Wednesday
Dec162009
Best books of 2009?
Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at 5:09PM What are the best telecom, datacom and business practice books you have read this year and why? Please send a comment.
Books I'd highlight this year are:
Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at 5:09PM Monday
Dec142009
EPON becomes long reach
Monday, December 14, 2009 at 10:01AM A controller chip that extends the reach and subscriber count of an Ethernet passive optical network (EPON) is now available from Teknovus. The device, dubbed the TK3401, boosts EPON’s reach to 100km while the subscriber count is increased from 64 to a maximum of 256.
“Rural [PON deployment] is a tough proposition”
Barry Gray
Tuesday
Dec082009
ROADMs: Set for double-digit growth
Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 5:22PM A Q&A with Andrew Schmitt, directing analyst, optical at Infonetics Research regarding ROADMs and his report's findings.
Friday
Dec042009
Retweet
Friday, December 4, 2009 at 3:15PM "It's a bit like working with your wife; it has its ups and downs."
Siraj ElAhmadi, CEO of Menara Networks, on what it is like working with his brother, Salam, who is the company's CTO.
Titbits and tweets you may have missed
- ENISA has published a comprehensive report entitled Cloud Computing: Benefits, risks and recommendations for information security. The 125-page report can be downloaded from the ENISA site, click here.
- There is also a SecureCloud 2010 conference coming up in March involving ENISA and the Cloud Security Alliance, click here for details.
Thursday
Dec032009
The art of market analysis
Thursday, December 3, 2009 at 5:34AM Guest Blog
Bob Larribeau, a telecom industry analyst and technology consultant since 1992 has just retired. gazettabyte asked him to reflect on what it takes to be a good market research analyst.
"Most companies provide good numbers but some, quite frankly, are hard to believe."
Bob Larribeau
tagged Bob Larribeau, IPTV, Market analysis, WiMAX in Blog, guest blog, market research Print Article
Bob Larribeau, IPTV, Market analysis, WiMAX in Blog, guest blog, market research Print Article Friday
Nov272009
Video compression: Tackling at source traffic growth
Friday, November 27, 2009 at 10:13AM Streamed video services are placing significant demands on network infrastructure.
The issue is the same whether it is IPTV services and over-the-top video sent over fixed networks, or video transmitted over 3G wireless networks or even video distributed within the home.
According to Cisco Systems, video traffic will only become more important becoming the dominant data traffic by 2013. Any technology that trims the capacity needed for video streams is thus to be welcomed.
Monday
Nov232009
Digital Home: Services, networking technologies and challenges facing operators
Monday, November 23, 2009 at 9:44AM 
Source: Microsoft
The growth of internet-enabled devices and a maturing of networking technologies indicate the digital home is entering a new phase. But while operators believe the home offers important new service and revenue opportunities, considerable challenges remain. Operators are thus proceeding cautiously.
