While venture capitalists are pouring money into promising mobile apps, some of the more seasoned investors in the mobile ecosystem are focusing on wireless infrastructure. "We are more focused on the infrastructure opportunity; the services and the plumbing that enables a lot of this...
Earlier this year, the CEO of IBM's Brazilian unit said that more time is needed to understand the impact of mobile devices on corporate business, but that hasn't stopped IBM from acting. The company recently announced new software and service additions to its mobile enterprise suite.
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Cloud-based communications provider J2 Global (JCOM) is buying Ziff-Davis Publishing for $167 million in a bid to add digital content to its messaging and storage solutions. Ziff-Davis owns PCMag.com, Geek.com, Computershopper.com, and a number of business-to-business (B2B) media properties.
"We have years of experience and...
With consumers increasingly tying themselves to mobile networks through smartphones and the hundreds of thousands of applications those devices can support, carriers are in need of ways in which to monitor and insure that the traffic load is handled in a consistent manner across...
Microsoft announced earlier this week that the company is dropping its "Messenger" product and replacing it with Skype, which it acquired last year, for its online chat service. In a blog post, Microsoft said "Skype and Messenger are coming together, and that by updating...
Editor’s Note: The RCR Wireless News Time Machine is a way to take advantage of our extensive history in covering the wireless space to fire up the DeLorean and take a trip back in time to re-visit some of the more interesting headlines from...
With the market for voice-over-IP and UC services projected to hit $377 billion over the next 5 years, makers of session border controllers like Acme Packet (APKT) are managing explosive growth. The company's outspoken CEO says the most important part of that growth is...
Investors and entrepreneurs alike are hoping that today's election will lift the cloud of uncertainty that has hung over financial marekts and get funds flowing again. "There are record levels of cash just sitting on the sidelines," says Tracy Lefteroff, global managing partner, Venture...
Investors and entrepreneurs alike are hoping that now that with the uncertainty of the elections in the rear view mirror, investment funds will start flowing again. "There are record levels of cash just sitting on the sidelines," says Tracy Lefteroff, global managing partner for...
MIPS Technologies (MIPS) is selling its patents and its operating business to two separate buyers in a deal structured to maximize the value of both. The Silicon Valley designer of CPU processors and cores says it will sell most of its patents to Bridge...
For the first time, smartphones has overtaken laptops as the most popular way to connect to Wi-Fi hotspots, according to a report compiled by Informa Telecoms & Media and released by the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA). The study also found that a fifth of...
Enterasys Networks aims to double wireless sales with the worldwide launch of its Wi-Fi portfolio, IdentiFi, aimed at enterprises deluged with an influx of employee-owned devices in the workplace. Globally, BYOD has affected enterprises and has imposed challenges for IT departments. “This trend is...
Over the next five years, 65% of enterprises will adopt a mobile device management (MDM) solution for their corporate liable users. The forecast by Gartner shows how the increased functionality of smartphones and rising popularity of tablets will drive IT leaders efforts toward adopting...
KDDI, one of Japan’s largest cellular phone companies with over 35 million subscribers, announced today a $5 million series C investment in Fuhu, creators of the Nabi tablet, the Fooz Kids suite of applications, and the UrDrive USB interface software. The deal follows a...
Editor’s Note: The RCR Wireless News Time Machine is a way to take advantage of our extensive history in covering the wireless space to fire up the DeLorean and take a trip back in time to re-visit some of the more interesting headlines from...
T-Systems, the corporate customer arm of Deutsche Telekom, is betting on cloud services. “In the next few years, companies will be buying through the cloud,” said Juergen Urbanski, vice president for cloud at T-Systems, during the Gartner Symposium in São Paulo.
T-Systems is focusing on...
Mobile and social technologies represent a departure from the information technologies that CIOs are used to, such as ERP and CRM. This change is one of the three fundamental questions IT leaders and CIOs are facing, according to Mark McDonald, Gartner group vice president...
LTE test and measurement equipment may not seem quite as sexy as the iPhone, but for National Instruments CEO Dr. James Truchard there are strong similarities. "Our combination of hardware and software tightly integrated, with lots of drivers present, create a standardized platform that...
Organizational entrenchment and disruptions; software networks; bigger data and storage; hybrid cloud services; client and server architectures; the Internet of things; IT/OT and appliance madness; operational complexity; virtual data center; and IT demand—these are the top technology trends people need to watch, according to...
Intel co-founder Gordon Moore accurately predicted that the number of transistors that could fit onto a silicon wafer would double roughly every two years, but what will happen when transistors are no longer limited by silicon? Researchers at IBM think they've answered that question...
"The future of computing is social, mobile, information and cloud, and companies are doing pieces of it correctly today. But where the real advantages to the vendors' side and the consumers' side or the corporate side will be when they start bringing these forces...
Among the many buzzwords in the IT world, BYOD was one of the most talked about this year. The phenomenon known as “bring-your-own-device,” which refers to employees bringing their own equipment into the corporate environment, was boosted by the launch of devices with friendlier interfaces....
For the second quarter in a row, the world's largest company (by market value) disappointed investors with its earnings report. The company earned $8.2 billion on revenue of $36 billion for the quarter, up sharply from a year ago but still not good enough...
Editor’s Note: The RCR Wireless News Time Machine is a way to take advantage of our extensive history in covering the wireless space to fire up the DeLorean and take a trip back in time to re-visit some of the more interesting headlines from...
