CT's Pipeline articles from March 2006

CT's Pipeline archives from March 2006

European Cable: The Digital Home and Beyond.(National Cable Telecommunications Association)(European Cable Communications Association)
March 7, 2006... Consolidation, competition and advanced technologies were several of the themes that surfaced at the 52 nd annual European Cable Communications Association (ECCA) congress, which drew some 600 delegates to Vienna, Austria, last week. In...

Letters to the Editor.(Letter to the Editor)
March 7, 2006... Jaworski Feedback In re the Jaworski-Acterna/JDSU dispute.... Judicious comments from one reader: "If Rick holds a valid, properly issued patent and someone uses part or all of the patented process, then Rick is entitled to...

Broadband Soapbox: The Return of Ma Bell.(CableFAX Daily)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2006... Our colleagues at CableFAX Daily said this week that AT&T's purchase of Bell South "could be the best thing to happen to cable." That is, provided regulators and powers-that-be are receptive to the likes of NCTA president and CEO Kyle...

SCTE Announcements.
March 7, 2006... Have You Checked Out the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo Web Site Yet? SCTE's annual flagship event will roll into Denver Tuesday through Friday, June 20-23. Details are now available at the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo Web site - http://expo.scte.org. ...

Pipeline Profile: Ed Delaney.
March 7, 2006... SCTE member since 2003 Title: VP Marketing and Business Development, Camiant Broadband Background: Delaney has spent 20-plus years in cable, starting with Digital Equipment Corp. and including SeaChange and now Camiant. During that...

Workforce Management: Another Tool for the Belt?
March 14, 2006... So you've got all your workforce-management ducks in a row a la Tom Gorman's article in CT's March issue and now you're ready to automate. How best to do so? Let's save for another day discussion of the software itself and its critical...

Network Management Symposium: Workforce Management (contd.).
March 14, 2006... As it happens, one of the sessions in last week's SCTE Network Management Symposium in San Francisco was titled "Integrating Workforce Management." The daylong event focused on software technologies rather than the kind of implementation...

Broadband Soapbox: Equipment Horror Stories.
March 14, 2006... During an interview for the story above, Panasonic's Mike McMahon mentioned that field use can be hard on electronic equipment. Things get dusty, rained on, bounce around in the truck, fall off the truck's tailgate, and so forth. "I don't...

SCTE Announcements.
March 14, 2006... Registration is Under Way for SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2006! SCTE's annual flagship event will roll into Denver Tuesday through Friday, June 20-23. Get your name on the books today! Details and registration are now available at the SCTE...

Pipeline Profile: Tom Cloonan.
March 14, 2006... SCTE member since 2000 Title: CTO, Arris Broadband Division Broadband Background: Cloonan joined Arris in 2002 when the company acquired Cadant, where he also served as CTO. Could you tell us a bit more about your broadband and...

Managing Network Status - Those Old Silos Are a Problem.(Network Management Symposium)
March 21, 2006... Network management is a still a relatively new topic for cable operators. The old image of monitoring via the call center has not faded away entirely. When Charlotte Field joined AT&T Broadband (now Comcast) from AT&T Bell Labs, for...

Letters to the Editor: Munched Meters.(Letter to the editor)
March 21, 2006... Last week we asked for horror stories of electronic equipment damaged in the field, and the responses have been quite good. Here's one of them. "Back in the days of 300 MHz systems, I was checking a trunk run with my trusty SAM 1. It was...

Broadband Soapbox: Equipment Horror Stories.
March 21, 2006... During an interview for a story several weeks ago, Panasonic's Mike McMahon mentioned that field use can be hard on electronic equipment. Things get dusty, rained on, bounce around in the truck, fall off the truck's tailgate, and so forth....

SCTE Announcements.
March 21, 2006... Have You Checked Out the Expo Web Site Yet? SCTE's annual flagship event will roll into Denver Tuesday through Friday, June 20-23. Get your name on the books today! Details and registration are now available at the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo Web...

Pipeline Profile: Christopher Skarica.
March 21, 2006... Converged networks, On-Demand, SCTE chapters and horses SCTE Member Since 1999 Title: VP, Technical Sales Broadbus Technologies Broadband background: Skarica spent 10 years in the Canadian cable Industry (Maclean-Hunter, Rogers,...

Network Management Symposium: Tactics and Strategy.(SCTENetwork Management Symposium)(Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers)
March 28, 2006... A Final Look at the San Francisco Event The topics covered at the SCTENetwork Management Symposium in San Francisco earlier this month began with here-and-now tactics and closed with what's-coming strategic speculation. The respective...

Letters to the Editor: Costly Wheel Chocks.(Letter to the editor)
March 28, 2006... We've asked for your equipment horror stories (mashed meters, etc.), and you've delivered-in spades. We can't fit all the letters we've received into this issue, but here's one of the first. Watch for more such letters in the May (and...

Broadband Soapbox: Equipment Horror Stories.
March 28, 2006... During an interview for a story several weeks ago, Panasonic's Mike McMahon mentioned that field use can be hard on electronic equipment. Things get dusty, rained on, bounce around in the truck, fall off the truck's tailgate, and so forth....

SCTE Announcements.
March 28, 2006... Get on the Books for SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2006! SCTE's annual flagship event will roll into Denver Tuesday through Friday, June 20-23. Details and registration are now available at the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo Web site-http://expo.scte.org. ...

Pipeline Profile:Robert Cruickshank.(Robert Cruickshank. Vice President, Worldwide OSS Strategy and Product Management)(Interview)
March 28, 2006... SCTE member since 1984 Title: Vice President, Worldwide OSS Strategy and Product Management, C- Cor Broadband Background: Cruickshank joined C-Cor in 2004 when the company acquired Stargus, which he had co-founded in 2000. Cruickshank...