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Author: Alan Weissberger

Cloud Leadership Forum: Opportunities & Obstacles to Cloud Adoption

The just concluded Cloud Leadership Forum (June 20-21 in Santa Clara, CA) brought together CIOs, IT managers, vendors, and analysts to discuss the current status, future directions and important caveats of Cloud Computing. This very successful IDG event was organized and chaired by IDC Chief Analyst Frank Gens and IDG Enterprise Sr VP John Gallant.…

June 23, 2011
Ericsson accelerates move to software & systems integration with Telcordia

Ericsson is paying $1.15 billion to acquire Telcordia Technologies Inc in a debt free, cash-only deal. Formerly known as BellCore or Bell Communications Research, Telcordia has been up for sale for some time by it’s financial industry owners- Providence Equity Partners LLC and Warburg Pincus LLC. Please refer to this article for background information: Telcordia…

June 16, 2011
Integrated Critical Communications Infrastructure for Smart Grid at Connectivity Week

This article is a summary of a very informative panel session that took place on May 25th at the Connectivity Week conference in Santa Clara, CA. It was one of the best sessions I attended at the conference. Note that the focus was on wireless- not wireline networks- to be used for Smart Grid Critical…

June 8, 2011
LinkedIn and Skype $8B+ Valuations Contrast with Telecom & Networking Start-Ups which Can’t Raise Capital

This is an interesting dichotomy. LinkedIn and Skype are $8B+ market cap software companies that have developed popular platforms (Social networking for “business professionals” and VoIP/conferencing) which depend on Internet access for customers. Yet, mature telecom and networking companies that provide the infrastructure (or “plumbing”) for the Internet have depressed stock prices. And more of…

May 31, 2011
Comcast Fiber Network Buildout gives rise to Metro Ethernet and PRI trunking services for SMBs

Introduction Comcast has been quietly expanding its fiber footprint – initially to offer cable modem based broadband Internet service to residential customers – but more recently to commercial buildings and even new office parks. Since 2002, the U.S.’s largest MSO has spent over $600M to expand and upgrade its fiber network in Northern California, according…

May 23, 2011
Infonetics: Carriers Making Major Push to OTN; PMC Sierra sees healthy OTN growth during next 5 years

Infonetics Research says optical network providers are making a major push to the Optical Transport Network (OTN) for metro, long haul and ultra long haul transmision. Until now, carriers have mostly used SONET/SDH for optical transport but that seems about to change in a big way. Infonetics interviewed telcos in North America, Asia Pacific, EMEA,…

May 16, 2011