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Jonathan Adelstein in his ITEXPO opening keynote address today talked about the importance of densification of networks, exponential expansion of backhaul, and the need for more spectrum to support 5G and the future of wireless connectivity. He is a former FCC commissioner and current President and CEO of the Wireless Infrastructure Association.
 Why You Need to Know: 5G promises zero latency and extremely high throughput everywhere, even at the edge. Such applications as autonomous driving will require that lack of latency and no loss. |
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RingCentral is a UCaaS Gartner Magic Quadrant 2016 leader and claims to be the largest and fastest growing pure play UCaaS provider. Curtis Peterson, senior vice president of cloud operations at RingCentral said during his keynote address this morning at ITEXPO in Fort Lauderdale, Fla that the company is seeing 40 percent year-over-year growth, has a $400 million revenue run rate, and a 2,200-strong workforce.
Why You Need to Know: The company is seeing cloud-based business communications increasingly being offered on a global basis, based on open platforms, featuring team collaboration, and leveraging artificial intelligence. |
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Subsentio, the CALEA Compliance Company, is known for providing total solutions that comply with surveillance laws such as the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act. The company prides itself on offering all the components that are essential to compliance with the law, including technology, legal expertise and direct experience with law enforcement.
Why You Need to Know: Yesterday at ITEXPO, the company took another step in furthering its mission by announcing that its newly-released Virtual Safe Harbor Intercept Mediator (SHIM) has completed successful integration with Sonus Networks' Session Border Controller Software Edition (SBC SWe).
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North American LoRa-based service provider Senet tomorrow at IoT Evolution Expo, collocated with ITEXPO, will be presented with the Business Impact Award from TMC and Crossfire Media. It will also share its work with Trimble that helped it win that award.
Why You Need to Know: The award recognizes organizations that have successfully leveraged IoT to solve business issues, launch a new service, and/or create new revenue opportunities. |
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Tech giant Google has teamed up with H&M's digital fashion house Ivyrevel to use data to design people customized dresses. The project, aptly named "Coded Couture," uses a forthcoming Android app to track users' activity and lifestyle. The Awareness API collects data from the users' day to day lives, and then compiles it to create a unique, personalized, custom-made dress that can then be ordered through the app.
Why You Need to Know: After a week, all of the collected data is put together, and the app creates a digitally tailored dress that can be bought from the app. |
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