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 major products: a solution to help CSPs harness the cloud to create new revenue streams and...
Mobile Network Operators have invested heavily in the role LTE will play in their future competitiveness, as evidenced by LTE network rollouts underway at various stages across major U.S. and global markets. Whether these LTE networks are targeted for completion in 2012, 2013, or...
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 noted that cybercriminals gained confidence and momentum in 2012.
According to Websense Security Labs vice president,...
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, the company's local president, Rodrigo Kede, predicted that cognitive computing would be the next...
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 them. However, it effects a vast stakeholders range and key questions emerge such as...
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 also the wireless world. As several observers have note, just like electricity and water,...
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.
As 2012 comes to a close, and even with all the projects and final daily activities to be completed, it...
The need for adequate and reliable in-building communication has gained recognition across the nation in recent years. Mobile phones are an extension of the work day now and need to be accessible at all times. This often calls for more detailed, defined coverage within...
In the traditional telecommunications business model, operators sourced services from a wide range of specialized vendors. These services usually were deployed on specialized hardware platforms which were specifically designed to meet the demanding requirements of network operators. Operators invested in the required hardware and...
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 be through mobile devices, especially in many emerging countries where you can see this...
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 to its acquisition of the British software company Autonomy in 2011.
HP said the majority...
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 important factor when choosing a mobile network. iPass, a Wi-Fi and enterprise mobility services...
Operators must meet the challenge OTT traffic creates for the network and mitigate the negative impacts of congestion especially on video services. Learn from leading analysts at Strategy Analytics how to get in front of the video traffic wave with congestion and service aware...
If you work in IT or handle mobile devices for your organization, you’ve likely already experienced it: requests to move to the latest, greatest, fastest smartphone on the market (for the time being),
Oracle’s latest pair of moves show the company’s efforts to bolster its cloud portfolio. By making a strategic minority investment in Engine Yard, a cloud development platform that supports Ruby, PHP and Node, Oracle is pushing its platform-as-a-service strategy. This investment followed the acquisition...
Six months after acquiring Ortiva Wireless, Allot Communications has launched a video optimization solution called Allot VideoClass. Allot purchased the La Jolla, Calif.-based mobile video optimization company for an undisclosed amount in May.
Andrei Elefant, Allot vice president of product management and marketing, said the launch...
Kony Solutions, a mobile and multi-channel application platform provider, held a press conference on Tuesday to announce its commercial launch in São Paulo. Along with opening its Brazilian office, the company announced that it already has a big client: Brazilian Banco Itau Unibanco, one...
While the wireless industry is well aligned on small cells being the next step in network evolution, the urgency, path, methods and overall choice of vendors and means of deployment is still up for debate. New entrants in the RAN market are offering potentially...
Earlier this year, the CEO of IBM's Brazilian unit said that more time is needed to understand the impact of mobile devices on corporate business, but that hasn't stopped IBM from acting. The company recently announced new software and service additions to its mobile enterprise suite.
This...
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.
Capgemini and HP recently published their fourth annual World Quality Report that provides a “comprehensive assessment of the current state...
With consumers increasingly tying themselves to mobile networks through smartphones and the hundreds of thousands of applications those devices can support, carriers are in need of ways in which to monitor and insure that the traffic load is handled in a consistent manner across...
Microsoft announced earlier this week that the company is dropping its "Messenger" product and replacing it with Skype, which it acquired last year, for its online chat service. In a blog post, Microsoft said "Skype and Messenger are coming together, and that by updating...
Colombia is becoming a very interesting country for investors. With the Vive Digital plan, the government is looking to boost Internet penetration in Colombia to decrease poverty, generate jobs and improve and increase competitiveness and productivity. As a result, the country is proving attractive for...
Diameter’s role in managing the explosive growth of signaling across an LTE network has more than doubled in not only signaling traffic, but also complexity. Diameter signaling protocol has been adopted by 3GPP and 3GPP2 as the standard protocol for authentication, authorization, accounting (AAA)...
