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Calient Gets $27 Million To Take SDN At Light Speed » Data Center.

Data Center Knowledge

Using 3D MEMS (micro-electromechanical systems) and all optical switches in the data center means that without upgrading the switch, speeds can go from 10Gbps to 40Gbps and then 100 Gbps. With Switch Light, Big Switch Looks to Boost Open Source SDN. December 2010 (119). November 2010 (121). October 2010 (99).

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Technology and Hollywood Meet At SIGGRAPH 2013 » Data Center.

Data Center Knowledge

”At the AMD booth, artists will have the chance to check out Autodesk Maya and 3ds Max 3D animation and visual effects software running on workstations powered by AMD FirePro graphics,” said Rob Hoffmann, senior product marketing manager, Autodesk Media & Entertainment. December 2010 (119). November 2010 (121).

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Six Trends that are transforming Living Online: Presentation at Influence conference - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

In Australia, probably not by 2010, but I would certainly hope by 2014. 3D TV without glasses is a reality and not far from commercialization. While 3D efforts using colored or polarizing glasses will continue for some time, the real future is in providing different images to each eye, as in Philips’ 3D TV initiatives.

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The biggest enterprise technology M&A deals of the year

CIO Business Intelligence

NetApps has agreed to buy Instaclustr, a service provider supporting open-source database, pipeline, and workflow applications in the cloud. KBMax allows buyers to configure a product online and instantly see 3D renderings and dimensioned drawings of what they are buying. Instaclustr continues acquisitive streak for NetApps.

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List of the world’s top female futurists (Update #5)

Trends in the Living Networks

She led a research project on the Future of Data and investigated topics such as 3D printing, social enterprise, and the evolving role of the state. boyd discovered the potential of computers while still in high school, and her college undergraduate thesis investigated how the cues in 3D computer systems were “inherently sexist”.

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How Australia became the test bed for tech regulation

The Verge

Because we felt that, back then, there was software that cost $100,000 to install, and there was free software, open-source, but there was really nothing in between. When I got my first investment from Accel, so this was sort of 2009, 2010, I would fly over there and I’d go into the offices. It is funny.