SOMERS, N.Y.-IBM Corp. announced a number of software developers have chosen its WebSphere Everyplace Suite as the platform on which they will extend their applications to various wireless devices."Combining the strengths of IBM technology with leading applications, software developers are key to completing the...
With the home rapidly becoming an extension of the workplace, consumers increasingly are turning to wireless home networking equipment as a way to keep connected. According to an IDC report, worldwide local area network shipments are expected to top 4 million in 2003, with...
AKRON, OHIO-A panel of telecommunications experts at a conference this month in San Antonio will discuss design trends and business prospects for that hot market, as well as the potential it holds for plastics part suppliers.Plastics News' Executive Forum 2001 is set for Oct....
NEW YORK-Wireless users may be free of the wire but not of the clutter. Despite the image of untethered communications, they are burdened with a bevy of devices.Only technology buffs are willing to carry around a bag full of wireless communicators that cannot interact...
BOSTON-IBM Corp. says it is partnering with two-thirds of the world's leading wireless operators and that its wireless operations are growing 300 percent per year, though the company has not signed a single exclusive deal, according to research examining the wireless partnering strategy of...
In a wide-ranging alliance, Nortel Networks and Broadbase Software Inc. will jointly develop and market a product they say will provide end-to-end customer relationship management.The communications company and the CRM vendor plan to release Nortel Clarify Analytic Applications by January. The tool will be...
An emerging collection of technical standards promises to change forever the way marketers do their jobs by automating how businesses interact.The question is: Will this automation cut marketers out of the mix?One of the most recent and important proposed standards is called universal description, discovery...
E2open has opened its doors.The new electronics marketplace sports 10 high-powered founders, including IBM Corp., Hitachi and Nortel Networks. With this backing, e2open aspires to be nothing less than "one of the largest enterprises of the 21st century," said John Mumford, partner at Crosspoint...
With all the wireless enabling solutions, wireless application service providers, devices, software and networks available today, it's not too difficult to see how dot-coms and corporate entities mulling wireless extension of their content may feel a little overwhelmed.Even reporters and analysts attempting to keep...
Bluetooth seemed like a simple idea when introduced in 1998 as a low-cost, cable-replacement technology designed to be embedded in wireless devices. Early forecasts had Bluetooth-enabled products on the market as early as mid-1999.Those early predictions seemed believable at the time. Who would not...
NEW YORK-To help companies extend performance monitoring and feedback beyond their internal technical departments, Managed Objects, McLean, Va., has released beta types of its formula Version 2 software.Since Managed Objects' establishment in 1997, WebLink Wireless Inc. has partnered with it, helping "develop the tools...
As the calendar turned over from the '90s to the '00s, the wireless industry has seen a surge in companies targeting the wireless enterprise enablement space.While outsourced solution providers such as wireless application service providers have made a name for themselves earlier in the...
Looking to make a play in the wireless e-business enablement space, Brience Inc. was formed six months ago by former executives of KPMG Consulting who found existing wireless enablement solutions lacking."We saw a trend about 18 months ago back when we were building for...
NEW YORK-If Silicon Valley's view is correct, all distribution of products and services will migrate to the Internet and companies will therefore close their call centers and stores. But this concept is far from accurate, others argue."The idea of disintermediating channels and going on...
HELSINKI, Finland-The SyncML initiative released version 1.0 Alpha of the SyncML specification, which is designed to synchronize data across multiple networks, platforms and devices.An upgraded SyncML Reference Toolkit, originally unveiled in May, also was released.The official version of SyncML 1.0 is scheduled for release...
SYDNEY, Australia-Cable & Wireless Optus, which operates a mobile-phone network in Australia, said it is in discussions with other telecom companies about forming a partnership in mobile telephony outside Australia. In addition, the company announced alliances for offering mobile data services to businesses.The alliances,...
WirelessNorthPersonal communications services carrier WirelessNorth named David Charles president of the company. Charles served as director of operations with Montana Power Co., where he was responsible for 120 employees serving 110,000 electric and natural gas customers in the Missoula division, covering Western Montana. In...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. reported that Matsushita Communications Industrial Co. Ltd. joined the SyncML initiative, formed to develop and promote an open industry specification enabling the creation of interoperable wireless and wireline data synchronization products.Matsushita joins existing SyncML members Nokia, L.M. Ericsson, Lotus, IBM Corp.,...
NEW YORK- Triton Network Systems. Inc., an Orlando, Fla. vendor of point-to-consecutive-point broadband wireless network equipment, raised $82.5 million July 13 in an initial public offering of 5.5 million shares.Credit Suisse First Boston was lead underwriter for the deal, which was priced at $15...
Nearly 41 million people worldwide subscribed to Time Division Multiple Access-Enhanced Data for Global Evolution technology by the end of the first quarter, an increase of 87 percent from the previous year, according to the Universal Wireless Communications Consortium. UWCC said North American TDMA-EDGE...
NEW YORK-IBM announced alliances with eight Internet professional services firms to build mobile e-commerce solutions for IBM's wireless Internet initiatives.IBM said the companies-Agency.com; Answerthink; Luminary Worldwide Corp.; Organic; R/GA; Rare Medium; Razorfish; and US Interactive-will use IBM technology to help businesses create content and...
Seagull Inc., a provider of e-business solutions for Windows and Web-based systems, extended its reach into the wireless realm last week with the introduction of its server-based Wireless-to-Host Solution.For 10 years, Seagull has offered Web-to-Host and Windows-to-Host solutions, basically providing software that allows enterprises...
IPmobileWireless communications infrastructure company IPmobile Inc. hired Louis Wooldridge as its vice president of sales in Asia, and Chuck Derrick as its vice president of product development. Wooldridge will spearhead the company's initiative to secure and capitalize on the growing wireless data market opportunity...
NEW YORK-Nextel Communications Inc. will be active in the upcoming government auctions for 1.9 MHz and 700 MHz spectrum, said Steven M. Shindler, executive vice president and chief financial officer."There is all sorts of speculation about spectrum, auction and M&A issues, and Steve has...
