Category: Technology
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Cloud Leadership Forum: IT Executives Share Experiences and Articulate What’s Needed for Cloud Computing Success
Introduction In this first of a three part series on the state of cloud computing, we summarize the key messages from the Cloud Leadership Forum, held June 14-15th at the Santa Clara Convention Center. Future articles will look at the network infrastructure side of clouds and the ITU-T Cloud Focus Group activities (including a report…
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New ITU-T Focus Group May Set Framework for Cloud Computing
Introduction- The need for Cloud Computing Standards Cloud computing deployments are being announced on an almost daily basis. Cloud computing speeds and streamlines application deployment without upfront capital costs for servers and storage. For this reason, many enterprises, governments and network/service providers are now considering adopting cloud computing to provide more efficient and cost…
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The Changing Face of Security: Is the U.S. Prepared for a Major Cyber-security Attack?
Abstract In a very impressive CSO Perspectives conference keynote speech on April 6th, Howard A. Schmidt, Special Assistant to the President and the Cybersecurity Coordinator, told the audience that the U.S. was taking very strong measures to prevent and defend against cyber-security attacks. President Obama has made cyber-security a top policy priority within his Administration.…
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GSA Silicon Series: New Markets, New Economics, Feb 10, 2010
This very informative, analyst – only panel discussion (Feb 10th in Santa Clara, CA) assessed the outlook for new and growing markets throughout the semiconductor industry. While several markets were covered, this summary will focus exclusively on the hot communications related markets and products. During the meeting, analysts from FBR Capital Markets, iSuppli, Databeans and Gartner…
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Where’s the Gee-Touch?
Watching my son and his friend tussle over a game on the Apple iTouch the other day provided first-hand evidence of the popularity of these devices as not only Portable Media Players (PMP), but as next generation portable gaming devices. A new report from research firm IMS confirms the popularity of the Apple devices, as Apple…
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Rural FTTH Clarity through RFOG
The year was 1995 and, after poring over real world maps and comparing architectures, I discovered that fiber to the home (FTTH) was less expensive than hybrid fiber coax for delivering video to extremely rural areas. The problem was that, although it was cheaper, it was still too expensive to justify; and, it did not…