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The Impact of Nortel’s Plans on ROLM
The impact of competition from Nortel is discussed by audience members, as well as the adoption of the ROLMphone by Siemens.
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ROLM as a Revolutionary Series Topic?
The idea of ROLM as a topic for the Computer History Museum’s Revolutionaries PBS TV series is suggested.
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Looking Back to Get a Sneak Peek at Next Year #Summit21
An always memorable event for yours truly is the ACA Summit. It provides a concentrated look at the topics of interest to independent MVPDs, while providing a variety of viewpoints from the beltway and beyond. It also provides great opportunities for networking. It was a privilege to work with the outstanding staff at ACA to…
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Keyboard in a Purse or Keypad on the Wall
The hand-computer interface is one of the most challenging, as often times keyboards are cramped (e.g. typing on a smart phone) or difficult to keep clean (my lap-top keyboard). CTX Technologies demonstrated several products at CES 2014 that solves this problem by allowing any flat surface to act as a keyboard. The underlying magic to their…
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Impact of a Gigabit Network
What is the impact on the mid-mile when an operator turn s up a gigabit network in the last mile? That’s a question that Vince Tyson, COO of Plateau in New Mexico, and his colleagues pondered and answered with an experiment. The result of that experiment was the rollout of a gigabit offering in the…
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Overview of the Silicon Valley History Archives at Stanford
Alan’s opening remarks introduces the program -a perspective of Stanford’s Silicon Valley Archives – and provides background information on the IEEE Silicon Valley History committee. Two quotes from Leslie Berlin’s book on Bob Noyce sets the stage for revealing the technology history of Silicon Valley. Note: The complete 1.5 hour panel discussion can be viewed in…
