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Viodi View – 05/07/19
Moderating a panel is an amazing honor and incredible learning opportunity, as it provides a direct conduit to a group of experts on a particular topic. I had this privilege at the recent NTCA Business & Tech conference (stay tuned for a future ViodiTV interview summarizing that panel). Equally, it is a huge honor to…
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Sensors Galore & More #CES2019
Passive and active sensors that detect low-frequency (audio) to the invisible (Radar, Lidar and Thermal) to cameras, will be central to creating autonomous vehicles that yield safer driving. Similarly, outward communications, whether via dynamic signage, audio blasts or some other means, to the humans walking, riding or driving the streets is critical for mobility machines…
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The Complete AV Transit Solution #CES2019
Patricia Villoslada EVP Transdev Autonomous Transport Systems, explains how they are integrating last-mile autonomous transport as part of a complete end-to-end mobility solution. Working with partners, including ZF. e.Go and Torc Robotics (Daimler recently purchased a majority stake in Torc), Transdev also introduced new autonomous shuttle intended for solving connectivity for public transit deserts. Given…
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Assessment of Open Networking, Bare Metal Switches, White Boxes, and NFVi
The Vision and Reality of Open Networking: From 2012 to at least 2016, there was tremendous industry buzz about disaggregation of the network switch, transport equipment, and network appliances. Many industry “experts” and stock market analysts said that purpose-built hardware would be replaced by “open network” software running on commodity “white boxes” and “bare metal…
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Viodi View – 04/17/19
Purple Ties that Bind #Summit26 “We are a collaborative, cooperative organization and our goal is to find the right policy and not the right politics,” says America’s Communications Association Chairman Bob Gessner at the ACA Connects Summit. He explains that the choice of purple accouterments was intentional and symbolizes the idea that broadband deployment should…
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Electric Fleet Manager of the Future is a Familiar Name #CES2019
Ryder showed off their fleet management prowess at CES2019. In this interview with Chris Nordh, Sr. Dir. of Advanced Vehicle Technology and Energy Products, discusses their relationship with electric van manufacturer Chanje, the recent purchase of 1,000 of those vans by Federal Express, as well as the future of autonomous shared people and parcel movement.…
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