Time for Microsoft to Start Worrying
Saturday, September 22nd, 2007Microsoft either has a short memory or a sharp sense of irony—it’s asking the Justice Department to investigate Google’s proposed purchase of DoubleClick for possible antitrust violations. The deal would give Google a large network of advertisers and Web publishers to serve and sell ads to, along with boosting the search giant’s banner-ad business, which […]
Closer than you think: Communications News focused its Executive Roundtable, Winter 2002, on videoconferencing and Web conferencing
Saturday, September 22nd, 2007By using the technology itself to conduct this discussion, we learned from top industry executives how video and Web conferencing impact the enterprise, how they are being used, and what the future holds for the industry and its customers. AT&T’s Video Conferencing Services sponsored this event, which was coordinated through its Denver Operations Center.
The unfortunate […]
NeoAccel Unveils Industry’s First SSL VPN for VoIP Calls and Video Conferencing Between Multiple Corporations
Saturday, September 22nd, 2007NeoAccel, a pioneering innovator of next-generation Internet security solutions, announced its SSL VPN-Plus for Real-Time Applications. NeoAccel’s SSLVPN-Plus provides injected latency of just 10 milliseconds (ms) for VoIP calls and video conferencing sessions, eliminating the performance problems that have until now made SSL VPNs unacceptable for real-time applications such as VoIP and video conferencing between […]
Verizon Wireless expands EV-DO to Omaha and Council Bluffs
Friday, September 21st, 2007The Evolution-Data Optimised (EV-DO) 3G wide-area network of US wireless services provider Verizon Wireless, has been expanded to Omaha, Nebraska, and Council Bluffs, Iowa, in the US.
Verizon Wireless said customers can now access its high-speed wireless broadband network while travelling in the Omaha/Council Bluffs area.
Customers can use the BroadbandAccess high-speed wireless broadband network, which offers […]
Wireless Telephone operates over Link WTS voice system
Friday, September 21st, 2007Suited for healthcare, retail, and manufacturing industries, Link 6020 Wireless Telephone features slim, lightweight design and lithium-ion battery pack for up to 8 hr talk time. Speakerphone allows for impromptu conferences, and handset meets IP53 standard for water and dust resistance.
The leader in workplace wireless telephony, today announced the introduction of the Link 6020 Wireless […]
PalmOne could hand US mobile enterprise to Microsoft with Windows Treo
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007PalmOne is looking to launch its first Treo smartphone using a non-Palm upcrating system, with its eyes mainly on Windows Mobile. Though a small force in the overall handset market, Palmone is strong in the business sector, and a choice of Windows would significantly boost microsoft’s ambitions to dominate the mobile enterprise.
PalmOne has not yet […]
Microsoft plans takeover of mobile email market with free Exchange Service Pack and Magneto
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007We have seen before how mobile email infrastructure is the first key battlefield in the fight to control the wireless enterprise market. Recently, Microsoft has backed away from ambitions to make Windows devices universal in the corporate sector, recognizing the presence of new clients such as smartphones, but it is relentless in its determination to […]
Microsoft shifts emphasis from its bid to gain supremacy in the mobile enterprise to the lucrative back end
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007* An important aspect of Microsoft’s strategy for growth in the past few years has been to extend the dominance of Windows on the PC platform on to other devices that are emerging as possible usurpers of the PC’s role in the enterprise and home. The main focus has been on mobile PDAs and smartphones, […]
NTT DoCoMo, Mitsubishi Electric Jointly Develop Two-Screen Mobile Handset Prototype
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007NTT DoCoMo and Mitsubishi Electric have jointly prototyped a two-screen cellphone (each screen on each side). For ease of use, the handset has a touch-panel screen that displays no more than 3 different function buttons at one time.
The switch button also activates emoticon buttons and ten-key buttons on the screen. The world’s first of its […]
Siemens, Airbus Develop In-Flight Mobile-Phone Gear
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007Germany’s Siemens has joined forces with an Airbus joint venture to develop technology that will make ordinary mobile-phone calls possible for passengers in flight by 2006, the companies said on Monday.
Siemens will supply lightweight on-board base stations for the GSM mobile network and channel selectors that will ensure mobile calls do not interfere with aircraft […]