ViodiTV Videos About Broadband, Technology, & More
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No Key, No Problem #CES2014
The Internet of Things doesn’t always mean new things. In the above video, OKIDOKEYS spokesperson Kristin Berry demonstrates OKIDOKEYS’ smartphone/cellphone or RFID-controlled door lock that fits over most existing door locks enabling electronic locking and unlocking of a door. It will provide notifications that a door has opened (e.g. alert that child is home from school) or an alarm…
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Unique Municipal Relationship Brings Business Gig to Idaho
Gigabit network announcements are fast becoming non-announcements in that they are occurring so regularly and gigabit will soon (2015?) become a must-have for most North American service providers. What makes Silver Star Communications’ recent announcement about expansion of Gigabit service into Idaho Falls unique is how they brought service to this Eastern Idaho Berg of…
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History of Wired LAN Competition – Complete Playlist (1 hour, 26 minutes)
Ethernet guru Geoff Thompson moderates a panel on the history of the wired LAN competition with experts – Dan Pitt, Joe Skorupa and Tom Slykhouse – who were in the trenches as the various companies and associated technologies battled for LAN supremacy. Prior to the start of the panel, Art Astrin talks about his proposal for the Future…
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History of Wired LAN Competition Meeting – Introduction (1:32)
Alan Weissberger introduces session organizer & moderator Geoff Thompson who ran the History of Wired LAN Competition meeting.
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Introduction to the History of Wired LAN Panel (7:34)
Geoff Thompson lays out the scope of the presentation, gives a brief synopsis of his résumé and introduces the members of the panel. He points out that this panel represents a small slice of a very large topic and he also provides a pointer to a good reference on the history of the wired LAN. The focus…
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IBM’s LAN Architecture & Philosophy (5:01)
Dan Pitt gives an overview of IBM’s architectural approach to LANs in the 1980s and its mostly contrarian positions in IEEE 802, based largely on requirements that suited large business customers. [Special thanks to Dan Pitt for supplying the above description and title]