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COO Robin Mersh unveils expanded testing and certification efforts, as well as highlights the new suite of work targeting end-to-end architecture evolution for powerful new multi-service converged Networks. LONDON, June 8 /PRNewswire/ -- In keeping with its role as the architect of the "Connected Lifestyle," the Broadband Forum, the global consortium of approximately 200 leading telecommunications service providers, network equipment manufacturers and software companies driving broadband...

NASA announced Thursday it has joined the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). The consortium is an international organization that develops protocols, standards and guidelines to ensure universal Web access."Standards will play a key role in making NASA's content more accessible on the Internet and in the implementation of our Open Government plan," said Chris Kemp, chief technology officer for Information Technology at NASA Headquarters in Washington. "Additionally, standards...

Elected Members Represent Bosch, Duke Energy, Fujitsu, Intel and National Instruments COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., May 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The IPSO Alliance, the leading organization defining the "Internet of Things," today announced that five new members have been elected to its board of directors. These members represent Bosch, Duke Energy, Fujitsu, Intel and National Instruments. The mission of the board is to actively promote and educate the networking, technology, consumer and...

CHICAGO, May 19 /PRNewswire/ -- HomeFinder.com and Builders Digital Experience (BDX) today announced that they are expanding their existing partnership to bring together one of the fastest growing real estate sites and the largest database of new construction data, to become a new home listings powerhouse. Now consumers who visit HomeFinder.com or one of the newspaper Web sites in their robust Network, including LATimes.com, AZCentral.com, ChicagoTribune.com and MiamiHerald.com, will have...

Successful Interop Event Drives Delivery of IP-Based Smart Objects COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., May 06 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The IPSO Alliance, the leading organization defining the "Internet of Things," today announced the successful interoperability of two critical new elements of the IPv6 protocol for small, resource-constrained embedded devices known as "Smart Objects." Tested at an event in Anaheim, Calif., the interoperability of RPL, the emerging, IETF-specified, IPv6 routing...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced the immediate availability of the DesignWare® MIPI® 4G DigRF(SM) Master Controller IP. By complementing its current silicon-proven DesignWare MIPI 3G DigRF Controller and PHY IP, Synopsys becomes the first vendor to offer a comprehensive IP portfolio for both the MIPI DigRF v3 and v4 standards....

ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Internet2 today announced the 2010 winners of its Internet2 Driving Exemplary Applications (IDEA) Award. Four applications share the award this year. They include: EchoDamp, a multi-channel audio mixer and echo controller for videoconference-based musical and other collaboration; the Research and Education Data Depot network (REDDnet) Data Logistics Toolkit and model for storage facilities supporting data-intensive collaboration; Worldview, a...

NEW YORK, April 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The migration of mobile backhaul to Ethernet will help spur growth of the U.S. wholesale Ethernet market at an annual rate of 40 percent or more over the next five years, according to a major new report from Heavy Reading (www.heavyreading.com), the research division of Light Reading (www.lightreading.com). U.S. Wholesale Ethernet Services: A Five-Year Market Forecast analyzes the current market conditions affecting the wholesale Ethernet business in the...

HONG KONG, April 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The Wireless Power Consortium (the Consortium) announced today that it has delivered the first part of the Qi interoperability specification to its members. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090817/NY62082LOGO ) Formally titled "System Description Wireless Power Transfer, Volume 1, Low Power, Part 1: Interface Definition, Version 1.00 Release Candidate 1", completion of Part 1 of the specification delivers the Consortium's promise of compatible...

NEW YORK, April 9 /PRNewswire/ -- UBM TechWeb's Light Reading (www.lightreading.com), the largest research-led media company serving the global communications marketplace, in collaboration with EANTC AG (European Advanced Networking Test Center), the leading independent test lab, and ancotel, Europe's largest carrier interconnect company, will be announcing Phase 2 results of their Advanced Global Interconnect Test Program at Ethernet Europe on April 12 & 13 in London at the Marriott...