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- Who will lead Obama-era FCC?
- Monday morning may continue the speculation that Hillary Clinton will be named Secretary of State, but in more technical climes the wagers are on what will happen with the Federal Communications Commission. Ars Technica talked to telecom attorney Andrew Lipman, who expects Obama to move fast. Why? The issues the...
- Blog posts 2008-11-16
- Tech workforce pinched by economy, feeling like 2003
- That economic doom-and-gloom has finally hit the tech sector and it looks like job cuts in the electronics, telecom and computer industries could be flirting with numbers they haven't seen in years. According to Challenger, Gray and Christmas, a global outplacement firm that tracks daily job cut...
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- Net neutrality battle will restart in January
- The battle over net neutrality is back on. Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) will introduce a bill in January to preserve neutrality, Reuters reports. Dorgan feels legislation is "definitely necessary," said Frannie Wellings, telecom counsel to Dorgan. But others think the matter could be effectively handled by the FCC. The...
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- The mass exodus of the technology industry
- Everywhere I look at the moment there are job cuts here, mass lay-off's there, unemployment rising and a crumbling global economy. Whilst students are working their arses off trying to cram for pre-Christmas exams, it opens up a world full of worry for students who are...
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- Crisis Averted: A Proactive Approach to Mitigating Disaster
- Is your business' network - and the IT staff that runs it - prepared to deal with the unthinkable? Is your data secure? Does your current disaster plan streamline your company's operations? Does it resolve your concerns about power and network outages? View this 1-hour Webcast, sponsored by Qwest Communications,...
- Webcasts 2008-11-12
- News to know: Windows 7; Google; iPhone; Storm; iLife patch
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Windows 7 - The "Blue Badge" experience. Gallery right Michael Krigsman: Sixteen IT failures to remember Garett Rogers: Google makes the blogosphere...
- Blog posts 2008-11-11
- Big telecom acquiring a Google fixation
- Big telecom acquiring a Google fixationPlease clarify.I don't understand your conclusion.Quoting:What Google, and all of us, most need to do is work that problem, finding business models through which content owners can profit while the end-to-end integrity of the search-and-find Internet is preserved.That will break the link between the content...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-10
- Big telecom acquiring a Google fixation
- Beneath the surface, this is the next great business war. Telcos and cable operators and Hollywood on one side, Google and the Internet and open source on the other. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
- Bharti Airtel Case Study
- IBM worked with Bharti Airtel, India's leading telecom, to create an innovative model for IT delivery. For CIO Jai Menon, it means he can now focus more on launching and creating new revenue streams. And less on IT delivery. Want to learn how? Get the case study.
- White papers 2008-11-06
- SAP, Oracle, SaaS - The changing ERP market
- The times they are a changing This InformationWeek article is a must read for any ERP buyer, seller or market watcher. SAP Global Operations CEO Bill McDermott confirms some details about SAP and the hosting for its Business ByDesign product line. He also has some choice words...
- Blog posts 2008-11-01
- Akamai: Weathering a price war; economic slowdown
- Akamai, the leader in content delivery networks--services that speed up video and Web pages on the Internet, posted solid third quarter results, but cut the outlook for the fourth quarter. The economy was cited for the lower guidance but some analysts say that price competition may be more worrisome. ...
- Blog posts 2008-10-31
- Comcast winning broadband scrum vs. telcos
- Comcast continues to add broadband Internet subscribers as telecom giants like AT&T and Verizon trail. Comcast's third quarter earnings Wednesday tell the tale of a company weathering the downturn pretty well--but not well enough to excite Wall Street. Comcast reported net income of $771 million, or 26...
- Blog posts 2008-10-29
- Dolly doesn't want to share white space
- Dolly doesn't want to share white spaceYou'd Think Ms. Parton Would Know!Ms. Parton's present stand appears to be based on specious understanding of the science available. There apparently is no disruption threatening her wireless mic use. You'd think she'd be all for it, as this is the major key to...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-28
- Google is oddly silent about Grand Central
- Google is oddly silent about Grand CentralAndroid and grand centralGrand central probably made sense when google was in the mode of becoming a wireless carrier it had applied for frequencies and stuff.Now that its strategy seems to be the OS provider for cellphone's and not get into the carrier business...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-28
- Verizon's third quarter on target; iPhone dings wireless churn
- Updated: Verizon's third quarter results were in line with Wall Street estimates courtesy of a solid performance in the telecom giant's wireless business. But wireless churn was up as the company did take a hit due to the popularity of the iPhone. On a conference call with...
- Blog posts 2008-10-27
- Telecom Company Uses Virtual Machines to Speed New-Service Rollout and Reduce Costs
- Czech telecommunications company Telefonica O2 faces intense competition and rapid market growth. To speed the rollout of new services, the company is using the Windows Server 2008 operating system with Hyper-V technology to accelerate server deployment, reduce operational costs, provide nonstop application availability, and improve server utilization. Telefonica O2 can...
- Case studies 2008-10-27
- Apple the software platform company
- A couple of days ago, Steve Jobs sat down and spoke to analysts about Apple results, and future plans. It was quite an interesting read. Jobs would never come out and say outright that he considers Apple to be in the luxury category, as that that's one...
- Blog posts 2008-10-23
- Verizon, AT&T delivered free cell tower to McCain ranch
- Verizon, AT&T delivered free cell tower to McCain ranchbecause it is a matter of national security...to provide a senior senator and the next president of the U.S. with reliable service.Just imagine the commander in chief not being able to order a strike against the terrorists in Iraq for instance.HypocriteThis all...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-16
- Verizon, AT&T delivered free cell tower to McCain ranch
- Verizon and AT&T installed portable cell towers for the sole benefit of Cindy McCain, who suffers from poor cell reception at the McCains' 15-acre ranch near Sedona, Ariz., the Washington Post reported last night. The McCain campaign reacted angrily: ...
- Blog posts 2008-10-16
- Unleashing the Moore's Law of radios at last
- Unleashing the Moore's Law of radios at lastHigher costs and lower pricesI'm just waiting for one of the usual trolls to say you're contradicting yourself by claiming "higher costs" can not bring "lower prices".Higher costs in and of themselves will not bring lower prices. But competition will result, for example,...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-14
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