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04/22/2010
Rise of the MachinesCountless industries will be aided by these unseen emerging technologies and will benefit from this service-driven approach to networks. |
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02/17/2010
The Net of It: Thoughts on the Future of the Web – Part 1The last decade brought fundamental changes to the Internet and its impact on both businesses and consumers. With the emergence and subsequent explosion of IP-enabled devices and applications – such as smartphones, social media and online video, as well as cloud-based enterprise IT applications – the Internet is becoming central to how we live and work, setting in motion a cycle of ... |
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12/14/2009
Virtualizing Data Center WAN ConnectivityIt’s interesting to watch the evolution of data centers. What were once primarily static, backup and storage sites are now dynamic powerhouses that are creating distinct competitive advantages for enterprises and significant differentiation opportunities for data center providers. As more organizations begin to virtualize servers and run core, high-bandwidth business applications remotely ... |
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11/04/2009
The Rise of Software in Service Provider NetworksThe Google Android "palooza" at the recent CTIA show was more validation of the rapid growth of new mobile IP devices and the slew of applications that will run on them. No longer exclusive to T-Mobile, most of the major carriers are now set to introduce Android handsets – including the pending Droid from Verizon Wireless – and developers have already created more than 10,000 Android ... |
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08/05/2009
100G vs. 100G EthernetAmid all the buzz, 100 gigabit bandwidth is slowly but surely moving beyond the hype and gaining real traction with product and deployment announcements from vendors, enterprises and service providers – due to the incessant demand on networks for more capacity.The industry activity includes both 100G transport and 100G Ethernet, two technologies that many mistakenly perceive as synonymous. |
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06/10/2009
Managing the Wireless Data GlutAccording to comScore, the number of people using their mobile devices to access news and information on the Web more than doubled from January 2008 to January 2009. And of the 63 million people who accessed the Web from their mobile in January 2009, more than one-third of them did it on a daily basis – an amount that doubled from the year earlier.This rising wireless bandwidth usage and ... |
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05/01/2009
Meet the Next-Generation DVR: The InternetCord cutting has recently taken on yet another meaning for service providers. Typically associated with the elimination of landline services, The Cable Show in April continued the fierce debate over the fate of traditional, linear TV programming due to the emergence of over-the-top (OTT) online video services like Hulu, NetFlix and YouTube.Some market data points to OTT as a real, immediate ... |
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03/30/2009
100G: Telecom’s ‘Amazing Race’With capacity on core service provider networks doubling nearly every 12 to 18 months, the industry’s latest obsession is the evolution to 100G networks. There seem to be weekly announcements from service providers, vendors, components suppliers and industry consortiums on something related to 100G, ranging from tests to standards updates. So the obvious assumption is that the first ... |
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02/10/2009
Are We Ready for IP Rush Hour?A traffic jam is a traffic jam, whether it’s caused by minivans and SUVs or by IP packets. Certain one-time or short-term “events” can create even more traffic than normal, which in turn causes more severe bottlenecks. In order to deal with these unpredictable traffic surges, as well as the increase in end users as more people than ever gain access to fixed and mobile broadband ... |
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01/14/2009
Importance of Customer Experience in a Down EconomyI’ve noticed that in certain industries the big players pay little attention to going the extra mile in ensuring a positive customer experience. Take the airline industry, for example. When was the last time you departed an airplane and said, “Wow, what a wonderful experience — I can’t wait to do that again!” I think the airline industry’s disregard for the ... |
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