-
The Austin Electrical Grid – A Smart Enterprise
The so-called smart grid is more than just putting out smart meters in the network. Andres Carvallo talks about the challenges Austin Energy has faced as they evolved their electrical grid into an enterprise network that today controls over 500,000 devices. Carvallo explains how these devices collectively generate, on an annual basis, hundreds of terabytes…
-
Live Broadcast – Courtesy of An Android App
Live broadcast of video keeps getting easier and easier. Last week, USTREAM announced their broadcast and viewer applications for Android. Instantly, my G1 cell phone had yet another cool feature that was not there when I purchased it last year (and the next day it received step-by-step voice navigation, but that’s for another post). The…
-
David Lewis, Computers and South America
David Lewis of TCA explains how he has collaborated with a pastor to bring computers and technology to locales in Guyana and Haiti. In this video, filmed at OPASTCO’s 2009 Summer Convention, Lewis explains how he and his wife have been making regular visits to his South American “family” and the inspiration behind these…
-
Protecting Your Incumbency
Bob Abrams of Kiesling Associates tells how incumbent telco’s should protect their investments while saving tax payers the cost of duplication.
-
Enabling Trusted Digital Advisors
Melissa Simpler, CEO of Affinegy, provides an overview of her company and its home networking product in this interview filmed at the 2009 Parks Associates’ Connections conference. Affinegy started by providing software that simplified the creation of a home network. At the 2009 conference, she spoke of their new release, which allows service providers…
-
Moody Blues Rock San Jose
The Moody Blues are all about the music. There is very little banter; just a progression of hits from the past 4 decades. With so many crowd favorites, the line-up doesn’t vary much from concert to concert – all the big ones are there, Nights in White Satin, Tuesday Afternoon, Ride My See Saw, Question,…
