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  • Will the iPad be a revenue driver or bandwidth killer for mobile operators?

    Disclaimer: This author has no business relationship with Pyramid Research or parent company Light Reading. Introduction: Mobile operators will be among the biggest beneficiaries of the Apple iPad's success, thanks to the iPad's use of mobile data services to access applications and digital content, according to a new report from Pyramid Research (www.pyr.com), the telecom…

  • Viodi View – 04/28/10

    Attending three shows in two weeks – IP Possibilities, TANE and the 2010 Broadband Properties Summit – may have caused me to go into conference overload. All are great shows and I have some great take-aways from these events that are still stuck as digital scribbles across my virtual notepad. My epiphany is how much…

  • The Korner – There Is a Map for That – Just Make Sure It’s Accurate

    Just in Time; a manufacturing buzzword phrase from the 1980s reminds me of travel these days. The advent of smart phones and communications eliminate much of the friction of getting from one place to another. With GPS and integrated mapping on a smart phone, one does not even need paper to navigate his way around…

  • “The Future of Video!” VLAB Panel Session: 4/27/10, Mt View, CA

    Introduction: This well attended panel session was more of an extended question and answer session, rather than new information or insights conveyed to the audience.  Nonetheless, there were a few significant points made, which will be discussed later in this article.  The event was organized by Draper Fisher Jurvetson and VLAB (MIT/Stanford) and took place…

  • Viodi View – 04/14/10

    As I reluctantly put down my pen and tuck away the airplane magazine crossword puzzle in the pouch of the seat in front of me, it strikes me this relatively new technology (ballpoint pens weren't commonplace until mid-last century) are making their way to the metaphorical graveyard that holds the once ubiquitous word processor, typewriter…

  • The Changing Face of Security: Is the U.S. Prepared for a Major Cyber-security Attack?

    Abstract In a very impressive CSO Perspectives conference keynote speech on April 6th, Howard A. Schmidt, Special Assistant to the President and the Cybersecurity Coordinator, told the audience that the U.S. was taking very strong measures to prevent and defend against cyber-security attacks. President Obama has made cyber-security a top policy priority within his Administration.…