Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications.
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- Spam attack shut downs Marshall Islands email service
- Marshall Islands National Telecommunications Authority is reporting that a sustained spamming attack during the past 24 hours managed to cause a successful Denial of Service attack on the email services of the islands only Internet Service Provider. More info on the attack : More...
- Blog posts 2008-06-24
- Live Webcast: Intelligent Network Design: A conversation with Qwest's CTO
- Are you curious about the future of business telecommunications? Do you want to learn how Qwest is addressing your networking needs, from the bottom up? Join this live Webcast conversation from TechRepublic, featuring Pieter Poll, Qwest's Chief Technology Officer, who will deep dive into Qwest's advanced network architecture,...
- Webcasts 2008-06-24
- Alabama's Broadband Tide
- BROADBAND INITIATIVE – If you really want anywhere access to the Internet, you understand the value and you'll pay for it. A DirecWay dish on an RV at Gulf State Park, on the so-called "Redneck Riviera," at Orange Beach, Alabama. ORANGE BEACH, Ala. – No more...
- Blog posts 2008-06-18
- IBM's Zollar: SOA, Web 2.0 drive IT 'industrialization'
- Last week, I posted some countervailing views on the topic of software industrialization. Some say it represents the inevitable future of IT operations and software development; others say software needs to have elements of craft, since it's so highly specialized. 'Industrialized' IT needed to handle the coming...
- Blog posts 2008-06-04
- Why Apple will blow past its 10 million iPhone target
- Why Apple will blow past its 10 million iPhone target10 Million in 12 monthsAs I recall, Mr. Jobs' prediction was that they would sell 10 million in the first year - not 10 million by the end of 2008. Didn't they go on sale June 29, 2007? With...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-29
- BT licenses Splunk technology to aid in data rentention and compliance monitoring
- Communications provider BT has agreed to license IT search platform technology from Splunk to build a managed-security product that will allow customers to preserve 100 percent of the logs on a network. This is designed to satisfy data-retention requirements for compliance mandates. The search platform from Splunk,...
- Blog posts 2008-05-19
- News to know: XP meets XO; Yahoo; Facebook; Verdiem; DIY phishing
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: It's finally official: XP is coming to the XO. Christopher Dawson: Sugar-free Windows, as predicted Microsoft cuts backup from Windows Home Server PowerPack Larry Dignan: Icahn launches Yahoo proxy fight; Mark Cuban's return?...
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
- Verizon wins Homeland Security contract
- Verizon picked up a huge contract from the Department of Homeland Security: a $670 million deal to provide IP and security services over 10 years, Reuters reports. Verizon was the primary winner of the 10-year, $20 billion contract to provide a full range of telecommunications and related...
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Icahn launches Yahoo proxy fight; Mark Cuban's return?
- As expected, billionaire Carl Icahn launched his proxy war to turn over Yahoo's board of directors and one of his nominees is Mark Cuban, who sold Broadcast.com to Yahoo and then took those funds to buy the Dallas Mavericks. Just for entertainment value I may buy a...
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Earthlink finally pulls out of Wireless Philly, but all is not lost
- Earthlink finally pulls out of Wireless Philly, but all is not lostStuff and nonsense>From day one, the purpose of Philly’s network is to increase digital inclusion and economic development. The measure of their success should be how lives and businesses are being helped in disadvantaged communities.The city to stick to...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-14
- Mowser purchased by dotMobi; is there a need for a .mobi domain?
- Mowser purchased by dotMobi; is there a need for a .mobi domain?.mobi is UsefulI like developed .mobi sites, and have a blog and showcase of .mobi sites at http://mobienthusiast.mobi. It's true that there are many mobile optimized .com sites, but I like the simplicity of being able to type in...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-09
- Protecting key assets (security)
- Key infrastructure elements must be secured against outages, damage and sabotage. Siemens offers comprehensive solutions from healthcare and power generation to water supply, transportation, and industrial production, to telecommunications.
- White papers 2008-05-09
- Telecommunications Firm Standardizes Software Platform, Cuts Costs 44%
- T-Systems sought to improve productivity for employees in its Austrian office by standardizing the desktop environment on the Windows Vista operating system and 2007 Microsoft Office system, including Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007. To achieve a smooth transition for the 600 employees, T-Systems needed a way to shorten application deployment...
- Case studies 2008-05-08
- Enomaly's open source virtual platform moves VMs in the cloud
- Enomaly is a software developer in Toronto whose open source cloud computing platform is getting a lot of attention these days. The platform, Enomalism, is a virtual infrastructure tool that allows customers create their own cloud capacity and move virtual machines from one's data center or from...
- Blog posts 2008-05-02
- Telecom transforms downtown Los Angeles
- As noted last week, I'm in the midst of scrambling to complete work before I head across the Atlantic to London, and soon thereafter, Africa. That means I am having to do a few things I don't do in the normal course of a programming day. ...
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
- Telecommunications Firm Increases Responsiveness, Tops Customer Services Poll
- Vodafone Iceland's commitment to customer service prompted the organisation to review its disparate Customer Relationship Management CRM architecture. As many as 18 back-office and 14 customer-facing systems, with little integration between them, hindered user efficiency and responsiveness. The company worked with Microsoft Gold Certified Partners PerSight and Kogun to implement...
- Case studies 2008-05-01
- Telecommunications Provider Overhauls Web Presence, Wins Over Customers, Employees
- In 2007, Jordan's largest mobile telecommunications company, Fastlink, became Zain Jordan when its parent company adopted the name Zain Group. A corporate rebranding initiative mandated that the company update its Web presence, which Zain Jordan saw as a good time to extend the site's capabilities to simplify content management and...
- Case studies 2008-05-01
- Telecom Provider Increases Network Performance and Security, Reduces Costs
- Oman Mobile is the leading mobile telecommunications provider in Oman. In 2007, the company decided to enhance the performance of its IT infrastructure and make it easier to manage. Also, the company needed to improve the security of its network by monitoring and regulating user access. To meet these business...
- Case studies 2008-05-01
- Fujian Unicom Simplifies Database Management With Help From Neusoft Group Limited
- Fujian Unicom is a wholly owned subsidiary of China Unicom, one of the four major telecommunications carriers in China. One of the biggest challenges facing Fujian Unicom was how to better organize, manage, and use its huge volumes of business data. The company's database administrators were spending large amounts of...
- Case studies 2008-05-01
- 8 tips to avoid being an IT scapegoat
- 8 tips to avoid being an IT scapegoatProject Manager Usually Ends up "Holding the Bag"The project manager is often not the one who sets the mission. That is usually done several layers up the management chain. The project manager is often not in a position to question the mission either.With...
- Discussion threads 2008-04-25
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