Openwave (OPWV), the software company that describes itself as "the inventor of the mobile internet," is selling its mediation and messaging businesses to private equity group Marlin Equity Partners for an undisclosed sum. Going forward the company will call itself Unwired Planet and will...
With high expectations, Level 3 plans to launch its content delivery network (CDN) solution in the Latin American market during second quarter this year. The global provider of IP-based communication services to business, content, government and wholesale customers forecasts that CDN revenues will reach...
HP (NYSE: HPQ) knew it had to move toward offering public cloud computing if the company wanted to compete with major public cloud players such as Amazon and Google. In addition, HP recognized that it should build an integrated strategy to deliver its solutions in...
A couple of days before the Brazilian national telecom agency Anatel’s intended announcement of the final auction framework of the radio frequency in the 450 MHz, 2.5 GHz bands, mobile carrier TIM released a statement warning of risks in what the telecom operator calls...
Mobile, cloud, social and information are the four pillars of what Gartner calls a "nexus force." These topics will drive business in coming years, and both chief executives officers (CEOs) and chief information officers (CIOs) need to develop strategies focusing on them. To continue...
British American Tobacco has closed a $209 million deal with Deutsche Telekom's IT subsidiary T-Systems. The seven-year contract focused on cloud computing offerings represents one of the largest cloud deals in T-Systems' history.
Over a two-year period, British American Tobacco and T-Systems will transition the...
Cloud services have rapidly moved from buzzword status to mainstream offering, but implementing a successful cloud service involves more than just buying some storage/computing from Amazon, throwing together a website and building an iPhone and/or Android app. From our experience at NewBay in powering...
Oracle has entered into an agreement to acquire ClearTrial, which develops cloud-based clinical trial operations applications. The deal is expected to close in the first half of 2012. The two companies did not disclose the financial terms of the deal.
ClearTrial, a private company founded in...
“Cloud computing is a fantastic way to sell more data.” By stressing this definition, the director of innovation at TIM Brazil, Maurício Cascão, defined the telecom operator’s strategy in launching cloud computing services offers in the country. Cascão said, during the TM Forum Latin...
Following the mobile and cloud trends in corporate applications, the Brazilian Sonda IT, owned by the Chilean Sonda, set its portfolio to meet companies’ need for “as a service” offers tied to mobility and cloud computing.
Generally speaking, Sonda IT has packaged software, service and...
IBM Brazil said it has invested $22.85 million (R$40 million) to launch its first corporate public cloud in the country. According to José Luis Spagnuolo, cloud computing director at IBM Brazil, the investment is to prepare IBM’s data center, located in Hortolandia, for the...
SAP's recent launch of its Business One OnDemand solution, which moves to software as a service (SaaS) and a cloud-based model for its Business One application, looks to be a landmark move by the German-based company into the cloud computing space. SAP recently highlighted...
Lenovo's cloud storage unit and SugarSync unveiled a cloud storage service that will be integrated into Lenovo’s personal computers and tablet devices. The solution is focused on consumers looking to access, sync and backup their files, photos, music and movies across their devices.
Levono explained...
Consumer cloud services for accessing content will be integrated into 90% of all connected devices by the end of 2013, according to technology research and advisory firm Gartner.
Personal cloud services are designed to allow consumers to store, sync, stream and share information using multiple...
Although cloud computing is still in its infancy, the technology has already begun changing how IT departments deliver economic value to countries, cities, industries and small businesses. According to IDC, spending on public cloud IT services hit $28 billion in 2011, compared with more than...
Spain's Telefónica announced the launch of a regional cloud hosting service targeting the Latin American corporate segment, including large companies and government.
Named "Virtual Hosting 2.0," the offering is supported by VCE’s VBlock infrastructure and will be provided through five interconnected data centers across...
Latin America's telecom sector is clearly in need of infrastructure investment. Gartner expects the Latam telecom sector to see double digit growth rates this year in traffic, demand and investments as carriers rush to meet the challenges of data and voice traffic growth, which...
Brazil's Embratel, which belongs to América Móvil, unveiled a new backbone network based on optical transport network technology and targeting its enterprise costumers.
"The new network will serve large companies, corporate clients and government," noted Ney Acyr, Embratel Empresas' executive director, to RCR Wireless...
The global cloud computing market has been strengthened by telecom competition, which has also placed those companies in a prime position to take advantage of that growing market, according to a report from Pyramid Research. Analytical firm Infonetics Research also noted that carriers are...
Information technology spending increased 5% in 2011, despite the worsening economic situation in Western Europe and volatility in other regions, according to a new study from the IDC Worldwide Black Book. IDC noted that emerging markets continued to lead the way, with tech spending in...
The Brazilian telecommunications market will over the next two years will face its best time since its opening to private initiatives. Here are eight issues, facts or trends, that deserve attention.
Atos, EMC and VMware are combining their efforts toward cloud computing, announcing a strategic alliance for open cloud computing. As part of the initiative, Atos plans to create a new company, Canopy, to provide cloud solutions and services as a one-stop shop vendor.
“The launch...
While worldwide mobile data traffic is expected to increase 18-fold over the next five years, reaching 10.8 exabytes per month by 2016, in Brazil the rate is slightly higher with Cisco Systems predicting an 19-fold increase between 2011 and 2016. That will result in...
Looking to extend its cloud computing platform, Oracle said it has entered into an agreement to acquire cloud-based talent management provider Taleo for $46 per share or approximately $1.9 billion, net of Taleo’s cash and debt.
Taleo’s talent management cloud is designed to help organizations...
