Viodi View – The Bridge Between the Heartland and Silicon Valley

  • TiECON Flash: U.S. Dept of Commerce & TiE in Partnership to Promote Exports

    TiE Silicon Valley President Venk Shukla kicked off TiECon (The Indus Entrepreneurs annual conference) by stating that “wealth creation through entrepreneurship” was TiE’s principal mission (or reason for being).  Also, that TiE was “deeply ingrained in Silicon Valley” through its members which are at start-ups, established companies, VCs and private equity firms. [Note: While the overwhelming…

  • Viodi View – 05/12/14

    Viodi View – 05/12/14

    Operational and incremental improvements using cable television infrastructure as a wireless network and as an enabler of the Internet of Things were big themes of the recent four-day Cable Show confab in Los Angeles. Although 4K was prominent in multiple booths and displays at the conference, much to my surprise, there were no blockbuster announcements…

  • Ethernet Tech Summit Reveals Many Paths to “Open SDN”

    Ethernet Tech Summit Reveals Many Paths to “Open SDN”

      Introduction: “SDN” and “open networking” were very hot topics at last week’s Ethernet Technology Summit in Santa Clara, CA. You might be wondering what SDN has to do with Ethernet, as it’s not specified in any SDN or open networking standards. The answer is that Ethernet is the underlying Layer 1 and 2 (PHY and MAC)…

  • Rural America Needs Advanced Services & Competition – Part 1

    Rural America Needs Advanced Services & Competition – Part 1

    The above title is by no means an original thought; this belief has been documented in policy statements and legislation at the Federal and individual state level many times over the years.  Technology and other social factors have resulted in many changes to telecommunications policy for the common good of our country.  A significant number…

  • Rural America Needs Advanced Services & Competition – Part 2

    Rural America Needs Advanced Services & Competition – Part 2

    [Editor’s note: Mr. South’s first article provided a brief history of AT&T as as a regulated monopoly and the forces that drove to the 1984 break-up of “Ma Bell”. Part 2 examines the aftermath of the break-up, particularly its impact on telecommunication services to rural areas.] Click here to read Rural America Needs Advanced Services & Competition…

  • 04/28/14 – Viodi View

    04/28/14 – Viodi View

    Residential and business wireless routers that also serve as public WiFi hotspots was one of the significant developments shown at the 2013 Cable Show and will be part of the discussion at this week’s show. Unlike so many hype announcements associated with trade shows, this has quietly and rapidly turned into reality for large portions of Comcast’s Xfinity footprint…