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O'Reilly's Ben Lorica chats with Erich Nachbar, founder and CTO of Virtual Power Systems, about the ease with which Nachbar integrates new open source components into existing infrastructure, his contributions to Mesos, and his new “software-defined power distribution” startup.

Redefining Power Distribution Using Big Data

The potential to turn messaging into a platform is driving much of the excitement in mobile, says a16z’s Benedict Evans. It's a platform through which other apps flow (and where all the users get aggregated).

Take for example Facebook's recent announcements, which put it right where it wants to be on the mobile phone -- in control. So what’s next in messaging? And what will Apple, Google, and other players like WeChat have to say about it?

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a16z Podcast: Messaging is the Medium

On this episode of Well, technically... the tech podcast where women do the explaining, Sibel Tombaz, head of 5G Highband and Active Antenna Systems at Ericsson, discusses Ericsson's dynamic spectrum sharing solution and the co-existence of 4G and 5G.

Well, Technically ... 1+1 Becomes Much More Than 2 (Ep. 2)

On this week's episode, Suruchi Gupta, Samsung's senior professional of sales and head of 5G collaboration, discusses the company's  commitment to helping create an open telecom ecosystem that supports multi-vendor interoperability.

Well, technically... multi-vendor interoperability leads to a robust, innovative ecosystem (Ep. 13)

Kelly Richards, senior vice president of sales at Raycap, talks the importance of future proofing our networks and of incorporating sustainable products into network architecture. We also discuss how mysteriously short the women's restroom lines at telecom trade shows tend to be.

Well, technically... we need a sustainable method for deploying small cells (Ep. 14)

Natasha Tamaskar, head of global marketing and sales enablement at Radisys, 
explains how open telecom is built into the company's DNA and how an open telecom ecosystem represents a new and different model, which brings a number of challenges and opportunities for carriers, vendors and customers.

Well, technically... the value of open telecom is clear (Ep. 15)

Mary Beth Hall, the director of wireless strategy and marketing at Panasonic, weighs in on what enterprises can do today to prepare for 5G, even though it's still in the early stages of adoption, and critically, that means understanding what 5G is and what it isn't.

Well, technically... 5G will be the underpinning of enhanced wireless technology trends (Ep. 16)

Suparna Kumar, VP of Engineering at Celona, comes on the podcast to discuss the future of private LTE and 5G networks, using her strong engineering background to explore the challenges and opportunities they present.

Well, technically... private LTE and 5G networks have a big future (Ep. 17)

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