2013 saw a raft of acquisitions, driven mainly by Tangoe burning their way through not one but two IPO war chests and buying anything that wasn’t firmly bolted to the floor.
Software that can secure the myriad mobile devices coming into the workplace is getting a lot of attention from corporate IT departments, and solutions are coming from all parts of the wireless ecosystem. This week Dell became the latest player to underline its serious...
ORLANDO, Fla. — NetCracker Technology took the opportunity at the recent TM Forum Management World Americas held in Orlando. Fla., (check out all pieces and see our videos) to show how its acquisition of Convergys' BSS business has solidified its focus on expanded its reach in...
ORLANDO, Fla. – Big data, competition with over-the-top players and the impact of the explosion in smart devices are big topics in the telecommunications sector, and carriers should consider them when building their customer relationship strategy, according to Al Kurtze, business development executive at Capgemini.
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It’s no secret that the proliferation of smartphone and tablet devices – and the accompanying demand for mobile video – is continuing to drive the need for more bandwidth.
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...
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)...
As all operators are only too painfully aware, meeting demand for mobile bandwidth costs money. Operators are constantly looking for effective ways to optimize bandwidth while ensuring that customers are satisfied. It’s a tough balancing act — often it’s the most popular applications that...
General Dynamics chose the anniversary of 9/11 to announce its acquisition of Open Kernel Labs, a Chicago software startup that makes virtualization software to enhance security on mobile devices.
The Brazilian government has great ambitions for its information technology (IT) sector. Yesterday, the government unveiled a vast investment program totaling U.S.$247.65 million (R$500 million) over the 2012-2015 period, which aims to improve and increase software development, boosting both the software and IT service...
Merger and acquisition activity during the first half of the year across the mobile and online space increased 3% compared with the final half of 2011, with total M&A transaction values surging 20% over the same time frame, according to a new report from...
The mobility, enterprise and consumer electronics industries are being funda¬mentally changed by a new type of business model called the “superstack.” Accenture defines a superstack
Austin is one of the bright spots in the national employment picture. While US unemployment ticked up to 8.2% last month and the economy created just 69,000 jobs, Austin's unemployment rate is just 5.9% and the local area economy is expected to create 19,000...
Google (GOOG) won a key court victory yesterday in Northern California when Federal Judge William Alsup ruled that 37 of Oracle's Java APIs are not protected by copyright law. APIs are the application program interfaces that help different pieces of code work together, and...
BROOMFIELD, Colo. – A crowd of more than 450 packed the ballroom at the Omni Resort in Broomfield, Colo., Wednesday morning for the third annual Glue Conference. Organizer Eric Norlin delivered the welcome and noted a surprising number in the room were first-time attendees....
MIAMI - Latin American telecom operator giant America Movil has begun a project to standardize its company's primary IT systems in the region. Named America Movil One, the project was launched after Brazilian Claro transformed its business process management systems by implementing a combination...
Small and medium businesses are learning to profit from mobile marketing, and software giant Intuit (INTU) is taking note. Today the maker of QuickBooks and TurboTax said it will acquire Demandforce, a software company that helps small businesses with mobile and social media tools,...
IBM (NYSE: IBM) yesterday announced it will acquire Vivisimo, a Pittsburgh-based firm that helps large organizations access and analyze enterprise data. IBM also announced that its big data platform will now run on Cloudera’s distribution of Hadoop.
The announcements reinforce IBM's growth strategy of seeking business analytics and optimization opportunities. IBM is under an aggressive acquisition plan...
Several Latin American telecom operators are already launching LTE services or trials, and more auctions are scheduled, but LATAM still lags behind some other markets. That’s why the mobile broadband solutions company Tekelec is also increasing HSPA+ rollouts to boost its participation in the...
Security experts are warning Android users about a potential new malware strain that they say has already infected more than 1,600 smartphones. DKFBootKit piggybacks onto legitimate apps that require root privilege, such as those that manage other installed apps, or those that unlock games...
América Móvil’s Claro Brazil has reduced the time it takes to add a new customer into the telecom operators’ base from 8-10 days to 2-3 days. This is a result of a change in business process management, through the implementation of a combination of...
With the iPad 3 already generating a huge media buzz, this is would not be a good time for Apple to see customers reconsider their purchase plans due to concerns about data privacy on mobile devices. So the smartphone and tablet pioneer wasted no...
As the annual Game Developers' Conference kicks off in San Francisco this week, the industry will be focusing on mobile as never before. "We're doubling down in the mobile space," says Jim Ying, senior VP of publishing at 6waves lolapps, "and we're willing to...
