Brough Turner

I am Chief Technology Officer at NMS Communications and this blog is hosted by NMS, however the content here is mine alone. Of course, many of my interests overlap with topics of interest to NMS Communications, but if you're looking for official NMS information please look at our website. And of course, if you are looking for NMS "insider information", don't expect to find it here!

I have a long history with telecom and the Internet, beyond what's mentioned in the official bio. I entered the telecom industry when some friends and I started NMS Communications (originally named Natural MicroSystems) in 1983. (It's true, there were also some college-era telephony activities :-), but you'd have to buy me a beer to learn about those). I only got serious about the Internet in the early 1990s, but I've been heavily involved in VoIP since 1996 and I've benefited from the views of several friends and acquaintances who can rightfully be considered Internet pioneers.

Finally, despite my engineering origins, I've been speaking and writing on industry subjects for many years and I keep getting invited back, so hopefully there's some value in some of the things I have to say.

If you want more insight into what I think I'm doing with a blog, the first paragraph of my original Welcome post is still relevant, if you want a bit more on what I deeply believe in, see this early post entitled Passion, and finally, if you want more biography, I was featured on the cover of the January 2006 issue of VON magazine with an associated interview that goes into my origins and interests at great length.