Category: Technology
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Google Spurring FTTH Deployment in the Former Valley of the Heart’s Delight
After seemingly bypassing the hometowns of many of its employees last January, Google Fiber reappeared this Fall in the cities of San Jose and Santa Clara. It may not be news they are seriously considering a Silicon Valley deployment (Mountain View, Sunnyvale and Palo Alto are slated for service), but the details of how they are…
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New Nokia Faces Competition & Challenges from Software Megatrend – Part 1
Introduction: On December 2nd, Nokia shareholders overwhelmingly approved the acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent . The only remaining full service telecom equipment company in either North America or Europe is being sold to Nokia in a 15.6 billion Euro (€) deal which could make the “new Nokia” a market leader in network equipment and cloud services for…
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Competition for the New Nokia – Part 2
[Editor’s Note: To see part 1 of this article, click this link.] In addition to Huawei, which is also a global leader in smart phones, the new Nokia will surely face competition from the recently announced partnership between Cisco and Ericsson in which the companies will jointly develop new products for telecom and cloud service…
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Threat of Disaggregated Network Equipment – Part 3
Introduction: Disaggregation of IT equipment started with Facebook driving the Open Compute Project (OCP) to open up the design of compute servers. It then extended to bare metal switches and white boxes (such as those from Pica8), which are a huge threat to traditional switch/router equipment vendors. The threat is now extended to transport/transmission equipment…
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The $50 Million Smart City Challenge
Will the U.S. Department of Transportation Smart City Challenge do for urban mobility what Google did for gigabit broadband? That is the $50M question as the U.S. Department of Transportation recently launched a contest that is challenging cities and counties (with populations of 250 to 850k) to find ways to use technology to improve mobility and…
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Viodi View – 10/24/15
It’s always a treat when a global organization brings their annual confab to my hometown, the capital of Silicon Valley. The ironic thing is that I spent more time looking for parking, than I did commuting to the recent WBA Global Congress. Parking is one of the issues that the Wireless Broadband Alliance hopes to address as…