Carla Guzzetti, VP of customer experience at Extreme Networks explains what distributed networking is, why it's something you should care about and what it has to do with the concept of the infinite enterprise. She also uses her own experience as a podcast host to give me some solid podcasting tips.
On this week's episode, FiberLight's SVP of Enterprise Sales Sue Kelly discusses the important, and often overlooked, role that fiber will play in the 5G era, as well as what operators and enterprise customers are looking for in their fiber solutions.
Gena Sbeglia is a biologist and biology education researcher at Stony Brook University, and perhaps most importantly, my big sister. On this week's episode, we talk about what it means to have a STEM identity and how traditional approaches to science and STEM education prevent true learning in a way that disproportionally impacts female students and students of color.
Innovate5G's President and CTO Rashmi Varma shares the company's 5G efforts and vision and offers a deep dive into why making technology and innovation more accessible has been at the heart of her work.
By mid-2021, roughly 170 service providers had launched 5G networks, adding 1 million subscribers per day. 5G's growing adoption is exciting, but it also requires a new approach to network design, deployment and management. On this week's episode, Ericsson's Cecilia Atterwall and Sibel Bahadir discuss how the company has evolved its network service offerings to help its customers better tackle 5G implementation.
Movandi Corporation's CEO and founder, Maryam Rofougaran compares key characteristics of C-Band and mmWave. She also details the company's demonstration in which it placed mmWave repeaters inside a moving vehicle, advancing C-V2X communications for the next generation of connected cars.
Rachel Van Gorp, co-founder and creator of a new mobile app that lets you buy drinks for loved ones from anywhere in the world, shares her experience being a female tech founder and her perspective on our changing social behaviors.
According to Sandy Carter, vice president at Amazon Web Services, the company's customers are moving past the technology implementation stage of the digitalization journey and are beginning to focus on developing and achieving their mission. Listen to this week's episode to hear more about this transition, as well as Sandy's involvement with Girls in Tech.
IBM's Steve Goetz, vice president, senior partner, and global leader of the Telecom Media Entertainment Industry Center of Competency, discusses the role of system integrators as mobile networks become disaggregated and operators look to sell 5G into enterprise verticals.
With the industry’s first programmable 800G solution now on the market, how fast have customers been embracing it? Well, according to Helen Xenos, senior director of Portfolio Marketing at Ciena, pretty fast. Take a listen to find out what's behind the high interest in 800G and what challenges it helps solve for service providers, as well as an update on what's happening at the edge of our networks.
The increasing complexity of 5G networks and disaggregated radio systems means the test, measurement and assurance process is also becoming more complex. Viavi's Kashif Hussain examines these trends and highlights the role of automation in achieving velocity and scale.
Imperas Software's Senior Account Manager Katherine (Kat) Hsu discusses the biggest trends in the semiconductor industry, why consumers should care about AI processors and the technical challenges that open standard RISC-V helps solve.
Innovate5G Founder and CEO discusses what makes a 5G app a 5G app and how the company is enabling developers to bring new experiences to users. He also looks at momentum around private networks and the transition from consumer-facing to enterprise-facing 5G capabilities.
Jenn Donahue, the founder of JL Donahue Engineering, shares what she's learned about being the only women in the room from her time in the military and when founding her own engineering company.
Airspan Networks CEO Eric Stonestrom provides a bit of company history, looks at industry trends around Open RAN and private networks, and discusses what's next for the company as it works to go public through an SPAC process.
According Verizon's Senior Vice President for Nationwide Small Business Wendy Taccetta, small businesses are usually the last to bounce back after a financial crisis like the one we saw during Covid-19. But, she says, this time it can be different thanks to the advances in technology.
Ed Cholerton, president of Nokia North America, discusses private network traction, the Open RAN landscape, the importance of closing the digital divide, and more.
Qualcomm's Chief Human Resources Officer Heather Ace describes the company's hybrid approach to in-office work post-COVID and the importance of focusing on mental health and workplace equity. She also shares how her own experience onboarding remotely informed how she tackled these challenging topics.
Ericsson's Amy McCune, Chief Operating Officer of Network & IT Operation and Application Services, North America, delivers insight into how service providers are thinking about AI and offers her own perspective on why it's a must for managing 5G networks. She also shares some of the silver linings of being one of the only women in the room, like shorter bathroom lines at tech conferences.
Intel Corporate Vice President Dan Rodriguez, general manager of the Network Platforms Group, discusses the complementary relationship between 5G, AI, edge and cloud computing. Rodriguez also discusses the work Intel is doing with operator and enterprise partners to enable meaningful digital transformation at scale.
While 5G dominates the headlines, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth continue to rapidly advance, setting the stage for increasingly immersive connected mobile and compute experiences that serve to complement the latest generation of cellular. In this episode of the Powering the Future of Wireless Connectivity Podcast, Qualcomm's Dino Bekis reflects on the past 15 years of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, looks to the near- and long-term future of the technologies, and highlights the pioneering work Qualcomm Technologies ...
According to John Deere's Vice President of Production & Precision Ag Production Systems Deanna Kovar, farming is just like manufacturing, except, of course, that it's outside. This means it's subject to the whims of nature, making advanced technologies like spatial intelligence and real-time data processing crucial. Further, the pressure is on for farmers as higher yields will be necessary to feed and clothe the increasing population.
In this episode, World Wide Technology's Obinna Egonu discusses the intersection of 5G and cloud computing, what that means for delivering innovative new use cases and examines the transition service providers are making to a cloud-first operating model.
Robocalls keeping blowing up your phone? Twilio's VP of Communications Regulatory Affairs and Policy details how the TRACED Act and STIR/SHAKEN might finally put an end to that.
This week, I'm joined by Dominique Lazanski, a consultant who deals mostly in international Internet governance and cybersecurity policy. Dominique talks about China's push to create a less centralized global internet based on native products that reflect China’s policy agenda, and critically, where 5G networks fit into that larger conversation.
Jennifer Alvarez, the co-founder and CEO at Aurora Insight shares details of the company's most recent satellite-based RF sensor launch and delves deeper into the importance of measuring and analyzing the radio frequency environment.
In this episode of Will 5G Change the World?, MEF President Nan Chen discusses the role of network automation in delivering end-to-end slices across a 5G network and links that to service monetization and differentiation. Chen also provides an overview of relevant MEF initiatives and considers who his favorite hero of fiction is.
R. Ezhirpavai, Capgemini Engineering's global chief architect for 5G, talks about Altran's rebranding, the early hype of 5G and why some Asian operators are reluctant to move to the 5G cloud.
In a slightly less technical episode of Well, technically... Dawn Callahan, Boingo's chief marketing officer, offers her perspective on what the tech industry is doing right and wrong when it comes to gender equality. And for those of you that are here for the tech, she also discusses the trends Boingo is keeping an eye on (yes, 5G is one of them).
Irit Touitou, executive VP of packet optical networking R&D at Ribbon Communications, comes on the podcast to discuss the essential role of traffic engineering and how network slicing creates a dynamic network in the 5G era.
