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  • A New Open Data Center Network: Disaggregating the Network Operating System from Switch/Router Gear

    Introduction: SDN proponents cite the proprietary, closed and tightly integrated hardware/software architectures of switch/routers being an impediment towards achieving network agility, more efficient bandwidth utilization, and lower costs.  That’s because those boxes are complex, aren’t generally inter-operable with other vendor gear, and are almost impossible to control using external software. With more intelligence built into…

  • Viodi View – 06/20/13

    Viodi View – 06/20/13

    Were there any surprises at last week’s cable show? Probably not, as what was demonstrated represents what has been shown for decades in proof-of-concepts, trials and even limited commercial rollouts of interactive television approaches from Qube to Videoway to the Full Service Network. The revolutionary thing about last week’s conference is that now the technologies,…

  • Analyst Opinions on Cisco’s CRS-X Core Router & Its Impact on Competitors

    Product Announcement: The Cisco® CRS-X, which will be available this year, is a 400 Gigabit per second (Gbps) per slot core router system that can be expanded to nearly 1 petabit per second in a multi-chassis deployment. The CRS-X provides 10 times the capacity of the original CRS-1, which was introduced in 2004 as a…

  • Viodi View – 06/07/13

    Viodi View – 06/07/13

    After a seven-year absence, it is exciting to return to The Cable Show next week in Washington D.C. With speakers ranging from Jennifer Lopez to the Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, this conference will provide a broad and in-depth view of both content and technology. The stories in this issue of the Viodi View provide…

  • The Advent of Ultra High Definition TV

    The Advent of Ultra High Definition TV

    [Note: The original article was authored by Catherine Wallace and edited by Ken Pyle for the Viodi View] A new generation of television is here. Designed to leave current HD TVs in the dust, 4K televisions showed up in force at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this year and the associated production equipment was…

  • “TV Everywhere” Gaining Market Traction with Live Linear added to VoD

    “TV Everywhere” Gaining Market Traction with Live Linear added to VoD

    “TV Everywhere (TVE)” services have begun to pick up momentum among programmers and pay-TV providers, according to some industry executives who have seen a surge of interest among subscribers, especially on major stories such as the recent Boston bombing and its aftermath shown on CNN. Up till now, TV Everywhere has been mostly a video-on-demand service,…