EXORDIUM
ISSUE 92 | GLOBAL OUTLOOK
BY WAYNE NIELSEN
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elcome to Issue 92, our Global Outlook Edition. I started my third cold today. Since the beginning of December I have sneezed my way through our annual Christmas Gløgg party, two holidays and one mini-vacation for two to New Orleans. Now with the new year upon us, I have started with a new grunge. My wife calls me a baby. And I suppose I am, but I am seriously becoming annoyed with all this hacking. Speaking of hacking, there has been an interesting debate growing here in Washington about who did or did not ‘hack’ during the recent
It’s only been twelve months since I last thought about it, but it is still amazing how much has changed in our industry.
election. And now with the inauguration quickly upon us a new administration, a new sheriff, is coming to town. I have been to other presidential inaugurations in the past. They are typically celebratory, hopeful events, but this year I will instead be as all mid-Januarys just coming back from PTC ’17 in Honolulu. I am normally quite happy to sit quietly in the audience and listen to others opine about our industry, but again this year I have been asked to participate in the submarine cable session. It’s only been twelve months since I last thought about it, but it is still amazing how much has changed in our industry. The sheer number of systems that are or have been built in the recent past is staggering. Whether the quick pace will continue or not, or whether we are starting a new phase, I look forward like you to learning. So as always, should you be attending PTC ’17, please come to the submarine cable session and our SubTel Forum booth to say hello –
I believe this cold will be well and truly gone by then; and of course, save me a seat at the mai tai bar! Wayne Nielsen is the Founder and Publisher of Submarine Telecoms Forum, and previously in 1991, founded and published “Soundings”, a print magazine developed for then BT Marine. In 1998, he founded and published for SAIC the magazine, “Real Time”, the industry’s first electronic magazine. He has written a number of industry papers and articles over the years, and is the author of two published novels, Semblance of Balance (2002, 2014) and Snake Dancer’s Song (2004).
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