CT's Pipeline articles from December 2006

CT's Pipeline archives from December 2006

Drowning In Data Information Overload.
December 5, 2006... Data Overload - has that ever hit you? Maybe like a ceaseless tidal wave? On the editorial side of the aisle, it's fair to say that the occupational hazard is more generally an overload of information than data per se. If not held in...

Cashing In On Business Services.
December 5, 2006... Cox Business Services, the commercial broadband and telecom division of Cox Communications, announced in October that it has grown its commercial customer base by nearly 28 percent over the same period a year ago, thanks largely to greater...

Broadband Soapbox: Trivial - And Non-Trivial - Pursuits.
December 5, 2006... As noted in today's lead story, technical operational leaders often find themselves swamped with data. Does the emergency room, triage-mentality approach make sense? How difficult is it to blast through databases and get to what matters...

SCTE Announcements.
December 5, 2006... Register Now For ET 2007 SCTE Conference on Emerging Technologies 2007 is set for Jan. 23-25 in Houston. Two days of high-level technical discussions are in store. The keynote speakers are Ethernet inventor Bob Metcalfe, general partner,...

Pipeline Profile: Charlie Kennamer.
December 5, 2006... Committees, DCRs, Video Strategy Title: Comcast VP Engineering, Standards and Industry Affairs Broadband Background: Kennamer has more than 20 years of experience in the cable industry and in 2004 was named chairman of the SCTE...

Cable And MEF: Perfect Together.
December 12, 2006... A pair of strange bedfellows - cable and the Metro Ethernet Forum - have become one of telecommunications' hottest couples, feeding off a mutual desire to use Ethernet to feed the business community. "Carrier Ethernet really enables the...

Comcast Media Center: On-Demand Solutions.
December 12, 2006... Communications Technology Associate Editor Mike Robuck interviews Gary Traver, SVP and COO of Comcast Media Center, in a three-part interview. Part 1: How the CMC is optimized for On Demand--not just VOD, but multiplatform distribution of...

Broadband soapbox: MEF certification.(Metro Ethernet Forum certification)(Brief article)
December 12, 2006... Cable is gaining traction in the Metro Ethernet Forum. Is your company pursuing MEF certification? Why, or why not? If so, what do you see as the biggest hurdle to MEF 9 certification, and what will you have to do for MEF 14 certification?...

SCTE Announcements.
December 12, 2006... Don't Let The ET Pre-Registration Deadline Sneak Up On You It's Friday, Jan. 5. SCTE Conference on Emerging Technologies 2007 is set for Jan. 23-25 in Houston. Two days of high-level technical discussions are in store. The keynote...

Pipeline Profile: John Hartung.
December 12, 2006... Title: CTO, EGT Broadband background: Dr. Hartung is a 20-year veteran of Bell Labs, where he helped pioneer DSP devices and applications and investigated algorithms and architectures for video coding, data communications, voice over IP...

IMS Update: Live Learning And Plugfests.(IP multimedia subsystem)
December 19, 2006... Plenty of questions surround IP multimedia subsystem (IMS). If you're still wondering what it is and how it relates to cable technology, you can't go wrong by joining tomorrow's SCTE Live Learning with Cisco Fellow Jonathan Rosenberg. ...

Comcast Media Center: Total Digital Solutions.
December 19, 2006... Communications Technology Associate Editor Mike Robuck interviews Gary Traver, SVP and COO of Comcast Media Center, in a three-part interview. Part 2: Traver discusses the CMC's total digital solutions. Click here to go to CT's Web site to...

Broadband Soapbox: Cracking The OCAP Nut.(Brief article)
December 19, 2006... In his profile at right, Craig Smithpeters notes that the toughest OCAP nut for Cox to crack was the development of a full-featured, high performance OCAP-based IPG. What has your experience been with OCAP? Are there other tough nuts or...

SCTE Announcements.
December 19, 2006... ET Pre-Reg Deadline Just Around The Corner Beat the rush - register by Friday, Jan. 5, to save. Join approximately 800 top engineering and technology professionals for two days of high-level technical discussions on issues that may...

Pipeline Profile: Craig Smithpeters.
December 19, 2006... Title: Manager, advanced technology and standards, Cox Communications Broadband Background: Smithpeters joined Cox in 2003 and is currently leading the Interactive Services Engineering group at Cox that is working to develop and deploy...