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  • Viodi View – 02/01/13

    Viodi View – 02/01/13

    A Look Back and Forward – Our Interviews with John Rose Thanks to the fall in the cost of communications, the death of distance was pronounced years ago. Still, and maybe this is a generational thing, there is something to be said for meeting face-to-face. We will miss our friends who are meeting at next…

  • Viodi View – 01/18/13

    Viodi View – 01/18/13

    IOT – the Internet of Things is a hot buzzword and understandably so, given that we are on the cusp of an explosion of low-cost sensing capabilities. As suggested in a Forbes article, combining ubiquitous sensing and ubiquitous telecommunications will create a planet-wide, central nervous system. This sort of inter-connectivity was evident in many of the products…

  • Viodi View – 01/04/13

    Viodi View – 01/04/13

    With the holidays now behind us, it is time for International CES and for retailers to begin planning for the 2013 holiday season. And next week’s CES promises to provide an entertaining look at what will be hot. Based on the announcements thus far, it looks like there will be no end to the advancements…

  • Viodi View – 12/17/2012

    The Software Farmer At the depths of the cold dark winter with an economy sputtering and the future seemingly grim, there remain sparks of light that point to a brighter future. We caught up with one of those sparks last June at the TIA Convention and Conference in Dallas. Neil Mylet is a young man…

  • Viodi View – 11/29/2012

    Viodi View – 11/29/2012

    Yesterday’s news about the progress Chicago is making in its bid to entice private entities to build out a fiber network, reminded me of an interview we did with Joey Durel, Lafayette, LA City/Parish President, regarding their municipal fiber project. It also took me back to a presentation that Durel gave at the 2005 FTTH…

  • Viodi View – 11/16/12

    Viodi View – 11/16/12

    Shedding light on the unique stories of the rural carriers and their impact on the heartland has been one of the most rewarding aspects of the Viodi View and ViodiTV. This month marks 10 years since the Viodi View’s inaugural issue. The articles that seem to resonate the most are those about the people of…