2013 Cloud Connect Part III: Cloud as IT Disrupter; SDN as a New Virtual Network Infrastructure

April 12, 2013
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2013 Cloud Connect Part III: Cloud as IT Disrupter; SDN as a New Virtual Network Infrastructure

Introduction: One consistent theme during Cloud Connect 2013 was the cloud as a disrupter of IT organizations.  During the Cloud Executive Summit workshop on April 2nd, Avery Lyford of LEAP Commerce said that there were three huge areas of disruption: the mobile cloud, Big Data (analytics) and Software Defined Networking (SDN).  Each of these areas…

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Cloud Network Deployment Requirements; Monitoring, Optimization & Enterprise Cloud Adoption Survey – 2013 Cloud Connect Part II

April 10, 2013
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Introduction: In this second article on the excellent Cloud Connect 2013 conference, we look at selected sessions that should be of keen interest to IT managers and enterprise cloud customers.  Key findings are presented in a concise form to aid readability.  We then report the results of the Enterprise Cloud Adoption survey by Everest Group.…

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2013 Cloud Connect Part I: Highlights & Mobile Cloud Issues

April 9, 2013
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Introduction: The four-year-old Cloud Connect conference, sponsored by United Business Media, was held  April 2 to 5th in Santa Clara, CA.   Having attended all four Cloud Connects, this one was by far the most in depth and comprehensive treatment of Cloud Computing. At last, no more defining terms and debating methods of cloud computing, this…

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Viodi View – 04/08/13

Ken Pyle interviews Ariel Garten of Interaxon

Are Google’s fiber networking efforts a small part of something that is much bigger; something that even Google may not be able to envision? That’s the impression I got from listening to a recent presentation from Google’s Milo Medin. Perhaps the network becomes a central nervous system for the sensors and machines that become part…

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Multi-Screen Video Content and OTT Partnerships Enabled by New Video Network Architectures – Part 2 of 2

April 3, 2013
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Introduction: This is the second of a 2 part article on the 2013 OTTCON.  The first article looked at how Pay TV providers could offer OTT content on second screen devices and also how OTT and local providers (Pay TV or ISPs) could partner together to offer OTT content to subscribers.  This second article examines…

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Google Fiber – A Step Function Connectivity Improvement

The Google Fiber Space retail store hints at some of the developments in the future that a gigabit network enables.

A step function improvement in capability is how Milo Medin described Google’s Kansas City fiber project at the February 13th IEEE ComSoc meeting in Santa Clara. That huge improvement in customer experience is in contrast to the incremental gains of MSO [Multiple System Operator] and telco broadband networks, which have much lower access speeds. Medin, who…

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Viodi View – 04/01/13

A picture of a hotel TV tuned to channel 40, the home of ViodiTV coverage of the 2013 MTA.

The costs of programming have risen faster than the prices MVPDs (Multichannel Video Program Distributors) charge their customers, according to an article posted by nScreenMedia’s, Colin Dixon. Dixon reviewed financial filings from several large program distributors (Comcast, DirecTV and Time Warner) and found that revenues for these large providers have not kept apace with costs…

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Multi-Screen Video Content and OTT Partnerships Enabled by New Video Network Architectures – Part 1 of 2

April 1, 2013
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Introduction: This article covers two types of sessions from the content rich OTTCON 2013, held March 19-20, 2013 in Santa Clara, CA: Second Screen Video from mainstream pay TV service providers OR via a partnership between an OTT network provider and local service provider (telco or cableco). Video Network Architectures that facilitate OTT video for second screens,…

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2013 IDC Directions Part III- Where Are We Headed with Software-Defined Networking (SDN)?

March 22, 2013
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Introduction: In the third article on the IDC Directions 2013 Conference (March 5th in Santa Clara, CA), we take a hard look at Software Defined Networking as presented by Rohit Mehra, IDC VP for Network Infrastructure. Note: Please see 2013 IDC Directions Part I for an explanation of the “3rd Platform” and its critical importance…

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