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Viodi View – 12/19/14
Even though 2014 has almost two weeks to go, it feels like 2015 is here as multiple conferences return in full force the first full week in January with International CES, and its associated conferences associated with CES, including NTCA’s Wireless Symposium & WiExpo, Team Lightbulb’s Broadband event and Parks Associates’ CONNECTIONS™ Summit at CES. ViodiTV will be at CES looking for new technologies…
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Highlights of Open Server Summit: Nov 11-13, 2014 in Santa Clara, CA
Executive Summary: The big box buzz today is “Software Defined Everything” – from compute servers to networks, storage, and data centers. That’s according to the speakers at the 2014 Open Server Summit held last month in Santa Clara, CA. The implication is that a lot of existing hardware based functionality will be implemented as software which…
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Viodi View – 12/01/14
Gigabit in the Cowboy State Reinvesting in their community is what differentiates independent operators from their competition. Silver Star Communications, which serves northwestern Wyoming and eastern Idaho, exemplifies the difference a local operator can make. It was an honor to spend the day with Silver Star Communications as they launched the first Gigabit communities in…
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A Proposal for an Autonomous Vehicle Mobile Laboratory
Transforming stupid cars into smart cars is the endgame of the Mobile Autonomous Automobile Laboratory (MAAL) project. In his presentation, renowned car designer, Michael Robinson outlines plans for creating a platform that will enable vehicle designers to move from designing objects to designing experiences. The first 30 minutes of his presentation discuss the challenges that…
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SDN and NFV Takeaways from Light Reading’s Network Components conference in Santa Clara
Introduction: For years, we’ve been reading and hearing about the never-ending boom in data traffic, the need for fast provisioning, agile networks, service velocity (quicker time to market for new services) for telcos, etc. It’s been like a non-stop siren call to battle for network operators. Yet little has been done to date to remedy…
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Viodi View – 11/17/14
“The past is to learn from, not to live in.” – Everett Christensen, author of 73 Magic Management Words +2, as well as owner of the Independent broadband provider, Christensen Communications. The past couple of weeks there have been ample opportunities for me to look at the past. It’s easy to only see the positive in the past…
Viodi View – The Bridge Between the Heartland and Silicon Valley