Digital Britain: Free-spirits in Free-forming Networks

Seeded on Sun Jan 15, 2012 1:00 PM EST (Connected Life)

This approach is the “free-form people networking” model for creative and tech talent meet-ups in London, where you can introduce yourself to eager new contacts, find jobs and potential business partners.

business, london, uk, networking, collaboration, start-up, cloud-computing

Reaching the Unreachable - web documentary series

Seeded on Wed Dec 7, 2011 1:48 PM EST (Connected Life)

Like the advent of the network, cloud computing offers a low-cost capability for entrepreneurs to start new businesses with very little costs, thus creating more jobs.

technology, economy, jobs, internet, healthcare, broadband, rural, small-towns

Digital Britain: Empowered by Video Collaboration

Seeded on Mon Dec 5, 2011 3:36 PM EST (Connected Life)

Advances in video communications technology has made it easier for people to conduct face-to-face meetings — or should I say, screen to screen — between multiple locations that are separated by different time zones.

business, britain, video, funding, uk, telepresence, enterpreneur, start-up-angel

A Network Built for Mom

Seeded on Fri Dec 2, 2011 10:56 AM EST (Connected Life)

a new video documentary tells the story about the Victorian Internet.

history, internet, healthcare, communications, social-network, telegraph

The Network Effect - a web documentary series

Seeded on Fri Nov 4, 2011 10:50 AM EDT (Connected Life)

The first of six episodes opens in rural Costa Rica

technology, economy, jobs, global, internet, telecom, employment, economic-development

Sharks to Drive Mobile Traffic in 2012

Seeded on Tue Nov 1, 2011 1:49 PM EDT (Connected Life)

"Service Providers continue to build their networks to support much more of this type of traffic, as the tablet ushers in a new level of mobile functionality."

technology

Digital Britain: Embracing Open Innovation

Seeded on Fri Oct 14, 2011 9:09 AM EDT (Connected Life)

"When it is launched and in full operation, the gateway will connect experts across the UK and globally to create an inter-connected network that bolsters innovation and investment for British technology based start-up companies."

business, venture-capitalists, open-innovation, birmingham-science-park-aston, business-innovation-gateway, tech-city-uk

Beyond Broadband Deployment: The Multiplier Effect

Seeded on Wed Sep 14, 2011 1:48 PM EDT (Connected Life)

According to the Deloitte report, The Impact Of 4G Technology On Commercial Interactions, Economic Growth, and U.S. Competitiveness, broadband investment represents a rising tide for all economic strata.

technology, economy, mobile, wireless, investment, broadband, infrastructure, stimulus

Digital Britain: Lessons Learned from London Riots

Seeded on Thu Aug 18, 2011 1:46 PM EDT (Connected Life)

"This series of events has brought many people together, both virtually online and in-person, to work in collaboration on a good cause that reunites concerned people within the local community."

media, business, internet, london, news, mobile, uk, collaboration, social-media

A Record Year for Digital Music

Seeded on Mon Aug 8, 2011 12:13 PM EDT (Connected Life)

Ovum pegged global digital music revenues at US $7.4 billion, and by 2015 expects sales to more than double to US $20 billion.

entertainment, internet, trends, digital-music, nielsen-soundscan, sxsw, ovum, elza, greatful-dead

Digital Britain: BIG things are happening

Seeded on Fri Aug 5, 2011 4:20 PM EDT (Connected Life)

"To date, this demand of faster broadband has been driven by the consumer markets with currently 20% of all internet traffic being video. But with the shift that is currently happening, Cisco predicted in its most recent VNI report, that by 2015 this figure will be nearer …

business, retail, internet, london, england, uk, ecommerce, entrepreneur

Digital Britain: Creative and Tech Talent Landscape

Seeded on Fri Jul 15, 2011 11:42 AM EDT (Connected Life)

Right in the middle of Shoreditch, and a landmark for the Silicon Roundabout community, TechHub has turned one year old.

technology, london, small-business, uk, entrepreneurs, tech-city, techhub

IP Traffic to Quadruple by 2015

Seeded on Mon Jun 6, 2011 10:25 AM EDT (SP360)

The top level finding of this Cisco VNI Forecast, which spans from 2010 to 2015 is that total worldwide IP traffic will increase 4x by 2015, reaching 966 exabytes or just under 1 Zettabye (which is 10 to the 21st power).

technology, internet, mobile, video, cisco, broadband, trends, traffic, vni

Cisco Grows Leadership Position in Service Provider Networking

Seeded on Tue May 24, 2011 3:15 PM EDT (The Platform)

"Cisco gained market share in service provider routing and switching in the first quarter of 2011, according to two key analyst reports issued this week."

technology, cisco, networking, switch, router, service-provider

Hollywood's Wireless Communication Pioneer

Seeded on Mon Apr 18, 2011 7:28 PM EDT ()

"As we contemplate the arrival of 4th-Generation mobile wireless capabilities in the form of the LTE standard, I'm going to take us back in time to reflect on an unlikely and intriguing true story from the archives of radio communication history."

technology, hollywood, telecom, mobile, pioneer, communications, wireless, inventor

Global Study: Mobile Service Provider Growth Priorities

Seeded on Tue Feb 15, 2011 4:37 PM EST (Blogs@Cisco.com)

There's been considerable speculation about the demands that are placed on today's mobile infrastructure and how rocketing traffic volumes will impact the network operator's business model. Details from a market research study that was recently performed by Heavy Reading.

technology, demand, traffic, applications, mobile-phone, market-research, service-provider, monetization-optimization

Top Site Movers and Shakers: 2010 Cisco VNI Study

Seeded on Thu Oct 28, 2010 7:20 PM EDT (SP360)

Over one-third of the top 50 sites by volume are video sites, the largest percentage of any category. This makes sense since online video is now the top application used on the network.

technology, internet, telecom, video, cisco, broadband, visual-networking-index

Tracking the Broadband Revolution Worldwide

Seeded on Wed Oct 20, 2010 6:48 AM EDT (SP360)

"Globally, broadband quality has improved 24% in just one year and 50% since 2008. This is really a substantial jump and showcases both the importance that regulators see and opportunity that providers realize in delivering broadband that can do more to their respective markets.

technology, broadband, public-policy, economic-development, national-ranking, broadband-quality-study

Measuring the Ever-Advancing Services Adoption - Cisco CLUE

Seeded on Wed Mar 3, 2010 6:19 PM EST (blogs.cisco.com)

The Cisco Connected Life User Experience Index, or CLUE, measures the relative regional adoption of select end user advanced applications/services across three user categories spanning our Connected Lives - at home (residential services), at work (business services) and on-the-mo …

technology, internet, mobile, video, cisco, broadband, trends, residential

The Mobile Internet is Changing Everything!

Seeded on Tue Feb 9, 2010 1:19 PM EST (blogs.cisco.com)

"I expect this year's Mobile World Congress will be the most exciting ever. The mobility industry is going through a truly defining moment in its history."

technology, internet, mobile, cisco, applications, multimedia, smartphones, app-stores

Internet Predictions: From Participatory To Interplanetary Internetworking

Seeded on Thu Feb 4, 2010 11:56 AM EST (SP360)

The contributors present various applications, technologies, trends such as participatory sensing, the Internet of Things; networked gameplay and the use of procedural content generation; to new ways of doing business, e.g.

technology, internet, nasa, standards, predictions, ip, skin, ieee, cerf, itu