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Category: Viodi View

  • The Viodi Store

  • 2008 Tri-State Operations Conference Photos

  • Yet Another Mobile Video Play

    Monday, April 14, 2008, marked the launch of the largest commercial satellite.  ICO will be using this satellite to serve the growing mobile video market.  ICO will use frequencies in the 2 GHz range to provide video and emergency services to mobile handsets and car-based terminals.  They are building a hybrid satellite-terrestrial network.  The idea…

  • Cisco’s New Acquisition and Globalization/Outsourcing Strategies

    WSJ:  Cisco Changes Tack In Takeover Game   Cisco is now buying companies and giving them much more autonomy.  For example, Cisco bought email security start-up IronPort, but let it operate as a stand-alone unit, with its own managers, brand name, engineers and salespeople.   Cisco’s strategy shift is particularly striking because the company, the country’s third-largest…

  • From Headhunter to Jack Rabbit

    Silicon Valley headhunter, Sheri Cooper and her singing partner (yes, she has a rather eclectic existence outside of high-tech) Clancy Bounds are competing for the grand prize of the Lennon Award in the Children’s Category for their song, Jack Rabbit. Check out the song and their CD, The Uh Oh Moon, at http://cdbaby.com/cd/cooperbounds. Vote by going to…

  • Continuing to Bridge the Heartland and Hollywood

    Continuing to Bridge the Heartland and Hollywood

    After 7+ years of going it alone, I have taken the full plunge back into the Silicon Valley start-up culture by joining a company that is in stealth mode.  Over time, I will be able to reveal more details. It is in the broadband television space, but its model is so unique that it really…