Bob Metcalfe

IEEE Standards Association Is Commemorating The 40th Anniversary of Ethernet
Nov 4, 2013
IEEE Standards Association is commemorating the 40th anniversary of ethernet and the 30th anniversary of IEEE 802.3 "Standard for Ethernet" with the launch of its "I Spy Ethernet IEEE 802.3" contest. "The 'I Spy Ethernet IEEE 802.3' ...

Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
Entrepreneurship Is Drying up The Well of Innovation
May 31, 2013
This week may have seen the network heavyweights of the U.S. celebrate the achievement of inventing Ethernet 40 years ago, but they’re wondering where the next funding is coming from. At the NetEvents conference in San Francisco to ...

Tags: 3Com, Bill English, Bill Spencer, Bob Metcalfe, Bridge Networks, cash, CNME
Netflix Cat Videos and Even The Web Were Still Many Years Away
May 22, 2013
Bob Metcalfe, Dave Boggs and the rest of the scientists at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center in 1973 were a lot like young developers at a Silicon Valley startup today. "Beards, Birkenstocks, blue jeans, T-shirts," Metcalfe said earlier ...

Tags: Ethernet, Computer Products, Startup