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Teenage noughties protocol BitTorrent reinvents itself again
First the news, now enterprise techInterview In an age of on-demand Netflix content streaming, BitTorrent Inc – which developed and maintains the peer-to-peer protocol from the early 2000s – reminds many of us of its historic place in file-sharing rather than bringing to mind the modern software biz of the same name.In pre-YouTube days, BitTorrent accounted for 20 per cent of i
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TM Forum, QuEST Forum align to accelerate digital transformation
TM Forum has formed new strategic alliance with QuEST Forum to accelerate digital business transformation for communications service providers and technology suppliers, the company said. As the creators of TL 9000 quality management system, with performance benchmarking capabilities, QuEST Forum adds capabilities to TM Forum, focused on IT operations and management, customer exper
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TM Forum and QuEST Forum Create Strategic Alliance to Accelerate Digital Business Transformation
Partnership Brings QuEST Forum’s Established Benchmarking Practices to Provide Digital Transformation, Customer Centricity and Smart Cities Benchmarking Services for TM Forum MembersNASHVILLE, TN—September 13, 2016—TM Forum, the global industry association for digital business, today announced a new strategic alliance with QuEST Forum, an established industry association focu
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Common platforms vital to avoid isolated smart cities
LIVE FROM TM FORUM SMART CITY: Keynote speakers at the second Smart City conference in Yinchuan, China, warned that in their rush to roll out services to boost efficiency and enhance engagement with citizens, authorities need to use common platforms to ensure interaction between cities.Jordi Puignero, secretary for ICT governance for Catalunya, said rapid advances in technology,
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TM Forum launches ‘Smart City InFocus’ event
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Leading the Global Transition to Smart Cities in China TM Forum’s “Smart City InFocus 2016: Yinchuan”
9 September 2016, Shenzhen, China – In partnership with the City of Yinchuan and ZTESoft, the three day TM Forum’s 2nd annual event, Smart City InFocus 2016, began yesterday. This year’s summit will revolve around the theme of "Smart City, Exciting Lives". The summit will be attended by more than 1000 people, who will join to share ideas in China's leading smart city.Attendee
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Bristol Is Open: Case Study of an Innovative Smart City
In May, ‘Bristol is Open’ was named as a leading smart city, just behind London, in Huawei UK’s Smart Cities Index. In the same month, Bristol is Open was also announced as Smart City Innovator of the Year by TM Forum’s Digital World Awards.Bristol is OpenThe project is a joint venture between the University of Bristol and Bristol City Council. Several other partners ar
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Jeff Kagan: Smart City InFocus Conference in Yinchuan China
The Smart City Infocus 2016 Conference is being held in Yinchuan, China this week. I was invited to attend so I could experience this new smart city, write about it and talk about it as a wireless analyst and columnist. This event is being sponsored by the Chinese Government. They are very serious about being a leader in the smart city movement that will continue to transform all o
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How can CSPs fully realize the benefits of their NFV transformation?
Our industry has been reinventing itself alongside the adoption of NFV/SDN technologies going on three to four years now. While this switch has already become a reality for some, many communications service providers (CSPs) are just now planning the transition to an hybrid virtual/physical network leveraging the capabilities of orchestrators and controllers. With networks and servi
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Data Warehouse Model for Telecommunications
Poslovna Inteligencija Telecommunications Data Warehouse Data Model is standard industry data warehouse model applicable for fixed and mobile telecommunications operators, covering both traditional Business Intelligence requirements and Big Data Analytics.Our Telecommunications Data Warehouse Data Model is standard industry data warehouse model applicable for fixed and mobile telec