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SIP trunking adoption leads to increased unified communications utilization, which, in turn, leads to greater need for session border controllers, which are helping drive growth for Sonus.
 Why You Need to Know: Over the past year, Sonus has seen its total revenue ($73.2 million) grow 7.5 percent – 10.3 percent for product revenue and 3.4 percent for services. Despite a slight ($5.2 million) net loss for the quarter, a continued shift towards a software model (e.g., higher margin model) is likely to result in net profits, especially as NFV plays an increased role in networks. |
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Google Chromecast caused a big splash when it came out last year, as consumers flocked to the $35 streaming dongle that plugs into a TV's HDMI port. Since then, users have sent 650 million requests to cast content via the gadget.
Why You Need to Know: Google's vice president of product management, Mario Queiroz, speaking at GigaOm's Structure Connect conference, pointed out that more than 6,000 developers are building more than 10,000 apps for the Google Cast ecosystem. He also teased the second version of Chromecast. |
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Smart cars are getting smarter and have become foundational elements of our increasingly connected world. The data they generate pertaining to things like driver habits, the car condition and adherence to maintenance best practices, where the car is driven, where it calls home, etc. are all critical in determining insurance premiums.
Why You Need to Know: Smart cars are what will enable insurers the ability to reward customers who are good drivers and good owners while charging higher rates for those who are less diligent. This is Big Data at work, and it is only going to become more important as we move toward the era of driverless automobiles. |
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HBO's decision to launch an online service sometime next year has been rocking the technology, media and entertainment industry - despite almost a complete lack of detail on the anticipated undertaking - raising core questions for consumers, and the premium channel's current pay-TV distributor partners.
Why You Need to Know: HBO hints at efforts beyond the standalone web service, to go after the 80 million homes that the CEO says don't have HBO. And while going direct will attract many, it will almost certainly lose many from the ranks of its pay-TV partners, who have counted on premium channels like HBO to fuel their TV Everywhere customer retention efforts. |
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CPLANE Networks this week commercially launched its Dynamic Virtual Networks Interconnect product for wide area networks.
Why You Need to Know: This software-defined networking software, which is based on OpenStack, leverages the company's SDN Controller to enable the creation of Layer 2 and 3 VPNs over MPLS. That way, data center operations can connect applications spanning multiple data centers. |
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