Viodi View – The Bridge Between the Heartland and Silicon Valley

  • Is Content Becoming Dust in the Wind?

    Are we reaching a point where content becomes dust in the wind – like the song by Kansas? Or, is the dust growing with all those memories and dreams recorded forever along with the observers and seekers? It seems like a part of both as people create 1 billion posts per day on Facebook, 12…

  • Broadband Grants – the Link to Tobacco

    Unlike the federal broadband stimulus, which may remind some of the Carly Simon song Anticipation, a grant program funded by the Virginia Tobacco Commission just awarded $1,514,143 to members of the Mid-Atlantic Broadband Cooperative (MBC). These 50/50 matching grants are helping to expand broadband to over 15k residential and business customers who previously only had…

  • Assessment of Mobile WiMAX and the CLEAR network in the U.S.

    Abstract: In early 2006 we wrote an article titled, Will the Real “Mobile WiMAX” Please Stand Up! It’s now almost four years later, with the Clearwire-Sprint-Comcast-TWC rollouts well underway in the U.S.  It’s time for a hard look to see if the mobile WiMAX vision has been realized.   Unfortunately for WiMAX advocates like Intel, it…

  • Viodi View – 11/23/09

    The tradeshow season is ending just in time for the start of the holiday season. This week will be a good one for taking a breather before a final push before the holidays and end of year work. One thing we have seen this year and that will probably continue into next year is consolidation…

  • An Interactive Chat With an Old School Instrument

    Received a fascinating telemarketing call that I almost hung up on, but have been listening now for 30+ minutes. One of the only groups that can escape the do not call laws are the politicians. This call was from Tom Campbell, who is running for the governor of California. Instead of a recorded call, this…

  • HP acquires 3COM to battle Cisco for data center supremacy

    The News: On November 11th, HP reached an agreement to acquire network infrastructure manufacturer 3Com for $2.7 billion.  3Com makes networking, switching, routing equipment and security software.  3Com had $216 million in total sales last year, according to SEC filings. The company is a market leader in China, which was a big factor in HP's decision to make the…