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Koch CTO teams up to get cloud networking right

CIO Business Intelligence

Integrating a new network after an acquisition can be a sizable headache for any CIO. Traditionally, to integrate its acquisitions, Koch would flatten the acquired company’s core network, says Matt Hoag, CTO of business solutions at Koch. It’s more complicated than standard networking, Hoag says. Laying the foundation.

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Why sustainable transportation needs 5G connectivity and digitalisation

CIO Business Intelligence

Decarbonising transportation through electrification is critical to helping companies and economies meet net-zero emissions targets. Fortunately, three forces are combining to make this vision for sustainable transportation a reality: connectivity, digitalisation, and cross-sector collaboration.

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Amazon vet Dorothy Li joins trucking startup Convoy as CTO, says company is at ‘inflection point’

GeekWire

The Seattle startup today named Li its new chief technology officer. She will oversee engineering teams building Convoy’s digital freight network that matches shippers with truck drivers. Goodale was previously CTO; he will transition to a new role overseeing the company’s carrier marketplace.

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Is Malaysia’s 5G wholesale network business model a blueprint for success?

TM Forum

As discussions between the government and MNOs continue, we caught up with DNB to discuss the thinking behind the project, as well as its technology choices, which it believes represents a world-first in network sharing. Shared core network. With this in mind, it has chosen to use Multi-Operator Core Network (MOCN) technology.

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Tech Moves: Crowd Cow adds ex-Amazon leaders; former Expedia CTO joins Snap! Raise

GeekWire

Flexe CTO and Crowd Cow board member David Glick. Seattle meat and seafood marketplace Crowd Cow hired Ian McAllister as chief product officer, Julie Pruitt as chief merchant, and Jeremy Sievert as VP of operations. It also appointed David Glick , CTO of on-demand warehousing startup Flexe, to its board.

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Will 5G trial be a game-changer for satellite connectivity?

TM Forum

Ericsson, Qualcomm and Thales have teamed up to test whether a network of Earth-orbiting satellite will be able to provide connectivity to 5G devices worldwide. Although he contends that “the highly technical ground-based testing and validation work planned between Ericsson, Thales and Qualcomm Technologies is key to making it happen.”

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TechNet Augusta 2016: US Army Expeditionary Networks

CTOvision

Expeditionary Networks. Army’s plan to modernize their expeditionary networks comes after years of fighting on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan. Capability Set Fielding: mission command/network fielding. WIN-T is the major program to provide tailorable expeditionary network connectivity for every mission and location.

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