Heads-up: Research Paper on WebRTC for Business People

Consider this an advance "warning" of sorts.

I have been working this past month on summing up a lot of my thoughts and experiences from writing this blog and looking at WebRTC. It is the first part in my shift to work part time and use the rest of the time as a consultant in the domain of VoIP and WebRTC.

The research paper isn't complete yet, but is getting there nicely – it is more than I thought I could achieve. Sometimes, the things we need to do is to take the leap of faith and this is mine. Enough about me though – let's focus on the research paper itself.

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People come and ask me a lot about WebRTC. Some of the questions revolve around technology while others are about the business aspects of it: where is the money, what others are doing, etc.

So I decided to write down my answers in a single, long-form, coherent way – all in a research paper called "WebRTC for Business People"

Who is it for?

Those who wish to understand the WebRTC ecosystem and ask themselves where is the money – what business models are vendors trying out with WebRTC, who is paying and for what service, etc.

What does it include?

• A lot of information about WebRTC. I tried to touch the technical parts in a way that will be agreeable to those who don't want to delve deep into it. I think it is a necessary component, as with WebRTC, many of the business aspects rely it are based on knowing intimately what it can and can't do
• I tried to give place to the gaps that exist in WebRTC. The reasoning behind it is that gaps lead to challenges, but more so – it leads to opportunity
• There is a chapter about how WebRTC compares to the rest of the VoIP world – where it fits in and how
• I threw in smy findings about the existence or nonexistence of hype around WebRTC. I see this as an important checkmark when planning on if and when to introduce a WebRTC based service
• Trends I see in the WebRTC ecosystems – the broad types of businesses that are evolving around WebRTC
• A large number of use cases – how companies have been adopting WebRTC to start new businesses and leverage existing businesses. I took real world examples from over 10 domains – consider this the collective mind of over 30 vendors and their approach to yielding the power that WebRTC brings

When, Where and How?

This is a notice, so the actual research paper isn't yet available. I have decided to write about it beforehand for several reasons:

1. It puts a commitment on my end to finish it on time
2. It allows me to receive feedback and modify it just before I close it and publish it
3. It spreads the word

On the pricing side:

• The research paper is priced at $499 USD for a single user and $1,499 USD for a corporate license
• As I still need time to set things up, I will open it officially for purchase on the 14^th of November
• There is a discount price until 13^th of December: $399 USD

Anything Else?

I am including for those who purchase the research paper online access for 3 months to a new section that will be added shortly to this blog. This section will be subscription only and include some insights of data that I am now collecting both manually and automatically.

Things you will be able to find there?

• Distribution of WebRTC vendors across the globe
• Vendor types and target customers distribution

The access to this area is going to be provided exclusively to those who purchase the research paper. I plan on enhancing that in the future based on the feedback I will receive.

Your Turn

I need your assistance here:

• Please ask questions about it. The more you ask, the better informed you will be about what is on it, the better I understand if the stuff I've written has value to you
• I will use the questions I receive to do some last minute changes in the content to better fit the needs of those asking
• You can subscribe by email to receive notices and further information on this new initiative of mine – the list of emails I collect will not be used for spamming (I hate when it is done to me, so I don't plan on doing it to others)
• Spread the word

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Two last notes:

1. The fact that I am now putting something here with a price doesn't mean that I will be writing here less or hold back on my thoughts – expect to see here better free content
2. If it wasn't apparent, I am also happy to take consulting work