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Cloud Computing is Realizing the Services that you Need, and do not have to Own
November 5, 2009
A trip into the secret, online 'cloud' | edition.cnn.com
Corporations, Government Agency, Healthcare Providers, Doctors, Lawyers, Casinos, and every different business or Individual has IT NEEDS. Social, legal, accounting, storage of personal information, distribution, business to business relationships, Job Search, Unemployment Claims, Banking,and everything else you do or need to do someway will end up in some Computer System or multiple Systems.Most of us have been participating in "Cloud" Computing for years and years and will ultimately function in the "Cloud" going forward.
Nokia, Apple and Google - Driving the Mobile Revolution
November 5, 2009
Google, Nokia, Apple - who will win the mobile wars? | www.guardian.co.uk
Nokia, Apple and Google, along with several other companies, will shape the next phase of the mobile revolution.
Dangers And Limitations Of Shareholder Value - Cisco And The Fate of Lucent
November 5, 2009
breakingviews.com - cisco’s run of spending - nytimes.com | www.nytimes.com
The ideology of shareholder value has dominated the thinking of many U.S. companies for at least two decades, to the detriment of longer-term strategies and internal investments, and often in practice mostly to the benefit of management's compensation packages. This article questions whether even Cisco will ultimately suffer the sad fate of other former U.S. icons (Lucent, GM), following a relative neglect of investment in internal development and excessive reliance on financial maneuvering.
NSN's HLR is not yet up to the task
November 5, 2009
T-Mobile US suffers another network outage | www.telecomseurope.net
T-Mobile US suffered a major network outage where a large number of subscribers could not send or receive voice or text messaging due to an outage in Nokia-Siemens' Home Location Register (HLR) as a result of an overload condition. This was the second incident that NSN has with their HLR that could prove to be costly.
IMS Backers Take Life Out of VoLGA
November 5, 2009
Operators Rally Round IMS for LTE Voice | www.unstrung.com
With the announced support of IMS-based voice and messaging over 4G/LTE by major mobile operators, T-Mobile International (now Deutsche Telekom) and other technology backers of VoLGA (a GSM-signaling over IP approach) are left with a key decision as whether to follow or remain isolated. Companies supporting VoLGA will be highly exposed, unless change course quickly.
November 5, 2009
A trip into the secret, online 'cloud' | edition.cnn.com
This article does a good job of explaining what cloud computing is to non IT professionals: a messy system of thousands of web servers scattered around the world..It may be interesting to get to know the where/when/how our data is managed, but that is not a crucial point.Likewise with financial scums, one should better worry about sloppy and fraudulent usage of the cloud, and prepare for the storm before it hits.
Competition Affected Slump In Docomo’s Profit
November 5, 2009
Global handset shipments drop by 4% in Q3 | www.telecompaper.com
Inspite of having a control on half of the Japan’s mobile market NTT Docomo reported a drop in its profit by 21%. Since Japan’s market is reaching its maturity, it is facing tremendous competitive pressure within and outside its domestic market. Docomo is losing its subscriber to competitors like Softbank, KDDI and eMobile. Thus Docomo’s slump in profit is helping its competitors to make a gain.
What You Don't Know Can Hurt You
November 4, 2009
A trip into the secret, online 'cloud' | edition.cnn.com
* In the cloud where data is located is not as important as how it is managed* As people become more dependant on the cloud legal and political issues will arise* Cloud companies have new revenue streams based on how they manage the cloud and resolve these issues
Optical disc drives being replaced by flash memory in computers?
November 4, 2009
PC makeover: slimmer profile, no DVD drive | www.mercurynews.com
Many PC makers are not including optical drives, especially for laptops and netbooks. Leaving out optical drives is being done not to reduce cost but to allow slimmer laptop and netbook computers. Flash memory with built in programs and entertainment content are now on the market in USB as well as memory card formats. Downloading content and applications has become more common, replacing one of the big uses for optical drives in computers. As flash memory $/GB declines and as write speeds for flash devices improve will these devices replace current optical disk physical distribution formats?
Will Google Wave be the First Social Network Profitable?
November 4, 2009
Will Google Wave be a huge success? Five problems it will have to overcome | www.techdigest.tv
Google Wave is a social network, and Google has the means to make it profitable quickly.
Switzerland sues Google over Street View privacy concerns
November 13, 2009
Here Come the Droids! A brief review of Verizon Wireless' new Droid line-up.
November 11, 2009
October 30, 2009
Vodafone Orange Iphone Deal Ends Two Years Exclusivity Of O2 In UK
October 5, 2009
IPhone Coma Mode puts Apple in the ICU
September 19, 2009