Archive for the ‘Telecommunication’ Category

DOWNLOAD REPORT: CoSN’s 2018-2019 ANNUAL INFRASTRUCTURE REPORT

This is the sixth year CoSN has conducted a survey of U.S. K-12 district connectivity.Formerly known as “CoSN’s E-Rate and Broadband Survey,” the survey has sinceexpanded to include broader questions about school infrastructure. As a result, the survey has nearly doubled in size from 31 questions in 2013 to 59 questions this year. While some […]

WiFi Networking is FINALLY Getting Interesting

Linus Tech Tips gets into the literal nuts and bolts of Intent-Based Networking in his latest video. Take a look! Intent-based networking CISCO

Oregon State University helps lead project to bring faster broadband to Oregon

CORVALLIS, Ore. — The Oregon Fiber Partnership, a collaborative effort of Oregon State University, the state’s major public research universities and state government, has taken a key step to develop a statewide, high-speed optical network. Oregon State University

How enterprises can prep for 5G

Chevron Corp. disclosed plans in September to add predictive maintenance in its oil fields and refineries by arming thousands of pieces of equipment with sensors by 2024 that will predict when equipment in the field will need to be serviced.  But when it comes to Chevron’s plans for upgrading to fifth-generation or 5G networking, which has […]

5G technology needs edge computing architecture

Most industry discussions have extolled the benefits of the cloud but also warned about cloud computing costs and vendor lock-in. Ten years ago, most discussions about cloud computing warned about security and migration pitfalls with public clouds. Today, conversely, most experts consider the cloud safer, more scalable and integral to any agile IT architecture. But […]

National broadband coverage grossly over-represented by FCC data, says non-profit

Researchers claim that industry-supplied data to FCC overstates broadband availability and misleads local policy officials. edscoop

Why the FCC’s E-rate Makes Funding High-Speed Internet a Slow Crawl

It’s one of the cruelest ironies in education: today’s schools must build and maintain robust high-speed, fiber-optic internet connections. But the process involved in finding funds for these upgrades can feel like a laggy dial-up modem, slow to a crawl—when it’s not cutting out completely. EdSurge

‘The Internet is all around us’: How children come to understand the Internet

While children are living more of their lives online, little is known about what they understand about the implications of their online participation. Here we report on the Best Footprint Forward project which explored how children come to understand the internet. Thirty-three children (ranging in age from 10 to 12 years old) from three primary […]

Reaching for the Cloud

Many colleges are embracing IT cloud services, but significant cost barriers remain for smaller institutions. Inside Higher Ed

What is digital twin technology? [and why it matters]

Digital twins are virtual replicas of physical devices that data scientists and IT pros can use to run simulations before actual devices are built and deployed. They are also changing how technologies such as IoT, AI and analytics are optimized. Network World