Carl Weinschenk

Enterprise Mobility Management Myth Busters: Users vs. IT Reality Telecommunications is a world of rapidly shifting priorities, technologies and business strategies. It’s always been that way, but the pace is escalating on a long-term basis. Last week, IT Business Edge posted on the new importance of dark fiber. As the name indicates, dark fiber is […]

IT’s Role in Sales Force Transformation To date, people using the Internet to buy goods across state lines have not been charged sales tax. The question of whether this continues or is an idea whose utility has passed seems to be coming to a head. It’s an important issue for businesses for one direct and […]

5 Defining Tech Trends that Will Shape Business The Internet of Things (IoT) is the next big thing – for chip makers. ABI Research released research that suggests that the IoT will represent 28 percent of the wireless chip market by 2021. Commentary from ABI, highlighted at Datamation, is that analyst Andrew Zignani expects much […]

Enterprise Mobility Management Myth Busters: Users vs. IT Reality One of the technologies that telecommunications and IT can “give” to the rest of society is a big one: Its onboard laptop security technology can be a key element of smart gun technology. The idea is simple: The same basic technology that reads fingerprints or other […]

The coming of 5G means that there were four “Gs” before it. One of those, 2G, is nearing the end of its shelf life, at least for AT&T. The network will shut down by the end of 2016, according to WirelessWeek. So far, 6 million subscribers have been moved elsewhere during the past year. Not […]

10 Myths About Virtual Mobile Infrastructure Dark fiber – fiber that has been deployed but is not being used – abounds. It is an increasingly valuable commodity. According to FierceTelecom’s Sean Buckley, much fiber was deployed – and ultimately abandoned – during the .com age. It still is there and, he writes, is “clearly back […]

The broadest vision of the Internet of Things (IoT) is that of a ubiquitous worldwide fabric. There are problems with that, however: Many of the most valuable aspects of the IoT involve keeping tabs on assets that are very far away. That means that they often will be out of the range of cellular networks […]

Study Pinpoints IT Security’s Top Data Security Concerns Hospitals are scary places. Besides the obvious health implications, highly valuable data is flowing between patient and health care professionals, between those professionals, to and from insurance companies and even between machines. The scary part is that it appears to be haphazardly protected. Ars Technica looks at […]

Verizon is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in what it calls “incidents of sabotage” in the northeast. The vandalism comes as the strike against the company by the Communications Workers of America (CWA) continues. WirelessWeek said that there have been at least 24 incidents in five states during the past […]

Reimagining Business and Tech in the Digital Age Yesterday, I wrote about a trend that will likely have an indirect but significant effect on the business telecommunications landscape. The apparent traction being gained by ultra-high definition and 4K technology will affect the way the carriers and service providers upon which businesses rely roll out services, […]

9 Tips for Creating Successful In-Store Mobile Experiences Ultra-high definition (UHD) video and 4K have been slowly gathering momentum during the past few years, which is important for businesses to watch for at least a couple of reasons. Of course, businesses need to keep up with the latest production processes to keep their marketing efforts […]

5 Defining Tech Trends that Will Shape Business Fiber connectivity is a great boon to a business – if it gets to their building. The industry has been talking about fiber for so long it is perhaps surprising that the long transition from copper to fiber among businesses has not even hit the halfway point […]