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Dan Pitt: How ONF is Accelerating the Open Software Defined Networking (SDN) Movement
Introduction: With so many “SDN” announcements that use proprietary specifications or functionality (e.g. AT&T Netbond and Network on Demand; Cisco,Arista Networks, etc.) many panelists/observers at last week’s Open Networking Summit (ONS) said that “Open is the new Closed” or Open is the new word for Proprietary.” To get to the straight skinny of whether open networking…
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Viodi View – 06/19/15
An oft-repeated comment heard at tech trade shows is how easy it would be to spend all one one’s working time in exhibit halls and conferences. There seems to be at least one relevant technology conference per week that one could attend and, in Silicon Valley, there are often two or three at any given time. With constraints…
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300 Gbytes of Data Per Month Per Car
300 Gigabytes of data per month per car is what Cisco Systems projects when connected and autonomous vehicles.fill the roadways. Speaking at the TIA’s Connected Car Workshop and in the above interview at that event, Andreas Mai, Director of Smart Connected Vehicles for Cisco Systems, discusses the impact that this much connectivity will have on infrastructure, as well as the more nuanced…
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Viodi View – 06/05/15
It has been said before that there is no single “killer application” for broadband, but it is the collective power of all the broadband applications that become the killer application. For the last-mile service provider, this may mean multiple small revenue streams from multiple products, as opposed to just a one or two large revenue streams from one…
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Using Big Data to Drive Customer Satisfaction
Telcos have access to a gold mine of customer data. Whenever a customer interacts with the operator’s website, whenever they use any self-service options, or even when they call in to talk to a live operator – there is data that is generated that holds a lot of value for the telecommunications provider. Telcos operate…
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Highlights of 2015 TiECon Part III – IoT Track
Introduction & Backgrounder: This is the third and final article on this year’s TiECon conference. It covers the Internet of Things (IoT) track with emphasis on Cisco’s closing Keynote presentation. The first two articles on TiECon 2015, as well as others by this author can be read here. Gartner Research defines the Internet of Things…
Viodi View – The Bridge Between the Heartland and Silicon Valley