NSN's Flexi Content Optimizer Cuts Loading by 25%

Nokia Siemens Networks is launching a video optimization solution that combines its Flexi Content Optimizer, policy management and new real-time congestion awareness. The Flexi Content Optimizer adjusts video content and re-scales video streaming to match the smartphone screen size. The company calculates the solution can reduce radio network loading by up to 25% while delivering the highest quality video to each user's device. Real-time congestion...

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Global Hack for Good Aims to Connect Refugee Families

The Global Hack for Good, which is organized by Refugees United, is planning a series of "hackathons" - a weekend-long marathon of developing applications on mobile networks - to be held on three continents, on three separate weekends, but all are working toward the same goal of making re-connection easier. The first hackathon will be in Cairo, Egypt, on 31 May-1 June.  Then, a new batch of developers will gather in San Francisco, USA, on...

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Researchers Achieve 40G Wireless over 1km using 240 GHz Spectrum

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics and the Karlsruhe Institute for Technology achieved 40 Gbps line-of-sight wireless transmission over a distance of 1 km using the 240 GHz spectrum band. Under project "Millilink," the researchers developed electronic transmitters and receivers measuring 4 x 1.5 mm2 using semiconductor technology with high carrier mobility (HEMT), makes it possible to use the frequency between...

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Alteryx Raises $12 Million for its Analytics Platform

Alteryx announced $12 million in financing from Toba Capital (recently formed by Vinny Smith, former CEO and founder of Quest Software) and existing investor, SAP Ventures for its analytics platform. Alteryx Strategic Analytics 8.5 includes significant enhancements such as social media tools for analytics, the first native creation of the Tableau Data Extract, advanced interactive mapping, and a new designer interface specifically designed for...

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Sony Launches 4K Ultra HD TV Marketing Campaign

Sony Electronics launched an integrated marketing campaign in conjunction with commercial shipments of its first 4K Ultra HD TVs in the United States.  Images have a resolution of four-times that of Full HD TV (3840 x 2160 pixels). "The campaign calls out the enhanced quality of anything one would watch on a Sony 4K TV with a picture that is four times clearer than full HD," said Patrick Bewley, vice president of Brand Experience...

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Dell to Enable Hyper-V and Windows Server 2012 Support for OpenStack

Dell will enable Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V as a viable hypervisor choice for the OpenStack cloud platform. Specifically, Dell will enable key features of the Windows Server 2012 virtualization platform for OpenStack, including network virtualization, policy-based isolation, Quality of Service (QoS) and multi-tenancy. Dell said it is working with other OpenStack members for the optimization of OpenStack components including OpenStack Compute...

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YouTube Ingest Rate Hits 100 Hours per Minute

More than 100 hours of video are being uploaded to YouTube every minute. YouTube also confirmed more than one billion users are coming to the site every month. May 20th marks the 8th anniversary of YouTube. http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2013/05/heres-to-eight-great-years.htm...

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General Services Administration Issues Cybersecurity RFI

The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) issued a request for information (RFI) calling for stakeholders' input to make our the federal government's cybersecurity more resilient. The GSA is looking for recommendations on standardizing cybersecurity contract elements and procurement requirements.  Stakeholder input will contribute to the final recommendations report to be issued in the early summer. "Collaboration and cooperation allows...

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Crehan: Strong 10-Gigabit Ethernet Growth Ahead

Crehan Research is predicting strong growth for the 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) market.  Some factors include: 10GbE inventory reductions at major server OEMs, clearing the way for additional sales Price reductions, stimulating end-user 10GbE demand Broader product offerings including additional 10GBASE-T Modular LAN-on-Motherboard (LOM) and quad-port 10GbE  (despite the lack of a full set of offerings from all the major OEMs, 1Q13 10GBASE-T...

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Sequans Offers LTE Modules

Sequans Communications introduced a new line of "EZLinkLTE" LTE modules based on its own LTE baseband chip.  The modules include a complete RF front end and key interfaces in a single, compact package. The first EZLinkLTE module, sampling now, is the VZ20Q, which is one of the first modules in the industry to support both LTE bands 4 and 13.  The baseband chip at the heart of the new module is Sequans’ SQN3120 Mont Blanc chip that...

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Firetide Names John McCool as CEO

Firetide, which specializes in wireless mesh networking, named John McCool as president and CEO. McCool comes to Firetide from Cisco, where he was CTO and SVP of Cisco’s Global Enterprise Segment and led the "borderless networks" initiative, which accounted for one-third of Cisco’s $46 billion sales in fiscal 2012. Firetide said it is experiencing exploding demand for its advanced wireless networking technology, which can be used in applications...

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tw telecom's Larissa Herda to Chair FCC Council

Larissa Herda, tw telecom Chairman, CEO and President, has been named to lead the FCC's Communications, Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council (CSRIC). Her appointment is for the next two years. Ms. Herda is currently a member of President Obama's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Council (NSTAC), which provides the President with critical advice and recommendations regarding national security, cyber security and emergency...

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Tellabs' CFO Steps Down

Tellabs announced the resignation of Andrew B. Szafran, executive vice president and chief financial officer.  The company said the decision was for personal reasons unrelated to Tellabs operations, financial reporting or business outlook. Tom Minichiello, Tellabs vice president, finance and chief accounting officer, will serve as acting CFO. http://www.tellabs.c...

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