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By Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor, 8/17/2018
This week in our WiC roundup: California revamps boardroom diversity policies; women of color are barely represented in tech; VC survival tips; and more.
By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 8/16/2018
Salesforce's 'TransmogrifAI' helps enterprises build big AI systems based on oceans of data.
By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/15/2018
New 'Team of Experts' program hints at one way T-Mobile will try to set its new OTT TV apart from the crowd.
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By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 8/15/2018
Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Deutsche Telekom in fiber collaboration talks with United Internet; Hi3G upgrades backhaul with Ericsson; Interxion widens access to Google Cloud Platform.
By Light Reading, 8/14/2018
The crud on top has been skimmed off to reveal a heady brew, bubbling with insights into Ericsson, Cisco, Samsung, AI and more (it says here...)
By Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor, 8/10/2018
This week in our WiC roundup: Gender diversity in AI; female entrepreneurs in sub-Saharan Africa; Fitbit fails women with new feature; and more.
By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/8/2018
Amid sale of Cisco's video software unit, Yvette Kanouff sets her exit to embark on 'third career chapter.'
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By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 8/6/2018
Arista will write a big check to dismiss the suit charging that it ripped off Cisco's intellectual property.
By Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor, 8/3/2018
This week in our WiC roundup: Women need to hold more patents; summer camp opportunities for girls; Scandinavia nails work-life balance; and more.
By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 8/3/2018
Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Hyperoptic raises Ł250 million for fiber expansion; Arcep gets tough on 4G; new economics wonk at Ofcom; Amazon's little tax miracle.
By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/3/2018
Sandy Howe takes reins of America's division as company targets opportunities fueled by cable's migration to distributed access network architectures.
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The Telecoms.com Podcast: Scraping the Barrel
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With 'the talent' all on holiday we're left with Jamie and Ray for this week's installment. The dynamic duo both had a chat with a senior Ericsson bod about its cunning US 5G investment plans, and Jamie updates us on what Samsung is up to -- namely its AI efforts, 5G and a seemingly pointless Bixby. Lastly, Ray ponders the vacant Cisco position in its service ...
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Cisco's Yvette Kanouff: How We Get Real Results From Network Automation
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Cisco's top service provider executive is moving quickly to create value for carrier class software in a hardware-based business and helping her customers reach unheard of levels of automation in their networks. Watch this most recent conversation with Yvette Kanouff to find just how well Cisco's service provider business fits in with the rest of the company's ...
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Matrixx VP Outlines Her Career-Making, Changing Skills
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Technology can be learned, but critical thinking, decision making and verbal communication are the career-making skills that are transferable and crucial in a digital transformation, says Jennifer Kyriakakis, Matrixx Software's co-founder and VP of marketing.
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Parallel Wireless Founder Reflects on Tech
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Parallel Wireless is focused on making networks more flexible under the guidance of Co-Founder and VP of Development Kaitki Agarwal, who shares her thoughts on the industry's most game-changing technologies – past, present and future – as well as offering advice for other female founders with a great idea.
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Fujitsu's Sales Director: Be Your Own Champion
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Heidi Westbrook, Fujitsu's director of ICP and North American Carrier Sales, shares the secrets to advancing in comms with a work/life balance in tact, including networking, self-advocacy, unapologetically pursuing the next step and more.
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Infinera's Treseder: Be Seen, Be Heard, Be Decisive
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Lori Treseder, director of mechanical engineering at Infinera, discusses everything from improving power in the data center to empowering young women to pursue technical careers in the comms industry.
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Metaswitch VP Talks IMS & Career Refreshes
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Service providers are refreshing their IMS and looking for real cloud native IMS functions, according to Micaela Giuhat, Metaswitch's VP of product management, Cloud Native Core, who shares her thoughts on everything from container-based approach to VNFs to her experiences and advice as a leading woman in comms.
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AT&T's BCE Keynote: 5G & SDN Worlds Colliding
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At the Big Communications Event (BCE) 2018 event in Austin, Melissa Arnoldi, president of Technology and Operations at AT&T, spoke about AT&T's path to 5G and the important role software plays. 5G will eventually have a significant impact on how businesses work and how they engage with their customers.
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Leading Lights 2018
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A recap of the 14th annual Leading Lights Awards in Austin, TX. Congratulations to all the winners!
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WiC Panel: Combatting Sexual Harassment in Denver
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Executive Producer Janet Leahy, President of Arrow Solutions Kathy Boelter, CEO of Women of Wall Street Karen Ashworth Macfarlane and the Founder and CEO of Corporate Cowgirl Up Wendy Bohling join Women in Comms Director Sarah Thomas in Denver to discuss ways to combat sexual harassment in the workplace, help women advance and level the playing field.
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Hollywood Producer Talks Cosby, Caution & Cable
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Executive Producer Janet Leahy shares her story with WiC, offers advice for the cable industry to better support women and gives us a sneak preview of what she's working on next.
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Verizon on Drag & Drop Automation
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DALLAS -- Automation Everywhere -- Srilakshmi Valisammagari, senior technologist & strategist - SDN/NFV Innovations for Verizon, addresses the operators' efforts to deliver automation to enterprise customers via Verizon Service Designer. Valisammagari says Verizon Service Designer simplifies the process flow -- from service design to implementation to provisioning ...