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Sprint nabs former AT&T exec as VP for enterprise sales

Sprint continues to pilfer executives from rivals as part of its broader corporate restructuring, with the latest coming from AT&T Sprint’s ongoing corporate restructuring gained yet another executive from a rival as the carrier announced former AT&T executive Nelly Pitocco joined as VP of enterprise...

Analyst Angle: How enterprises can manage CYOD

Enterprises have seen their IT strategies transform from managing BYOD to overseeing CYOD, which then calls for MDM, MCM, MAM and EMM For many years, “bring-your-own-device” strategies have been popular in enterprises. This came about because users wanted to bring their own personal mobile devices...

Cisco: A push for voice over Wi-Fi in the enterprise

A conversation with Mark Grayson, Distinguished Engineer, Office of Mobility CTO, Cisco about expanding wi-fi to enterprise Download a transcript of the interview and be the first to receive the report “Voice comes to the fore, again. VoLTE and Wi-Fi Calling redefine voice” VoLTE and VoWi-Fi will...

IoT security to drive funding in cybersecurity startups

IoT security spending is set to increase by nearly 30% this year. Cybersecurity startups to benefit from surge in investment as funding is expected to soar. "Internet of Things" security spending is currently a relatively small market, but analyst firm Gartner estimates worldwide spending on...

ONUG looks to serve as enterprise voice in SDN

On this week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check we speak with ONUG on its advocacy for open interoperable hardware and software-defined infrastructure Enterprises are seen as some of the earliest test cases in terms of the telecommunications industry’s push into virtualization platforms, with many operators working with...

Nokia coming out strong after the dust settles

LONDON – When two giants of the industry merge – although in this case the merger was a takeover – it can often take a while for the dust to settle and for the new company to begin to realize the benefits. Sometimes the...

3 enterprise devops tools

Enterprise devops tools are quickly gaining interest as companies look to streamline their operations and gain efficiency Enterprises are increasingly turning to development operations models in order to drive further efficiency across their organization. But, to make these devops moves requires having tools and processes...

Connectivity, proving ROI biggest challenges in IoT projects

IoT projects face a number of technical and business challenges. Connectivity and proving ROI are ranked as the biggest challenges by European IT professionals. Enterprises face a number of technical and business challenges when it comes to planning and deploying "Internet of Things" projects. A survey...

Telefónica partners with Red Hat on enterprise mobile platform

Red Hat’s Mobile Application Platform to power Telefónica’s global enterprise mobile platform Telefónica Business Solutions is set to use Red Hat’s Mobile Application Platform as a global reference for operators within the Telefónica Group looking to mobilize business processes for customers. Red Hat said Telefónica has...

Mission critical: businesses see the need for DAS and small cells

DAS makes sense for the enterprise even if carriers won't pay for it Distributed antenna systems and in-building small cells have traditionally been used by carriers to keep enterprise customers happy, and now those customers are starting to purchase mobile infrastructure on their own. The...

Analyst Angle: Text messaging as a services platform

Text messaging remains a significant form of communication between people, but it also looks set to become an ordering platform for businesses Remember when you could sign up for online email notifications? You could ask your bank to email you an alert if your balance...

Sprint unleashes wireline with Global Wireline Business Unit

Sprint unlocks Global Wireline Business Unit to target enterprise market, though tasked with ‘full profit-and-loss responsibility’ Sprint may be most known as the domestic market’s former No. 3 wireless carrier, but it also has a wireline network that has garnered accolades from industry veterans and...

Reader Forum: Education, support key to enterprise small cells

There’s been a few questions asked recently in RCR Wireless News and Network World about the go-to-market challenges faced by the small cell community, especially in the enterprise space. And of course it is true, there are some questions to be answered. The pleasing element...

Verizon's former customers struggle, Sprint launches new pricing plan … 5 things to know today

Verizon probably looks pretty good to its former customers now 1. Former Verizon Communications customers who are now served by Frontier Communications are struggling with unreliable service, according to multiple reports. Problems range from the inability to access online banking to a failure to reach...

Show me the IoT money: opportunity for investment

Within the telecom industry, views differ widely on the scale of the IoT investment opportunity Asked at a recent conference when the "Internet of Things" will make a material difference to his company’s financial performance, the CEO of one major telecom operator replied: “Not in my tenure.” That...

IIoT manufacturing moves beyond hype

Awareness and intent is growing around IIoT manufacturing, but companies have yet to see significant impact The 2016 edition of the global MESA international and LNS Research survey on "Metrics that Matter in the manufacturing world” shows the industrial "Internet of Things" manufacturing sector’s take on IoT...

Sprint small cell deployment will include Wi-Fi

CommScope tapped for Sprint small cell deployment Sprint has chosen CommScope for a significant indoor small cell deployment designed to support LTE and Wi-Fi. The carrier plans to use CommScope's S1000 small cell, one of the assets CommScope acquired when it bought small cell specialist...

IIoT manufacturing has moved beyond hype

Awareness and intent is growing around IIoT manufacturing but companies have yet to see significant impact The 2016 edition of the global MESA International and LNS Research survey on ”Metrics that Matter in the manufacturing world” shows that the IIoT manufacturing sector’s take on IoT is changing...

Google CEO envisions AI-dominated, deviceless future

Sundar Pichai, Google CEO, emphasizes artificial intelligence, machine learning Google is investing big in artificial intelligence and machine learning, which will set the stage for a transition from mobile-first to AI-first as devices fade away, Google CEO Sundar Pichai wrote in a recent post to...

Analyst Angle: Wi-Fi here and now

I just returned from the well-organized and well-attended Wi-Fi Now conference in Washington, D.C. Topics at the three-day conference included enterprise applications, home security, innovations, leadership, carriers, spectrum, LTE-U, the "Uber-ization" of the wireless industry and the disruptive role of Wi-Fi. There was less talk about...

Industrial IoT and its key role in asset efficiency

Asset efficiency is important to a manufacturer's bottomline A recent study on the maturity of asset efficiency practices from Infosys and the Institute for Industrial Management (FIR) at Aachen University revealed that 85% of manufacturing companies globally are aware of asset efficiency, but only 15%...

How the Industrial IoT is changing enterprise asset management

Increase productivity with enterprise asset management cloud and data analytics tools Companies of all sorts, particularly those working in physical plant-intensive markets, need to keep up with their equipment to understand maintenance needs, optimize process efficiency and, ideally, get more productivity for less money. The practice...

Analyst Angle: Will indoor small cells ever scale?

Dell’Oro Group looks at challenges facing small cells as they try to garner scale in the consumer and enterprise space At a high level, small cells have moved from the hype phase to reality. The Dell’Oro Group estimates the nonresidential small cell market approached 300,000...

Reader Forum: 6 tips to safely decommission your BYO device

MaaS360 by IBM provides 6 tips for the decommission of bring-your-own-devices in the enterprise In the world of bring-your-own-device policies, users may run through multiple devices per year – a departure from the typical 18-month or two-year upgrade for the general population. As BYOD grows,...