Europe’s Imago Group To Carry IPeak Networks’ Packet Loss Protection Products

Ottawa CANADA, 28 August 2009 – IPeak Networks announced today Imago Group PLC has joined the  IPeakPartners network to sell and support IPeak Network’s packet loss reduction products and technology throughout the United Kingdom, in western Europe and in South Africa. (more…)

This Start-up Milestone Report brought to you by Imago Group

There is something interesting that happens in a so-far-successful start-up like this one, and something interesting that happens to the founders, like me.  What happens is that we go from trying hard to do absolutely everything and having no time for anything other than the business to actually having the opportunity to look on as others pick up the various business balls and run with them. (more…)

Which came first?  The packet loss or the latency?

As a part of my job, I sometimes find myself explaining how TCP IP works and why packet loss happens and how packet loss actually exacerbates latency as a function of how TCP IP works. (more…)

All of a sudden, it feels like it is okay to talk about packet loss.

For years and years and IP years, packet loss was just an ugly truth and nothing could be done to fix it (without adding latency.)  A conspiracy of silence suppressed even passing mention of packet loss in polite company.  Way back at the back of the building those network geeks could see the packet loss: all network test and measurement systems include packet loss stats.  The geeks never talked about it, though, except when it was clear that the loss could be traced to an errant backhoe operator. (more…)

Business Continuation Initiatives Are Top Of Mind

Last week, we attended the Wainhouse Research Collaboration Futures Summit ‘09 in Boston (Cambridge, actually.)  The whole event as worth it in every way.  We enjoyed ourselves—always a good thing—but more than that, we learned a great deal and we made some good strong business connections with potential partners.

We also heard a wake-up call. (more…)