By James Ovel, Operations VP at Zayo For a VP of Operations, commissioning, installing, and deploying a new subsea cable brings excitement and optimism, but equally offers significant challenges. With a background and passion for project management, my team and I pride ourselves on detailed planning with thoughtful analysis of a broad range of risks. We are the kind of people … [Read more...] about Building the Internet under the Sea: Zeus, an Operations VP’s Inside Story
internet
Will 5G Home Internet Ever Become the Norm?
5G is the fifth generation of cellular mobile communications. Developed to reduce latency, expand system capacity, provide higher data rates and enable large-scale device connectivity, the technology has been around for roughly four years. But will it ever replace general internet service providers? As it turns out, there is no black-and-white answer. Explaining the 5G … [Read more...] about Will 5G Home Internet Ever Become the Norm?
Why We Need an Open Metaverse
Today, the internet operates as a centralized network of data centres owned by a few companies through which data flows to and from. The majority of online services, such as e-commerce, social media, and gaming, are provided and controlled by democratic groups of developers, creators, and users. A few influential players dominate most services and platforms. As we move from the … [Read more...] about Why We Need an Open Metaverse
How Augmented Reality Will Become Part of Reality Before 2030
It was in 1955 when the American philosopher, inventor, film director, and cinematographer Morton Heilig released a paper entitled "The Cinema of the Future." In the paper, he described an immersive multisensory machine, or Experience Theatre as he dubbed it, that included a stereoscopic collar display, a story-sound system, fans, odour emitters, and a motional chair. The … [Read more...] about How Augmented Reality Will Become Part of Reality Before 2030
Step into the Metaverse – eBook now available!
Only five months after I started writing my 4th book - Step into the Metaverse: How the Immersive Internet Will Unlock a Trillion-Dollar Social Economy - is now available as an eBook! Yay! Around ~250 stakeholders involved in building the open metaverse contributed their thoughts and ideas to the book. The book is meant as a blueprint for creating an open metaverseJamie Burke … [Read more...] about Step into the Metaverse – eBook now available!