ViodiTV Videos About Broadband, Technology, & More
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A Cloud Protected from All the Elements
“You can make one phone call and talk to a doer,” says Clint Carter Director | Technology and New Service Introduction of Tennessee broadband service provider North Central Telephone Cooperative. Carter explains what differentiates NCTC from the behemoth data centers and cloud services is accessibility to the NCTC people. The NCTC staff live in the communities…
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A Comprehensive Risk Assessment Policy and Practice
“We used the framework as a way of guiding how we changed our business operations through the institution of a risk-assessment meeting,” says Jeff England, CFO at Silver Star Communications in the above video. England refers to the NIST cybersecurity framework and how Silver Star used the framework as the basis for formally addressing risk across functions (e.g.…
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Rethink Your Business or Get Left Behind
The difference between the “connected” and “smart” home is self-learning, according to Farooq Muzaffar, VP, Corporate Strategy & Development for Verizon. The smart home learns and adapts to the behavior of the individuals (e.g. TV shuts off when no one is their to view it). Practically speaking, the smart home is also connected to the…
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Trade Show Without the Travel
Bad weather is the bane of many a trade show organizer. Although a trade show locale may have great climate, storms in a hub city can wreak havoc on attendance. This was the scenario when I first laid eyes on Suitable Technologies’ BeamPro mobile telepresence units a couple of years ago. Thousands of flights had been cancelled…
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The Digital Coach – AKA, The Internet Connected Basketball
A teacher recently ignited a firestorm of controversy with his essay suggesting the common sense argument that the odds are stacked against any of his students becoming a professional sports star. He pointed out that, in addition to great work ethics and genetics, professional athletes typically had great coaches growing up. As he alludes to most kids don’t have…
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The Bills Will Go Up
“Compliance issues, paperwork and much higher legal budgets for us,” are some of the repercussions that Susan Daniel, president of Horizon Cable, sees with the imposition of Net Neutrality rules. In the above interview, Daniel explains that the new regulations will burden her family owned, 5 person company with higher costs of doing business. Daniel…