This 25-year cable & telecom industry vet started her career as an engineer and marketing and sales professional at Scientific-Atlanta, which has since become part of Cisco. While there, she had a hand in the design and launch of the first digital networks and early interactive applications where she was awarded seven patents. Now as one of the three founders of itaas, Rustagi’s strategic vision has grown the company from a 3-person startup to an exceedingly attractive acquisition target for Cognizant, which brought itaas into its fold in 2014 and has more than 170,000 employees worldwide.

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A new Ookla report found that while direct-to-device (D2D) usage is still quite low, the satellite technology is making steady gains. The firm said it recorded roughly 24.5% more global D2D connections between

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