Viodi View – The Bridge Between the Heartland and Silicon Valley

  • IEEE ComSoc and Computer Society Joint Meeting: July 14th in Santa Clara, CA

    Cloud Computing: Impact on IT Architecture, Data Centers and the Network Three keynote talks from VMware, Microsoft and Ericsson will be followed by a lively panel/ Q and A session with Juniper Networks also participating.  We are all very excited about this comprehensive and well balanced look at cloud computing from both a computiing and…

  • Wireless Network Nearly Maxed Out-More spectrum the answer?

    That was the title of a terrific San Jose Mercury News article, Sunday June 27th by columnist Chris O'Brien.  The online version title is: We're not ready for the mobile revolution O'Brien writes, "We are reaching capacity on our wireless networks. The gadgets we use have caused such a dramatic surge in mobile data that…

  • Viodi View – 06/23/10

    A goal of the Viodi View is to be a proxy for independent telephone companies at conferences by reporting on those events. For various reasons, it is difficult to provide a detailed report when I am participating in the conference, as I was yesterday at the Georgia Telephone Association’s Annual Convention. So, a few high-level…

  • History of Telecom DVD

    History of Telecom DVD

    ADVERTISEMENT Order copies of this 100 year anniversary documentary on the history of telecommunications in Wisconsin from Marianne Mullis at the WSTA. Price is $30 and includes highlights from the 100 year convention and past conferences. The twelve minute documentary begins with the first telephones in Wisconsin. They were much like other phone lines across…

  • Online Content Producers’ Bill of Rights

    Finally, after 3 years in draft mode, I decided to publish the following post.  The recently drafted "Social Network Users' Bill of Rights" reminded me of my post written so long ago, except that it is obviously more well thought out than what I scratched out one morning.  Of course, having a bunch of bright…

  • 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…