B/OSS Blog

Machine-to-Machine: The V8 of Networking

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:30:47 PDT

Science fiction writers and unlovable Luddites have succeeded over the years in giving machines an image problem. Or maybe it’s just our tendency toward anthropomorphism and personification – particularly of our darker, more sinister qualities—that make machines scary to so many people – kind of like clowns. There’s that, and their tendency to eliminate jobs.So the term, machine-to-machine, sounds doubly ...

Another Lesson in Customer Splat

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:59:25 PDT

There were five of them, skirting the upper limits on the acceptable age for Trick-or-Treaters. They were boys, 14, maybe 15 years old. But they were dressed in a fashion for the occasion, which is more than I can say for others their age.One had a little cork on his face and torn clothing, which I suppose made him a ...

Excuse Me While I Quote the President

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:27:47 PDT

I wish I had a voice-stress analyzer on Patrick Esser, president of Cox Communications, during his keynote speech at SUPERCOMM last week, although I hardly think I needed one. In what was an otherwise inspiring, forward-thinking and seemingly heartfelt speech about the importance of broadband in educating the future leaders of America, Esser inadvertently provided a tiny but telling example ...