Monthly Archives: May 2016

Behind the Wall: The Internet Is The Computer

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Back in the eighties, John Gage of Sun Microsystems coined the phrase, “The network is the computer.” Today, the services made possible by the Internet and our use of them as individuals and organizations affirm John’s statement perhaps in ways they were not even imaginable three decades ago. Technology trends… Read more »

Behind the Wall: The Internet is Made of Light

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(this is the third post of the series “behind the wall”. Here are the first and second) The Internet is made of light. That is because the Internet’s backbone is mostly made of optical fibre links that guide light pulses representing data streams.  Optical fiber technology permits the transmission of… Read more »