Shift Networks sales teams are kicking butt and things are looking like this next quarter will shape up to be the best yet.

Keith Bradley, VP Sales Western Region for Shift had this to say about the increase in the numbers, “We attribute the fat funnels and extra growth we are seeing for this next quarter to hiring the right people, talking to the right people and the market just seems to be ready for us now.”

There is also a rumor (unfounded) that the Telus Mobility small medium business sales unit is closing down in Western Canada. If this is in fact true Shift could very easily experience even more explosive growth in Q2.

AlI know is that we have one of the best, if not the best, IP Communications networks in Canada and our sales group seems unstoppable! From where I am sitting, the telcos of old don’t seem to stand a chance of winning this one.

I read up on Ruby, she seems to be gaining momentum. Seems like a great RAD development tool with AJAX at the core. AJAX apps are springing up everywhere, Rails seems to be the framework of choice. We could be in for an era of cool web apps.

I used to think that AJAX was just over hyped Java Script on steroids but I am quickly discovering (IMHO) that AJAX is the conduit leading us to the next gen of web app development.

The world seems to be hooked on wireless but reality says the desktop is still where most of us spend our business day. There is only so much time we can spend on the road, eventually we all have to come back to the keyboard.

Yes, mobility is a good thing but it is going to take a long time before it takes the place of a good Macbook err, laptop. So maybe this AJAX thing actually does have some legs. It would likely be a good idea for us all to pay attention to her, the Rails and our age-old friend PHP and RPC.

Web 2.0? Nah, TCP/IP is still there as it was, it is simply the next chapter but I have to be honest, it feels like something is about to blast wide open. There are some who have their fingers on the wrist of what seems to be a growing heartbeat, the next 2 years will be a blast.