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Bridging the Devices Inside and Outside the Home
Harmonizing the disparate devices in the home and making it simple for service providers to be the IT manager of consumers’ home networks is what Melissa Simpler of Affinegy discusses in this interview at the Smart Energy Summit. She explains how the TR-069 standard and its Auto Configuration Server (ACS) reaches beyond the home and…
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Enabling the Operator to Become the Home CTO
Over-the-top services are driving investment by cable operators to be the CTO of the home, says Melissa Simpler, CEO of Affinegy. Recognizing this trend, Affinegy acquired a provider of TR-069 Auto-Configuration Server to help the operators understand the composition and health of the home networks. By doing this, it enables the operators to offer simple…
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Leading the Orchestra
Last week’s announcement by Affinegy of their Home Portal v2.0 software and related announcement that Cablevision is deploying it, is further evidence of the growing importance of the converged home to service providers’ business plans. We caught up with Affinegy CEO, Melissa Simpler at the Parks Associates Connections conference, where she discusses Home Portal v2.0. In…
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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…
