? It is said that necessity is the mother of invention, but it is capital that makes that innovation a finished, enterprise class product.  During what I like to call “The Golden Age” of IT, just before Y2K, there seemed to be no end to the ideas that were being developed.  Some of these ideas were good and some were bad – real bad.

Innovation means more choices.  More choices usually means better value.  If your organization is set to take advantage of new technology you are in a great position to leverage your legacy providers with your innovative providers.  While Skype would probably not be considered business class just yet, anyone who has used it knows that theprotocols used deliver outstanding voice quality, and the service is so easy that Grandmothers can use it to talk to their grandchildren.   Innovations like Skype, Android, UWB, and others may change the way we work in a few years.  Keep an eye out on this development as it may yield benefits for you in the near future.