http://broaddev.com Tracking UC, Virtutalization, Security, Web 2.0 All Day and All Night Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:02:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en MLB just this week announced that it is switching from Silverlight to Flash for video streaming.  MLB is the most successful online video site with massive profits from baseball fans.  Also MLB is considered a "bellweather" in the online video space.  This is a big move and a major blow ... http://broaddev.com/2008/11/19/mlbs-switch-from-silverlight-to-flash-leaves-questions/ UC Strategies Group, the leading voice in Unified Communications, has a post up from cofounder Blair Pleasant that answers some additional questions from VoiceCon. My question is "IsVoiceCon a viable conference?"  or should it be called "AppCon" - Voice is only a feature of Unified Communications.  In fact one of ... http://broaddev.com/2008/11/18/uc-strategies-blair-pleasant-answers-questions-from-voicecon/ The CTO of Amazon is blogging the new service from Amazon called CloudFront. I love this approach for obvious reasons but the question remains about reliability and security. In talking to Mendal Rosenblum this past weekend he and I both agreed that many are afraid of pushing information in ... http://broaddev.com/2008/11/18/amazon-expands-cloud-for-content-delivery-big-iron-in-the-cloud-gotta-love-this/ Novafora Inc., a startup developer of video processors, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Transmeta Corp. for $255.6 million in cash. Novafora is developing video technology on a chip.  Word on the street is that the technology is very 'hot'.  The video market is in the need for ... http://broaddev.com/2008/11/17/hello-broadband-video-say-hello-to-novafora-this-is-a-sweatheart-deal/ Microsoft had a blogger session today as part of their big Sharepoint launch.   I was invited at the last minute but had a commitment here at Mashup Camp.  Sounds like it didn't go good.  No on from the Broadband Developments Unified Communications editorial staff made it up to SF for ... http://broaddev.com/2008/11/17/microsoft-has-blogger-session-with-their-big-launch-of-exchange-and-sharepoint-online/ While cruising through the feed-reader, I came upon Eric Sieberts recent post regarding the release of the Payment Card Industry’s Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS), version 1.2. Eric notes that "... the specification dictates what must be done to secure a server that may store or process cardholder data, but ... http://broaddev.com/2008/11/17/pci-compliance-and-server-virtualization/ Ok I am very excited by this move by Obama recent appointment for the FCC transition team. Two good friends of mine who I've known for many years were just appointed to the Obama FCC transition team. Meet the new guard - Kevin Werbach and Susan Crawford. Both are ... http://broaddev.com/2008/11/15/great-news-for-broadband-kevin-werbach-and-susan-crawford-on-transition-team-for-the-obama-fcc/ Bruce Morse is giving the keynote at VoiceCon San Francisco. He started with a video about how IBM can do Unified Communications without ripping and replacing all the existing products. I blogged yesterday about the number 1 hallway conversation which is a pending announcement tomorrow with a deal ... http://broaddev.com/2008/11/12/liveblogging-voicecon-keynote-bruce-morse-from-ibm-not-unified-communications-but-unified-user-experience/ Betsy Frost Webb, General Mgr of the Microsoft Unified Communications group, is giving the keynote here at VoiceCon San Francisco 2008. I am interested in the presentation from Microsoft because there are rumors floating around this morning that later in the week Microsoft will do a "GodFather" deal with ... http://broaddev.com/2008/11/11/voicecon-unified-communications-keynote-from-microsoft-rumors-about-deal-with-ibm/ I never heard of PeerApp til today but what caught my attention is the investor list.  Stephen Van Beaver an old associate from Massachusetts has a hot hand in picking technology network companies.  So I'm posting this and putting PeerApp on my watch list. PeerApp a Intelligent Media Caching and bandwidth ... http://broaddev.com/2008/11/11/peerapp-gets-inside-round-series-b-of-8m-lives-to-fight-another-day/