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Make Your Own Cloud #CES21014
Business failure, policy changes and security breaches are some of the dark sides of the cloud. At the same time, having one’s data backed up at off-site locations can be convenient and provides the physical diversity that protects data from single points of failure (e.g. hard-drive crash, theft, fire, etc.). Connected Data‘s approach to solving…
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A Cloud Solution for Rural 4G
Carl-Johan Torarp describes the LocalLoop solution that allows relatively rapid deployment of 4G wireless services by service providers at a cost that is lower than traditional methods. The key to their solution is bringing many of the elements of the 4G infrastructure into the cloud, such that the upfront costs are minimal. From an operational standpoint,…
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The Personal Cloud Is About Functionality
“Today we are really looking more at the functional side of the personal cloud, rather than just the storage,” said Brett Sappington of Parks Associates. In this interview, filmed at CONNECTIONS , Sappington was referring to the idea that features beyond storage are driving customers to adopt the use of cloud for doing things that…
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A Comprehensive Cloud Synchronization Solution
Working with service providers is a cornerstone of SugarSync’s strategy to move their product into the mainstream. In this interview, SugarSync CFO, Peter Chantel, explains how SugarSync is working with various partners such as Samsung, Korea Telecom and Orange (France Telecom) to spread their cloud-based file management, synchronization and back-up service to the prosumer, consumer and…
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Video Anywhere over Anything
Sang Kim and Tal Sliwowicz of Tversity talk about transcoding and packaging signals at the home and how they are offering this capability to service providers, in the above video filmed at Parks Associates’ 2011 Connections Conference . What started out as a product for the PC is migrating to home gateway-type boxes and could even find its…
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The Cloud’s Impact on Media Business
Allan McLennan of the PADEM Group provides an overview of the panel he moderated at the 2011 Media Innovations Summit regarding cloud computing and its impact on media distribution. He points out that the cloud is enabling new business models at lower costs, as the cloud removes barriers. He suggests that, although technical solutions exist, regulations around…