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  • ACLU Northern CA: Cloud Computing- Storm Warning for Privacy?

    Summary:   In a February 10th presentation at SCU, ACLU-Northern CA Technology and Civil Liberties Policy Director Nicole Ozler warned that Cloud Computing could compromise privacy rights of its users. The problem is that since the information stored in "the cloud" is not in your office or data center, it may not be considered as your…

  • Back to the Future – Software as a Service & Managed Services

    Software as a Service (SaaS) is a popular Web 2.0 buzzword. It struck me at NTCA’s panel, Software as a Service: Creating New Revenue Channels, that Independent Telcos have been providing a sort of Software as a Service, really a Managed Service since their inception. Independent Telcos are starting to add on Software as a…

  • Viodi View – 02/07/2009

    The Super Bowl is the ultimate social networking facilitator. This year the actual content (i.e. the game) made for good water-cooler talk. Of course, as written before, the Super Bowl is as much about the ads as it is football and a big part of the post-game buzz was discussions of the various commercials. Ironically,…

  • TWC WiMAX Update

    Despite eliminating 1,250 jobs, recording a quarterly loss of $16 billion, and writing down its investment in Clearwire, Time Warner Cable (TWC) expects to progress its WiMAX strategy (with Clearwire) later this year. During its February 4th earnings call, TWC President and CEO Glenn Britt stated, “”we expect to make meaningful progress in further defining…

  • Video’s for IP Possibilities e-Publication

    ViodiTV Video’s for IP Possibilities e-Publication 2009 Viodi LLC. is teaming with IP Possibilities to provide sponsor highlights, and interview video’s for distribution in daily e-Publication’s during IP-Possibilities. Viodi will be… (1) promoting the sponsors prior to conference in Viodi View; (2) providing video’s for publication during the conference; and (3) posting the video’s on…

  • Will the U.S. Stimulus Package Boost Broadband Buildouts?

    Not everyone thinks so.  Here are a few extracts of recently published on-line articles: Obama’s Broadband Plan Disappoints Telecommunications Companies The current House version of the $825 billion stimulus package sets aside just $6 billion for broadband deployment, about a third of the amount that some Democratic lawmakers had wanted. In addition, the money comes…