Jason Slater Weblog – When planning to work from home you need to ensure you have a sufficiently capable Broadband service as you will probably be placing extra demands on your service than those you might typically use domestically.
Something to bear in mind with Broadband is its asynchronous nature (The A in ADSL) – this means that what is [...] read more
NetworkingT1 Rex’s Business Telecom Explainer – The need for more and more business bandwidth is bumping up against the need for larger and larger cost savings. On the surface, it would seem an impossible situation. But look closer and there may be a way to meet both network performance and budgetary constraints.
There are really two approaches to optimizing bandwidth economics with little or no up-front investment. Both work and they are not [...] read more
T1 Rex’s Business Telecom Explainer – PON or Passive Optical Networking is proving to be a cost effective technology for establishing fiber to the premises for residential and business users. So fast is this technology developing that PON is blowing through standards almost as soon as they are released. The latest increment is 10 Gbps GPON being demonstrated by Ericsson. Do I hear 100 Gbps? How about Tbps?
Well, not so fast (so to read more
The AppGap – I sat down earlier today with Eric Bonabeau, one of the presenters speaking at Tuesday’s opening Supernova session on the Theory and Practice of Networks.
Eric Bonabeau is the founder and Chief Scientist of Boston-based Icosystem Corporation. Icosystem creates customized tools that replicate the detailed behavior of real systems—be they companies, processes, physical systems, or social [...] read more
