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NOW!  You want the email, video, or information NOW because you know you can get it NOW.  The days of waiting for dial-up internet access to check your email are long gone but so are the days of needing to even sit at a computer to access it; it’s just a matter of pulling out one of your mobile devices and touching the screen to access the internet wirelessly or through a data service.

If you’re looking for last-minute Valentine’s Day gift ideas, you may have Googled it.  In a matter of seconds the internet delivers all the answers you need. So, it’s as simple as that. Okay, maybe not quite. There’s actually a whole lot more going on behind the scenes.

Arlington High School once suffered from lack of high-speed broadband. Teachers had to schedule computer time or showing video from the web. Now thanks to a partnership between the federal broadband stimulus program, known at the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program, and SDN Communications, every AHS student can use his/her laptop all day long to gain skills even the state's largest schools haven't deployed. Check out KELO's story.

After tripling bandwidth by switching to SDN service, the Madison Public Library was overwhelmed by the positive response from library patrons.

Melanie Sage of SDN Communications compares having Ethernet connectivity to the Internet to having a reserved treadmill at your favorite gym during the busiest time of the day.

Cloud computing is no longer as scary to companies as it once was.  According to a recent tech article by Forbes, cloud will soon be accepted as the delivery platform for applications and services.  The growing embrace of cloud-focused solutions is leading to cloud being considered the normal way to implement software solutions.

Sometimes people refer to South Dakota as the middle of nowhere when, in fact, it is the world’s center for Earth images.

Breaking it Down: Net Neutrality

The world of internet is changing as of today.  We are using computers more and more, but the internet is running out of room.  IPV6 is here to help.  Released today, IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) is being enabled on over 1,500 sites; including Google, Facebook, Yahoo and YouTube.  According to a recent article, next generation IPv6 networking technology has one big improvement over the current IPv4 standard it will replace, and that’s room to grow.

According to a recent study, the systems integration market is expected to keep growing at a rate of about 5.15% annually.  This growth is the effect of an increase in application development, as well as cloud, virtualization and government streamlining.