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The Most Important Participant in the Internet Ecosystem

The Internet is borderless, decentralised and indiscriminate, and it can empower people across class, colour and social status. But one question has always intrigued me: How can the universality of the Internet be ensured and sustained? I received the theoretical response to this question at the Pakistan School on Internet Governance in 2016 where I learned about the multistakeholder model and community-driven approaches to addressing the broad range of complex issues of the Internet ecosystem. Being part of a telecom regulator in South Asia that generally follows the chain of command, the idea of inclusive policies and programmes was truly a revelation. I decided to explore further and applied for a fellowship to the 2017 Asia-Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum (APrIGF) and the Asia-Pacific School on Internet Governance (APSIG).

APSIG kicked off on 22 July, followed by APrIGF that ended on 29 July in the beautiful city of Bangkok, Thailand. APSIG had a fantastic line up of speakers that touched upon advanced topics like the Internet governance ecosystem, data governance, cybersecurity, Internet of Things governance, gender equality and the digital economy. The learnings I gained from APSIG laid an ideal foundation for me to contribute to Continue reading

Episode 13 – A Look In The Mirror

In episode 13, the Network Collective hosts go it alone and take an introspective look at the engineering community, warts and all. We dig into topics relating to ego, hero mentality, overconfidence, short memories, and the negative side of the hype cycle.

 

Jordan Martin
Co-Host
Eyvonne Sharp
Co-Host
Phil Gervasi
Co-Host

Outro Music:
Danger Storm Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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Episode 13 – A Look In The Mirror

In episode 13, the Network Collective hosts go it alone and take an introspective look at the engineering community, warts and all. We dig into topics relating to ego, hero mentality, overconfidence, short memories, and the negative side of the hype cycle.

 

Jordan Martin
Co-Host
Eyvonne Sharp
Co-Host
Phil Gervasi
Co-Host

Outro Music:
Danger Storm Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The post Episode 13 – A Look In The Mirror appeared first on Network Collective.

Optical-to-acoustic microchip could boost data-center efficiency

Optical data can be too fast for its own good. While the speeds obtained are great for carrying information over distances and into chips, when the light-carried data lands there it’s often moving too fast to be thoroughly processed and analyzed. Data can need slowing down for intense number-crunching and routing.Solutions to this apparent dichotomy have been attempted. They include the obvious one — speeding up microprocessors themselves. However, there’s a problem with that: Faster chips using electronics create more heat, generate interference and use more energy. All bad for data centers.Using sound waves to speed up networks Scientists say sound waves, though, could present a solution. They say one should convert the light zooming into the chip to sound — creating a kind of acoustic buffer (sound waves travel slower than light waves) — then process the data and turn it back into zippy light again, to be sent on its way.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Faster networks may come from optics converted to sound

Optical data can be too fast for its own good. While the speeds obtained are great for carrying information over distances and into chips, when the light-carried data lands there it’s often moving too fast to be thoroughly processed and analyzed. Data can need slowing down for intense number-crunching and routing.Solutions to this apparent dichotomy have been attempted. They include the obvious one — speeding up microprocessors themselves. However, there’s a problem with that: Faster chips using electronics create more heat, generate interference and use more energy. All bad for data centers.Using sound waves to speed up networks Scientists say sound waves, though, could present a solution. They say one should convert the light zooming into the chip to sound — creating a kind of acoustic buffer (sound waves travel slower than light waves) — then processes the data and turn it back into zippy light again, to be sent on its way.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Optical-to-acoustic microchip could boost data-center efficiency

Optical data can be too fast for its own good. While the speeds obtained are great for carrying information over distances and into chips, when the light-carried data lands there it’s often moving too fast to be thoroughly processed and analyzed. Data can need slowing down for intense number-crunching and routing.Solutions to this apparent dichotomy have been attempted. They include the obvious one — speeding up microprocessors themselves. However, there’s a problem with that: Faster chips using electronics create more heat, generate interference and use more energy. All bad for data centers.Using sound waves to speed up networks Scientists say sound waves, though, could present a solution. They say one should convert the light zooming into the chip to sound — creating a kind of acoustic buffer (sound waves travel slower than light waves) — then process the data and turn it back into zippy light again, to be sent on its way.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Not Your Mama’s Security Architecture (Thwack)

It puts a firewall at the edge of the network or it gets the hose again. Think that’s still how security works? I don’t think so, my friend.

On the Solarwinds Thwack Geek Speak blog I look at how security architectures have changed from when our Mama used to create them, and I even take a moment to mention Greg Ferro (because, well, why not). Please do take a trip to Thwack and check out my post, “Not Your Mama’s Security Architecture“.

Not Your Mama's Security Architecture

 

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DNS OARC 27

The DNS OARC meetings are an instance of a meeting that concentrates on the single topic of the DNS, and in this case it delves as deep as anyone is prepared to go! It's two days where too much DNS is barely enough!

IDG Contributor Network: Is U.S. business ready for a 5G rollout?

America’s insatiable appetite for snazzy new gadgets and the powerful networks required to run them seems ever growing. It’s only natural, then, that demand for a 5G network capable of keeping pace with tomorrow’s dizzying innovations grows, too. So how prepared is the U.S. for a 5G rollout, and what steps are today's top companies taking now to profit from the network of the future?A brief look into the early plans for a nationwide adoption of 5G shows just how much is on the plate when it comes to delivering the next generation of wireless networks. All is not lost, however; handled skillfully, the US can successfully redefine wireless network infrastructure like it has so many times before.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Former Intel CEO Paul Otellini remembered

Former Intel CEO Paul Otellini died in his sleep on Monday at the age of 66. His tenure was marked by a significant comeback for the company, dealing with a number of business and technological issues, making the company a massive player in the data center but a fumbled opportunity for the mobile market. Unlike his predecessors, Otellini was not an engineer but had a MBA from the University of California, Berkeley. He joined Intel in 1974 right out of Berkeley and spent his entire career at Intel, eventually becoming chief operating officer in 2002 and CEO in 2005, a position he held until his retirement in 2012. "We are deeply saddened by Paul’s passing,” CEO Brian Krzanich said in a statement. “He was the relentless voice of the customer in a sea of engineers, and he taught us that we only win when we put the customer first." To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Former Intel CEO Paul Otellini remembered

Former Intel CEO Paul Otellini died in his sleep on Monday at the age of 66. His tenure was marked by a significant comeback for the company, dealing with a number of business and technological issues, making the company a massive player in the data center but a fumbled opportunity for the mobile market. Unlike his predecessors, Otellini was not an engineer but had a MBA from the University of California, Berkeley. He joined Intel in 1974 right out of Berkeley and spent his entire career at Intel, eventually becoming chief operating officer in 2002 and CEO in 2005, a position he held until his retirement in 2012. "We are deeply saddened by Paul’s passing,” CEO Brian Krzanich said in a statement. “He was the relentless voice of the customer in a sea of engineers, and he taught us that we only win when we put the customer first." To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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