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Datacenter in the Himalayas of South Florida
Hurricanes, tornadoes and flooding are some of the concerns for businesses in a low-lying tropical climate. A disaster recovery plan for mitigating the loss caused by one of these inevitable natural disasters is mandatory. ITS Fiber, with its roots as the local telephone provider in rural Indiantown, Florida, saw its location as a key asset…
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Transformation from Paper to App – Part 1
An exhibit booth has to have something unique to catch the eye of this grizzled veteran of the trade show floor. To stand out among hundreds of competitors is always challenging for the person responsible for a trade show booth. What makes for a successful display is integrating the conference theme into the booth, while providing…
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At the Pinnacle of Trade Show Exhibition – Part 2
Pinnacle’s exhibit at the Minnesota Telecom Association’s Annual Convention stood out above and beyond any of the thousands of booths I saw this year. As seen in the following video, they incorporated the conference theme into an interactive booth that told how their business has transformed from analog to digital. As such, they were awarded…
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Broadband – Unique to Each Locale
Tim Scott describes Axia’s role as the operator for community networks. He highlights a middle-mile project they are involved with in western Massachusetts. With an international presence that spans from Singapore to Alberta to Massachusetts, Scott explains that Axia has found that the business case for broadband is unique to each locale and has to…
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Act Together to Generate Supply and Demand
“We are teaching our rural regions to help themselves,” said Galen Updike, past-president of the Rural Telecommunications Congress. He suggests that rural communities need to work together regionally to aggregate demand to attract broadband. He points out that there is no cookie-cutter approach, but one commonality is the feet on the street in the community…
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Going Beyond Phone Therapy
“It has to go beyond, what we call, phone therapy,” said James Morehead. Morehead, VP of Product Management for Support.com explains the importance of being able to provide fast and efficient support to meet the demands of consumers. He explains that being able to embed software hooks to enable remote the monitoring of devices within the home…
