Category: Technology
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Summary of Telecom Council TC3, Part 1- Service Provider Innovation Forum
Introduction: Telecom Council Carrier Connections (TC3) – the Telecom Council’s annual summit- was held Sept 12-13, 2012 in Sunnyvale, CA. The event provides an opportunity for startups and application developers to interact with telecom carriers (telcos) and network operators. Telco representatives who manage innovation, from developer programs and labs facilities to venture investing, discussed many…
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Olympusat Aims to Be YouTube for the Enterprise
Olympusat Holdings, a long time provider of video distribution for family, faith, speciality and Spanish-language cable networks, recently announced that it is expanding its focus to include the enterprise market via its Olympusat Telecom division. Through a mix of partnerships that cover content ingest, asset management, encoding, ad insertion, hosting, distribution and last mile access, Olympusat Telecom…
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Sonus to acquire Network Equipment Technologies for $41.3M- a fraction of 1987 IPO price!
Author’s Note: This news item caught my eye, because NET was a rising star in the late 1980’s datacom world. They were a leader in T1 Multiplexers from 1987 and an innovative provider of ATM and IP network equipment in the 1990s. The company re-invented itself several times, but never regained the momentum it built up over 25…
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Energy 2.0 & Green Button in Spotlight at Connectivity Week 2012
Introduction: The rationale, status and applications of Energy 2.0 as well as the Green Button (GB) initiative were key focus areas at the Connectivity Week conference, May 21-24, 2012 in Santa Clara, CA. Smart grid applications and a reality check status report were also quite relevant. These are all summarized below. Cloud based smart grid…
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Infonetics: OTN Switching Gains Market Traction- but will it replace SONET/ SDH?
The results of Infonetics Research OTN Deployment Strategies survey show that OTN switching will play a leading and significant role in the regional and long haul networks of most, but not all carriers. “Most notable is the fact that about three-quarters of the service providers interviewed plan to deploy OTN switching (see comment below). This sample represents 90% of all respondent…
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Microsoft, HP and SalesForce Assess Key Cloud Computing Issues
Introduction: At the April 12, 2012 TiE Cloud meeting in Santa Clara, CA, three leading Cloud Service Providers presented their views as to where the cloud industry is now and where it’s going. Microsoft, HP and Salesforce are each addressing a different segment of the cloud market with what they believe are compelling value propositions…