Mobile-health smartphone applications will take off in 2012, reaching $1.3 billion, according to a recent survey by market research and consultancy firm Research2guidance. The group estimates the current market size at $718 million.
“We think the m-health market will be mainly driven by private persons...
Telefónica Digital tapped Sybase 365, a subsidiary of Sybase and a SAP company, to be its global, strategic partner on providing mobile wallet services, which will be the gateway for its customers to a wide range of mobile financial services. Telefónica expects to...
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...
Brazilians like to communicate. Recently, RCR Wireless News reported that Brazil was the leading country in growth of Facebook users and during 2011 among the top 30 countries by number of active users, according to researcher Nick Burcher, who has been collating Facebook usage...
Colombia's state-owned Emcali, which provides water, telecommunications and electricity services in Cali, plans to launch an IPTV service in the next couple of months. The company has been testing the technology and the structure packages for the launch.
According to the local newspaper El Pais,...
NEC has acquired an 85% stake of Global View, an Argentinean company that provides video surveillance services. Following closing of the transaction, Global View will operate as a subsidiary of NEC Latin America.
Global View does a lot of work with municipal governments, with a...
Brazilian telecom provider Telebras has informed the Securities and Exchange Commission it will sign a memorandum of understanding with Odebrecht Defesa e Tecnologia in order to create a company to provide voice and data services via underwater cables. The agreement includes the building of...
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...
Following a decade of consolidating its portfolio to counter commoditization of its services and focus on more value-added solutions, IBM (NYSE: IBM) has an aggressive acquisition plan that includes investing $20 billion through 2015 in buying companies around the globe.
The company noted that most of...
The increase in mobile data and voice over IP usage has contributed to the growth of Chile's telecom services market, according to IDC Latin America. The research firm released a report showing the segment posted 7.7% growth in 2011, reaching $6.3 billion.
The firm...
A recent report of security company Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (CHKP), named The Impact of Mobile Devices on Information Security, showed 71% of businesses believe mobile devices have caused an increase in security incidents, citing significant concerns about the loss and privacy of sensitive...
Health Evolution Partners and Verizon Connected Healthcare Solutions have established a strategic relationship to encourage innovation and adoption of connected health information technologies. The companies said venture is designed to help drive patient care improvements and better manage costs.
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Tata Consultancy Services announced the opening of its Silicon Valley customer collaboration center in Santa Clara, Calif. The center will serve as the worldwide headquarters of TCS’ mobility solutions, which aims to bring the benefits of emerging technologies like big data, analytics and mobility...
Eugene Kaspersky seems to be a different CEO – at least less formal than top executives normally are. He graduated from the Institute of Cryptography, Telecommunications and Computer Science in 1987, and in 1997 co-founded the developer secure content and threat management solutions company...
Companies are embracing the "consumerization" phenomenon and addressing “bring your own device” policies to accommodate younger employees and attract the best new recruits. However, although iPhones and iPads have been synonymous with the consumerization of IT, they are far from alone in driving the...
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The $39 billion US private line services market is expected to show modest 2.3% annual growth over the next five years, says a market analysis study from Insight Research.
A new study by market research firm Infonetics Research showed that carriers are embracing cloud computing as a key corporate strategy. On the same day that Brazilian operator Oi announced its Smart Cloud platform, América Móvil unveiled plans for cloud computing services across subsidiaries...
Looking to expand revenues, Brazilian carrier Oi announced its cloud strategy dubbed "Oi Smart Cloud." The offering is designed to complement the carrier's enterprise portfolio, which currently includes fixed and mobile telephony, connectivity and IT solutions.
“Within three years, we expect to double data...
Citing plans to expand its operations in mobile application development, integration, security and management, IBM (IBM) reported a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Israeli-based Worklight, a provider of mobile software for smartphones and tablets.
Financial terms of the proposed deal were not disclosed, though the...
Nokia Siemens Networks, the world's No. 2 maker of mobile telecoms network equipment, and Tellabs unveiled plans to jobs as part of cost-cutting plans. NSN plans to cut approximately 1,200 jobs in Finland and 2,900 in Germany, while Tellabs plans to cut 530 jobs....
The company established its India presence to cater to the Indian mobile user with technology to help overcome and disregard usage barriers and unfamiliarity of the mobile phone, it said in a statement.
The concerns of healthcare IT executives trying to meet the demands of supporting consumer-grade computing devices are growing. A study -- conducted by BizTechReports and published as a white paper by Panasonic (download here)-- found major operational issues for media tablets in healthcare, with...
