If traditional wireless networks work like fire trucks, mesh networks are more like a bucket brigade.
Other "content delivery networks, " with names like LimeLight Networks, Savvis and Mirror Image Internet, have popped up.
Feldman and the other three were studying subjects like neural networks, genetic algorithms and fuzzy logic.
Much like mobile networks, the accident-prone intersection of innovation and regulation gets more traffic all the time.
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"A significant portion of any pay-TV bill goes to fees for content providers like AMC Networks, " said Shull.
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"There are very few opportunities to acquire a profitable, growing, well-managed Internet company like CNET Networks, " he says.
Meanwhile, Lauria says the Electric Barbarellas fiasco is starting to wear thin on relationships with key people like MTV Networks CEO Judy McGrath.
Portals are beginning to look more and more like television networks.
When it comes to more sophisticated technology like storage networks and server arrays, the company will have to spend billions hiring service and support personnel.
He says they will feel more and more like social networks, and Twitter thinks about social context in terms of delivering information to you right now.
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Now that TiVo and Replay have caught everyone's attention, set-top box manufacturers and smaller software companies like Metabyte Networks are trying to muscle in on the market.
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If so, it could complicate deals with cable companies, many of which, like MHZ Networks, agree to carry international channels in exchange for a share of commercial revenue.
Companies like Juniper Networks and Sun Microsystems offer comparable training on their technologies, but Morton says the Cisco certificate is a good standard of measurement because of the ubiquity of Cisco equipment.
Seattle-based Blue Rooster has been developing collaboration solutions for the enterprise for several years, building applications that offer Facebook-like internal networks on top of Microsoft products which these companies are already familiar with, including Microsoft Office, SharePoint and Microsoft Azure.
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Since joining KPCB, Hearst has taken board seats on companies ranging from pure new media plays--like AllApartments, an online apartment hunting service and Preview Travel, a popular travel service site--to more esoteric high tech companies like Juniper Networks, a networking company and Viewpoint DataLabs, a 3D graphics company.
Networks like Abilene are different from existing consumer networks.
Indeed, the proliferation of broadband applications like movies and video are what will drive deployment and adoption of next-generation networks like Abilene.
Even social networks like Facebook and Bebo are getting a makeover as developers hard-wire casual games into online social networks (see "Facebook's Winning Game").
When people have more time to dedicate to the channel, like at the end of their workday, they tend to share and create more thoughtful content on social networks like Facebook and Pinterest.
Another company called Ankeena Networks wrote software for content delivery networks to do more efficient delivery of rich media like video to mobile networks.
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The rollout will give developers an alternative to large mobile ad networks like Google-owned AdMob.
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The popularity of social networks like LinkedIn makes this kind of legwork easier than ever.
The athletic conferences generally negotiate TV rights agreements with networks like CBS, ESPN and FOX.
Everyone knows that online social networks like FaceBook, MySpace and LinkedIn are powerful marketing tools.
Yelp also exemplifies how focused, intent-based networks have greater revenue-per-head potential than networks like Facebook.
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Visa competes with other card networks like MasterCard, Discover and American Express.
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Public networks like Facebook and LinkedIn can be used for marketing, recruitment, prospecting and brand enhancement.
Much like the four networks listed above, some tend to be more professional, while others are not.
Yet others, such as the makers of "Scrabulous, " are building a following on social networks like Facebook.
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