Category: Technology
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The Set-Top or the Set-Brick?
A few years ago, a colleague and I were trying to figure out a way to simplify the installation process for a Internet-based set-top and we were looking for an Ethernet over AC solution combined with a power AC to DC power supply (ie. AC plug on one side and Ethernet and 12 VDC on…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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Amazon’s EC2 Outage Proves Cloud Failure Recovery is a Myth!
Amazon’s Cloud Computing failures began early Thursday morning and continue into Friday April 22nd. Affected web sites included Quora.com, Reddit.com, GroupMe.com and Scvngr.com, which all posted messages to their visitors about the issue. Most of those web sites have been inaccessible for hours, and others were only partly operational. Companies use Amazon’s cloud-based service (known…
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NSN in Talks to Sell Majority Stake after Motorola & Huawei Settle Dispute
Trade Secret Dispute Settled Clears Sale of Motorola Networks to NSN: The settlement of the legal dispute between Motorola and Huawei paves the way for Motorola to complete the sale of its network equipment business to Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN). The acquisition, which had originally been expected to be completed late last year, was delayed…