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05/19/2009
Broadband Forum Merges with IP/MPLS Forum
Two member-based standards organizations – the Broadband Forum and the IP/MPLS Forum – announced they have merged. The united organization will go by the name Broadband Forum. The merged entity intends to focus on convergence, said Robin Mersh, COO of the Broadband Forum. "This union is about convergence over IP backbones," said Mersh. "We’re talking […]
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05/19/2009
Goldman Sachs Issues Online Video Report
Goldman Sachs issued a report last week on online video titled "Broadband 100." The report focused on video viewed on PCs. In a conference call to discuss its report, Mark Wienkes of Goldman Sachs said online video today is about half the traffic on the Internet, but only accounts for about 2 percent of total […]
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05/18/2009
Motorola Intros Passive Optical LAN for Businesses
Motorola has capitalized on some innovation from its work with Verizon to create a passive optical LAN (POL) technology for enterprises. Today, Motorola announced its POL at the Interop Business and Technology Conference and Expo in Las Vegas. The new technology is designed to replace traditional switches in office buildings with POL devices connected by […]
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05/14/2009
The Trouble with Silos
When cable operators initially set up high-speed data and voice separate from legacy video services, it seemed like the logical approach. But as has been realized for several years now, the "silo" approach is a real pain for the business support system (BSS) and operations support system (OSS) side of the house. Often, the extensive […]
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05/13/2009
Botnets Cause Network Headaches
Internet service providers (ISPs) face a growing problem with the rise in botnets, malware that takes control of large numbers of computers. Over the last several months, the Conficker (sometimes called "Conflicker") botnet has infected more than 10 million machines by some estimates, dwarfing previous botnets by an order of magnitude. Security researchers have also […]
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05/12/2009
OpenTV Ad Technology Plays into TWC Consolidation
In 2008, Time Warner Cable restructured its company into six regional operating centers (ROCs). Now, it appears the company has further consolidated into four ROCs in the continental United States and one ROC in Hawaii. (For a look last summer at TWC’s Carolina region, click here.) Last week, OpenTV announced that Time Warner Cable had […]