BROWSING: enterprise
Dell shows expansion in Silicon Valley, globally
AUSTIN, Texas-Computer kingpin Dell Inc. (DELL) completed a deal to open a new research and development center in Silicon Valley and plans to hire 700 people by the end of 2011 and a total of 1,500 workers through the next ...
Texas Instruments buys National Semiconductor
DALLAS, Texas-Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) (NYSE: TXN) has announced it will be buying National Semiconductor (NYSE: NSM) for $25 per share in an all-cash transaction of about $6.5 billion. The two firms have signed “a definitive agreement.
The move combines TI...
eBay to boost Austin job growth by 1,000 workers
AUSTIN, Texas-The City of Austin announced that eBay Inc. would increase its Austin office by 1,000 jobs during the next 10 years if city representatives approve an economic incentive proposal from the city.
Upon final approval by the city council, the...
Apperian raises $9.5M for enterprise app management
Apperian Inc., a mobile application management company for enterprise apps, has closed a $9.5 million round of financing from venture capitalists. The Boston-based company's cloud platform enables business to create, deploy and manage applications on Apple Inc.'s iOS and it plans to expand to...
Tablets and telecom to drive enterprise IT spending in 2011
IT spending will reach nearly $3.6 trillion this year, marking at 5.6% increase from $3.4 trillion in 2010, Gartner Inc. projects in its latest study. IT spending growth in telecom will be down however. Telecom is projected to slide from a 5.5% growth rate...
Innovation in Mobile Enterprise
Sylvie Barak with Jackie McDonald, Director of Customer Care, Radish Systems & Jonathan Dale, product marketing manager, Fiberlink
@ SXSW: Rock Health launches mobile and web apps venture
AUSTIN, Texas-Rock Health, a San Francisco-based mobile health and Health 2.0 seed incubator, launched officially at the South By Southwest Interactive Festival last week. The mission of the company is to provide healthcare expertise, development resources and funding to the...
IBM Corp. gives a preview of company events at SXSW
AUSTIN, Texas-This is the first year IBM Corp. has involvement at Austin’s South by Southwest (SXSW) and the company felt the need to become a part of the festival to work with business and innovation, and of course, provide a ...
Lamebook.com in ongoing name-game legal battle with Facebook
AUSTIN-Some argue that there is little to a name, but if any of those people work in the world of the Web, they are very wrong. For companies that use either the terms “face” or “book” in a name on the...
Japan’s SoftBank buys 35% stake in China’s Synacast
International Business News | February 2011 | Alex He
China's Synacast Corporation, or PPLive, the operator the leading online TV service "PPTV", said on Thursday that Japan's Softbank has acquired a 35 percent stake into the company.
The Japanese mobile carrier acquired Synacast's stake for about...
Japan's SoftBank buys 35% stake in China's Synacast
International Business News | February 2011 | Alex He
China's Synacast Corporation, or PPLive, the operator the leading online TV service "PPTV", said on Thursday that Japan's Softbank has acquired a 35 percent stake into the company.
The Japanese mobile carrier acquired Synacast's stake for about...
UT-Austin wireless research group nabs NSF grant
AUSTIN-The Wireless Networking and Communications Group (WNCG), a research arm of the Cockrell School of Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, was named a National Science Foundation (NSF) Industry/University Collaborative Research Center (I/UCRC) this week and received a $400,000 grant to fund...
The guard changes
This week we have a bevy of changes occurring in Silicon Valley to deal with.
Lie detection goes mobile in Austin
AUSTIN-Everyone is faced with a moment when accused of being dishonest. For instance, have you called in sick to kick off Austin City Limits or recover from your third day of South by Southwest? In an era of increased demand for efficiency, some businesses...
Inaugural Utilities Joint Use and Wireless Collocation Summit in Dallas concludes
Issues addressed include wireless collocation, expansion
DALLAS, Texas--The nationwide push to expand broadband access is forcing utilities to cooperate with wireless companies on collocating wireless equipment on utility poles. As such, leaders from both groups spent Friday at the Marriott Dallas City Center...
Appconomy launches Austin Mobile Scene ‘mind map’
Mind Map will promote collaboration, investment
AUSTIN, Texas--The new year is an exciting one in Austin, as the phenomenal growth in mobile broadband is picking up the local economy as groups involved in the industry look to expand.
In an effort to spread the cheer, Steve...
Austin's bullish tech economy to be featured on CBS Evening News with Katie Couric
Report to highlight $3.6 billion expansion of Samsung Austin Semiconductor
AUSTIN, Texas--The old adage of everything being bigger in Texas is often true, and the boastful economic figures reported by the Austin Chamber of Commerce are making a solid impression that the capital of the Lone...
TCL Communication Selects EMOZE as its Mobile Push Email Solution
Trading Markets | December 21, 2010 | Press Release
SHANGHAI, HONG KONG and LONDON, December 21, 2010 /PRNewswire/ --
EMOZE Ltd. today announces a strategic world-wide agreement with TCL Communication Technology Holdings Ltd., to pre-embed the EMOZE push email solution on TCL and Alcatel...
Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise to focus on unified communications in 2011
By Patrick Nixon | Business News Americas
Unified communications will be a key focus for the recently merged Enterprise unit of French telecoms equipment supplier Alcatel-Lucent(NYSE: ALU) and call center specialist Genesys in Latin America, Sergio Valencia, Alcatel-Lucent's Enterprise director for Mexico, Central America and the...
IPhone Adds $1.9 Billion to U.S.-China Trade Deficit
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One widely touted solution for current U.S. economic woes is for America to produce more of the high-tech gadgets that the rest of the world craves.
Yet two academic researchers have found that Apple Inc.’s iPhone — one of the most iconic U.S. technology products...
China 2010 cell phone output to exceed 700 mln
BEIJING, Dec 13, 2010 (Xinhua via COMTEX) --
China's mobile phone output is likely to exceed 700 million and takes a 60 percent share in the global market in 2010, predicted Wang Xiang, senior Vice President of Qualcomm recently.
Wang...
Wireless LAN Enterprise Shipments in Asia Pacific Region Expand 35 Percent in the Third Quarter, According to Dell'Oro Group
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Dec. 9, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- A recently published report by Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, indicates that worldwide enterprise Wireless LAN (WLAN) shipments grew 35 percent in Asia...
Shushmul: 3G Technology to Drive Chinese Telecom Services
Slowdown in the growth of mobile revenue compared to growth in mobile subscriber base has been encouraging Chinese operators to focus more strongly on the development of Value-Added Services (VAS) for rich urban and rural (to some extent) consumers. According to...
Happy new year beckons for dog-tired PM determined to sow seeds of reform
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IF JULIA GILLARD wants to "wind down" in these early days of her much-needed holiday, she'd be wise to avoid papers, radio and TV. The continuing unfolding drama of WikiLeaks is not conducive to relaxing and refreshing for a new year...