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    Carl Weinschenk

    Carl Weinschenk Carl Weinschenk Carl Weinschenk is a long-time IT and telecom journalist. His coverage areas include the IoT, artificial intelligence, artificial intelligence, drones, 3D printing LTE and 5G, SDN, NFV, net neutrality, municipal broadband, unified communications and business continuity/disaster recovery. Weinschenk has written about wireless and phone companies, cable operators and their vendor ecosystems. He also has written about alternative energy and runs a website, The Daily Music Break, as a hobby.

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    5G Tests and Trials Continue, with a Long Way...

    5G is a revolutionary technology for a couple of reasons. One is simply that it is based on a...

    The Cloud and the Edge: The Twain Shall Meet

    An interesting paradox has emerged during the past few years. Ever more computing infrastructure is embedded in the cloud,...

    It Will Be a Long Time Before Broadcom Acquires...

    An initial reaction to a Broadcom offer to buy Qualcomm in a transaction valued at $105 billion is that...

    The Telecom Ecosystem Is Taking the KRACK Attack Seriously

    Last month, a particularly frightening Wi-Fi vulnerability became public. The vulnerability, which was discovered by two researchers at Universiteit...

    The Real Meaning of Digital Transformation

    Digital transformation is a very vague and inaccurate phrase. The second word implies a complete makeover. Things that are...

    AT&T Digs Deeper into Microservices, AI

    AT&T made two significant and related announcements this week.The carrier launched a microservices supplier program that it says will...

    Putting the IoT to Work Via Device Twins

    The Internet of Things (IoT) and virtualization are combining in a very interesting way. The idea, which Forbes explains...

    Facebook, Slack and Google Add to Their Collaboration Platforms

    In general, collaborative tools are growing more sophisticated. This was a big week for this evolution.Facebook, Slack and Google...

    New Tech Proves Helpful in Emergencies

    There has been a lot of news during the past months about the growth of FirstNet, the first responder...

    The New Digital Divide

    One of the overriding questions driving the ongoing battle over net neutrality and the general direction of the Federal...

    AI and Robotics More or Less the Same Thing

    The differences between robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) will become less important as time passes. Soon, it will only...

    The IIoT: Limitless Potential and Steep Challenges

    The use of the Internet of Things in industrial scenarios, the Industrial Internet of Things or IIoT, will change...