Companies’ communications strategies must be agile in a rapidly evolving market
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The open access debate has focused on the terms and conditions under which content providers get access to the wired Internet. Less attention has been paid to wireless connectivity. That issue... More >
In general, discussions of convergence focus on the melding of wireless and wired infrastructure and the ability of messages to cross many network frontiers to reach their destinations. Increa... More >
Contact centers often are mentioned as an entry point in the enterprise for unified communications. The two dovetail nicely: UC offers agents the ability to much more easily manage what generally is ... More >
It is clear that social networks and related platforms are making an ever-bigger impact in the enterprise. Companies using these approaches, however, should be crystal clear about one thing: Employin... More >
We know a bit more now about how the economic stimulus package than when I wrote this post in December . The broadband element of the stimulus isn't huge, but it will be a net positive for vendors -... More >
These are interesting days for Comcast, the nation’s largest and by far highest-profile cable operator. Make no mistake about it: The fate of Comcast -- to some the A-Rod of cable operators -- is an ... More >
As always, there is a lot going on for Wi-Fi and femtocells, two mainstays of the ongoing evolution of the many wireless, mobile and wired networks to a single multi-dimentional platform able to serv... More >
In the great old sitcom Get Smart (which was co-created by Mel Brooks), Hymie the Robot -- a member of the super secret CONTROL spy agency -- had a crush on the office soda machine and wanted to ask ... More >
LTE was predicted to be the big newsmaker at the GSMA Mobile World Congress this week in Bacelona this week. It did, indeed, make news. Perhaps the most interesting move was the apparent acceleration... More >
Two weeks ago, I posted on the confusing and very promising world – or worlds – of mobile Internet devices (MIDs), netbooks, small laptops and smartphones. All of these devices are evolving rapidly ... More >
The long road to more and hopefully better broadband got big boosts this week as the House and Senate agreed on the compromise economic recovery package . The compromise was passed by the House on ... More >
The abandonment of landline phones in favor of cellular has been a significant trend in the consumer sector for a few years. The trend is expanding more fully into the enterprise. IT Pro reports tha... More >
The morphing of cloud computing from “the next big thing” to “the big thing, period” can be measured in the types of announcements that are made and the way in which the press handles them. ... More >
Skype, the highest-profile pureplay VoIP provider, is having a surprisingly good time. While announcing the availability of Skype 4.0, the company said it now has e 405 million users. The Industry S... More >
The dark horse in the rash of new mobile operating systems, or at least the OS that has gotten the least publicity to date, is the open source entrant emerging from the LiMO Foundation. That is about... More >
The common wisdom is that cable operators use a dab of fiber, but rely primarily on coaxial cable. Telcos use a combination of copper and fiber. Never the twain – or the wires – shall meet. While it ... More >
One of the issues that will be discussed, but certainly not settled, during the next year is the relationship between smartphones, netbooks and mobile Internet devices (MIDs). IT Business Edge blogg... More >
Technology exists on two levels: The equipment itself and the overall marketing and public awareness that will determine – as much or even more than the bits and the bytes – whether a particular widg... More >
The common wisdom long has been that WiMax has the speed-to-market advantage and Long Term Evolution (LTE) is the superior platform. Experts will debate the bits and bytes of the two approaches – whi... More >
In many cases, technology that starts out in the consumer sector migrates to the office. It is almost as if we have replaced “take you daughter to work day” with “take your favorite electronic device... More >
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