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By Mitch Wagner, Mitch Wagner, Editor, Enterprise Cloud, Light Reading, 4/19/2018
IBM should have had a good day on Wall Street, after reporting its second straight quarter of revenue growth following five years of consecutive quarterly revenue ...
By Sarah Thomas, Director, Women in Comms, 4/18/2018
Blind hiring, raising awareness, encouraging dialogue and ending binding arbitration agreements are a few ways the industry can thwart gender discrimination, says former Wall Street executive Karen MacFarlane.
By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 4/17/2018
Mignon Clyburn, a Democrat and sharp critic of FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, is stepping down as FCC commissioner after eight years of service, ahead of her term's end by ...
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By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 4/17/2018
Underlying Verizon's latest offer of virtualized network service bundles is the kind of automation and closed-loop service assurance the telecom industry is rabidly ...
By Sarah Thomas, Director, Women in Comms, 4/12/2018
Our third year of seeking out inspiring, pioneering women in the communications field was the most challenging yet -- challenging only because it was hard to narrow ...
By Sarah Thomas, Director, Women in Comms, 4/11/2018
Gender consultant and author Wendy Bohling shares her thoughts on why we need to create an atmosphere of transparency, authenticity and accountability to make sure the #metoo movement doesn't ultimately backfire.
By Mitch Wagner, Mitch Wagner, Editor, Enterprise Cloud, Light Reading, 4/11/2018
Cisco and Juniper are stepping up their cloud security rivalry, fleshing out their competing cloud security services with new capabilities, extending from the public ...
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By Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor, 4/6/2018
This week in our WiCipedia roundup: Chasing Grace premieres in Portland, Ore.; raising VC while pregnant; third-party salary audits; and more.
By Kelsey Kusterer Ziser, Editor, 4/4/2018
Diversity of thought may be the most important in an industry that depends on innovation, according to Telstra COO Robyn Denholm.
By Mari Silbey, Senior Editor, Cable/Video, 4/3/2018
Light Reading's Mari Silbey interviews New Orleans CIO Kimberly LaGrue on broadband in the Big Easy.
By Sarah Thomas, Director, Women in Comms, 4/3/2018
If there's one takeaway from our latest Women in Comms event in Denver last month, it is that you don't want to miss our upcoming Women in Comms event in Austin next ...
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Women of Wall Street CEO Offers Discrimination Solutions
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Blind hiring, raising awareness, encouraging dialogue and ending binding arbitration agreements are a few ways the industry can thwart gender discrimination, says former Wall Street executive Karen MacFarlane, who saw first hand how pervasive it was in the financial industry.
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Bohling: Have the Conversation to End Harassment
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Gender consultant and author Wendy Bohling shares her thoughts on why we need to create an atmosphere of transparency, authenticity and accountability to make sure the #metoo movement doesn't ultimately backfire.
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Why Telstra's COO Thinks Diversity of Thought Matters Most
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Diversity of thought may be the most important in an industry that depends on innovation, according to Telstra COO and Tesla Board Member Robyn Denholm, who advises women to "just go for it" when it comes to building a career here.
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New Orleans: Unique in Jazz, Coastline & Broadband
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KANSAS CITY -- Light Reading's Mari Silbey interviews New Orleans CIO Kimberly LaGrue about investing in the city's network infrastructure and how broadband will form the foundation for smart city initiatives in the future. The interview takes place during the Smart Cities, Dumb Pipes ...
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Come to BCE 2018: It's a Smart Move
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Among the many great reasons to join us at BCE 2018 in Austin, Texas, are the educational workshops, panels and show floor demos. To find out more about Light Reading's Big Communications Event (BCE),
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Small Cell Forum CEO: Women on Boards Set the Tone
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Female representation on company boards can set the tone for company culture and help companies perform better, but there's still few women on boards, Small Cell Forum CEO Sue Monahan tells Light Reading.
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Why You Need to Join Me in Austin for BCE
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Austin, Texas, is the place to be May 14-16 when Light Reading will host BCE 2018 and dig deep into automation, security, machine learning, the impact of open source, intent-based networking, 'the edge', SD-WAN, IoT and more... oh, and hand out some awards and have the industry's best ...
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EY Leader Talks Customer Centricity, Culture & Comfort
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Technology is the easy part of transformation, Janet Balis, global advisory leader for Ernst & Young's Media & Entertainment division, tells Light Reading. Coexistence, culture, diversity, inclusion and a sense of purpose also play a critical role.
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The Telecoms.com Podcast: Virtually Interesting
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Iain, Jamie and Scott move on from the rigors of MWC by reflecting on some of the conversations they had in Barcelona about how much progress we have made with NFV. The answer seems to vary wildly according to who you speak to and it seems clear that industry consensus remains elusive. Jamie then talks us through some of the highlights of the next version of ...
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Matrixx Software Founder: Digital Transformation Lends Itself to Diversification
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Matrixx Software Founder and VP of Marketing, Jennifer Kyriakakis, explains why digital transformation goes hand-in-hand with diversity and inclusion in the workforce. Jennifer shares how Matrixx Software has made both a priority.
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Susan Johnson & Her Career Acceleration in AT&T
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Susan Johnson, SVP Global Supply Chain of AT&T, discusses her leadership strategy and how her background in investment banking prepared her for a career in the telecom industry. Susan also talks about lessons learned from the different roles she has held at AT&T over the course of her career.
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MWC 2018: Ovum IDs the IoT Hotspots
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Ovum's Head of IoT, Alexandra Rehak, uncovers the hot IoT topics for MWC, including LPWAN commercialization, use cases for 5G, the use of artificial intelligence in IoT deployments and more.