Enterprise adoption of Google’s Android operating system is quickly catching up to Apple’s iOS, according to ThreatLabZ, the research arm of cloud security company Zscaler. The company just released its …
Roberta Prescott
Roberta Prescott
Editor, [email protected] Roberta Prescott is responsible for Latin America reporting news and analysis, interviewing key stakeholders. Roberta has worked as an IT and telecommunication journalist since March 2005, when she started as a reporter with InformationWeek Brasil magazine and its website IT Web. In July 2006, Prescott was promoted to be the editor-in-chief, and, beyond the magazine and website, was in charge for all ICT products, such as IT events and CIO awards. In mid-2010, she was promoted to the position of executive editor, with responsibility for all the editorial products and content of IT Mídia. Prescott has worked as a journalist since 1998 and has three journalism prizes. In 2009, she won, along with InformationWeek Brasil team, the press prize 11th Prêmio Imprensa Embratel. In 2008, she won the 7th Unisys Journalism Prize and in 2006 was the editor-in-chief when InformationWeek Brasil won the 20th media award Prêmio Veículos de Comunicação. She graduated in Journalism by the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas, has done specialization in journalism at the Universidad de Navarra (Spain, 2003) and Master in Journalism at IICS – Universidad de Navarra (Brazil, 2010) and MBA – Executive Education at the Getulio Vargas Foundation.
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Carriers should jump into mobile cloud to build their portfolios, allowing them to take over a number of business processes and move them into the cloud. Some of the main …
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ORLANDO, Fla. — NetCracker Technology took the opportunity at the recent TM Forum Management World Americas held in Orlando. Fla., (check out all pieces and see our videos) to show how its …
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There is an untapped big data gap. Only .5 % of data is currently analyzed by companies to help them make decisions. IDC’s latest Digital Universe Study sponsored by EMC showed that …
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Mobile device management, mobile app management (MAM), container-based apps, mobile virtualization, mobile backend as a service (MbaaS), network access control (NAC) and software-defined networking (SDN) are some of the various …
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Volume, velocity, variety and the most important “v”—value. These are the key elements of big data. Companies around the globe own lots of data, both structured and …
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Big data, competition with over-the-top players and the impact of the explosion in smart devices are big topics in the telecommunications sector, and carriers should consider them …
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Offering digital services to gain new revenue continues to be the hot topic this year at TM Forum Management World Americas (check out all pieces and see our videos). During the trade show, …
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ORLANDO, FL—What parts of operations and business support systems (OSS/BSS) should carriers move to the cloud? Should they use a private, public or hybrid cloud? These are tough questions that …
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ORLANDO, FL—Enriching digital services was one of the main hot topics during the keynote session on the first day of the TM Forum—Management World Americas being held in Orlando this …
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Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) is looking at how the company could help communications service providers (CSPs) address upcoming challenges and demands. During this week’s HP Discover event in Frankfurt, Germany, HP announced two …
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ORLANDO, FL—Verizon has invested well over U.S.$150 billion in platforms, solutions and services over the past ten years. The company invested in fiber to cover 17 million people by 2004. …
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Malicious mobile apps, government-sponsored attacks and sandbox avoidance are among seven major cybersecurity threats predicted by Websense Security Labs for 2013. The company recently released its 2013 threat landscape and …
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The wireless backhaul company Ceragon Networks announced a major step toward its HetNet (heterogeneous networks) vision with the launch of a new generation of packet radio solutions, FibeAir IP-20C. The company …
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During a press conference for the launch of m-payment services in Brazil, Antonio Carlos Valente, Telefónica Brazil’s CEO, confirmed that the Spanish telecom giant is moving its Latin American headquarters from Madrid to …
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Brazil has stepped further into the femtocell field. The board of directors of the Brazilian telecom regulatory agency, Anatel, has decided to subject the use of femtocell networks in personal and specialized …
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Argentina’s federal government is planning to auction spectrum bands next year that will allow carriers to deploy LTE, according to local news reports, citing the planning minister Julio de Vido. The spectrum …
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Cognitive computing is not brand new as IBM has been working to create chips that think like the human brain for some time. But during IBM Brazil’s December press lunch, …
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As cloud computing become more mature and ubiquitous, the mobile cloud emerges as the next hype once it allows you to access data wherever you are and whenever you want …
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After releasing a non-cash impairment charge of $8.8 billion related to its acquisition of the British software company Autonomy in 2011, Hewlett-Packard is now being sued by investors who are …
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Mobile is set to become a huge influence on cloud computing, with the so-called “mobile cloud” emerging as the next trend expected to impact not only enterprise IT management, but …
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Mobility, cloud and wireless will help improve business, society and people’s everyday lives, according to Ericsson SVP and chief strategist Douglas Gilstrap. During the Ericsson Business Innovation Forum in São …
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Facebook,which recently announced it had reached 1 billion users worldwide, is counting on mobile devices to reach the next billion users. “The first experience with Facebook for many people will …
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Hewlett-Packard shocked the business world when it not only reported a $6.9 billion loss for its fiscal fourth quarter yesterday but also released a non-cash impairment charge of $8.8 billion related …
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The BYOD, or bring-your-own-device, trend has grown: A new report from iPass shows that more employees are using their own smartphones for work, and they rank connectivity cost as the least …
