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From a PSTN to an IP Association
In this video interview, Mark Gailey of Totah Communications and 2009 OPASTCO Chairman, outlines the drivers behind the change in direction at OPASTCO. OPASTCO’s organizational restructuring reflects the changes that OPASTCO’s members face and, as such, will embody elements like content, applications and putting the consumer in control. Gailey calls out to the OPASTCO members…
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Look Out Google and Microsoft – Another Internet OS Is Here
One of the more intriguing booths at the Parks Associates’ Connections Conference was ViaCube and their Web OS. Via Cube is a cloud computing solution that can be configured as sort of a hybrid solution, whereby a home appliance can be used as a local store of data. At the same time, the customer benefits…
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Optimizing Video for Wireless & More
Jerky video is the bane of television on mobile devices. Craig Lee of Ortiva Wireless talks about their technology and how it optimizes the transmission of video between wireless base stations and mobile handsets. More than just improving the quality of the video, Lee says that their product also allows carriers to increase the effective…
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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…
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Nostalgic after all these years
Is it possible to be nostalgic, for the past, in only three years? Perhaps… when those three years were a bit rapid, radical, and rewarding. The videos below, from Viodi View in 2006, reminded me just how much the video world has changed over the past three years. I became nostalgic. Above is a sample…
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Licensing Pools with Via Licensing
I.P. (Intellectual Property, that is) rights owned by multiple parties are often one of the reasons standards take so long to move from concept to commercial reality. In this video interview, Jason Johnson, of Via Licensing, a subsidiary of Dolby Laboratories, explains their newly formed partnership with the IEEE. This partnership promises the expeditious creation…
