WASHINGTON-The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is considering a request that could help wireless companies-particularly newly united Sprint Nextel Corp.-make further inroads into the mobile workforce management space and the $574 billion trucking industry. Xora Inc., a software firm based in Mountain View, Calif.,...
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Oracle Corp., the world's biggest database maker, said it is adding to its portfolio with the acquisition of software developer TimesTen. Terms of the deal, which is expected to close in July, were not disclosed. The acquisition is Oracle's fourth since January,...
SANTA MONICA, Calif.-Data storage company Xdrive Inc. added a wireless component to its Internet-based storage offering and is looking to team up with wireless carriers or other industry players to promote the service. "We're always open to partnerships," said Steve Rockey, Xdrive's chief operating...
WASHINGTON-Telecom and tech firms, some already in the wireless business and others planning to enter it, are helping foot the bill for President Bush's inauguration Jan. 20.The donors, according to the Presidential Inaugural Committee, include Qualcomm Inc. ($100,000), AT&T Corp. ($250,000), MCI ($25,000), Oracle...
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Oracle Corp. announced its Oracle Database Lite 10g, which it says expands grid computing to the mobile work force.The product, based on Oracle's Grid Computing infrastructure, is an integrated solution for developing and deploying database applications for mobile environments, said the company."Companies...
WASHINGTON-While new industry figures show top Republicans casting pro-technology votes more often than their counterparts in Congress, a review of fresh campaign finance data reveals top high-tech firms are hedging their bets on Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry. Without question, the outcome of this...
When Java came into wireless, it was welcomed with arms half open. Companies like Qualcomm Inc. thought the technology was too open and had to shrink its appeal. Some said it was not open enough because it savored such a wide array of supporters...
WASHINGTON-The Export-Import Bank of the United States approved a $15 million long-term loan guarantee to support the sale by U.S. suppliers of cellular equipment, software and services to Colombia Movil, a wireless carrier in Colombia.Suppliers of the contract include Hewlett-Packard Co., Portal Software Inc.,...
SAN RAMON, Calif.-Industry leaders have formed the Mobile Expert Group with a view to promoting Java technology in the mobile space. The focus will be data-capable phones.The group was formed by the OSGi Alliance, an ecosystem whose members specify, create, advance and promote an...
SOMERS, N.Y.-IBM Corp. said it has rolled out new database software known as DB2 Everyplace that provides customers with real-time access to business information on their wireless handhelds."DB2 Everyplace gives mobile workers the ability to query, retrieve and modify information in real time from...
LONDON-Vodafone Group plc announced a joint initiative with Oracle Corp. to offer enterprise customers integrated mobility solutions based on Oracle 10g and Vodafone Network Services. The deal covers joint development work, marketing efforts and a plan to launch further products.Pilot customers in healthcare, government,...
"No one ever got fired for buying IBM."It's a saying that has been floating around the business world for years. It highlights both the complications technology shoppers face as well as the challenges of selling such technology. And those going up against IBM Corp....
Although Research In Motion Ltd. has worked to diffuse concerns over its ongoing legal troubles, some of the company's competitors see RIM's high-profile court battles as an opportunity to promote their own products."We certainly don't want to knock RIM," said Martin Schwartz, managing partner...
WASHINGTON-Despite poor market conditions, telecom and high-tech industries continue to spend money on lobbying at record levels.PoliticalMoneyLine, a Web-based service that tracks political money, said the telecom and tech sectors ranked second in lobbying expenditures for the last six months of 2002. The $113.3...
WASHINGTON-Despite poor market conditions, telecom and high-tech industries continue to spend money on lobbying at record levels.PoliticalMoneyLine, a Web-based service that tracks political money, said telecom and tech sectors ranked second in lobbying expenditures for the last six months of 2002. The $113.3 million...
The 2003 JavaOne Developer Conference witnessed a collision of giants as Sun Microsystems Inc. and IBM Corp. pushed their platforms, highlighting a division within a technology that seeks to avoid segmentation.Sun announced that wireless heavyweights like Motorola Inc., Nokia Corp., Siemens AG and Sony...
The 2003 JavaOne Conference is witnessing a collision of giants, as Sun Microsystems and IBM Corp. are pushing their platforms, highlighting a division within a technology that seeks to avoid fragmentation.Sun announced that wireless heavyweights like Motorola Inc., Nokia Corp., Siemens AG and Sony...
SAN RAFAEL, Calif.-Location services company Autodesk Inc. said it has been recognized by the Open GIS Consortium as a co-author of the proposed OpenGIS Location Services Implementation Specification.The Open GIS Consortium is working to define an XML-based standard for location service interfaces and help...
TOKYO-Oracle Japan and NTT DoCoMo have jointly developed a new system that lets corporate users distribute in-company information to personal digital assistants (PDAs) in real time, the firms jointly announced.Using the system, companies will be able to develop their own mobile networks within three...
CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Reflecting the prevailing mood in the wireless industry, Probe Research has demonstrated that marquee telecom as well as information/Internet Protocol vendors will groan from pain in the near future.But the research firm singles out Sun Microsystems Inc. as a company with little...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo, the leading mobile carrier in Japan, and Oracle announced the firms jointly developed an interactive intranet information system that lets personal digital assistant (PDA) users access their company's systems for exchanging information.Both companies are planning to start selling the platform, called Enterprises...
SAN FRANCISCO-Telephia Inc. and Oracle have joined to offer enterprise customers a solution for testing and analyzing wireless application performance.According to their agreement, Telephia will provide its Wireless Data and Network Application (Wireless DNA Performance), a performance testing solution, to Oracle customers that have...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark-Database technology provider Oracle Corp. released a new tool kit for developers to integrate wireless voice and data services into its application server, as well as new tools for Java developers through a deal with Ericsson.Oracle's new Wireless and Voice Integration Kit for...
SAN DIEGO—Software giant Oracle Corp. said it will work with Qualcomm Inc. to extend its 9i Lite database to BREW-based wireless devices.Oracle is one of several large technology companies to announce support for Qualcomm's platform.Separately, Sony Online Entertainment announced it will develop games for...
