(2) See digital convergence and fixed mobile convergence.
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- Ensure your service provider's convergence strategy meshes with your enterprise network needs. Respected consulting firm Stratecast, a division of Frost & Sullivan, outlines the six customer-centric attributes that should be at the heart of you're your service provider's approach to convergence. Those attributes are: Multiple network...
- White papers 2009-11-19
- More evidence of the coming collision between home broadband and the smart grid
- Broadband services could be the gateway to faster smart grid deployment. Here's one technology pointing to an interesting convergence. by Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-11-16
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- It would also be great if Android could automatically re-route you in real-time, when things like the Bay Bridge suddenly close. This means munincipalities automatically posting closures on a web site, that all providers can use in real-time. Munincipalities could also distribute traffic in real-time. Lots of possibilities to replacing...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-28
- News to know: Apple tablet; Android; Social Search; Netflix on PS3; Verizon
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Jason D. O'Grady: Times exec hints at Apple tablet Larry Dignan: Apple slate "impending," says NYT exec editor; Much...
- Blog posts 2009-10-27
- Threadsy: personal and social media convergence [invites]
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- Discussion threads 2009-10-26
- Threadsy: personal and social media convergence [invites]
- Messages are ingested in so many formats on the web today: email, Facebook Inbox, Twitter DM—even Twitter @reply. Threadsy is bringing it all together better than anyone I've seen to date. They've done such a good job that I don't even need to login to my GMail,...
- Blog posts 2009-10-26
- Conference alert: let's make SOA work for a living
- Welcome to Service Oriented Architecture, Phase 2. It's bigger, It's badder, it's all business. None of this namby-pamby JBOWs stuff. None of these SOAPY-REST tantrums. SOA is all grown up now, and it's time it starts earning the bacon. I am serving as conference chair and...
- Blog posts 2009-10-15
- Netbook disillusionment and why Compaq is still a brand
- I buy into the "accessory" conceptFor me a netbook would be a great accessory for a desk top system. Especially if I could access my desktop via the Internet.I like the power and price point of desktops and most of my computing is stationary in reality. Once in a while...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-14
- Seeking a Stallman for open source
- Stallman is for OSS what Washington was for USAWe need more people like Stallman to liberate us from the M$ tirany not Benedict Arnolds like Icaza!We need to speek louder about M$ dirty deeds not to seek peace with the devil.Stallman is a liberalJust thought LinuxGeek ought to know that....
- Discussion threads 2009-10-09
- LG Telecom Cuts Product Development Time From Two Months to Two Weeks
- Founded in July 1996, LG Telecom provides telephony and internet services to the South Korean market. To establish a strong, reliable business and build its subscriber base, LG Telecom based its marketing to consumers on the mobile phone-enabled lifestyle while delivering robust wireless internet and data services. To meet the...
- Case studies 2009-10-01
- JLO Management Analog 5.03 (Windows)
- Analog is a simulation software for analogical, digital or mixed, linear and non-linear electronic circuits. It includes a schema capture, a simulator, a module for editing results (time domain, Fourier domain) and a module for optimizing circuits. The simulator uses the symbolic computation techniques for solving the system of equations...
- Software downloads 2009-09-30
- Light Peak fiber optic connector to replace Firewire, USB, monitor cables
- 100 Gbps is a pretty conservative estimate...100 Gbps is a pretty conservative estimate because the theoretical maximum throughput on fiber optic is however fast the hardware is on either end of the cable.Developed by Intel, not AppleWhile it appears that Apple may have been important in inspiring this particular standard,...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-28
- The best VoIP solution is ...
- What about hosted?Wondering if you guys would be willing to discuss the most obvious omission... hosted. It's like choosing which car to buy when its cheaper to take a limo.RE: The best VoIP solution is ...Your article was only comprehensive if you consider just the IP-PBX and desktop telephone;...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-22
- Sprint extends unlimited plan to businesses; Shares jump on acquisition rumors
- Sprint said today that it's rolling out new pricing plans for business customers, including the new "Any Mobile, Anytime" offering that it announced for consumers last week. Called Business Advantage, the new offerings are an extension of Sprint's aggressive campaign to lure back customers who left following...
- Blog posts 2009-09-14
- Microsoft: Windows Mobile 7 not on the PDC docket
- MS can be extremely innovative when they want to beI'm looking forward to WM7. When MS feels threatened, they are easily the most innovative tech company in the world. And when I say "innovative", I mean in the real sense, not in the Apple sense where innovation is taking something...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-11
- I don't want an MP3 player/camera/ebook reader/gaming device. Do you?
- Disagree with your update[i]In fact, Apple almost seemed to be repositioning the iPod Touch as a rival to a full-fledged PC[/i]Nope, Apple is repositioning the iPod Touch as a rival to the 8 year old HP iPAQ running PocketPC.Apps? Check.Browser? Check.Exchange support? Check.Multi-media support? Check.RE: I don't want an MP3...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-09
- Securing IP Networks
- As Fixed Mobile Convergence FMC is opening the door to a wealth of new opportunities for service providers and their customers, it also ushers in a number of potential security flaws that can be exploited. These security concerns are compounded by the fact that IP and open source technologies are...
- Webcasts 2009-09-03
- What does it mean to be a green IT professional? The definition is definitely a moving target.
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- Blog posts 2009-09-01
- One Line on the bottom line
- Telecommunications costs have never been easy to understand, predict or plan for - and as the business world rushes towards convergence, the picture is becoming even more complicated. This Vodafone white paper explores how new joined-up services can add clarity to the cost management process. ...
- White papers 2009-09-01
- Your next PC .. next year and the year after!
- Atom FutureIn the comming years, hardware will provide the means to have a real PC/entertainment system convergence.Today Home theater PC are not creadible because they are too expensive, and too voluminous. With the possibility to build system capable of Hi-Def video in the size of a 2.5" HDD, we...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-31
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