Author: Alan Weissberger
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Dan Pitt: How ONF is Accelerating the Open Software Defined Networking (SDN) Movement
Introduction: With so many “SDN” announcements that use proprietary specifications or functionality (e.g. AT&T Netbond and Network on Demand; Cisco,Arista Networks, etc.) many panelists/observers at last week’s Open Networking Summit (ONS) said that “Open is the new Closed” or Open is the new word for Proprietary.” To get to the straight skinny of whether open networking…
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Highlights of 2015 TiECon Part III – IoT Track
Introduction & Backgrounder: This is the third and final article on this year’s TiECon conference. It covers the Internet of Things (IoT) track with emphasis on Cisco’s closing Keynote presentation. The first two articles on TiECon 2015, as well as others by this author can be read here. Gartner Research defines the Internet of Things…
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Highlights of 2015 TiECon Part II – Cloud Track
Introduction: This is the second article on this year’s TiECon conference. It is focused on selected presentations and panel sessions from the Cloud track on May 15th. That track covered planning, operational challenges of cloud infrastructure, business and technical challenges of migrating services to the cloud, and the still problematic state of cloud security (which…
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Highlights of 2015 TiECon Grand Keynotes
Introduction: Over 4,300 delegates attended 2015 TiECon¹ –the largest global conference on entrepreneurship. The conference was held May 15th and 16th in Santa Clara, CA. In this first TiECon article, we summarize the two Grand Keynote conversations from the first day (Friday May 15th of the conference. Future articles will cover keynotes and panel sessions…
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IoT Sessions at 2015 GSA Silicon Summit – Part II
Introduction: In this second of a two-part article series, we review the IoT afternoon session at the April 15, 2015 GSA Silicon Summit. Part I summarized the morning session and is available here. MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical Systems) and Sensors, Shaping the Future of the IoT: Todd Miller, Microsystems Lab Manager, GE Global Research Behrooz…
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Summary of IoT Sessions at 2015 GSA Silicon Summit – Part I
Introduction: This two-part article series summarizes the highlights, key points, and take-aways from the IoT tracks at the excellent GSA Silicon Summit, held April 15, 2015 at the Computer History Museum in Mt View, CA. The Internet of Things (known as “IoT” or for Cisco, Qualcomm and others “IoE”) was the driving theme throughout this…