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Google’s Fiber in Austin

Google Inc. is currently building its network in Austin to provide high-speed Internet service. With plans to extend the network to Central Texas, Google claims it has a great amount of remaining work to complete in Austin before moving to other areas of Texas....

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Cox and CenturyLink Aim to Provide 1 Gbps

CenturyLink, provider of Internet, TV and Voice, recently announced in August its plans to provide 1 Gbps fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) services in 16 cities, 10 cities for residential and business clients and six cities for solely business clients. The company’s...

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Congressional Members Look to Work with FCC on CAF II

The FCC was asked by more than 40 Congress members to allow service providers to install high-speed broadband connections to isolated communities under the Connect America Funding II (CAF II) program. This request was a joint effort by the members of both Republican...

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Digital Realty Concludes 2-year Expansion Plan

Digital Realty, a company consisting of some of the world’s leading data center experts involved in helping clients acquire, own, expand and operate data centers, is concluding a two-year expansion plan. The objective of the two-year plan is to use an international...

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Drones Gathering Information for GIS

Drones, commonly referred to as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), have transformed into data-gathering tools for GIS throughout the past 15 years. Today’s drones vary in sizes, costs and uses. A “prosumer” UAV has become a primary resource to acquire remotely-sensed...

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TouchShare Manages GIS Processes

TouchShare, leader of geospatial collaboration solutions, has announced the launch of TouchShare Web. TouchShare Web is TouchShare’s browser application that manages the processes of GIS in ESRI Mapping, Feature Services, Network KML, and other Open Geospatial...

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Geographic Information Systems and Big Data

Geographic information systems (GIS), applications that display different layers of geographical data on a single map, have entered their way into big data. Big data in GIS has the ability to identify patterns and develop strategies to create opportunities. “Much of...

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CenturyLink Private Cloud

CenturyLink, provider of TV, Voice and Internet, has innovated its hybrid cloud strategy by introducing a global private cloud. CenturyLink Private Cloud, provided across 57 data centers in 34 cities worldwide, offers enterprises in need of a private cloud hosted...

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