Though most people know the importance of protecting their phones, research conducted by security vendor Eset showed that 80% of smartphone users do not have a security solution, or even consider it necessary. "We see an increase in the attacks against mobile platform, especially...
A confident Dell chairman and CEO Michael Dell explained how the company is transforming itself into a one-stop shop with servers, storage and networking, as well as a services business solutions.
As Dell was hosting its annual Dell World convention in Austin, news broke that China's Lenovo has overtaken Dell to become the world's number two personal computer maker for the first time. According to Gartner and IDC, HP grew 5.3%, faster than the industry...
As a mobile operator across 32 markets in the Caribbean, Central America, and the Pacific, Digicel Group Limited was facing a growth that its in-house CRM(customer relationship management) system could not support. To meet this increase and be prepared for future demand growth, Digicel’s IT...
The wireless distributor and supply-chain management firm Brightstar Corp. signed a multi-year service agreement with MTN South Africa (SA), through which Brightstar will be able to expand its operations and services into the African region. Africa is the latest in a series of overseas...
As phones are getting smarter, they are also becoming more vulnerable. Mobile threats that have existed for years are becoming more common, and a new report shows that Android phones are among those most at risk. Russian firm Kaspersky Lab, in its monthly malware...
SAN DIEGO – The GSMA poked its head into the domestic space this week, announcing a new report showing that connected devices are set to increase to 24 billion by 2020, with those devices connected to mobile networks surging 100% to 12 billion. That...
Corporate mobility, increased adoption of cloud computing and “green” IT are highlights of a recent survey from Accenture entitled: “Brazil Infrastructure Maturity X-Ray.”The survey, which was conducted in partnership with IDC, showed the maturity level of IT infrastructure management. Brazilians firms were touted to...
SmartSynch says AT&T Inc. will offer its suite of smart grid products along with wireless data services. AT&T will also offer its utility customers up to ten years of prepaid machine-to-machine data usage on smart meters purchased directly from AT&T. “Prepayment of 10 years...
Apple Inc. co-founder and until recently CEO Steve Jobs has died at the age of 56. Jobs had battled a rare form of cancer for years.
Tim Cook, Apple's CEO since Steve Jobs resigned in August, sent an e-mail to all Apple employees announcing...
Policy makers in Japan were taking a hard look at smart grid technology even before last spring's earthquake and tsunami and the resulting leaks at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Now, they are studying smart grids even more intensely. When Nikkei Business Publications...
D Shivakumar, the current Managing Director and Vice President for Nokia India, has been elevated to head of Nokia's business throughout Africa and Middle East, a roster of around 90 countries. This move consolidates Nokia's markets into four distinct blocks - Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific (including...
Over the next three years, the UK-based firm BT Global Services, part of BT Group plc, will double its business in Latin American countries. Although the company does not disclose regional numbers, its current Latam revenue is estimated at $500 million. The company believes...
Big meets cloud has been the EMC slogan this year. during the recent Futurecom event, Marcio Kanamaru, global client solutions director at EMC, talked to RCR Wireless News about how this new trend is impacting business and being affected by the development of devices...
During the recent Futurecom event in São Paulo Sept. 12-14 RCR Wireless News hosted a panel in its booth to discuss major telecom trends for the Brazilian market.
Dean Sheffield, global managing director, cloud solutions at Juniper Networks, and Keith Keczmarek, VP and general manager...
Pecan Street Inc., Austin's non-profit smart grid and clean energy research organization, today announced the roster of companies that will help it develop and deploy a smart grid in hundreds of Austin homes. Landis+Gyr will leverage its smart grid network platform and install several...
“Eat breakfast because we’re having a late lunch!” These were the words that greeted 200 eager investors and entrepreneurs as they picked up their name tags at the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center on the University of Texas campus this morning. They were...
“Eat breakfast because we’re having a late lunch!” These were the words that greeted 200 eager investors and entrepreneurs as they picked up their name tags at the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center on the University of Texas campus this morning. They were...
Accenture | August 29, 2011 | Press Release
30 August 2011 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and Telstra today announced a new Product Innovation Lab in Melbourne to develop cloud computing solutions for customers in Australia and New Zealand.
The Lab supports the Accenture and Telstra cloud...
Accenture | August 31, 2011 | Press Release
SAN FRANCISCO; August 31, 2011 — Accenture (NYSE: ACN) today announced that it will design, build and deploy a cloud-based self-assessment web portal for The Gender Equality Project(TGEP), a Swiss not-for-profit foundation that works with multinational companies...
Ericsson | August 26, 2011 | Press Release
Telecom operators all over the world are to find out how Ericsson’s acquisition of solutions provider Telenor Connexion’s machine-to-machine (M2M) technology platform can help them break into the M2M business. The acquisition of the M2M platform assets...
