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SDN's Biggest Myths


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October 9, 2012 : Several execs in Silicon Valley weigh in on the big myths confusing the issues around software defined networking

BSS/OSS Managed Services


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October 9, 2012 : Heavy Reading analyst Sarah Wallace and Light Reading's Ray Le Maistre discuss the changing landscape of BSS/OSS Managed Services

NetSocket & StratITsphere: Service Assurance in the Cloud


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August 3, 2012 : Ari Banerjee of Heavy Reading interviews John White, CEO of NetSocket, and Stephen Webster, CEO of StratITsphere, about service assurance challenges for the cloud

Comptel's Contextual Intelligence


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July 12, 2012 : Heavy Reading analysts Ari Banerjee and Sarah Wallace discuss Comptel’s concept of contextual intelligence for telcos and the advantages of service providers using advanced analytics

Interview: VPIsystems CEO Tito Sharma


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July 10, 2012 : Heavy Reading's Ari Banerjee interviews VPIsystems chief Tito Sharma about his company's approach to network planning and why being vendor-agnostic isn't as easy as it sounds

Aryaka: WAN Optimization as a Service?


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May 21, 2012 : Aryaka VP Sonal Puri explains how WAN optimization became a cloud-based service and how it fits in with service provider plans to offer higher-quality connections to the cloud. Think of it as a little bit of Akamai and a little bit of Riverbed but sold only as a service

SingTel's Bill Chang: Keeping an Eye on OpenFlow


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May 17, 2012 : 7:00 PM From a brief conversation with SingTel exec VP Bill Chang at Interop in Las Vegas, we bring you a quick podcast about expanding cloud services and an operator's view of OpenFlow. Don't let that Adele song in the background distract you

SPIT Podcast: A Site for Sore Eyes


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May 7, 2012 : Heavy Reading analyst Sarah Wallace and Light Reading's Ray Le Maistre discuss why the back-office and IT functions of service providers are so important and why the SPIT acronym is a war of attrition

Procera's Jim Brear: Waiting for Personalized Services


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April 27, 2012 : Jim Brear, CEO of Procera Networks, discusses mobile data, billing, traffic management and what wireless service providers could be doing in advance of the London Olympics. Also, we get into why personalized services are so rare among US broadband providers

Will Nokia Have a Smartphone Resurgence?


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April 20, 2012 : Phil Harvey and Dan Jones discuss why Nokia needs to improve its apps and mobile cloud offering. Also, they pinpoint how Microsoft could help Nokia give consumers a reason not to stay with Samsung or Apple

The Mobile Customer Experience


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April 12, 2012 : Should operators consider changing the way they bill for social networking and video traffic? Don Bowman, CTO of Sandvine, weighs in

Facebook's App Attack: What's Instagram Worth?


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April 11, 2012 : What value does Instagram have to a company with as many resources as Facebook? And have mobile broadband providers missed another chance to profit from a new networking service?

SPIT Podcast: What's Hot in 2012


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February 27, 2012 : Sarah Wallace and Ari Banerjee discuss the origin of service provider IT and what within that group of technologies is changing and evolving right now

All Those Rotten Apple Rumors


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February 9, 2012 : Sarah Reedy discusses why Apple rumors are appealing, her favorite rumor, how looking at Apple's product teardowns hint at future plans

The CES Mess


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January 19, 2012 : There's nothing like covering a giant tech show without the ability to make a phone call. Dan Jones comments on how and why cell networks tank when we need them most

Alcatel-Lucent Explores Consumer 'Identity Shift'


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December 9, 2011 : A new book researches the differences between what we say and what we do online and how consumer behavior and privacy worries change the nature of new network services

The Apple Recap


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October 4, 2011 : Sarah Reedy and Dan Jones weigh in on the most interesting themes to come from the mobile industry's biggest name

Mobile Device Mayhem


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August 10, 2011 : Apple, Samsung and RIM all come up for discussion as reporter Sarah Reedy helps break down the quarter's mobile device shipment numbers

Cloud Chronicles: AT&T


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July 29, 2011 : AT&T's John Potter says cloud computing is a natural extension of running a network and businesses should see cloud services as IT replacement

Cloud Chronicles: Layered Tech


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July 27, 2011 : Layered Tech's Brad Hokamp says private clouds and secure hosting give his company an advantage over traditional service providers

Cloud Chronicles: FireHost


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July 25, 2011 : FireHost's Chris Drake says his public cloud is as secure as any private cloud offering and that makes a difference with his customers that handle credit card and healthcare data

BT Diamond's IPv6 Reality Check


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June 28, 2011 : BT's Tim Rooney discusses what service providers and enterprises feel are the myths and truths behind moving from IPv4 to IPv6

In Praise of Bridge Builders


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June 17, 2011 : Ray Le Maistre explains the rationale behind Light Reading's Bridging the Chasm editorial campaign and Ray's new 'Top 20 Bridge Builders' report

The Road to Gigabit DSL


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June 16, 2011 : ASSIA's John Cioffi discusses the physical limits of DSL, how telco DSL is improving and what's preventing us from getting more upstream bandwidth on our DSL connections

Learning From Illegal Networks


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June 13, 2011 : Pyramid's Hussam Barhoush discusses how service providers in Africa and the Middle East are handling the rise in popularity of neighborhood networks

Verizon's Cloud Strategy


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June 12, 2011 : During Interop I spoke with Verizon's Christopher Gesell about the carrier's approach to cloud computing and what enterprises want from a carrier-grade cloud

Apple's iCloud: Where Are the Telcos?


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June 8, 2011 : Light Reading Mobile's Dan Jones discusses the opportunity still left for broadband providers in consumer cloud services. Also, how might iCloud change mobile device design and usage?

Tekelec CEO: Scaling for Massive Mobile Data


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June 7, 2011 : Ron de Lange says we shouldn't expect the company's software specialist strategy to change as mobile data demands more from signaling technologies and subscriber data management

BT's Scott Cain: Cloudy Verticals


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June 4, 2011 : BT's Scott Cain discusses how BT's approach to cloud computing led it to specialize in vertical markets. Also, will cloud services lead to more IT and telecom spending?

What BT Needs From Gear Makers


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May 25, 2011 : Andrew Dodsworth at BT's Global Telecom Markets says the suppliers of gear to build new networks should do more to demonstrate that they can work with one another

Scaling Clouds With Randy Bias


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May 15, 2011 : Cloudscaling CTO offers theories on what telcos need to do to take advantage of enterprise interest in the cloud and tips on competing with Amazon.com

Windows Phone & World Domination


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May 13, 2011 : Pyramid Research's Stela Bokun defends her global smartphone forecast and explains how Windows Phone will overtake Android, Apple and RIM

Let's Split Up Cisco


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May 6, 2011 : Ehud Gelblum of Morgan Stanley makes the case that Cisco would be more valuable in pieces

Managing Mobile Data Caps


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May 5, 2011 : Sarah Reedy talks about how to manage mobile data caps and what marketing challenges lie ahead for Sprint if it doesn't stick to unlimited data plans

Tellabs CEO Takes On Feisty Investor


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April 28, 2011 : Tellabs CEO Rob Pullen takes on investor questions about his company's competitive position, profitability and investment in next-gen platforms

What's Next for Clearwire?


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April 19, 2011 : Dan Jones says the WiMax competitive carrier needs more money and faces a foggy future given its conflict with Sprint in the retail channel

What's Next for LightSquared?


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April 14, 2011 : Light Reading's Dan Jones talks about why LightSquared is interesting, relevant and a potential game-changer in the race to provide nationwide 4G mobile broadband services

Was Cisco Wrong to Chase Consumers?


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April 12, 2011 : Light Reading's Craig Matsumoto and Phil Harvey discuss what Cisco did right in the consumer market and why its video-centric view of the world could help in the long run

Investor Uprising at Cisco?


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April 8, 2011 : Scott Raynovich discusses Cisco's size and management by committee, and how smaller competitors are catching the networking giant in data center apps and cloud computing

Alcatel-Lucent's Phillipe Keryer


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February 14, 2011 : After the company's Q4 results, Phil spoke with Alcatel-Lucent's Phillipe Keryer to discuss what it means to be a 'normal company' and how Alcatel-Lucent is handling wireless networking growth

The Force Behind AT&T's Foundry


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February 3, 2011 : Mike Berry, director of the new AT&T Foundry in Plano, discusses the carrier's plan to accelerate app development