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10/10/2012
Survey Sez 10/10/12
U.S. CIOs expect total IT budgets to increase 1.8 percent next year, roughly 50 percent less than they did in 2012, according to new 2013 IT budget benchmarks from Va.-based CEB. Despite economic woes, European organizations are expecting a 2-percent increase in IT budgets. The primary driver of total budget growth comes from increases in […]
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10/10/2012
New Stuff 10/10/12
The Slingbox 500 and Slingbox 350, two completely redesigned retail Slingbox products that deliver best-in-class, up to Full 1080p HD-quality, live streaming to smartphones, tablets, laptops and connected devices, now are available from EchoStar subsidiary Sling Media Inc. In addition, the Slingbox 500 introduces such new features as Wi-Fi and HDMI as well as a […]
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10/09/2012
People Watch 10/09/12
The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) elected Julie Roy, technical manager at CommScope Network Solutions, chair of its TR-42.10 subcommittee. Glenn Sexton, president at Northwest Information Services, was elected a vice-chair; and Ray Emplit, technical and standards representative at OBO Betterman, was elected as a secretary. Subcommittee TR-42.10 focuses on standardizing the Sustainable Technology Environment Program […]
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10/09/2012
Survey Sez 10/09/12
The biggest consumers of video are the most likely to limit their paid TV viewing and subscriptions, according to a national study by Market Strategies International; the group calls this demographic “cord frayers,” and they could potentially impact cable revenues. The average cord frayer (who uses a laptop, a smartphone or other mobile device as […]
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10/09/2012
New Stuff 10/09/12
Wipro Accelerate from WiPro Technologies is a prepaid broadband solution aimed at helping MSOs reduce or eliminate cost and credit obstacles, and to expand broadband services to U.S. unserved or underserved markets. Using the cloud-based hosted solution, operators can offer products specifically designed for prepaid subscribers…Release 8.1 software from ARRIS enhances performance and value for […]
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10/09/2012
Global Connections 10/09/12
Espial MediaBase will be installed and integrated at cableco KBRO by Taiwan broadband system integrator Hwacom, providing the operator with a single, unified solution for delivering video-on-demand (VOD) content. KBRO says it will be able to deliver MPEG and HTTP content to a variety of viewing devices more efficiently, reducing capex and opex…Belgian cable operator […]