T-Mobile Executive Calls for End to Device Subsidies
As carriers have been subsidizing smartphones with deeper and deeper subsidies since 2008 and even offering flagship models in order to draw in new clients, Brodman’s comments truly do ring true to those that have followed the mobile industry for the past few years, however one as well has to wonder how much of that answer has to be related to T-Mobile’s current financial straits, as the carrier prepares to rollout its LTE (Long Term Evolution, latest standard in the mobile network technology) network from the proceeds of the failed AT&T purchase and merger. More...
Taqua Leverages WiFi, Introduces Backhaul Product at MWC 2012
At Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona I had a chance to speak with Payam Maveddat the company’s EVP of Product Line Management about the fact that carriers have become very interested in WiFi solutions. More...
IBM's Watson to advise Wall Street
Citigroup Inc. , the third-largest U. S. lender, is Watson's first financial services client, International Business Machines Corp. said last week. More...
Cloud computing 'made in Germany' stirs debate at CeBIT
When it comes to cars or machines, "made in Germany" is seen worldwide as a sign of quality, however some firms are now extending it to "cloud computing", the buzzword at this year's CeBIT tech fair. More...
IT Service Providers and Customers Battle Over Data Breaches
"The service provider was on the hook," says Chris Ford, chair of the global sourcing group at the law firm Morrison & Foerster. For other data breaches, there may have been a limitation of liability, typically set at a year's worth of service provider revenue associated with the contract. More...
VMware Management in a Virtual World
In today’s competitive business environment losing your data is the same as losing your business. It is no exaggeration to say that your data means everything to your business. More...
Nokia's PureView camera bound for Windows phones
March 10, 2012, 7:22 AM — The 41-megapixel camera in Nokia's 808 PureView smartphone stunned the tech world last week, nevertheless not the phone itself, which is saddled with an aging Symbian operating system. More...
Cloud Computing Easily Understood
Infrastructure as a Service is one of the three delivery methods of cloud computing. . More...
Laser-mapping LiDAR revolutionizes archaeology
LiDAR, short for "light detection and ranging," is a remote sensing innovation. Analogous to radar, a LiDAR array fires light at a target, often via laser. More...
Internet Engineering Task Force
If you read my article on the OSI model, you got a good overview on communications from that model's perspective, however how does that relate to TCP/IP? We're going to take it a step furthermore and get into the idea behind the two address concept. More...