The Futurist

Quantum Mania is dead. Or is it?

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

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The Art of Herding Cats

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.

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Doctor, Doctor, it hurts when I do this…

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.

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Do Not Predict the Future, Create It

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.

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Time In A Bottle

By Jeff Finkelstein – I am going to take a different path in my article this month and not talk about technology, but instead talk about something basic to all of us. The way we interact with each other, how we see information, learn about it, remember, and share it. I do not have any background in any of this other than a lifetime of learnings

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Cable (Like the Phoenix) Rises Again

By Jeff Finkelstein – With the recent industry news showing DOCSIS 4.0 silicon getting speeds approaching 10 Gbps downstream and over 6 Gbps upstream, we stand poised to enter the multi-gigabit, multi-verse with the dawning of a new era.

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Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

By Jeff Finkelstein – After the conclusion of another spectacular SCTE show, I can look back at all the excellent sessions, panels, and workshops, being happy that the seemingly impossible was pulled together less than a month from a face-to-face event to a virtual event.

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