The Futurist

By Jeff Finkelstein – The cable industry has been hearing about the magical mystical virtual CMTS for the past 14 years or so. The transformation of the CMTS from a monolithic to virtualized architecture has been in progress for the past ~10 years.

By Jeff Finkelstein – For those that attended this year’s SCTE TechExpo, you likely witnessed some exciting things. Vendors have made progress on developing DOCSIS 4.0 passives, actives, vCMTS, and tools.

By Jeff Finkelstein – Some current angst was not caused by anything that happened with DOCSIS 4.0. Instead, it came from those inside the industry looking even further out as some were thinking about not DOCSIS.next, but Cable.next.

By Jeff Finkelstein – There has been much written about product lifecycles, but I believe technologies have their own unique lifecycle. The more I pondered this I realized that there is more to it. I talked to quite a few folks about this and now consider technology as in one of four stages. There is no sharp cut-off between them as it typically happens organically.

By Jeff Finkelstein – While quantum computing has the potential to revolutionize various industries, it may not be needed for the next 20 years. The current limitations, lack of practical applications, high costs, alternative technologies

By Jeff Finkelstein – I have been writing articles, papers, and lectures for many years and one of the key things I have learned is one can never tell how many people read what you write.

By Jeff Finkelstein – Always remember that as transformative leaders we share a transcendent purpose pointing the way to a new reality. However, cats live in the here and now, and do not always think about tomorrow or the future.

By Jeff Finkelstein – In this month’s article I discuss technology but not the technologies themselves. Instead, I’m channeling my inner yogi to discuss the use of technology and how it becomes like an old friend we have a hard time leaving.

By Jeff Finkelstein – In this month’s installment I write about a popular buzzword, “innovation,” by not writing about innovation directly. I am not going to discuss how to innovate as there have been volumes written about that.

By Jeff Finkelstein – Focus on the company and industry goals, then find the technologies that can grow with those goals. It is not about us or our technologies, it is about meeting the customers’ and company’s needs.