Oracle highlighted its cloud computing strategies, and goals at this year’s Oracle Open World in San Francisco. During the show, which has an estimated audience of 50,000 attendees from over 140 countries, Oracle introduced seven new cloud-based services, which augment Oracle’s comprehensive portfolio of...
Offering cloud computing services is a logical step for telecom operators, since they own network connections, which is the most crucial part of the cloud ecosystem. Yesterday, Sept. 26, Brazil's Embratel, which belongs to América Móvil, launched a data center in São Paulo focusing on...
Held for the first time in the city of Rio de Janeiro, the largest Latin American telecom event, Futurecom, aims to promote the discussion of several important topics. People who attend the 14th edition of Futurecom certainly expect to discuss mobile and fixed broadband, the...
Oracle announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire SelectMinds, a provider of cloud-based social talent sourcing and corporate alumni management applications. This acquisition follows Oracle's previous asset purchase of Skire, a provider of capital program management and facilities management applications, which...
Cloud computing services have transformed how enterprises buy technology and even how chief information officers (CIOs) deal with corporate demands. In Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, cloud computing (in general) appears to be past the peak of inflated expectations, although in many countries,...
Can you imagine an airline's website that cannot handle the traffic increase when thousands of users flood the site after a low fare promotion? Or a ticketing network that fails during check-in? These systems are critical for airline operations.
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IT vendors must create vertical offers, building them specifically for different segments, increasing their understanding of each sector's issues to better meet customers’ requirements, several industry observers noted at this week's Cloud Computing World Forum Latin America 2012. “Cloud providers should become sector specialists,” said Fernando...
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.
Much is made of cloud computing today, but I'm not sure if the market is really aware of the correct...
MIAMI – Software-defined networking (SDN) has been around for a while, but its future was as a hot topic during this week’s NetEvents Americas Press & Summit, held in Miami.
“This time is different because the problem is very real,” noted Casey Quillin,...
We recently attended Capacity CEE 2012 in Prague, where regional wholesalers and their retail customers shared their perspectives on the market. There was, of course, a lot of fighting talk
U.S.-based Splunk, a big data solution provider, is enhancing its presence across Latin America, especially in Brazil. Splunk started in Brazil through a partnership with Silverlink Technologies and is now opening its own local operations. The move follows Splunk's IPO on April 18 when its stock soared...
Cloud computing and communication as a service (CaaS) are technologies that telecom operators could add to their portfolio to enhance their presence in the corporate market. In a recent interview for a feature report on enterprise trends, Elia San Miguel, principal analyst with Gartner...
Betting on changes in how cloud computing works, CliQr Technologies launched today (June 26). Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, the new privately held company is backed by venture capital companies, including Google Ventures and Foundation Capital. Along with the launch, CliQr Technologies unveiled a...
There is no going back when telecom operators move to become integrators of information and communication technology (ICT) , since carriers are seeking ways to avoid becoming just dumb pipe. "They aim to increase revenue through ICT by adding services to their business-to-business (B2B)...
Several surveys have highlighted the advance of telecom providers into the cloud computing service market. Both Pyramid Research and Infonetics Research have released studies showing that carriers are embracing cloud computing as a key corporate strategy and that they are placed in a prime...
Mavenir Systems announced the availability of its Mobile Cloud Suite (MCS) which is designed to help network operators launch pre-IMS rich communications services either as an in-network deployment or as a hosted cloud-based service.
While the company crafts an interesting buzzword collage in...
Cisco is not among the top cloud computing providers, though that could be changing following recent announcements from the company pointing towards a strong play in the field.
During its Cisco Live event, held this week in San Diego, Calif., the firm...
LAS VEGAS - Like most large multi-nationals, Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) can be challenged to orchestrate its different verticals, which ranges from business-focused products to end user-user focused personal devices. Distilling the range of objectives can even be complicated to digest, even for HP's employees –...
LAS VEGAS—After HP's turbulent year in 2011, with Léo Apotheker stepping down as CEO just 11 months after being named and the indecision over the future of its PC business, HP (NYSE: HPQ) used this week's HP Discover 2012 event to make its enterprise business strategies...
Less than a month after Oracle's purchase of the cloud-based social marketing and engagement platform Vitrue, the company announced on June 5 that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the cloud-based social intelligence firm, Collective Intellect. It is the IT giant's second...
LAS VEGAS – “It is too early to evaluate HP’s new product. And it has still to be proven by clients. What I can say at this moment is that EMC leads this market with a huge share of our backup solutions,” Rodrigo Gazzaneo,...
LAS VEGAS – How to manage big data has been a challenge for companies of all sizes and sectors. Companies need to develop strategies to deal with the volume, variety, velocity and value of a huge amount of structured and unstructured data. Although still...
Focusing on wireless carriers and device manufacturers as customers, OfficeDrop launched a custom small business online cloud storage solution, designed to allow technology companies to offer cloud storage to their end customers under their own brand. The new solution enables wireless providers to launch...
Cloud computing is the new king of the information technology market, and three acquisitions announced this week underscore the point.
On Tuesday Germany's SAP AG unveiled its plans to buy cloud-based business commerce network Ariba Inc to expand its cloud presence, in a deal...
