Tag: cloud computing
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Viodi View – 03/08/13
Telling the Whole Story Overwhelmed with information from all outlets, content needs to fit into soundbites and short, focused stories to keep the short attention span of today’s viewer and/or reader. Broadcast television has always been that way and this point was proven to me again over the weekend. Still, for those viewers who want…
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2013 IDC Directions-Part I: 3rd Platform, Cloud Spending & Apps, Global Economic Trends
Introduction: In this first of two articles on the 2013 IDC Directions conference (March 5th in Santa Clara, CA) we report on the very impressive opening and closing keynote presentations. IDC Chief Analyst Frank Gens’ opening keynote presentation stressed the importance of the “3rd Platform,” examined public vs private cloud adoption, and the most likely…
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Technologies to Monetize Data
[Editor’s Note: This is part 3 of a 3-part article. Click here to read Part 2 of this three-part article.] So far, we have learnt the basic definitions of Big Data from a Broadband Service Provider’s perspective and have understood what kinds of actionable insights may be obtained from such data. However, before we do that,…
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Summary of Telecom Council TC3, Part 1- Service Provider Innovation Forum
Introduction: Telecom Council Carrier Connections (TC3) – the Telecom Council’s annual summit- was held Sept 12-13, 2012 in Sunnyvale, CA. The event provides an opportunity for startups and application developers to interact with telecom carriers (telcos) and network operators. Telco representatives who manage innovation, from developer programs and labs facilities to venture investing, discussed many…
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Viodi View – 06/29/12
The tangible nature of the transportation industry is often used as an analogy to describe the invisible workings of the telecommunications’ infrastructure. At the Parks Associates’ 2012 Connections Conference, Geoff Hollingworth of Ericsson made the transportation analogy when he suggested that telecommunications providers have the opportunity to be the, “Digital logistics suppliers for the world.”…
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Viodi View – 05/04/12
Donut Holes in the Land of Lincoln After the dust settles on the transition from a POTS-centric, USF/Intercarrier Compensation to a broadband-centric/Connect America Fund approach for rural telecom, will the traditional definition of an incumbent still be valid? That is, if an entity other than the incumbent telco is already supplying broadband to a given…