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• Cloud-TM, the EU's cloud computing project, presents an initial prototype

  After three years of hard work, the Cloud-TM (Transactional Memory) Platform prototype has been launched. This announcement marks the final stage of one of the largest cloud computing research projects in the European Union.

• The M2M boom is driving massive growth in the value-added services market

  The tremendous expansion of machine-to-machine (M2M) connections in the coming years will cause the market for services associated with value-added services (VAS) to expand by a factor of seven and reach $10 billion in 2017.

• WLAN monetization and 802.11ac, the most important Wi-Fi trends in 2015

  Location-based services, social networks as user registration credentials between companies that provide guest access, or Hotspot 2.0 roaming consortia have been some of the most talked-about Wi-Fi trends during 2014.

• Mateo Valero, awarded an ERC Advanced Grant, which is the most prestigious aid for a scientific project

  The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded Mateo Valero, director of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center – National Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS), an Advanced Grant in the physical sciences and engineering category for his project 'Riding on...

• How does coherent optics increase data speed? - Modulation and polarization multiply the data capacity in optical networks.

  In the early days of optical networks, all optical signals relied on a simple mechanism known as on-off keying (OOK). Simply put, this mechanism works by turning a light on and off to transmit data. OOK is a broader term used to describe...

• What is the Metaverse like?

  What is the metaverse? What companies besides Meta (Facebook) are currently investing in developing this 'virtual world'?
   
  The metaverse is a digital environment that creates a virtual reality parallel to our physical world. Films like Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One have depicted a...