Thierry Grenot
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Thierry was responsible for the design and implementation of numerous telecommunications systems, including large multi-service high-bandwidth networks. A recognized expert in the fields of networking and quality of service, he owns numerous patents. Before Ipanema’s creation, he was VP of Engineering, at the Corporate Network Business Unit of Thales. Thierry is an E.N.S.E.R.G. graduate. Read more at http://www.appssoluteblog.com

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The Super Bowl, Adverts, and What This Means From an IT Standpoint

(0) Comments | Posted 4 February 2013 | (11:49)

The Super Bowl happened Sunday, February 3.

This week, employees everywhere will be sharing some of the famous (and infamous) Super Bowl adverts. From Volkswagen's 'The Force' to Old Spice's 'The Man Your Man Could Smell Like', Super Bowl adverts were designed to be shared.

From an IT perspective, all...

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What Can Major Events Like the US Election Tell Us About Our Digital Infrastructure?

(0) Comments | Posted 21 November 2012 | (14:08)

The US presidential election night was a whopper by most measurements, especially where media network traffic was concerned. Foxnews.com delivered 3,039,989 video streams to the public, and Twitter's website hit a peak of 327,453 tweets a minute the moment the race was called.

Whilst Obama and Romney battled it...

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London Rain, Application Management, and What's Happening on Your Network

(0) Comments | Posted 26 October 2012 | (18:43)

This will be a 2-part blog considering the role of tech within small businesses.

This week, we'll focus on the importance of having the right tools to monitor network activity, and the effect this has on the business.

Next week, we'll consider the roles of BYOD and cloud...

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Shunning Social Media - A New Study of European CIOs

(0) Comments | Posted 3 August 2012 | (15:04)

European CIOs are shunning the benefits of social media for business. I am concerned that as a result, CIOs risk alienating customers, creating ineffective marketing strategies, demotivating staff and eliminating their competitive edge by not embracing social media.

A recent study indicated that 67% of European CIOs and...

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The Double Danger of BYOD

(0) Comments | Posted 16 July 2012 | (16:44)

Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) describes the recent trend of employees bringing personally-owned mobile devices to their place of work, and using those devices to access privileged company resources such as email, file servers, and databases.

BYOD can be dangerous. Very dangerous. To start with, you have the common security...

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The Rise of the Killer-Apps: Application Performance Dangers

(0) Comments | Posted 28 May 2012 | (11:40)

Just as consumers have seen widespread problems when using new data-intensive applications on smartphones, the same problem is also impacting the business world as corporate networks struggle to cope with new demands.

Driven by the increasing proliferation of bandwidth intensive applications such as unified communication, video conferencing and collaboration...

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Why Businesses Need to Monitor and Measure Application Performance

(0) Comments | Posted 19 April 2012 | (17:33)

'On a scale of one to 10...' is a classic prompt that has been used to measure just about everything: emotions, the success of a new film or employee performance during reviews. And why not? The scale is concise. It's simple and succinct. It can capture complex data from a...

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Could the Olympics Become a Network Danger?

(0) Comments | Posted 11 April 2012 | (01:00)

The Olympics are coming. In the same way that the city of London is building new roads to handle increased traffic, companies must ready their networks to support the increased flow of applications.

The story is simple: during major global events, traffic flows across networks increase...

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