Tag: Content
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Cleaning Products – No, It’s Web 2.0 Technologies
Martin Taylor, Vice President of Product Management and Technology for MetaSwitch, gave an excellent overview of XML and its ascent as the standard for machine-to-machine interface in the telephony world. XML allows for a mash-up of applications, such as the obligatory caller ID on television. Combining XML data with Asynchronous JavaScript is AJAX, which allows updating of…
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Prospering in the Video Business
The WTA Spring 2008 Meeting featured a upbeat panel on the distribution of video by independent telcos. Gerald Duffy of Blooston, Mordkofsky, Dickens, Duffy & Prendergast moderated a panel that provided both the big and detailed picture of the video business. Ben Foster, VP of Sales and Marketing for Twin Valley Telephone, an early adopter of…
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Content & Conveyance
Noted columnist Dan Walters of the Sacramento Bee pointed out that the newspaper business is about content and conveyance in a speech to attendees of WTA’s 2008 Spring Meeting in Napa, CA. Within this framework, Walters explained how the newspaper business is evolving as both the creation of content and the means of delivering it to…
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The Enemy of Advertising
Notably absent from the 2008 VON conference were the over the top and new video alternatives that were prevalent at the 2007 version. Kulabyte, with their real-time HD encoding over the web, was a highlight on the showfloor. Unfortunately, I only attended a portion of one panel, but there were some very insightful quotes from Fred Seibert…
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WiMAX in India- Whom do you believe: press or Indian government official?
Business Week called it "A WiMAX Breathrough in India– Tata Communications unveils an ambitious plan to become global leader in wireless broadband by launching the world’s largest commercial network On Mar. 4, India’s Tata Communications , an emerging broadband wireless service provider, announced the countrywide rollout of a commercial WiMax network in India, the largest…
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The Virtual Living Room
Although the title of iHollywood’s conference this week was, the Digital Living Room, The Virtual Living Room would have an equally good description. A common theme throughout the show was the idea of portability and that consumers want to be able to consume entertainment on their own terms; wherever they are and whatever time it is. OK,…