Category: Technology
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Key Messages from IDC Directions 2012 for “The Network” – Part 2
Part 1 of this article summarized the big picture view from IDC Directions 2012 as well as changes in enterprise IT and network infrastructure/ architecture. Mobility and next generation mobile network architecture’s are examined in this piece. Essential guidance from IDC Analyst Courtney Munroe’s presentation on Mobility and the Cloud: Cloud Applications and Traffic will…
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Key Messages from IDC Directions 2012 for “The Intelligent Network” – Part 1
At it’s annual Directions 2012 conference, market research firm IDC strongly stated that IT is on the cusp of a “Third Platform” that will dominate the landscape till 2020 and beyond. That 3rd platform consists of some mash up of: cloud computing, mobile broadband, mobile services/devices/platforms- OSs/apps, social networks, and big data/analytics. Many or all of those technologies…
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ThreeD for DDDummies
[Editor’s note: contact the 3D version of Peter, email him at [email protected]] For some years 3D TV content providers have been seeking overnight success. Heavily researched, beautifully made (mostly cartoon /animated) cinema productions have indeed captivated audiences, and stirred significant investment aimed at bringing the 3D viewing experience into the living room. January’s CES showed…
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TiE SV Panel on Real Time Video- Changing Social and Mobile Communications
Introduction: Started by several Indus entrepreneurs in 1992, TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) is the largest global organization which fosters entrepreneurship. There are 57 chapters in 14 countries, with the TiE-Silicon Valley (SV) chapter being one of the largest. TiE-SV President Vish Mishra set the tone for this March 1st meeting by stating that Naveen Bisht, Chair,…
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MEF Announces Carrier Ethernet 2.0 & Connection Oriented Ethernet for Private Clouds
Introduction: Last week was a very big one for Carrier Ethernet. It marked the launch of the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) Carrier Ethernet 2.0 (CE 2.0) and new announcements at the very informative Ethernet Technology Summit in San Jose, CA. While the conference theme was “Ethernet everywhere” (with special emphasis on the Data Center), there…
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Cloud Connect 2012: WAN issues still unresolved, but Telcos get serious about Cloud!
WANs for the Cloud takes center stage at Cloud Connect The critical problems associated with the WAN for cloud service delivery were explored at UBM/Tech Web’s Cloud Connect 2012 conference last week in Santa Clara, CA. The WAN is a huge issue because VPN tunneling over the public Internet will not provide the security, availability,…