In 1965, Intel co-founder Gordon Moore predicted that computers would double in power approximately every two years. His prediction became known as Moore's law. Later on, Intel CEO Andy Grove coined his own law, with his tongue planted firmly in cheek, predicting that networking speed would double every 100 years. Grove was lamenting the fact that, at the time, networking speed had not kept up with computer power. That was then. Today, computer network technology has improved to the point where we are able to transport huge amounts of data over copper, wire, and fiber. That's why we can stream videos to our laptops using Netflix and Hulu, and why new televisions can connect to the Internet. It's also why the live event production industry is being inundated with network technology. You can hardly swing a disconnect switch by its feeder tails without hitting a network-connected console, media server or computer. If we're going to be in this business for long, we had better get comfy with the technology.
-Richard Cadena, from "Focus on Fundamentals," PLSN, Mar. 2011
