Malone, Denver and Cable-Tec Expo

Posted by on Nov 7, 2023 Cable-Tec Expo 2023 is in the books. That’s the 24th consecutive Expo I’ve attended, many of those like this one in Denver, at the convention center with the Big Blue Bear. Twenty-four years, but I remain a relative newcomer, a third-generation observer at best. There are plenty of vendors and operators from earlier days who are still up and about, and engaged. Take John Malone, who was...
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RSA Cryptographers’ Panel Weighs Quantum Risk

Posted by on May 27, 2023 Several deadlines kept me from attending the RSA Conference last month in San Francisco. But having registered, I’ve been able to listen to recorded sessions, including ‘The Cryptographers’ Panel.’ Moderated as usual by Whitfield Diffie, co-founder of the Diffie-Hellman asymmetric key exchange, this year’s panel spent a lot of time on the threat of quantum computing. AI,...
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Tech, Healthcare, Me and You

Posted by on May 5, 2023 One of my early encounters with technology and healthcare came at a cable industry event. It was the 2009 NCTA Cable Show in Washington, DC, if memory serves, in the early days of DOCSIS 3.0 rollouts. The demo was a live, two-way video with a doctor in Alaska. That iteration of DOCSIS could support some compelling new applications, including the remote delivery of medical service. A decade later...
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Travel Diary: Satellites, Optics and More

Posted by on Apr 15, 2023 It’s been a while since I’ve travelled for business. Last month, three events aligned in one week. I hit two of them: Satellite 2023 in Washington, DC, and the NTT Upgrade 2023 event in San Francisco. The closest I came to Light Reading’s Cable Next-Gen was a layover at the Denver International Airport. Sorry to have missed it. After checking in at Satellite 2023, I did a quick tour of the...
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The ARRIS Story: Taking Flight

Posted by on Sep 20, 2021 Back in the fall of 2019, a friend from the cable industry approached me with a very big writing project. The mission? Helping two executives tell the story of their company. The friend was Lela Corcoros; the two execs were Bob Stanzione and Dave Potts; and the company was ARRIS. Fast forward to today. Finally, the book is out. Across 18 chapters, we recount the fascinating history of ARRIS,...
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