Phil Edholm Info

President & Founder, PKE Consulting
Phil Edholm is the President and Founder of PKE Consulting. PKE consults to end users and vendors in the communications and networking markets. PKE works with our clients to deliver the value of the integration of information and interaction. Whether with Unified Communications or integration of communications and business processes, PKE has the experience and knowledge to transform your organization. Phil Edholm has over 30 years experience in creating innovation and transformation in networking and communications. Prior to founding PKE , he was Vice President of Technology Strategy and Innovation for Avaya. In this role, he was responsible for defining vision and strategic technology and the integration of the Nortel product portfolio into Avaya. He was responsible for portfolio architecture, standards activities, and User Experience. Prior to Avaya, he was CTO/CSO for the Nortel Enterprise business for 9 years. At Nortel, he led the development of VoIP solutions and multimedia communications as well as IP transport technology. His background includes extensive LAN and data communications experience, including 13 years with Silicon Valley start-ups. Phil is recognized as an industry leader and visionary. In 2007, he was recognized by Frost and Sullivan with a Lifetime Achievement Award for Growth, Innovation and Leadership in Telecommunications. Phil is a widely sought speaker and has been in the VoiceCon/Enterprise Connect Great Debate three times. He has been recognized by the IEEE as the originator of “Edholm’s Law of Bandwidth” as published in July 2004 IEEE Spectrum magazine and as one of the “Top 100 Voices of IP Communications by Internet Telephony magazine. Phil was a member of the IEEE 802.3 standards committee, developed the first multi-protocol network interfaces, and was a founder of the Frame Relay Forum. Phil has 13 patents and holds a BSME/EE from Kettering University

Latest Articles

Expanding WebRTC Beyond Traditional Peer-to-Peer Voice and Video - 02/22/2018
Choosing the Right CPaaS Solution for Embedded Communications - 12/15/2017
Choosing the Right CPaaS Solution for Embedded Communications - 12/15/2017
Will the End of Net Neutrality Impact WebRTC Operation and Adoption? - 12/14/2017
What's Happening in Real-Time Web Solutions - 05/05/2017
SwitchRTC Announces WebRTC SFU Platform - 03/10/2017
The WebRTC Edge is Coming - 02/03/2017
Vidyo.io CPaaS 2.0 Cloud Embedded Video Solution Announced by Vidyo - 01/26/2017
CPaaS 2.0: The New Way for Business Communications Integration - 01/16/2017
The Real-Time Web Is Becoming a Reality - 11/02/2016
Delivering the Real-Time Web: Real Time Web Solutions China 2016 - 10/05/2016
Creating a Great User Experience in the Real-Time Web - 08/10/2016
Development and Delivery of a Real-Time Web Solution - 08/10/2016
Business Goals for the Real-Time Web - 08/10/2016
Introducing Real-Time Web Solutions - 08/10/2016
Choosing Your Path to the Real-Time Web - 07/27/2016
It's a Web World After All - 06/02/2016
Vidyo Adds New WebRTC Functionality - 04/14/2016
The Web Paradigm - Integrating Communications into Applications - 04/04/2016
Will We See the End of the Phone Number? Facebook Messenger is Working on It - 03/08/2016
Bit6 Announces Commercial Media Relay Services - 02/16/2016
WebRTC - It's Everywhere, and Not Visible at All - 01/21/2016
WebRTC and the Real-Time Web - Alive and Well in China - 01/14/2016
Facebook Messenger - The Biggest WebRTC App? - 01/13/2016
WebRTC - It's Everywhere, and Not Visible at All - 12/22/2015
Cisco Successfully Adopts WebRTC - 12/11/2015
Apple-Cisco Partnership is a Response to Microsoft's Skype for Business/Lync - 12/08/2015
Real Time Web Solutions Conference 2015 Beijing: Day One - 11/10/2015
WebRTC Ready to Roar in Asia - 11/06/2015
WebRTC - The Key to EASY Productivity...and Adoption - 10/14/2015
Real Time Web Solutions China 2015 - 10/12/2015
Join Us in Beijing in November for Real Time on the Web China 2015 - 09/18/2015
Lifesize Delivers WebRTC-Based Conferencing on Cloud Video - 09/17/2015
Will WebRTC Enable the Collaboration Television? - 09/16/2015
Apple-Cisco Partnership is a Response to Microsoft's Skype for Business/Lync - 09/03/2015
Digium Delivers Mobile SDKs, Enables Rapid Real-time Development for Mobile Applications - 08/19/2015
Bitphone: Enabling Global Calling with WebRTC and Bitcoin - 07/29/2015
What Was Hot at WebRTC Expo in Miami - 07/22/2015
WebRTC in the Enterprise: Coming Along - 07/13/2015
Using WebRTC, Switch Closes $35 Million Funding Round - 05/19/2015
WebRTC World Miami Wrap Up and Review - 05/18/2015
WebRTC Gateways Enabling WebRTC to SIP/PSTN Integration - 05/07/2015
Facebook Changes the WebRTC Game - 04/28/2015
How to Solve the Real-Time Traffic QoS Issue - 04/14/2015
Sonus Enables WebRTC and SIP/PSTN/IMS Integration - 03/17/2015
The WebRTC Ecosystem Report - 03/04/2015
Mavenir Acquisition May be Just the Start of WebRTC Driven Acquisitions in 2015 - 03/02/2015
Can we get 10 Percent of the Internet for WebRTC and Real-time? - 02/12/2015
WebRTCv Conference & Expo Update - 01/26/2015
Intel Enhances Focus on WebRTC - 01/16/2015
A Look Back: WebRTC at CES 2015 - 01/12/2015
AT&T Announces WebRTC Support - 01/07/2015
WebRTC in the Contact Center - Voice4Net Follows Unique Path - 12/05/2014
WebRTC in the Contact Center - Voice4 Net Follows Unique Path - 12/05/2014
WebRTC World Conference and Expo V Wrap Up - 12/03/2014
WebRTC in the Criminal Justice System - 11/05/2014
How WebRTC Can Serve the Enterprise - 11/05/2014
Exploring the WebRTC Ecosystem - 11/05/2014
Microsoft Announces WebRTC 1.1/ORTC Development in Internet Explorer - 10/30/2014
Highfive: Almost WebRTC, but H.264 for Today - 10/13/2014
Conferencing vs. Representation, Individual vs. Organization in Communications & Collaboration - 10/01/2014
WebRTC and Webification: Driving Feedback in the Contact Center - 09/23/2014
CallTower Implements WebRTC with Variable Options - 09/19/2014
GENBAND Launches Communications as a Platform Kandy with WebRTC Focus - 09/16/2014
Plantronics Announces Application Innovation Contest - Great for WebRTC - 09/10/2014
ORTC - What Does It Mean to WebRTC and Developers? - 08/21/2014
WebRTC Deliveries Really Start - 07/08/2014
The WebRTC Market and Ecosystems - 06/17/2014
WebRTC Conference & Expo - The Global Best of WebRTC - 06/17/2014
An Enterprising View on WebRTC - 06/17/2014
Priologic Releases Open Source WebRTC Plugin for Internet Explorer - 06/12/2014
The Video Conundrum - 06/03/2014
The WebRTC Market and Ecosystems - 06/01/2014
WebRTC Conference & Expo - The Global Best of WebRTC - 06/01/2014
Decision Point: To IMS or Not - 05/21/2014
The Webification of Communications - 05/12/2014
Voxbone Offers Easy WebRTC Option - 05/08/2014
US Homeland Security Recommends Not Using Internet Explorer - 04/29/2014
Video, All the Time - 04/16/2014
WebRTC and the PSTN - 04/08/2014
Where Are the Real WebRTC Apps? - 04/07/2014
An Open WebRTC Letter to Satya Nadella and Microsoft - 02/24/2014
Google+ Hangouts Gets A Legacy Gateway - 02/07/2014
Asymmetrical Carriers for PSTN - 01/29/2014
Genband Smart Office 2.0 WebRTC UC Solution Demonstrates Open User Experience - 01/28/2014
The Impact of Net Neutrality Ruling on WebRTC - 01/15/2014
Happy New Year! Over 6.2B WebRTC Devices Forecast by 2018 - 01/10/2014
Asymmetrical Communications with WebRTC - 01/09/2014
Devices - A 2013 Review & 2014 Outlook - 01/09/2014
WebRTC Maturing Rapidly, Setting the Stage for 2014 Growth - 12/11/2013
WebRTC Working Group in IETF Proposes Voting on Mandatory Video Codec - 11/21/2013
Will the Rockstar Lawsuits Impact WebRTC? - 11/01/2013
Cisco H.264 Open Source: Is this the End or the Beginning of the WebRTC Codec Wars? - 11/01/2013
VP8 vs H.264 in Real Deployments - 10/29/2013
VP8 vs H.264 in Real Deployments - 10/29/2013
A Stealthy Video and WebRTC Acquisition - 10/29/2013
WebRTC at Oracle Open World - 09/26/2013
Thrupoint Spins Out Collaboration Software Group as CafeX - 09/25/2013
There Are Too Many Choices for Video - 09/12/2013
Google, Vidyo Team on SVC for VP9 and WebRTC - Is SVC the Right Answer? - 09/03/2013
AVer Introduces $1,000 Room System - 08/09/2013
Aver Introduces $1,000 Room System - 08/09/2013
Chromecast and WebRTC - 08/01/2013
Chrome 29 Beta Meets Anticipation with WebRTC for Android - 07/23/2013
WebRTC Is Peer-to-Peer, Not Browser-to-Browser - 07/16/2013
The Expanding WebRTC Ecosystem - 07/10/2013
WebRTC Training at ITEXPO in Las Vegas - 07/10/2013
WebRTC Conference and Expo 2013 Atlanta Wrap-up - 07/02/2013
WebRTC World Conference and Expo - Rapid Acceleration Comes to Atlanta - 06/24/2013
Cube Slam: Cute and Fun - and Ready to Change the World - 06/19/2013
WebRTC Training Now Available - 05/29/2013
WebRTC Begins to Take Off - 05/22/2013
WebRTC in the Enterprise Mainstream - Not Yet - 05/14/2013
Do Telcos and Mobile Operators Need to Follow the IBM Lead? - 05/08/2013
Do Telcos and Mobile Operators Need to Follow the IBM Lead? - 05/08/2013
Do Telcos and Mobile Operators Need to Follow the IBM Lead? - 05/08/2013
What Impact Will WebRTC Have on Audio Conferencing? - 04/30/2013
The WebRTC Data Channel - 04/08/2013
WebRTC Signaling - Making the Right Choices - 03/14/2013
Highlights: WebRTC Meet Up in San Francisco - 03/08/2013
'Hybrid' Versus 'Pure Web' Contact Centers - A WebRTC-Driven Decision? - 02/14/2013
'Hybrid' Versus 'Pure Web' Contact Centers - A WebRTC-Driven Decision? - 02/14/2013
WebRTC as a Game Changer or Disruption? - 12/18/2012
The Benefits of WebRTC - 12/10/2012
The Ericsson HTML5/WebRTC Browser - the Beginning of Change? - 10/26/2012
What is WebRTC? - 09/19/2012
WebRTC at the Illinois Institute of Technology Real-time Conference - 09/19/2012