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Wireless Policy Critical to Telecom Lifecycle Management

The debate between corporate or employee liable management wages on, but in either direction a company chooses to go, it's clear that policy is an integral part of wireless mobility management.

3/19/2010 9:02:31 PM

Tools to Enable Network Operators to Streamline Managing the Multi-Vendor Network

In today's global market, it is not uncommon for companies to be operating within an infrastructure that is supported by a number of different vendors.

3/19/2010 5:56:20 PM

Verint Enhances Impact 360 Workforce Management Software

Verint Systems Inc. has announced enhancements to its next-generation Impact 360 Workforce Management (WFM) software from Verint Witness Actionable Solutions. The solution now enables the contact center to create more flexible scheduling options, monitor back-office work activities more efficiently, manage backlog and model forecasts to meet service levels and processing deadlines.

3/19/2010 5:47:18 PM

Cambodia's Mobile Market Growing by Over 50 Percent

Cambodia's efforts to expand and upgrade its telecom infrastructure have started to bear fruit.

3/19/2010 5:44:57 PM

Retail Sector Ranks First in Customer Service: Survey

In eGain's latest research, North American retail sector ranked first overall in customer service. Overall performance for the sector increased significantly from a score of 1.8, or below average, out of 4.0 in 2009 to 2.3, which is above average, in 2010, highest among all sectors evaluated. Cross-channel customer experience, while still slightly below average, was still the highest among all sectors included in the research. eGain Communications Corp. is a provider of multichannel customer service and knowledge management software for on-site and on-demand deployment.

3/19/2010 5:40:54 PM

States with Advanced Healthcare Technology Awarded by Dept. of Health and Human Services

To help states facilitate health information exchange and advance health information technology, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced awards. These Awards are funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, and are part of the $2 billion effort to achieve widespread meaningful use of health IT and provide use of an electronic health record by every citizen by the year 2014. Every state and eligible territory has now been awarded funds under this program.

3/19/2010 5:33:53 PM

The Future of Telepresence Only Offers Promise

Telepresence is an important focus for companies trying to push productivity in a global marketplace. The challenge is that telepresence can actually have the opposite effect if it is done incorrectly.

3/19/2010 5:32:29 PM

25th Annual Top 50 Inbound Teleservices Agencies Ranking Announced by Customer Interaction Solutions Magazine

Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC), a global integrated media company, today announced the inbound winners of Customer Interaction Solutions magazine's Silver Anniversary Top 50 Teleservices Agencies Ranking. Customer Interaction Solutions has been the preeminent publication in call center, CRM and teleservices industries since 1982.

3/19/2010 5:30:41 PM

2010 TMC Labs Innovation Award Call for Entries

Technology Marketing Corporation(TMC), a global media company, has announced a call for entries for the 2010 TMC Labs Innovation Award presented by INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine. The Eleventh Annual INTERNET TELEPHONY TMC Labs Innovation Awardhonors IP Communications products and services that are truly innovative.

3/19/2010 5:26:06 PM

Thuraya to Establish Strong Visibility at Satellite 2010 in Washington

Thuraya is establishing strong visibility in Satellite 2010 which brings thousands of military, media, government and NGO officials and has sent a high-level Thuraya delegation, led by CTO Ali Al Mazrooei, off for Washington to meet with potential military and media customers at the world's largest satellite telecom exhibition.

3/19/2010 5:24:13 PM

1-800-FLOWERS.COM Benefits from Cost Savings on Telecom Expenses with Nectar

The remote agent solution and on-demand telecommunications capabilities delivered to 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, the world's largest florist and gift shop has been highlighted by the Nectar Services Corp., a provider of managed VoIP communications services and a wholly owned subsidiary of Juma Technology Corp.

3/19/2010 5:20:35 PM

Wireless Week: Vendors Prep for CTIA Showdown … and Spring!

Next to the CES show in January, spring's CTIA show is the best place to immerse yourself in all things wireless, from mobile video workshops to meet-and-greets on the convention floor.

3/19/2010 5:10:21 PM

Unicoi Systems Announces Fusion SIP Version 5.1

Unicoi Systems, a premier provider of VoIP and multimedia software and reference designs to embedded device developers and OEMs worldwide, has released Fusion SIP version 5.1 in support of secure VoIP telephony and intercommunications equipment developers.

3/19/2010 5:10:01 PM

Integral Systems Service Solutions Enters into Agreement with SUIRG

Integral Systems has announced that its Integral Systems Service Solutions (IS3) business unit has entered into an arrangement with the Satellite Users Interference Reduction Group (SUIRG) to offer discount rates on annual subscriptions for SATCOM NetOps Services to SUIRG membership.

3/19/2010 5:09:36 PM

DOE Allocates $138 Million to NV Energy to Give Impetus to 'Green Growth'

The Department of Energy has decided to allocate $138 million in Recovery Act Funds to NV Energy, a premier provider of energy solutions for the district of Nevada, for a Smart Grid Infrastructure. An agreement to this effect has been signed by both parties.

3/19/2010 5:06:28 PM

6WIND Offers Support for Intel Platforms to Accelerate Packet Processing Functions

6WIND, a provider of high-performance packet processing software for embedded systems, announced support for the new multi-core, embedded Intel Xeon processors, EC5549 and E5645, in order to increase the packet processing performance by 10 times through the company's 6WINDGate software.

3/19/2010 5:02:45 PM

Cellution Bolsters Help Desk Solution with Chat

With wireless, in voice, text, web and video fast becoming the preferred communications mode the need to provide quick, effective and affordable and flexible support is also increasing.

3/19/2010 5:02:28 PM

Qualcomm Extends Support to FCC's National Broadband Plan

Qualcomm, a leading developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies, products and services, issued a statement supporting the National Broadband Plan released by Chairman Julius Genachowski and the Federal Communications Commission, or FCC.

3/19/2010 5:00:46 PM

Higher Education Customers Deploying Sorenson Media's Total Online Video Solutions

Sorenson Media has announced that it total online video solutions are being used by new higher education customers.

3/19/2010 4:59:58 PM

Wrapsol Ultra Adhesive Films to Protect Mobile Devices from Falls and Scratches

Wrapsol LLC announced the introduction of Wrapsol ultra adhesive films which features a shock absorption property that can protect mobile devices from drops and scratches

3/19/2010 4:57:46 PM

Roamware Introduces SDS 7, Latest Version of its Service Delivery System Platform

Roamware, a provider of mobile roaming and financial services solutions, has introduced the latest version of its Service Delivery System platform, SDS 7. With reduced roll-out costs and greater speed to market, the advanced new platform helps Roamware to rapidly develop and deploy mobile operator services.

3/19/2010 4:57:18 PM

AirWalk Introduces an On-Premises Enterprise Femtocell

AirWalk Communications, an innovator and developer of advanced CDMA technologies, has announced an on-premise enterprise femtocell that combines both wireless voice and data functionality.

3/19/2010 4:54:12 PM

Comcast Sales Execs' Roles Expand

Two senior executives, namely Bill Haase and Kevin Smith, are to take on expanded roles with Comcast Spotlight, the advertising sales division of Comcast Cable where Haase will hold the position of vice president, finance and administration and Smith will work as group vice president, spotlight integrated media sales.

3/19/2010 4:50:06 PM

DocAve Migrator for SharePoint Now Provides Beta Support for SharePoint 2010

AvePoint, a provider of infrastructure management software solutions for Microsoft SharePoint, has announced that DocAve Migrator for SharePoint now provides beta support for SharePoint 2010.

3/19/2010 4:42:48 PM

VERSUS to Return to DIRECTV

DIRECTV has announced the signing of an agreement with Comcast to return VERSUS to the DIRECTV programming lineup today. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.

3/19/2010 4:42:31 PM

Acision to Demonstrate Broadband Mobility Suite at CTIA Spring 2010

Acision, a major player in mobile data, will provide a live demonstration of its Broadband Mobility Suite, or BMS, at CTIA Spring.

3/19/2010 4:41:33 PM

A10 Networks Makes Firmware Upgrade to its EX Series Product Family

A10 Networks, specializing in Application Delivery solutions, announced a firmware upgrade for its EX Series product family with version 3.0. The EX Series is an appliance which combines bandwidth management and quality of service or QoS, link load balancing and network monitoring with granular application and user visibility.

3/19/2010 4:38:55 PM

NSR Report: Global Digital Signage Ad Revenues to Reach $7 Billion by 2019

NSR, a leading international market research and consulting firm specializing in satellite and wireless technology and applications, has released its latest report, Global Market for Digital Signage, 2nd Edition. NSR suggests in this report that the digital signage industry as a whole will continue to grow, albeit at rates much lower than were expected over the past two to three years.

3/19/2010 4:38:42 PM

Indiana Awarded $10.3 Million Federal Grant for Better Healthcare

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act's State Health Information Exchange Cooperative Agreement Program unveiled the award of a four-year, $10.3 million grant to the state to further enhance the quality and reach of the state's existing health information technology delivery system to improve health outcomes.

3/19/2010 4:36:41 PM

Doro of Sweden Unveils New Easy-to-Use Cell Phone

Doro, a Swedish telecom company and provider of easy- to-use mobile phones, has unveiled a new easy-to-use cell phone.

3/19/2010 4:36:36 PM

Automaker Picks Glowpoint VNOC Managed Services for Cisco Deployment

Glowpoint has announced that its VNOC managed services have been selected to support a Cisco TelePresence deployment for one of an automobile manufacturer.

3/19/2010 4:34:36 PM

VERSUS to Return to DIRECTV

DIRECTV has announced that it has signed an agreement with Comcast have reached an agreement to return VERSUS to the DIRECTV programming lineup today. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. VERSUS was a part of DIRECTV before August 2009 will now return to the same programming packages on DIRECTV.

3/19/2010 4:33:26 PM

Digital Sun Launches S.Sense Wireless Sensor Upgrade for Smart Irrigation

Digital Sun, a leading developer of smart irrigation products, has released a revolutionary product for residential and commercial markets, S.Sense Wireless Soil-Moisture Sensor Upgrade. This remarkable new product provides wireless, sensor-based control; utilizing breakthrough technology to provide a professional-quality smart irrigation solution.

3/19/2010 4:32:23 PM

NetApp Augments FCoE and DCB Product Portfolio

NetApp, a provider of storage and data management solutions, has announced the expansion of its fibre channel over Ethernet and data center bridging product offerings with support from its solution partners Brocade, Emulex and VMware.

3/19/2010 4:30:36 PM

SpiriTel Buys Scottish IP Telephony Firm

SpiriTel plc, the business communications service provider, has acquired the entire issued share capital of Nessco Limited, for an initial cash consideration of £1.2 million. The acquisition is SpiriTel's eleventh since 2006.

3/19/2010 4:26:38 PM

XnE Enters Technology Industry by Acquiring MSP on Demand

XnE, Inc. has entered the technology industry by acquiring MSP on Demand, LLC.

3/19/2010 4:25:07 PM

MetraTech's Billing & Customer Care Solution Powers MeetingZone's Collaboration Portal

MeetingZone, a independent provider of conferencing and collaboration services that provides high performance, low-cost personalized audio and web conferencing services to its customers, has announced to introduce a new collaboration portal powered by MetraTech Corp., a provider of innovative charging, billing, settlement and customer care products.

3/19/2010 4:22:40 PM

Fanfare Joins NTAF to Develop Automation Solutions for Reducing Cost, Time & Quality

Fanfare, which delivers innovative testing solutions to service providers, network equipment manufacturers, or NEMs, and enterprises, announced that it will help play an integral role in the newly formed Network Test Automation Forum, or NTAF.

3/19/2010 4:20:04 PM

Telephonetics Recognized for its R&D Investments

Telephonetics Plc, a speech automation and data integration specialist, has announced that it has been included among the top 1,000 UK and Global companies for its Research & Development efforts.

3/19/2010 4:18:51 PM

Esker Announces New Service for Convenient Delivery of Collection Documents

Esker, a provider of document process automation solutions that help the organizations in reducing the use of paper, eliminate manual processes and simplifying IT landscapes, has announced to introduce a new service for companies that will automate and outsource fax and postal mail delivery of reminder letters, referral to collection agency letters, duplicate invoices, collection history and other collection documents generated by SAP solutions or third-party applications.

3/19/2010 4:16:51 PM

Acision Plans to Demo its Broadband Mobility Suite at CTIA Spring 2010

Acision has announced that it will conduct a live demonstration of its Broadband Mobility Suite at CTIA Spring 2010. This effort by the company is expected to make an impact on the growing mobile data usage by the operator community.

3/19/2010 4:15:09 PM

GoIP Global to Launch Go800's Text Messaging Service

GoIP Global announced that that Go800's, a GoIP subsidiary, patent pending text messaging service launch in 2010 is advancing as planned. The company said that network wireless carrier testing and Website modifications for ambassador reservations and customer self provisioning are being updated and modified daily.

3/19/2010 4:14:35 PM

Verizon Wireless Brings the Illinois Community Closer

Verizon Wireless has activated a new cell site near the campus of Parkland College in Champaign, Ill. This is expected to benefit the students, faculty and staff of the college.

3/19/2010 4:12:13 PM

BridgeWave's FlexPort Named as Finalist in CTIA E-Tech Awards

BridgeWave Communications' FlexPort 80 GHz gigabit wireless radio has been named a finalist in the Network Infrastructure, Wide Area Network category in the CTIA Emerging Technology (E-Tech) Awards.

3/19/2010 4:11:38 PM

WyzAnt Helps Tutors Find New Jobs and Students Via Twitter

WyzAnt, a tutor-student matching service, has added the ability for users to find local tutoring jobs on Twitter. The Chicago-based company has developed a new feature which will enable tutors to know about new job opportunities leveraging the popularity of the social networking site Twitter.

3/19/2010 4:07:59 PM

Nuance Delivers the Almost Impossible: A Car that Understands What You Say

In deference to drivers' peference to voice-enabled systems over manual systems, Nuance Communications, Inc., announced that its One-Shot Destination Entry and multilingual media command and control speech technology are now featured as part of the 2010 Audi A8 models.

3/19/2010 4:07:54 PM

Nuance Delivers the Almost Impossible - 'A Car that Understands What You Say'

3/19/2010 4:06:23 PM

DocAve SharePoint Migrator Automates Content Transfer to SharePoint Environments

AvePoint, a provider of infrastructure management software solutions for Microsoft SharePoint, has announced that its DocAve SharePoint Migrator tool, which provides an efficient and cost-effective solution for migrating business-critical content into Microsoft SharePoint, now provides beta support for SharePoint 2010.

3/19/2010 4:03:16 PM

Ciena's Nortel MEN Purchase to Close as Early as Today

Ciena tells TMCnet that it could close its acquisition of the Nortel MEN business as early as today. The deal will more than double the size of Ciena in terms of revenues and employee numbers.

3/19/2010 4:02:45 PM

ICMI Launches 2010 Call Center Workforce Management Practices Survey

Now in its 25th year, the International Customer Management Institute (ICMI) has launched its 2010 Call Center Workforce Management Practices survey. All survey questions are sent to call centers and vendors around the world in email solicitations.

3/19/2010 4:01:48 PM

Mariah Power's Windspire Helps Adobe to 'Go Green'

Adobe Systems Inc. and Mariah Power have announced the installation of 20 Windspire wind turbines at the San Jose, Calif, Campus. With this installation, Adobe Systems Inc. has sent across a strong green message, buttressing the claim that it espouses the cause of green building.

3/19/2010 4:01:43 PM

Continuous Computing Leverages Intel's Processor in New Internet Offload Reference Platform

Continuous Computing, a provider of integrated platform solutions that address the mobile broadband capacity challenge, has announced that its innovative Internet Offload reference platform that leverages the superior capabilities of its recently upgraded FlexTCA 40G platforms is now available to the customers.

3/19/2010 3:58:13 PM

Are Hiring Quality and Hiring Speed Mutually Exclusive?

One of the biggest assets of the call center is its people. Hiring the right people is also one of the biggest challenges that call centers face. Compounding this challenge, the process for hiring the right people can be slow and daunting, costing the call center money and time. FurstPerson explores the importance of hiring and recruiting speed in a recent blog post.

3/19/2010 3:56:08 PM

Aspect Announces One Year Phone-Free With Microsoft Office Communications Server

Aspect, a provider of unified communications, or UC, and collaboration services and software, hasannounced its one-year of operating phone-free with its global implementation of Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2.

3/19/2010 3:40:55 PM

Office 2010 - 32-bit or 64-bit?

In my previous column, I discussed the release dates and upgrade options for Microsoft's upcoming Office 2010 suite. In addition to offering the usual array of new features and enhancements, Office 2010 will be the first version of Office available in both 32-bit and 64-bit flavors. If you plan to upgrade to Office 2010, either for yourself or your company, which flavor should you consider?

3/19/2010 3:37:34 PM

Kineto Wireless to Participate in 4G Seminar at CTIA

Kineto Wireless, an innovator and supplier of solutions that enable delivery of mobile services over broadband, announced Steve Shaw, vice president of corporate marketing for Kineto Wireless, is participating in a Special Interest Seminar at CTIA Wireless 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

3/19/2010 3:35:41 PM

Fewer U.S. Households to Sell Video and Voice?

Among the headwinds service providers have faced during the recent recession is a slowdown in new household formation and housing starts, both of which act to depress the potential pool of new households looking for communication and video services.

3/19/2010 3:30:59 PM

Aegis Lightwave to Demo Wavelength- Tunable Receiver for PON Networks

Aegis Lightwave specializing in tunable optical filter technology will demonstrate a wavelength-tunable receiver for wavelength-agile passive optical networks or PON at OFC/NFOEC 2010.

3/19/2010 3:27:57 PM

Vizada Establishes Engineering Team to Provide Hands-On IP Solutions

Vizada, an independent provider of mobile satellite services, has established a dedicated Solutions Engineering Team that will make IP solutions expertise readily available to all Vizada Service Provider partners. The team receives focused training and support services by an IP-savvy technical staff and helps Service Providers tap into the burgeoning IP satellite market.

3/19/2010 3:26:24 PM

Tixeo Announces Latest Web-Conferencing Solution for HD Web Conferencing

Tixeo, a 3D Web conferencing software company, announced the release of its new Web-conferencing solution, WorkSpace3D version 3.0 with support for HD Web conferencing for high-demanding meetings.

3/19/2010 3:23:52 PM

Business Integrity Offers MS D3 Users a Transition Program to ContractExpress

Business Integrity announced a transition program for users of Microsoftsystems' D3 template-based document assembly.

3/19/2010 3:18:46 PM

iPhone PR Division Helps Visionary Launch Popular iPhone App

Ladera Ranch, Cali.-based provider of RMS Public Relations, has been selected by Visionary Apps LLC to launch the company's Complete Realty Suite, an application for the iPhone - iPad and iPod Touch - platform. Visionary App will use the iPhone App PR Department for the project.

3/19/2010 3:16:01 PM

Cavalier & Cygnus to Build Private Network for Rainbow Rehabilitation Centers

Virginia-based Cavalier, a provider of telecommunications services throughout the eastern United States, announced that Ypsilanti, Michigan-based Rainbow Rehabilitation Centers has selected the company's Enterprise Express multiprotocol label switching, or MPLS, service as the foundation for its voice and data communications and to build a private network.

3/19/2010 3:09:32 PM

Yowza!! Version 2.2 Launched, Promotional Offers for Austin through Mobile Barcode, Phone

Yowza!!, the free geo-location mobile coupon application, announced several lucrative offers at local businesses like bars and restaurants, clothing stores and other establishments in Austin, Texas.

3/19/2010 3:02:29 PM

Alterian Content Manager v5.9.5 Unveiled, Helps Create Engaging Web Sites

Alterian, an international integrated marketing platform provider, announced the immediate availability of version 5.9.5 of its Alterian Content Manager-Enterprise Edition product.

3/19/2010 3:00:07 PM

Microsoft's Utility Industry Survey - Some Progress, but a Long Way to Go

Earlier this week, Microsoft shared some findings of a survey they recently conducted with 200 utilities about their views on smart grid initiatives. We have featured Microsoft previously here about both their Hohm offering as well as their Smart Energy Reference Architecture, or SERA. In my view, Microsoft brings a lot to the utility world, especially in providing a platform that integrates software applications intelligently with both the IT infrastructure and the Web. Most of this is not first nature to utilities, and before running to deploy the solution, they first need to recognize and understand the problem set.

3/19/2010 2:57:15 PM

Palm Suffers More Losses, Droid Doubles in Market Share

With so many mobile devices competing with each other in the market, it's not a surprise to hear that some are more successful than others.

3/19/2010 2:53:15 PM

Cisco ASR 9000 Selected by Neutral Tandem

Looking to enhance the capabilities of its Ethernet eXchange service, Neutral Tandem has opted for the Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers. Neutral Tandem provides interconnection services to wireless, wireline, cable and broadband telephony companies.

3/19/2010 2:29:12 PM

AvePoint Announces First ACE Certification to OBS in Australia

AvePoint, a provider of infrastructure management software solutions for Microsoft SharePoint, has announced that OBS is the first of its partners in Australia to earn the AvePoint Certified Expert or ACE certification.

3/19/2010 2:25:31 PM

Accenture Launches Smart Grid Data Management Solution

Accenture, a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, has launched the Accenture Intelligent Network Data Enterprise (INDE), a data management platform to help utilities design, deploy, manage, integrate and analyze real-time data generated by millions of different sources throughout a utility's smart grid network.

3/19/2010 2:22:26 PM

IRS Says No Taxes on Smart Grid Grants, Companies Can Resume Operations

A few weeks ago, reports surfaced that those companies and cities that received some of the $3.4 billion in smart grid grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services could potential have to pay taxes on the funds.

3/19/2010 2:19:30 PM

Airband Communications Launches Full Portfolio of Bundled Voice and Data Services

Airband Communications, Inc., a fixed-wireless company for businesses in the U.S., has launched a new suite of bundled services that the company claims gives small-to-midsize businesses (SMBs) enterprise-class voice and data services at costs well below what traditional providers can offer.

3/19/2010 2:18:41 PM

George Schmitt Joins xG Technology Advisory Board

Sarasota, Fla.-based provider of smart radio technology xG Technology, Inc. has announced that it has brought cellular industry veteran George Schmitt on its Advisory Board.

3/19/2010 2:11:22 PM

Unified Communications Next Big Thing in CEE, says Frost & Sullivan

The telecommunications industry in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) has attracted largest amount of foreign direct investment (FDI). With Western Europe standards adopted, local business customers expect world-class service along with high-quality telecommunication product offerings. Unified communications though not widely deployed offers better productivity, efficiency and customer service, and is becoming popular in the CEE region, with Poland and Hungary emerging as leaders.

3/19/2010 2:07:13 PM

newScale Offers Support for the Cisco Unified Computing System

newScale Inc., providers of the self-service IT storefront for the enterprise, has announced support for the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS). Service providers and enterprises can now leverage the newScale FrontOffice Suite as the self-service portal to their Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solutions and private clouds powered by Cisco UCS.

3/19/2010 2:00:43 PM

AVRS Announces Stock Purchase Agreement Valued $500,000

Scottsdale, Arizona-based Advanced Voice Recognition Systems, Inc., a provider of interface and application solutions for speech recognition and transcription technologies, has announced that it has entered into a stock purchase agreement for a value worth $500,000 USD. This investment in private placement of AVRS common stock is considered additional capital for the company.

3/19/2010 1:53:49 PM

Report: 2D Mobile Barcodes Spread to Facebook

Soon your clipped coupons may able to hang alongside your status updates on Facebook, if reports that the top-visited online media outlet is adding 2D barcode capabilities are true.

3/19/2010 1:30:44 PM

March Madness Drives Increase in Internet Traffic

It's that time of year when college basketball fans around the country are glued to their TVs - and apparently ever more so, their computers - to find out who's in, who's out and where their favorite team stands.

3/19/2010 1:23:01 PM

GlobalSign Partners with Hosting Controller to Provide Automated SSL from Webhosting Control Panel

GlobalSign Inc., a specialist in SSL Partner Programs, and hosting automation software vendor Hosting Controller have announced the integration of SSL ordering and installation into Hosting Controller's control panel, allowing for dedicated SSL to be activated and resold (and transparently installed) down the chain, from host to reseller to end customer, with ease.

3/19/2010 1:13:10 PM

EHSI Applauds FCC Broadband Plan for Emphasis on Telemedicine

Emerging Healthcare Solutions Inc. has praised the Federal Communication Commission's National Broadband Plan for giving greater emphasis on healthcare, including electronic health record adoption and use, health data exchanges, telemedicine and mobile health services.

3/19/2010 1:04:08 PM

Mobile Barcodes Report: Portlogic Systems Signs Exclusive Agreement with 2709 Innovations

Portlogic Systems Inc., a software developer and solutions provider for Internet and mobile commerce, has signed an exclusive agreement with 2709 Innovations, a provider of mobile technology and mobile barcode solutions.

3/19/2010 12:58:43 PM

FCC's Plan Recommends Potential Use of Existing Mobile Satellite Services Spectrum: Globalstar

Satellite spectrum licensee Globalstar applauded the Federal Communications Commission's Internet broadband initiatives and recommendations designed to create an economic and regulatory environment that will stimulate job creation and foster development of the world's fastest and most innovative broadband networks in the United States.

3/19/2010 12:53:52 PM

FCC Plan Highlights Bandwidth to Meet Energy Infrastructure Challenges: GE

Commenting on the FCC's National Broadband Plan, GE officials said the company applauds the commission's willingness to investigate all alternatives, including a dedicated communications spectrum for smart grid applications.

3/19/2010 12:49:02 PM

Gilat Enters into Agreement to Acquire Raysat Antenna Systems

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd., a player in satellite networking technology, solutions and services, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Raysat Antenna Systems, (RAS), a provider of Satcom On The Move antenna solutions.

3/19/2010 12:44:21 PM

Belgium's Telenet Selects Amdocs

Telenet, a provider of broadband cable television, telephony and Internet services in Belgium, has selected and deployed the Amdocs Enterprise Product Catalog.

3/19/2010 12:39:43 PM

Riverbed Customer to Speak on Effectiveness of WAN Optimization Solution

San Francisco-based Riverbed Technology has announced that Wes Owen, former manager of infrastructure services, HNTB, is going to share his experience with Riverbed wide area network (WAN) optimization solutions.

3/19/2010 12:35:48 PM

Avaya Partners with LifeSize Communications to Offer HD Video Conferencing for Avaya Unified Communications

Avaya, a provider of enterprise communications systems, announced an agreement with LifeSize Communications to establish interoperability between the Avaya Aura unified communications platform and LifeSize HD video conferencing systems.

3/19/2010 12:28:44 PM

Sennheiser CC 520: Comfort, Performance, Durability at a Reasonable Price Point

Looking for a durable, comfortable, high-performance binaural headset for your contact center agents -- but not necessarily looking for a super-high-end Rolls Royce model that will wreck your budget?

3/19/2010 11:55:53 AM

NLR and Internet2 Laud FCC's Broadband Goals for Community Anchor Institutions

The Internet2 and National LambdaRail communities said they enthusiastically support the FCC's bold vision for a national broadband plan.

3/19/2010 11:53:25 AM

Open Text Corporation Intros Complete Range of Fax Gateways for FoIP

Open Text Corporation, a provider of enterprise content management (ECM) software, has announced a range of fax gateways designed to provide a source for all fax over IP - or FoIP - needs of organizations of all sizes.

3/19/2010 11:52:45 AM

IBM's New Platform RAMP Combines Customer Insight with Business Processes

IBM announced the company's new service, the Real-Time Analytics Matching Platform or RAMP, which leverages advanced analytics to match a caller with the optimal customer service representative in real-time.

3/19/2010 11:46:51 AM

Carrier Source Inks Master Agent Agreement with New Edge Networks

Officials with Carrier Source said that by partnering with New Edge, the company and its subagents gain access to a fully managed MPLS network, in addition to New Edge's sales, engineering and project management support.

3/19/2010 11:46:33 AM

Cree Set to Break Fluorescent and Incandescent Shackles with LEDs

Cree Inc., a provider of LED lighting, has announced the commercial availability of the award-winning XLamp XP-G LED in warm and neutral-white color palates.

3/19/2010 11:41:44 AM

SPiDCOM Technologies to Showcase its EoC During China Content Broadcasting Network Show

SPiDCOM Technologies, a Bourg la Reine, France, provider of fabless semiconductor company, has announced that it is going to present a wide array of products based on its EoC (Ethernet over Coax) solutions during the China Content Broadcasting Network (CCBN) show. CCBN attracts participants from both digital TV and broadband network industries.

3/19/2010 11:36:25 AM

Sipera Systems to Intro New Version of its SLiC for iPhone at VoiceCon 2010

Secure unified communications solutions provider Sipera Systems will be unveiling a new version of its secure UC software for the iPhone at VoiceCon 2010, which starts on Monday, March 22, in Orlando, Fla.

3/19/2010 11:33:50 AM

Aviat Enhances its Eclipse Packet Node Wireless Backhaul Solution

Aviat Networks, Inc., a company specializing in advanced IP network migration, announcednew enhancements to its Eclipse Packet Node wireless backhaul solution.

3/19/2010 11:22:33 AM

AvePoint Helps Users Migrate from Lotus Notes to SharePoint 2007 and 2010

AvePoint has announced that DocAve Migrator for SharePoint is now providing beta support for migrations to SharePoint 2010.

3/19/2010 11:17:24 AM

Jackson National Life Insurance Company Selects Thunderhead's Customer Communications Platform

Thunderhead, a provider of customer communications management technology, has announced that the Thunderhead NOW platform has been chosen by Jackson National Life Insurance Company to streamline the production and delivery of its policy documentation, correspondence and other personalized content.

3/19/2010 11:11:43 AM

Voiceserve Introduces 3G Mobile VoIP Application for the iPhone on Apple Store

Voiceserve's mobile VoIP application - which up until now was only available as a voice over WiFi solution - is now available in a 3G, edge and WiFi version, thus allowing users to make VoIP calls over AT&T's cellular data network.

3/19/2010 11:05:47 AM

Leading Online Retailers Deploy Liveclicker's HTML 5 Video Player

Liveclicker, Inc., a provider of video commerce solutions for the web's top brands, has introduced the e-commerce industry's first HTML5 interactive e-commerce video player.

3/19/2010 10:59:50 AM

Alcatel Lucent and GERI Korea Collaborate on Power Grid Research

Alcatel-Lucent's research arm Bell Labs has signed a joint research agreement with the Gachon Energy Research Institute of Korea's Kyungwon University.

3/19/2010 10:54:02 AM

ENA Honored with $ 14.3 Million BTOP Grant

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration has awarded a $14.3 million grant to Education Networks of America, a provider of managed Internet access and network services to schools and libraries.

3/19/2010 10:51:08 AM

Pulse Debuts DSL NanoFilter

Pulse, a company know for the design, manufacturing and subassembly sales of electronic components, has released the new Z-321NF, which it said is the smallest in-line DSL customer premises equipment MicroFilter available in the market today.

3/19/2010 10:41:21 AM

Heart Patients to get Touchscreen Mobile Phones with Integrated Electrocardiogram

In the United Kingdom, there are millions of heart patients who in the future will be able to carry out an ECG using their H'andy sana 210 mobile phone, wherever they are. The official launch is planned for August 2010.

3/19/2010 10:38:13 AM

Workforce Management Software Provider Monet Software Launches New Blog

Workforce management software provider Monet Software has launched a new blog on its Web site.

3/19/2010 10:28:33 AM

newScale Offers Support for the Cisco Unified Computing System

newScale Inc., providers of the self-service IT storefront for the enterprise, announced support for the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS).

3/19/2010 10:27:47 AM

Spectrum Networks Collaborates with AltiGen Communications

AltiGen Communications, Inc., a provider of integrated Microsoft-based unified communications solutions, has added Spectrum Networks Inc to its partner network.

3/19/2010 10:00:02 AM

CoreOptics and EXFO Gove Joint Demo of Interworking 40G Coherent Transponder Module

eOptics Inc. and EXFO Inc. announced their plans for a joint demonstration of interworking what they call the world's first 40G coherent transponder module from CoreOptics and EXFO's FTB-8140 Transport Blazer test module at OFC/NFOEC 2010.

3/19/2010 9:57:13 AM

Siemon Brings New Online Resource

A new online resource has been introduced by Siemon, a provider of network cabling solutions to help IT network and data center professionals get clear facts on shielded network cabling systems such as category 6A F/UTP and category 7A S/FTP solutions.

3/19/2010 9:53:11 AM

Ulysses Learning to Co-Lead Peer-Networking Discussion for Executive Learning Exchange

Session Centers on the Changing Workforce and the Impact of Social Media in the Contact Center

3/19/2010 9:51:50 AM

Rebtel's Survey Reveals Overseas Filipinos Cheated by Calling Cards Switch to Internet Calling

According to new research by Stockholm-based Rebtel, the average overseas Filipino has been cheated out of hundreds of dollars by calling cards that don't deliver the minutes promised. Rebtel is the Internet phone company used by more than 4 million people every day for their international calls.

3/19/2010 9:50:15 AM

LeadMaster Introduces Lead Management Software System

LeadMaster has launched their enhanced workflow automation management system featuring a user-friendly wizard interface which enables tasks to be automated and activities to be scheduled.

3/19/2010 9:45:36 AM

Nexage introduces iPad SDK and Nexage Campaign Manager to Optimize Mobile Advertising

Nexage will soon release two new tools that help publishers optimize mobile advertising performance and monetization.

3/19/2010 9:44:39 AM

Cloud Systems Joins the Cisco Developer Network as a Solutions Developer

Cloud Systems, Inc. announced that it has joined the Cisco Developer Network as a Solution Developer within the Unified Communications technology category.

3/19/2010 9:40:57 AM

Comcast Labs and ISC Release Open Source Software to Facilitate IPv6 Transition

Comcast, a provider of entertainment, information and communication products and services, and Internet Systems Consortium (ISC), have released open source software that will help facilitate the industry's transition to IPv6, the global numbering system essential to the continued growth of the Internet.

3/19/2010 9:34:49 AM

CRM Week in Review: IVR Adds New Customers, Billing Provider Gets Largest Deployment

Welcome to the week in review for the customer relationship management, or CRM, industry. Below are some of the top stories that came across the TMCnet news wires this week.

3/19/2010 9:33:15 AM

At CTIA 2010, Siterra will Launch New Mobile Application

Siterra, a provider of web-based software designed to manage wireless network projects, announced it will release Siterra+ Mobile for customers who are currently using Siterra+ online software just in time for next week's CTIA show.

3/19/2010 9:27:20 AM

TANDBERG Intros Telepresence Solution Offering Lifelike Experience

TANDBERG, a global provider of telepresence, high-definition video conferencing and mobile video solutions, announced the launch of a new personal telepresence solution, the EX90, which the company says extends TANDBERG Telepresence in-person experience to individuals at their desks or home offices.

3/19/2010 9:26:46 AM

MobGold Introduces Mobile Web Analytics beta1.0

MobGold, a global player in mobile advertising, has announced the launch of Mobile Web Analytics beta1.0.

3/19/2010 9:23:07 AM

It's a FoIP World, but FaxCore Thrives

Would it surprise you to learn that in these days of FoIP there's a vendor who still does a lot of business with analog lines, PRI and T1 digital?

3/19/2010 9:21:19 AM

Smart Grid Week in Review: Duke Joins Powerline Alliance, Google & Silicon Valley's RFI

Welcome to the week in review for the smart grid market. Below are some of the top stories that came across the TMCnet news wires this week.

3/19/2010 9:21:17 AM

It's a Fax over IP World, but FaxCore Thrives

Officials of FaxCore see that one of their special selling points - the ability to migrate easily from legacy to IP and UC.

3/19/2010 9:19:44 AM

Protecode, Launches an Extension to Enterprise IP Analyzer

Protecode, creator of the software Intellectual Property engine, today launched the Library IP Auditor (LA), an extension to the Protecode Enterprise IP Analyzer product in its flagship product suite of IP assessment tools.

3/19/2010 9:14:07 AM

xTuple Uses Developer Contest to Fix Bugs

xTuple, a global figure in the emerging field of open source ERP, conducted the haxTuple contest in order to fix and resolve bugs in anticipation of the release of xTuple 3.5.

3/19/2010 9:05:57 AM

PolyNet Solves Network Sync Problems with Robust NTPS Solution

PolyNet, a manufacturer and developer of network synchronization systems, has expanded its portfolio into the IP and packet based technology space.

3/19/2010 8:59:28 AM

Exigen Insurance Ushers in New VP

Exigen Insurance Solutions, a provider of insurance core systems, announced that Gregory Smith had been appointed VP, Client Relations.

3/19/2010 8:55:32 AM

PacketMotion's Survey Shows Enterprises Low Results in Internal Security during Vacation Periods

During RSA Conference 2010, PacketMotion announced the results of a survey conducted that revealed that 32 percent of enterprises are receiving marginal to failing grades when it comes to adequately detecting, tracking and reporting network activity and user access behavior during spring break and other holiday periods.

3/19/2010 8:52:02 AM

Spectrum Networks Collaborates with AltiGen Communications

AltiGen Communications, Inc., a provider of integrated Microsoft-based unified communications solutions, has addedSpectrum Networks to its partner network.

3/19/2010 8:48:05 AM

PragmaDev Intros New Version of Real-Time Developer Studio

PragmaDev has introduced Real Time Developer Studio (RTDS) V4.1, which is equipped with over 40 new features.

3/19/2010 8:43:36 AM

Acme Packet's Big HD Voice Announcement

Any doubts about HD voice being less than mainstream have to be wiped away with Acme Packet's announcement of support for wideband codecs in its session border control (SBC) family, including codec management functions across its product line and new transcoding functionality on the high end.

3/19/2010 8:41:48 AM

NewWave Communications Selects Nokia Siemens Networks for Reliable, Low-Cost Network Platform

The subscribers of NewWave Communications in Kentucky and Tennessee will soon receive bandwidth-intensive services including video-on-demand, high-definition television and high-speed data access.

3/19/2010 8:35:38 AM

Samsung Wins Excellence Award for Reducing Green House Emissions

Samsung Electronics America was recognized with the ENERGY STAR Promotion Award for 2010 at an award event held in Washington, D.C., Thursday.

3/19/2010 8:20:47 AM

Ascent's Programs Champion Change in the Healthcare Industry

Ascent, known for its manufacturing of medical devices in the United States, announced that its hospital partners saved hundreds of dollars by resorting to medical device remanufacturing programs in 2009.

3/19/2010 8:16:01 AM

Integral Systems to Provide Support to First Communications Satellite Designed and Manufactured in Argentina

Scheduled for launch in 2012, the ARSAT-1 Satellite will be the first communications satellite designed and manufactured in Argentina.

3/19/2010 8:11:51 AM

EXFO Intros New Software with New OTN Testing Capabilities

EXFOhas announced the availability of a new software release that introduces new optical transport network testing capabilities to its Transport Blazer and Power Blazer product lines.

3/19/2010 8:08:48 AM

Corded PBX Market Suffers Down End to 2009

According to a recent study by market consultancy MZA, it turns out the Corded PBX market declined by 10 percent in Q4 2009, period October to December 2009 inclusive, compared to Q4 2008. Overall, more than 13 million extensions were supplied to the market during this time.

3/19/2010 8:07:45 AM

IBM Picks Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization as a Platform in New Cloud Computing Service

Red Hat, a provider of open source solutions, announced that IBM has selected Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization as a platform in its new cloud computing service for development and testing.

3/19/2010 8:06:16 AM

Empirix's Kendrick Addresses Voice Monitoring Issues

Poor voice quality definitely has an effect on contact center metrics and customer satisfaction, Kendrick told TMCnet in a podcast, citing abandoned call ratios as just one of a number of negative implications: If the customer cannot communicate effectively with that call center agent, they're likely to hang up and turn their business over to somebody else.

3/19/2010 8:05:09 AM

Alcatel-Lucent Reinforces Commitment to ATCA, Unveils Plan to Use Intel Xeon Processor 5600 Series

Alcatel-Lucent has reinforced its commitment to Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture technology as the foundation for its next-generation telecommunication and application platforms.

3/19/2010 8:00:04 AM

Commtouch Goes On Attack With Outbound Spam Protection

The adage 'the best defense is a good offense' is being put into action in the war against spam through Commtouch's new Outbound Spam Protection solution, which has been especially tailored for Internet service providers and Web hosting companies.

3/19/2010 7:57:49 AM

We Want Jobs ... With Flexible Work Environments

Employees in a recent Regus-sponsored survey reported in the Dallas Business Journal said sure, they appreciated having jobs, but they needed them to be in a flexible work environment to counterbalance stress.

3/19/2010 7:56:55 AM

Novatel Wireless and WSA Distributing Announce Strategic Distribution Partnership

Novatel Wireless, Inc., a provider of wireless broadband access solutions, and WSA Distributing Inc., a distributor of broadband data products and cellular handsets, have signed a master purchase agreement.

3/19/2010 7:55:30 AM

Telescope Selects MicroStrategy

Telescope has selected MicroStrategy to enhance its current reporting and analysis capabilities.

3/19/2010 7:51:43 AM

'Robin! Quick! To the Batfax!'

Phones always get the best roles in movies. Fax machines need new agents.

3/19/2010 7:51:25 AM

Cisco Unified Computing System Achieves Records

Performance is key for data center and virtualized computing environments supporting a vast array of bandwidth-hungry applications for many users on single servers.

3/19/2010 7:47:37 AM

Critical Links Announces Supplier Partnership with Enflux Technologies

Critical Links, a global provider of unified voice, data, security and IT solutions for small and medium-size businesses, has entered into a supplier partnership with Enflux Technologies, an SMB-focused, value-added supplier of integrated information and communication technology solutions in Northern Illinois.

3/19/2010 7:45:11 AM

File Transfer Expert Highlights Pitfalls, Security Issues

So even though it seems there are too many options at times, it's a technology you need to be paying attention to, and Ipswitch, a vendor in the field, frequently offers presentations on the issues involved. Dare we say more attention than you're currently paying to it?

3/19/2010 7:45:01 AM

AnaCise Debuts Handheld Tester Convergent Service Navigator

AnaCise, a developer of handheld testers and GigE/xDSL triple-play testing, measuring and monitoring solutions, has announced the introduction of an all-in-one handheld tester and Convergent Service Navigator.

3/19/2010 7:38:28 AM

Starhome Selects Metaswitch Networks' IMS products for Roaming Services

Due to the rapid growth in subscribers and services, mobile network operators are under immense pressure to offer a high-quality, seamless user experience.

3/19/2010 7:34:19 AM

911 ETC's Larry Scott Earns Industry Leader Award

A resident of Snohomish, Wash., Scott will receive the award as part of the 7th Annual 9-1-1 Honors Gala in Washington D.C. This Industry Professional Award is designed to honor individuals in the commercial sector who make exceptional contributions towards the advancement of emergency 9-1-1 communications.

3/19/2010 7:25:26 AM

Critical Links Announces Supplier Partnership with Enflux Technologies

Critical Links, a global provider of unified voice, data, security and IT solutions for small and medium businesses (SMBs), has entered into a supplier partnership with Enflux Technologies, an SMB-focused, value-added supplier of integrated information and communication technology solutions in Northern Illinois.

3/18/2010 6:59:02 PM

Net Neutrality, Broadband Plan and Industry Business Models: Making Assumptions Explicit

The evolving network neutrality debate is not obviously and directly related to the Federal Communications Commission's proposal for National Broadband Policy. The net neutrality debate sometimes is framed as a struggle over the future of the Internet or freedom of speech or the First Amendment.

3/18/2010 6:43:10 PM

Pittsburgh's Allegheny County Housing Authority Deploys Tropos Wireless Broadband Network

Tropos Networks, a provider of IP broadband mesh networks used by cities and utilities, has successful deployed its network throughout the low income Pleasant Ridge housing community in Allegheny, PA.

3/18/2010 6:37:38 PM

S1 Merges Voice Operations into NACR to Offer Enhanced One-Source Sales and Support

North American Communications Resource, Inc., a Value Added Solutions Provider that offers proven, scalable, cost-efficient solutions tailored to a customer's business communication needs, in an end-to-end package that includes consultation, design, implementation, and testing, has announced that the company is joining its facilities with S1 IT Solutions, a strategic technology partner to progressive companies and organizations that offers solutions that help the enterprises in navigating the world of convergence.

3/18/2010 6:35:10 PM

FCC National Broadband Plan is Far-Reaching: CWA

Communications Workers of America has released a statement on Federal Communications Commission's National Broadband Plan.

3/18/2010 6:31:03 PM

LGS Awarded Supplier Excellence Award by Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems

LGS, a subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent dedicated to serving the U.S. government community, has been selected as one of the Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems 2009 Supplier Excellence Award recipients.

3/18/2010 6:26:58 PM

Former Auto Dealership Worker Employs the Internet to Mess with Vehicles

You might not agree with the actions of the fired Texas auto dealership worker who remotely disabled ignitions and set off horns on vehicles at his former employer, but you have to appreciate his ingenuity.

3/18/2010 6:22:28 PM

Yahoo to Acquire Fantasy Sports Outfit

In a move to expand its social networks play, Yahoo plans to purchase fantasy sports company Citizen Sports for an undisclosed sum.

3/18/2010 6:20:19 PM

Former Auto Dealership Employee Fired for Using Internet to Sabotage Customer Cars

The Internet can be a useful tool for the disgruntled employee, according to a recent Associated Press report. A man fired from a Texas auto dealership decided to have a little fun at the expense of his former employer. He used an Internet service to remotely disable ignitions and set of car horns of more than 100 vehicles.

3/18/2010 6:16:23 PM

CradlePoint Announces CBA750 Broadband Adapter

CradlePoint Technology, a provider of 3G/4G networking solutions, announced a new mobile broadband adapter CBA750 that gives quick and secure wireless for redundant or primary Internet access.

3/18/2010 6:11:55 PM

FCC National Broadband Plan Fosters Innovation and Competition: Covad

Covad Communications Company, a leading national broadband provider, commended the Federal Communications Commission or FCC's National Broadband Plan for carefully reviewing the facts and completing this monumental task in favor of broadband competition, innovation, and investment.

3/18/2010 6:07:13 PM

Riverbed Customer to Speak on Effectiveness of WAN Optimization Solution

San Francisco, Calif.-based Riverbed Technology has announced that Wes Owen, former manager of infrastructure services, HNTB, is going to share his experience with Riverbed wide area network (WAN) optimization solutions when he was at HNTB. The interactive session titled, Migrating From Tape to Disk-based Back-up and Replication will take place during Disaster Recovery Journal's Spring World 2010, taking place at Disney Coronado Springs Resort in Orlando, Fla., March 21-24.

3/18/2010 6:04:14 PM

GE Enhances A10200 Single Board Computer with Intel Xeon Processor 5600 Technology

GE Intelligent Platforms announced that its recently-released A10200 AdvancedTCA single board computer will now be offered with the option of the latest Intel Xeon processor 5600 series.

3/18/2010 5:56:21 PM

NYU Releases Climate Action Plan for Lower Carbon Footprint and Greater Sustainability

New York University has announced its Climate Action Plan (CAP) for reducing its carbon footprint and enhancing its overall sustainability. The plan outlines the University's current greenhouse gas inventory, presents specific and effective projects to mitigate these emissions using current fiscally sound technologies while maintaining NYU's vital teaching, learning, and research missions.

3/18/2010 5:51:46 PM

Frost & Sullivan: Robust UTM Solutions Required For High Security Organizations

According to a recent report by Frost & Sullivan, vendors looking to penetrate the Unified Threat Management (UTM) solutions market must offer developed products, with commercial grade functionality first and foremost, as penetration into the large enterprise customer markets will be crucial to sustain high growth rates.

3/18/2010 5:50:12 PM

ecomElectronics.com Conversion Rates Are Up 12 Percent with Buysafe Bonding

ecomElectronics.com, an online provider of branded audio/visual and consumer electronics, computer and computer accessories and photography equipment, has reported a 12 percent increase in its website conversion rates after implementing the buySAFE Bonding solution. buySAFE is a leading provider of eCommerce trust and confidence online solutions.

3/18/2010 5:46:49 PM

Eliminate Guesswork from Network Decisions

As more and more companies and consumers move toward an all IP environment, the demand on wireless data networks continues to grow.

3/18/2010 5:45:14 PM

From the Television to the Phone

For network operators, this trend presents new challenges, but also creates new opportunities to drive revenue.

3/18/2010 5:40:14 PM

Temperature Monitoring: Taking a Bite out of $100 Billion in Problems

Temperature monitoring might be one of those things you find yourself not thinking too much about. Until a disaster happens.

3/18/2010 5:35:15 PM

Videotron Business Solutions Increases Limits of its File Transfer Service

Videotron Business Solutions has announced that it is has increased the limits of file transfer on its Ultimate Speed Internet 30 (30 mbps) and Ultimate Speed Internet 50 (50 mbps) services. The company will be offering these services for the same price.

3/18/2010 5:31:45 PM

National Broadband Plan will Close Connectivity Gap for Healthcare Providers, Says Continua Health Alliance

Continua Health Alliance, a non-profit, open industry coalition of a group of health care and technology companies, has lauded the Federal Communications Commission or FCC for its leadership and foresight in supporting health care delivery in the U.S. as part of its upcoming National Broadband Plan.

3/18/2010 5:27:15 PM

Executive Offices Group Intros a New Virtual Office Package

The entrepreneur package is designed for businesses requiring a presence in London, without the need for full time office space, said company officials. It combines the highly sought after London office addresses with a number of essential business tools and resources.

3/18/2010 5:22:17 PM

Senate Introduces Revised Cyber-Security Bill

A revised Senate cyber-security bill was reintroduced Wednesday sans a provision that would give power to the president to pull the plug on the Internet should a major cyber attack occur.

3/18/2010 5:21:13 PM

AvePoint's DocAve Replicator for SharePoint Provides Beta Support for SharePoint 2010

AvePoint, a provider of infrastructure management software solutions for Microsoft SharePoint, has announced that its DocAve Replicator for SharePoint now provides beta support for SharePoint 2010.

3/18/2010 5:20:52 PM

Canadian Web Hosting Announces Strategic Partnership with Ksplice

Canadian Web Hosting, a provider of Web-hosting services for the Canadian market, has entered into a partnership with Ksplice to add its Uptrack technology to shared Linux servers.

3/18/2010 5:20:26 PM

Global Online Television Hires COOGEE PRODUCTIONS to Produce Demonstration

Global Online Television or GOTV, a subsidiary of Atlantis Technology Group, has retained COOGEE PRODUCTIONS of Greenwich Studios to produce the GOTV IPTV professional demonstration.

3/18/2010 5:15:37 PM

High-Speed Ethernet No Longer a Safe Bet for VCs

Once considered a good bet, the Ethernet business is apparently not what it once was.

3/18/2010 5:05:08 PM

IMM Expands Quality Assurance Team by 30 Percent

Integrated Media Management, a provider of document output management and automation technology, has reportedly strengthened its quality assurance department in order to meet the compatibility guidelines of third party software.

3/18/2010 4:56:30 PM

Sprint Expected to Unveil Supersonic 4G Phone Next Week

Sprint is reportedly planning to unveil HTC Supersonic, its first smartphone with 4G service, ahead of schedule next week.

3/18/2010 4:52:58 PM

TrustDefender Raises AUD $16 Million to Combat Online Crime

With an AUD $16 million investment by Nexbis Ltd, Australia based companyTrustDefender has started strategic initiative to bring its revolutionary real-time risk based online transaction security solutions to a market which is increasingly under waves of crimeware attack.

3/18/2010 4:52:35 PM

Aggressive Deployments Will Drive SIP Trunking Market: Acme Packet

Acme Packet, a provider of session border control solutions, announced it is delivering Session Initiation Protocol or SIP trunking services to 134 service providers in 43 countries.

3/18/2010 4:45:56 PM

DHS Technologies Announced VTAP 2.0

DHS Technologies, the parent company for DHS Systems and MilSys (UK), recently launched a newly revised software program that will allow customers to design their own unique shelter solution.

3/18/2010 4:41:04 PM

AT&T's ZERO Charger to Conserve Energy

Despite lots of individuals doing their best to be green, many may not realize that there's one behavioral change that they don't even realize they're missing out on.

3/18/2010 4:41:02 PM

Ipswitch Discusses Best Practices in Managed File Transfer at (ISC)2 Conference 2010

Nearly, 80 percent of the data is moved in the form of a file transfer, either via an FTP upload, an email attachment or a Web download, according to research firm Gartner. The method of data transfer does not matter much to organizations. However, organizations are required to know exactly what was sent, who sent it and who received it, especially when external parties are involved.

3/18/2010 4:37:44 PM

National Broadband Plan Could Hurt Cable Companies

The dissection of the long-awaited National Broadband Plan has officially begun, and the outlook for cable companies could be bleak.

3/18/2010 4:36:08 PM

AirWalk Develops LTE Picocell with Mindspeed and Aricent

AirWalk Communications, a developer of IP CDMA Radio Access Network (IP-RAN) products, has announced its alliance with Mindspeed Technologies, Inc., a company that designs, develops and sells semiconductor solutions, and Aricent, a global technology and services company, to develop an LTE picocell.

3/18/2010 4:31:39 PM

Objectivity Partners with nGeneYes

Objectivity, Inc., a major player in distributed data management solutions, has entered into a partnership with nGeneYes Inc.

3/18/2010 4:26:47 PM

Over 1,000 Exhibitors to Demo Innovations at CTIA

It's expected that over 1,000 exhibitors will demonstrate their products and services at this year's International CTIA Wireless 2010 tradeshow and conference.

3/18/2010 4:19:00 PM

Tranzeo WiMAX Equipment Approved for 3.65GHz Spectrum in Canada

Tranzeo Wireless Technologies Inc., a manufacturer of wireless broadband and WiMAX communication systems, has received Industry Canada approval for its WiMAX Broadband Wireless equipment to operate in the recently released 3.65-3.7GHz licensed frequency bands.

3/18/2010 4:12:33 PM

Skype Access: Free This Weekend at Your Fave Hotspot

Hitting the road to celebrate the end of winter this weekend? If you pop by one of 100,000 WiFi location stations - like Barnes & Noble or a major airport - you'll get the gift of free Skype Internet access.

3/18/2010 4:10:46 PM

FCC Launches Broadband, Homeland Security Web Site for Emergency Responders

The Federal Communications Commission - as part of its covenant to the American public - today launched the Broadband and Public Safety and Homeland Security Web site.

3/18/2010 4:10:07 PM

Calliden Awarded for Consolidating Multiple Systems onto SSP's S4i

SSP, a provider of insurance technology, congratulates Calliden on its success at the Celent Model Insurer Awards. The international research and advisory firm, which specializes in technology strategies, recognized Calliden for consolidating multiple legacy systems to a modern platform, SSP's S4i providing growth in the start-up operation.

3/18/2010 4:09:25 PM

Smartlinx and Nettlinx to Apply SmartVM Technology in eGovernance

Smartlinx VoIP Networks Private Limited signed a proposal with Nettlinx Limited to collaborate on the development of biometric based eGovernance system. In this proposal, it is stated that Nettlinx has a right to use and market the SmartVM technology. Smartlinx will retain the rights to market and use SmartVM outside of Andhra Pradesh. Smartlinx has partnered with Nettlinx for delivering VoIP solutions to businesses and individual customers.

3/18/2010 4:05:42 PM

Who Wants to Jump into the Wireless Business?

Since announcing the turnkey service last quarter, Sprint has signed deals with four MVNO partners. These companies are Long Distance Consolidated Billing Company (LDCB), NPG Cable, Call One and Baja Broadband. Only six months after the launch of a turnkey back-office solution for companies interested in offering wireless services under their own brand, Sprint has signed deals with four partners. All of these companies cite customer demand for mobile communications solutions as the main reason to enter the wireless business.

3/18/2010 4:00:14 PM

Salesforce.com App Exchange Now Equipped with MaaS Impact

MaaS Impact, pioneers in marketing-as-a-service, or MaaS, has announced the availability of Lead Impact and Sales Insight on AppExchange from CRM sales software, CRM cloud computing and customer service software provider Salesfore.com.

3/18/2010 4:00:06 PM

Small Businesses Say They Can't Survive Without Wireless

Although 80 percent of small business executives said they reduced or held their budgets steady in 2009, they have not cut back on their use of wireless technologies and expect to rely more on wireless technology over the next two years.

3/18/2010 3:56:09 PM

Intelestream Offers Webinar for Understanding Online CRM

Customer relationship management, or CRM, is an important process for companies to understand, especially in this economy. For those who can maximize on this concept, especially in an online CRM environment, they create a better experience for the customer, while also driving more productive operations that can generate greater revenue streams.

3/18/2010 3:55:12 PM

Ruckus Wireless Sets New 802.11n Price/Performance Benchmark

Ruckus Wireless the smart mobile internetworking company recently announced that it has broken the price/performance barrier for 802.11n wireless networking by introducing the new ZoneFlex 7300 series of midrange access points.

3/18/2010 3:55:03 PM

Answering Services Can Help Manage Phone Calls During Holidays

An answering service can help business manage the high call volume surge surrounding spring events, and can help manage any holiday rush around the calendar.

3/18/2010 3:48:55 PM

Virtual Answering Service: A Great Tool for the Small Business Owner

What should you do if you are a small business, but want to create the perception that you are just as big and powerful as your competitors? A virtual answering service can be a step in the right direction. As suggested in a Big News Biz piece, this solution can provide all the benefits of a standard phone system without the standard phone system price.

3/18/2010 3:43:11 PM

Fast Start for Breakout 2010 in Technology Entertainment Insurance by KCM Holdings

KCM HOLDINGS CORP., a strategic business development holdings company, has announced its 2010 progress update for its incubation portfolio. Even in times of economic slowdown, KCMH reported a 65 percent increase in revenues and record earnings.

3/18/2010 3:43:00 PM

The New Economy: Online Retailers to Charge State Tax?

The tough economic times have reignited the debate over whether e-commerce businesses need to collect state income taxes, the Wall Street Journal reported this week.

3/18/2010 3:41:29 PM

Salesforce.com Releases Developer Preview for Salesforce Chatter

Enterprise cloud computing company CRM sales software, CRM cloud computing and customer service software provider Salesfore.com has launched the developer preview for Salesforce Chatter, providing a select group of developers with access to the new social capabilities of the Force.com platform.

3/18/2010 3:39:25 PM

Business VoIP Study Looks at Deployments by Vertical

Also, AT&T was named as a top provider of IP Centrex solutions for businesses and vertical markets of all sizes. Hosted IP Centrex was found to be most used by government and healthcare segments according to the research.

3/18/2010 3:39:23 PM

Telemarketers Skate Close to the Edge

A recent article in the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram points up the fine line telemarketers sometimes tread.

3/18/2010 3:36:04 PM

GAO Intros Portable IPTV Tester

GAO Comm Inc., a member of GAO Group, is an internationally renowned provider of communication test instruments and equipments that are used for the installation, testing, and maintenance of communication infrastructure.

3/18/2010 3:33:33 PM

Telinta Deploys Billing Provider PortaOne's Largest PortaSwitch Installation

Telinta has installed billing software provider, PortaOne's PortaSwitch as its core VoIP management infrastructure.

3/18/2010 3:33:01 PM

Cloud Telephony Provider's Acquired Company Boosts Combined Platform with Pay-As-You-Go Pricing

Cloudvox, which was recently acquired by cloud telephony provider, Ifbyphone, has announced the first fruits of their combined platform: a flat pay-as-you-go rate of $0.03 per minute, phone numbers from around the world, and a comprehensive conference call API for all Cloudvox users.

3/18/2010 3:27:35 PM

VeriSign Marks 25 Years of .com

VeriSign, Inc. a trusted provider of Internet infrastructure for the networked world is celebrating its 25th anniversary. The .com domain continues to remain at the center of nearly every major Internet trend. According to VeriSign's Internet Profiling Service there are 11.9 million e-commerce and online business websites, 1.8 million sports-related sites and 4.3 million entertainment-related sites with a .com web address. The most popular words among .com URL's today include home (1.2 million), online (1 million) and land (891,000).

3/18/2010 3:25:22 PM

Government Sector Deploying VoIP More than Others: Study

According to the latest research report from In-Stat, Business VoIP Overview by Vertical Industry, 48 percent of survey respondents said they have deployed VoIP in at least one location.

3/18/2010 3:25:08 PM

Verizon LiveSource Makes Finding Any Business Easier for Wireless 411 Callers

Verizon LiveSource directory assistance from Verizon Communications Inc. has made it easier and faster for wireless callers to find businesses in town or across the country. A special database solution developed by Call Genie of Toronto enables LiveSource operators to search for various types of businesses near a specific intersection or landmark, or by neighborhood.

3/18/2010 3:21:50 PM

Backchannelmedia's Clickable TV Demonstrated

Backchannelmedia's Clickable TV has successfully been demonstrated on wide variety of set-top boxes and user agents at the CableLabs ETV interoperability event.

3/18/2010 3:12:48 PM

Hosting.com Unveils Server Replication Solution

As the importance of digitally recorded data grows, companies are taking extra precautions to safeguard their data. Hosting.com is helping them out in this regard with the introduction of its Server Replication solution, which helps the customers of the company to have a replicated virtual copy of their critical data in a secondary Hosting.com datacenter.

3/18/2010 3:07:15 PM

VoIP Penetration Strongest in Government Sector, Says In-Stat

The government vertical is among the strongest industry verticals for VoIP adoption, a new research report from In-Stat has revealed.

3/18/2010 3:02:59 PM

TCS Bags Major Order to Deploy Managed Bandwidth Services

TeleCommunication Systems, Inc., or TCS, a company specializing in high availability and secure mobile communication technology, has been awarded $7 million valued order to provide managed bandwidth services and terminal maintenance support for fixed satellite terminal sites supporting U.S. government personnel in forward operating areas throughout Southwest Asia including Afghanistan and Iraq.

3/18/2010 2:34:15 PM

Apriso's FlexNet 9.4 Product Suite Now Compatible with Windows 7

Apriso Corporation, a provider of manufacturing software solutions that help enterprises in achieving and sustaining operational excellence, has announced that its FlexNet 9.4 product suite is now compatible with Windows 7 environments.

3/18/2010 2:31:17 PM

Cablecom Tops 2009 Digital Pay TV Market in Switzerland, says DATAXIS

DATAXIS, a market research company based in France with presence in Africa and America, announcing its analysis on digital pay TV market in Switzerland for the year 2009, reported that there were nearly 841,000 subscribers to digital pay-TV services in the region at the end of 2009.

3/18/2010 2:27:10 PM

DraftDude.com Introduces Free Fantasy Baseball Software and Service

DraftDude.com, a fantasy sports service provider, has introduced its 2010 Free Fantasy Baseball software and service, including free fantasy baseball player rankings and projections.

3/18/2010 2:24:44 PM

Status Update: Spam Hits Facebook Hard

Facebook may have more visits than any other site, but it may have more of something else, too - spam!

3/18/2010 2:21:13 PM

Network USA Reaches Across Louisiana with BTI Systems 7000 Series

Network USA, a Louisiana based telecommunications service provider focused on bringing next generation telecommunications services to rural Louisiana, has deployed BTI Systems'7000 Series to deliver next-generation telecommunications services throughout Louisiana.

3/18/2010 2:20:51 PM

Fox Sports Network Chooses Tekscan Pressure Mapping Technology

The F-Mat add-on sensor to the F-Scan was used in an episode to determine the force of a baseball player when running into a wall to make a catch, and at what point the force would cause an injury.

3/18/2010 2:18:03 PM

PreEmptive Solutions Intros Runtime Intelligence Analytics Provider

PreEmptive Solutions, a provider of solutions to protect, measure, and manage application investments, has introduced its Runtime Intelligence Analytics Provider, which will enable designers and developers to deploy the new Silverlight Analytics Framework for integrating Runtime Intelligence into Microsoft Silverlight applications.

3/18/2010 2:15:05 PM

Quick Hit Football Passes One Million User Mark

Quick Hit, Inc., a developer and publisher of free social sports games, has surpassed more than one million registered users for Quick Hit Football in its inaugural season.

3/18/2010 2:06:54 PM

XO's Eric Hyman Looks at Industry, Specific Offerings

TMCnet recently conducted a podcast interviewwith Eric Hyman, director of product management for XO Communications, about XO's new SIP communications product.

3/18/2010 2:04:22 PM

Patton Starts Taking Orders of CopperLink 2160 Series of High-Speed Long-Range Ethernet Extenders

Patton, a provider of business and carrier-class VoIP, network access, connectivity and video surveillance equipment, announced that it has started taking orders for the CopperLink 2160 series of high-speed long-range Ethernet Extenders.

3/18/2010 1:59:09 PM

Say Hello to Better iPhone Messaging

For those of you iPhone users having trouble keeping tabs on texts, there's a new application making headlines that could help you out.

3/18/2010 1:54:41 PM

Eclipse CCTV Unveils Security Domes with Strobe Technology

Eclipse CCTV Inc. a supplier of electronic security equipment has introduced its ECL-557 Series dome cameras with onboard strobe technology.

3/18/2010 1:52:18 PM

RMG Networks Acquires Pharmacy TV to Extend Portfolio of Video Offerings

RMG Networks, a provider of place-based video entertainment services, has announced that the company has acquired Pharmacy TV, a digital place-based video network deployed near the pharmacist counter in major grocery chains and pharmacy retailers. It offers wellness-related video content and relevant messages from the retailer and brand advertisers that entertain and inform the customers. After this transaction RMG has added a powerful consumer care marketing solution to its place-based media portfolio.

3/18/2010 1:46:42 PM

VoltDelta White Paper Explores Company's Successful Path to 10 Billion Calls

Hosted call center solutions provider VoltDelta grabbed headlines last month when it announced that its DeltaTouch OnDemand platform for DA and customer care answered its 10 billionth call in North America. Now, VoltDelta is promoting a white paper that highlights what it takes to deliver the customer care performance and reliability with exceptionally high call volume.

3/18/2010 1:26:31 PM

PON Equipment Tops $2 Billion for First Time: Infonetics Research

Worldwide passive optical network equipment revenue hit $2.18 billion mark in 200, up 35 percent from 2008. What's more, Infonetics Research predicts it will more than double by 2014.

3/18/2010 1:25:38 PM

McAfee Announces a New Program for SaaS Providers

McAfee has announced the McAfee Cloud Secure program, a program for software-as-a-service providers to add additional security to their cloud deployments.

3/18/2010 1:21:40 PM

Minnesota Life Launches Online Campaign to Capture Customer Service Successes

There is very little that can promote the services of a company better than its own satisfied customers. Minnesota Life Insurance Co. is hoping to capitalize on the experiences of its customers and to capture those great moments. To do so, the company has invited customers to share their experiences on their microsite: expectgreatservice.com.

3/18/2010 1:18:21 PM

McAfee Announces a New Program for SaaS Providers

McAfee has announced the McAfee Cloud Secure program, a program for software-as-a-service providers to add additional security to their cloud deployments.

3/18/2010 1:15:23 PM

T-Mobile Scouting for JV Opps to Boost Spectrum Capacity

T-Mobile USA is reportedly lookingat joint ventures with cable companies and network providers to boost its spectrum capacity, Reuters reported Thursday.

3/18/2010 1:06:46 PM

NetCraft Upgrades its Versiera Infrastructure Management System

NetCraft Communications has released an update to its Versiera Infrastructure Management System which includes optimized technology for rendering and visualizing large-scale cloud and enterprise network infrastructures.

3/18/2010 12:58:21 PM

IEEE Intros Comprehensive Smart Grid Publication

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, or IEEE, a global technical professional association that is dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity, has announced that it has issued a comprehensive collection of feature articles on Smart Grid in its March 2010 Special Issue.

3/18/2010 12:49:43 PM

Aquilent Leverages Multiple Social Media Platforms

Aquilent, a provider of web-based solutions that shape the next generation of technology for the federal government, has announced the company is going to expand its presence in social media. The company is going to adopt some new tools for doing the same, which include an innovative Facebook recruitment application as well.

3/18/2010 12:44:23 PM

Trafficmaster Launches Mobile Pay as You Go Satellite Navigation System

Smartnav from Trafficmaster is the first satellite navigation pay-as-you-go, or PAYG, navigation application on the smart phone market that allows users to only pay for satnav directions and traffic information when they need it. The PAYG satnav service from Trafficmaster is available on Apple's iPhone and is a custom made application for those people who only need navigation once in a while, but yet want to have access to superior routing and navigation along with up-to-the minute traffic information.

3/18/2010 12:42:29 PM

PC Market Rebound Will Drive Double-Digit Growth through 2014: IDC Reports

Based on the stats provided by the International Data Corp., or IDC, Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker, the yearly growth rate for the worldwide PC market in 2009 was just 2.9 percent. After being severely constrained during the first half, steeply discounted PCs along with improving economic conditions helped to steer the global PC market back into the black during the latter half of 2009.

3/18/2010 12:37:18 PM

Dirty Laundry to be Aired in Viacom, YouTube Suit

Information expected to be unsealed Thursday stemming from a legal battle with media icon Viacom will reportedly expose YouTube secrets and other confidential information.

3/18/2010 12:37:16 PM

Mobango Pushes the Envelope in Application Discovery

Mobango recently announced that its Pay per Promoted Downloads Platform, or PPD, service is between 5 to 20 times more effective than in traditional promotion methods for applications. The PPD is a bidding system that allows content owners to bid for premium visibility on Mobango, but only pay for the downloads they receive. Since developers are required to pay only when they get downloads, they are able to generate new users at a fraction of the cost of traditional cost per click, or CPC, or cost per impression, or CPM, campaigns.

3/18/2010 12:34:05 PM

CENX's Carrier Ethernet Connections Over Five Million Locations

CENX, Inc. is the operator of the world's first Carrier Ethernet exchanges, recently announceda new milestone. The company has achieved a significant breakthrough in the development of its carrier Ethernet interconnection with the aggregate of over five million Carrier Ethernet Locations to be accessible through CENX Exchanges.

3/18/2010 12:31:20 PM

SIP: So Much More than Just Connecting Calls

What can SIP, or Session Initiation Protocol, do for your business?

3/18/2010 12:21:37 PM

Analog Analytics to Provide Online Coupons and Gift Certificates to San Diego Readers

Analog Analytics recently announced that the San Diego Reader will be using the Analog Analytics technology platform to deliver online coupons and gift certificates. Analog Analytics, is company known for providing highly interactive local online, mobile, print and other alternative media coupons and gift certificates for local publishers and advertisers.

3/18/2010 12:20:59 PM

AdMeld's Mobile Platform Selected as a Finalist in the 2010 CTIA E-Tech Awards

AdMeld recently announced that the company's mobile platform has been named a finalist in the Enterprise Mobile Marketing and Advertising Solution category at the CTIA Emerging Technology Awards. The CTIA's fifth annual E-Tech Awards program recognizes products in 15 categories in the areas of luxury mobile, applications, mobile consumer electronics, enterprise, green solutions and network technology. The International CTIA WIRELESS 2010 will take place between the March 23 - 25 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

3/18/2010 12:19:12 PM

Ixia, Opnext Complete Demo of 100 GbE Traffic Transmission

Opnext, Inc. and Ixia announced the successful demonstration of 100 Gigabit Ethernet or GbE traffic using the Ixia K2 traffic generator and analyzer and Opnext's 100GBASE-LR4 CFP Multi-Source Agreement compliant optical module.

3/18/2010 12:13:47 PM

TriNET Systems Authorized to Provide Nortel Enterprise Solutions

TriNET Systems, a provider of networking and communications solutions, announced it has been authorized to sell Nortel Enterprise Solutions, or NES, which include IP Telephony, Unified Communications, Contact Center, Data, Networking, and Mobility solutions.

3/18/2010 12:10:51 PM

Time Warner Cable Wideband Offers 'Fastest Internet Experience' in Texas

Time Warner Cable announced the launch of Time Warner Cable Wideband Internet in North Texas.

3/18/2010 12:08:51 PM

Speech Synthesis to Create Voice Messages at Acapela-Box.Com

Acapela Group, a voice expert, owner of its technology, offering bespoke solutions, is launching acapela-box, the innovative, simple answer to vocalization needs.

3/18/2010 11:51:27 AM

M-Edge Launches New Collection of Accessories for Sony Reader Daily Edition

M-Edge has launched a new collection of accessories for Sony's new wireless Daily Edition, or PRS-900. The new collection includes jackets, bags, booklights and bookstands for the Sony Reader Daily Edition in a variety of colors and materials. M-Edge's product offerings include lines of accessories for popular eReader devices on the market.

3/18/2010 11:49:09 AM

MoBeePay Announces Mobile eCommerce App

Unlike PayPal, MoBeePay takes away the need for a web based store and moves the transaction to just about anywhere a merchant or consumer desires to do business, whether in the digital or the physical world.

3/18/2010 11:44:58 AM

Who's Got the Speediest Broadband Network? Just Wait!

Consumers and businesses aren't the only ones excitedly gearing up for the next generation of applications supported by vamped up networks.

3/18/2010 11:43:19 AM

SkyVision Expand Cellular Backhaul Service in Africa, Secures Satellite Capacity at IS-14

SkyVision Global Networks LLC has signed a multi-year, multi-transponder contract for C-band capacity on the recently launched Intelsat 14 satellite, or IS-14, which is operated by Intelsat S.A. the world's leading provider of fixed satellite services. SkyVision Global Networks LLC is a global provider of IP connectivity over satellite and fiber optic systems and by obtaining this capacity, the company now be able to expand its satellite cellular backhaul offerings for the growing cellular services market in Africa.

3/18/2010 11:40:31 AM

Symbian Foundation Uses Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Cloud-Based Developer Platform

Red Hat, Inc., a provider of open source solutions, has announced that the Symbian Foundation, a non-profit organization formed to foster an open source community around its mobile device software, has adopted Red Hat Enterprise Linux to provide a scalable, high-performance base for its private, cloud-based developer website and server.

3/18/2010 11:34:30 AM

CustomCall Data Systems its TRS is Compliant with XML for AT&T

Madison, Wisc.-based provider of billing, OSS, and customer acquisition solutions for communications service providers CustomCall Data Systems has announced that i's TRS Ordering and Gateway Solution now supports the new XML version for the 22-state AT&T region. The company has upgraded its hosted and on-site clients with the new release. The new version will allow CLECs to transition from EDI to XML before the March 19, 2010 deadline. Carriers can also avail the option of bonding to AT&T's OSS for all of their 22-state territory without having to establish dedicated data connectivity to the ILEC.

3/18/2010 11:31:54 AM

Micrel Intros New Series of 3-port Switch-on-a-chip ICs

San Jose, Cali.-based provider of analog, high bandwidth communications and Ethernet IC solutions Micrel, Inc. has announced the launch of the KSZ8873/KSZ8863 series of highly integrated 3-port switch-on-a-chip ICs offering the industry's smallest footprint.

3/18/2010 11:28:57 AM

Google to Bring Web Content to TV

With the emergence of IPTV as an exciting new medium, it's no wonder all the bigshot tech players want to get involved.

3/18/2010 11:27:14 AM

Google Runs Own Content Delivery Network, and It's Huge

If Google were an Internet service provider, it would be the fastest growing and third largest global carrier, says Craig Lebovitz, Arbor Networks chief scientist.

3/18/2010 11:22:32 AM

Vertigo to Develop Consumer and Enterprise Mobile Experiences for Windows Phone 7 Series

At this Microsoft Corp.'s MIX10 Conference, Vertigo announced its plan to develop consumer and enterprise mobile experiences for the new Windows Phone 7 Series.

3/18/2010 11:20:55 AM

Thuraya Announces 'Comms on the Move' Antenna for Vehicles

Thuraya, a provider of mobile satellite services, announced a new antenna solution Comms on the Move that allows efficient usage of data communications in moving vehicles.

3/18/2010 11:20:21 AM

Qualcomm & GreenRoad to Provide Mobile Resource Management & Driver Safety Solution

Qualcomm Inc., a provider of wireless enterprise applications and services, and GreenRoad, a provider of driver safety and efficiency techniques, has signed an agreement to offer the first integrated solution that addresses mobile resource management, or MRM, safety and driving behavior.

3/18/2010 11:12:09 AM

Integrated Communications Provider TNCI Focused on Clients

Inside the TNCI portfolio currently on offer are a range of products including local and long distance service, audio/Web conferencing, dedicated IP, integrated voice and data services, private line, frame relay, and enhanced network tool.

3/18/2010 11:11:23 AM

ALU Unveils Wireless Products Addressing 3G as well as LTE

New today is 2G and 3G Gateway GPRS Support Node functionality on Alcatel-Lucent's 7750 Service Router-based mobile packet core gateways. That means this gear can now be used in both GPRS/EDGE, HSPA, HSPA+ and LTE networks. The 7750 SR has been in global LTE trials since 2009 and becomes generally available in the second half of 2010.

3/18/2010 11:05:25 AM

DNS Protocol Extension: A Boon to CDNs

Since a group of DNS and content delivery providers - including Neustar/UltraDNS and Google - published a proposal to extend the DNS protocol, many question whether the savings justify the change.

3/18/2010 11:03:44 AM

EHRs and Clinical Decision Support Gain Traction at HIMSS 2010

The HIMSS organization started out back in 1961 as the Hospital Management Systems Society, a group of Industrial Engineers, MHAs and MBAs. I attended several of their national conventions in the late '70s, and at that time, attendance was only a couple hundred members.

3/18/2010 11:01:57 AM

Aegis Receives 2009 MVP Quality Award TMC's CIS Magazine

Aegis Limited, a global business process outsourcing, or BPO, provider and part of the Essar Group, has been named a recipient of a 2009 MVP Quality Award from Technology Marketing Corp.'s, or TMC, Customer Interaction Solutions magazine. Customer Interaction Solutions has been publication in CRM, call centers and teleservices since 1982.

3/18/2010 11:01:50 AM

D2's VPort Exceeds Embedded Device Requirements

Physical constraints of embedded devices typically dictate low memory availability for the system and services.

3/18/2010 10:58:53 AM

Acme Packet Adds HD Voice to SBCs

Company officials say support for new HD coder/decoders or codecs on Acme Packet's Net-Net 9200 platform deliver the transcoding and transrating flexibility needed by fixed and mobile service providers, as well as enterprises and contact centers.

3/18/2010 10:58:14 AM

GE Enthusiastically Supports FCC Plan for Modernizing Electric Grid

The FCC's announcement of a clear recognition of the need for improving the communications infrastructure to modernize the electric grid as part of the National Broadband Plan, has aroused a number of different companies in a variety of industries and most reactions are favoring the position side.

3/18/2010 10:52:11 AM

Smartphones: Grandpa Likes Them, Too!

It used to be when you thought of iPhones and BlackBerry Storms, images of young, well-dressed urbanites came to mind. But you may be replacing those images with ones of grandma or gramps sooner than you think.

3/18/2010 10:41:15 AM

State and Federal Policymakers Discuss the Future of Technology in K-12 Education Policy and Practice

The Council of Chief State School Officers, or CCSSO, and the State Educational Technology Directors Association, or SETDA, hostedan event last week where the two bodies discussed the how federal and state investments in broadband and educational technology can help address longstanding educational challenges, drive innovations in teaching, learning and assessment, better prepare students for their future, and save money.

3/18/2010 10:30:06 AM

GE Enhances A10200 Single Board Computer with Intel Xeon Processor 5600 Technology

GE Intelligent Platforms announced that its recently released A10200 AdvancedTCA single board computer will now be offered with the option of the latest Intel Xeon processor 5600 series.

3/18/2010 10:27:26 AM

Boingo CEO to Address Session on Mobile Internet Strategies at CTIA

Boingo announced that its CEO and President, Dave Hagan will addressthe International Wireless 2010 educational session entitled Mobile Internet's Strategies for Accelerated Growth.

3/18/2010 10:24:45 AM

Meaningful Use of Health Tech a Top Theme for 2010

The first thing I noticed was that you couldn't walk more than five feet without hearing someone talking about Meaningful Use. In December of last year, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released their proposed definitions and requirements for the Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records.

3/18/2010 10:22:59 AM

Trafficmaster's International Rescue Now on the iPhone

Trafficmaster, a company specializing in intelligent vehicle services through its wholly owned subsidiaries - U.S.-based Teletrac Inc. and Trafficmaster Plc in the United Kingdom - announcedthat its smartphone application International Rescue, the first ever international mobile phone travel emergency and concierge service is now available on the iTunes store.

3/18/2010 10:22:39 AM

Winncom to Market the New RADWIN 2000 C-Series Radios

Winncom, a value-added distributor of wireless and wired broadband deployments, are going to offerand market the new RADWIN 2000 C-Series line of high-capacity radios.

3/18/2010 10:17:56 AM

Varolii IDs Transportation Challenges, Helps Southwest Meet Them

Few industries pose as many challenges to enabling high quality customer-retaining interactions as transportation. Few others are as subject to daily, weekly and seasonal peaks and slumps, with passengers and organizations traveling and shipping en masse or not at all. Or to as many variables that impact successful delivery: corporate decisions, labor disputes, equipment malfunctions, fuel/energy prices and availability, weather, disasters: man-made and natural and the customers themselves. Yet few businesses have customers that are as demanding.

3/18/2010 10:13:03 AM

Vizada Announces New Network Enhancements and Business System Investments

Vizada, an independent provider of global satellite communications, have developed and released newnetwork enhancements and business system investments in order to support their aeronautical service requirements and upward demand for bandwidth.

3/18/2010 10:09:52 AM

Thuraya, Comtech Mobile Data Corp. Partner to Develop Marine-Grade, High-Speed Broadband Terminal

Dubai-based Thuraya announced plans to develop an advanced broadband terminal for the maritime industry in partnership with Comtech.

3/18/2010 10:07:07 AM

WAU Movil Aids Enterprises to Engage and Monetize Latin American Consumers

WAU Movil, or WOW, a major mobile transaction network in Latin America, is makingefforts to help global brands and advertisers.

3/18/2010 10:06:56 AM

Polycom Supports Mission Critical Applications for the U.S. Government Agencies

The U.S. Department of Defense has awardedUnified Capabilities Approved Product List, or UC APL, certification to Polycom RMX 2000.

3/18/2010 9:57:48 AM

Level 3 to Expand Ethernet Switches on its U.S. Network

Level 3 Communications, a provider of fiber-based communications services, is going to expandthe number of Ethernet switches on its U.S. network by almost 400 percent. It will also upgrade its already comprehensive Metro Ethernet Forum, or MEF,-certified Carrier Ethernet services portfolio.

3/18/2010 9:50:02 AM

Report: IT Organizations Should Play Active Role in Driving Business Change

A new report from Boston Consulting Group, IT Advantage: Spring 2010, says IT organizations can, and should, do far more than simply act as order-takers. Instead, the IT function can play an active role in shaping the company's business direction and performance.

3/18/2010 9:48:56 AM

Elephant Talk Communications Acquires ValidSoft

Elephant Talk Communications, Inc., an international provider of business software and services to the telecommunications and financial services industry, has acquired ValidSoft Ltd., a premier banking fraud-prevention software company that uses ValidSoft's flagship product: VALid-POS to offer cutting-edge solutions for credit and debit card fraud.

3/18/2010 9:45:32 AM

Media Server Markup Language Takes Telecom Apps to the Next Level

MSML -- the specification also known as Media Server Markup Language -- was recently published as RFC 5707. It's an XML-based language that works in conjunction with SIP to provide feature-rich control of media-processing functions and service creation applied within an IP media server.

3/18/2010 9:39:28 AM

Knoa Announces New CRM Solutions Coverage, Upgrade Service

When every penny counts the more effectively they can be spent the better. That especially holds true for CRM both installations and in support.

3/18/2010 9:37:21 AM

HSN Intros New Mobile Shopping App for Android Devices

HSN, an interactive multichannel network and retail destination, offering a curated assortment of exclusive products and top brand names to its customers, has debuted new app for mobile devices featuring Google's Android operating platform.

3/18/2010 9:36:20 AM

MyAssist App Responds to Blackberry's 'SOS'

Mobile apps have become so versatile, that they can just about accomplish anything. Live experts can be accessed from anywhere, anytime to get information in travel and reservation services, online research, emergency services, medical assistance, and more. The list is as mind boggling as the capacity of the apps themselves. With a Blackberry in your hand and the mobile application downloaded, the world is there before you.

3/18/2010 9:31:14 AM

Avoid 'Big Brother' Syndrome with Call Center Agents, Deploy Call Monitoring, Call Recording by CSI: White Paper

When your company says they're implementing a call recording and call monitoring or quality monitoring system that can be a sensitive issue with privacy concerns, paranoia, and trust concerns.

3/18/2010 9:22:26 AM

PowerNet Global Bolsters Partner Offerings

Company officials say PNG now has lower pricing to offer partners, as well as additional carriers and more coverage - and they have an improved quoting tool that partners can access on an Agent Portal. If current partners need help resetting their log-in to access the quoting tool, they now have easier methods of contacting the company via telephone or e-mail, and agents interested in becoming a partner can visit a Web site to sign up.

3/18/2010 9:19:56 AM

GE Reinforces Importance of FCC's Broadband Plan for Smart Grid

The FCC's recently announced National Broadband Plan has been getting a lot of attention, and for good reason. As consumers, we cannot get enough broadband in our homes, and there are lots of studies out there showing how important broadband is to economic growth as well as overall competitiveness on the global stage. While that topic will rightly get most of the headlines, the Broadband Plan is also highly relevant to the smart grid.

3/18/2010 9:18:54 AM

Intel's Rugged SSD Makes Netbooks More Affordable

Intel Corp. announced a new addition, the Intel X25-V Value SATA SSD, with 40GB drive, and priced at $125.

3/18/2010 9:12:31 AM

Fax Still Beneficial to Business Communications

Indeed, according to a recent survivability guide white paper from XMediusFAX, this is where the fundamental business value of fax is clear - its well-established wide ranging benefits including low costs, format insensitivity, ubiquity and global standardization as well as transport velocity, security, and general robustness.

3/18/2010 9:09:56 AM

ConAgra Switches to inContact's Hosted Call Center Software

ConAgra wanted to lower operational costs and enhance the customer experience. Hey who wouldn't?

3/18/2010 9:08:21 AM

Red River Hones Technical Skills with Donation of Cisco Equipment

Red River announced that it has aided River Valley community college in establishing their first Cisco Networking Academy pod, by donating $10,000 worth of Cisco equipment.

3/18/2010 8:57:57 AM

CanadianJobForce.com Creates Opportunities with Job Search App

With newer mobile apps flooding the market, the Anywhere, Anytime concept seems to be extending itself to all spheres of life. Searching for a job in Canada has become just that much easier with the entry of the job search application.

3/18/2010 8:55:50 AM

Equinix Opens First Phase of Second Data Center Opened in Geneva

Equinix, Inc., a provider of global data center services, has opened the first phase of its second International Business Exchange data center in Geneva, Switzerland.

3/18/2010 8:45:10 AM

Cinema Solutions Announce Strategic Partnership with CrossLink Media

Cinema Solutions, a provider of advanced electronic purchasing management, or e-Procurement, solutions and CrossLink Media, an interactive mobile company, have forged a strategic partnership to offer mobile marketing plans customized particularly to the cinema industry.

3/18/2010 8:33:39 AM

Timesys to Power Wintegra WinPath3 Network Processor Family

Wintegra, a provider of access processing semiconductors, has picked LinuxLink provider Timesys as a commercial Linux solutions provider for the WinPath3 network processor. Timesys LinuxLink support for WinPath3 will enable engineers to build custom Linux-based products for a variety of applications in the communications market targeted by the WinPath family.

3/18/2010 8:27:09 AM

Department of Defense Awards CSC with $ 27 Million to Educate Army Brats

CSC, a global provider of technology-enabled solutions and services through three primary lines of business, has won $ 27 million contract from the Department of Defense to provide information technology help desk services to the Department of Defense Dependents Schools-Europe.

3/18/2010 8:20:26 AM

CareAlign Solution to Connect Meridian Health

Meridian Health, a family of not-for-profit health care organizations, has selected CareAlign solution from Informatics Corporation of America, or ICA, an enabler of interoperability of existing hospital and clinic systems to deliver a comprehensive electronic health record and tools, to act as a connected health technology platform.

3/18/2010 8:16:46 AM

VeriSign Serves as Code Signing Partner for Windows Marketplace for Mobile

Microsoft Corp. has selected VeriSign, Inc., the trusted provider of Internet infrastructure for the networked world, to provide code signing services for applications distributed through Windows Marketplace for Mobile.

3/18/2010 8:13:17 AM

Well-known Airlines, Retailers, Tech Lead Satmetrix's 2010 Net Promoter Benchmarks

Chances are excellent that many of the popular firms in the airline, communications, financial services, insurance, online services, retail, telecommunications and tech sectors became that way because customers have had strong positive experiences with these companies.

3/18/2010 8:10:58 AM

iRis Selects Cyan Z-Series' Voice, Video & Data in Tennessee Service Area

iRis Networks, the sure choice for a wholesale carrier's carrier delivering state-of-the-art, high-speed transport for voice, video and data in and around Tennessee, has announced a Cyan Powered upgrade to its regional and metro backbone network.

3/18/2010 8:02:05 AM

Market for Cellular 3G Modems Growing as Technology Advances: Study

A new study by In-Stat revealed that the market for cellular 3G modems is in flux as the technology advances rapidly In addition, a growing range of devices have the opportunity to leverage wireless broadband. However, price erosion is constraining revenue growth as unit shipments continue to soar.

3/18/2010 7:53:31 AM

Rohde & Schwarz's WiMAX Tester Handles Connectivity & Initial Broadcasting Standards

As a cost-effective solution for development and production, Rohde & Schwarz has designed the R&S CMW270 as a flexible communications tester that can handle applications well beyond classic cellular mobile radio. The tester is capable of handling WiMAX plus WLAN, Bluetooth, GPS and various broadcasting standards.

3/18/2010 7:47:28 AM

RoutoMessaging Shift to Global Text and Multimedia Broadcasting Services

RoutoMessaging, a full service SMS and MMS messaging company with a customer base in over 200 countries, has announced that the worldwide economic slowdown has brought about a double digit percentage increase in the number of organizations using its global text and multimedia broadcasting services.

3/18/2010 7:40:50 AM

Enabling & Unify2 Partner to Help Global Enterprises Optimize UC Investments

Enabling Technologies and Unify2 announced a new partnership to help global enterprises optimize their UC investments through the use of Unify2 PowerView and PowerPlan. Both are leading services and solutions firms in unified communications, or UC, and Microsoft office communications server, or OCS.

3/18/2010 7:37:23 AM

AirWalk, Mindspeed and Aricent to Develop Industry's First 4G Picocell Base Station

At next week's CTIA Wireless 2010 conference and exhibition in Las Vegas, attendees will witness a 'LTE picocell' proof of concept will be on display in AirWalk's Booth, as AirWalk Communications, a provider IP-based CDMA cellular radio network equipment, showcasese its collaboration with Mindspeed Technologies and Aricent.

3/17/2010 6:25:00 PM

JSAT Mobile Communications of Japan Receives Certification for Hughes 9350 BGAN Terminals

The advanced 9350 BGAN mobile satellite terminals of Hughes Network Systems, LLC, a provider of broadband satellite networks and services, will be delivered to JSAT Mobile Communications of Japan.

3/17/2010 6:18:54 PM

NTCA Expresses Concern over Certain Aspects of FCC's National Broadband Plan

The National Telecommunications Cooperative Association has expressed concern with some aspects of the FCC's National Boardband Plan for rural America.

3/17/2010 6:15:31 PM

6WIND Announces Support for Embedded Intel Xeon Processors EC5549 and E5645

6WIND, a provider of high-performance packet processing, embedded software solutions, has announced that its solutions now feature support for the multi-core, embedded Intel Xeon processor EC5549 and Intel Xeon processor E5645.

3/17/2010 6:11:49 PM

Ireland's Meteor Selects Openet Products

Meteor Mobile Communications Limited, Ireland's wireless provider owned by the eircom Group, has selected Openet's FusionWorks Convergent Charging and Network Edge Rating products to upgrade and strengthen its data, charging and rating infrastructure.

3/17/2010 6:07:49 PM

Brazilian WISP Selects Proxim Wireless Technology

RDL Comunicações, Ltd., a São Paulo-based WISP, has selected and deployed Proxim Wireless' unlicensed WiMAX and wireless backhaul technology to enable broadband service in 10 cities throughout Brazil.

3/17/2010 6:05:38 PM

Sprint Nextel to Unveil First WiMAX Phone at CTIA Wireless

Sprint Nextel is reportedly going to unveil the first mobile phone for its new WiMAX network at the CTIA Wireless show to be held next week, March 23-25, in Las Vegas.

3/17/2010 6:05:18 PM

Sennheiser Sales Force Uses Mobile Content Creation Platform from DIDMO

Sennheiser has announced that it has used Magmito mobile content creation platform from DIDMO to implement a mobile B2B product promotion campaign for its sales force.

3/17/2010 5:50:42 PM

CDISC Selects Nextrials as Registered Solutions Provider

Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) has selected Nextrials, Inc., as one of 15 registered solutions providers.

3/17/2010 5:47:36 PM

Syniverse IPX Network Solution Gaining Popularity

Syniverse Technologies has announced that over the past year more than 10 mobile and cable operators, including some of the largest Tier 1 players in North America, have chosen Syniverse for its IPX network solution, called Syniverse Next-Generation IP Service.

3/17/2010 5:44:24 PM

Apple to Pull Screen Protection Products from Store Shelves?

Apple is reportedly pulling all of its screen protection products from store shelves, as well as its online store - however the company is neither confirming nor denying this, according to published reports.

3/17/2010 5:42:09 PM

SIP Forum, IPv6 Forum Team to Drive Deployment and Interoperability of SIP and IPv6 Technologies

The SIP Forum and the IPv6 Forum have teamed-up to drive the deployment and interoperability of session initiation protocol and IPv6 related technologies and services.

3/17/2010 5:41:41 PM

Esker Intros Enhanced Version Of FlyDoc Online Mail Fax Service

Esker, a provider of automated document processing as on-demand services and on-premise solutions, has announced that it will introduce the advanced version of FlyDoc, its online mail and fax service, at the CNIT Documentation Tradeshow, held in Paris on March 17 and 18.

3/17/2010 5:36:42 PM

Advisory Board of Distinguished Experts Helps Guide xG Technology

xG Technology, a developer of smart radio technology, has announced plans to form an advisory board of distinguished experts to help guide them as they install their current and future all-IP technologies.

3/17/2010 5:33:35 PM

Mobile Barcode Report: United Airlines Launches New Convenient Check-in Capabilities

Mobile barcode technology has helped United Airlines launch a mobile check-in service and mobile boarding passes.

3/17/2010 5:31:27 PM

Voxware Now Supports IBM WebSphere Application Server and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating System

Hamilton, N.J.-based Voxware, Inc. has announced support for the IBM WebSphere application server and Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system.

3/17/2010 5:26:21 PM

Verex Selects edge IPK Solution

Verex, a specialist in providing motor insurance to the UK automotive market, has selected edge IPK's edgeConnect as part of a solution, integrated by ORIAC, that enables Verex to offer a range of branded insurance products directly to motor manufacturers, dealers and their customers.

3/17/2010 5:23:52 PM

SAS Analytics Solutions Leveraged by Sports Teams to Increase Profits

SAS, a company specializing in business analytics, announced a new suite of solutions to help sports teams and leagues sell more tickets, T-shirts and other associated promotional items.

3/17/2010 5:21:02 PM

Large Enterprise Application Vendors Offer Broad Satisfaction with Software Support Services: IDC Survey

IDC's latest survey found a high level of satisfaction with software support services offered by five of the largest enterprise application vendors.

3/17/2010 5:16:27 PM

HyperCube and LLC Telecom Expands Colocation Relationship with Telx in Miami

Telx, an interconnection and colocation provider in strategic North American markets, has announced that HyperCube, a provider of local and national tandem services to carriers, has set up a colocation center within Telx's Miami facility.

3/17/2010 5:12:18 PM

Enterprise Mobile Data Revenues to Reach $43 Billion by 2014

Global revenues from mobile messaging services including SMS and mobile e-mail from mobile business customers are forecast to reach $48 billion by 2014, according to ABI Research.

3/17/2010 5:07:43 PM

Nortel CVAS to Showcase New Hosted IP Communications Solution At VoiceCon 2010

Nortel Carrier VoIP and Application Solutions, a division of Nortel, has announced that it will display its hosted IP communications solution for enterprises at the VoiceCon trade show, to be held March 22-25 in Orlando, Fla.

3/17/2010 5:02:29 PM

Enterprise Mobile Data Revenues to Reach $43 Billion by 2014: ABI Research

ABI Research has announced a new report that reveals that while global revenues from mobile messaging services like SMS and mobile e-mail from mobile business customers are projected to reach $48 billion by 2014, data access services revenues for handsets and computing devices will not be too far behind, reaching $43 billion by 2014.

3/17/2010 4:58:51 PM

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Implements Avaya Unified Communications Solution

Avaya, a leading provider of enterprise communications systems announced that Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, the world's largest industrial auctioneer, has created a global, centralized Avaya Aura unified communications environment that serves both permanent and temporary locations in North America, Europe and Asia.

3/17/2010 4:55:44 PM

Talk2Rep Call Centers Announce 'Chat Center of Excellence'

Talk2Rep Call Centers announced The Chat Center of Excellence for supporting companies for sales and services via live web site text.

3/17/2010 4:43:52 PM

Enterprise Mobile Data Revenues to Reach $43 Billion by 2014: Report

Global revenues from mobile messaging services including SMS and mobile e-mail from mobile business customers are forecast to reach $43 billion by 2014.

3/17/2010 4:31:10 PM

CMC Group Goes Green with Bottomline Business Solutions

Bottomline Technologies a provider of collaborative payment, invoice and document automation solutions, announced that its customer CMC Group has been selected as a Think Green Award winner.

3/17/2010 4:30:47 PM

Blockbuster Reportedly Mulling Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

Now that anyone with high speed Internet and/or cable or telco television service can order just about any movie or television program they want, on-demand -- not to mention the ability to have DVD movies delivered to your mailbox via services such as NetFlix, as well as the increasing prevalence of video kiosks -- what's the point in getting in your car and driving to get a rental DVD movie from a retail outlet?

3/17/2010 4:28:31 PM

Trilliant Intros Integrated NAN and WAN Tiers for Smart Grid Market

Smart grid technology is passing through a revolutionary period. A new survey from Microsoft reveals that there are a number of challenges ranging from financial and regulatory to technology and return on investment for utilities providers already unsure of the right path to building the smart grid.

3/17/2010 4:27:46 PM

Cisco Completes Test of IOS Software's Networking Capabilities, On-Board Router

IT bellwether Cisco, one of hundreds of companies attending CTIA Wireless in Las Vegas next week, has successfully completed the in-orbit test of its IOS software's networking capabilities and their on-board router. The company has claimed that its Internet Routing in Space technology has achieved a milestone with this test and this is also the first-ever deployment of an Internet Protocol router aboard a commercial GEO satellite.

3/17/2010 4:26:28 PM

100 Mbps: Demand is the Issue, Not Availability

The Federal Communications Commission wants 100 Mbps service provided to 100 million U.S. homes by 2020. The issue, though, is what consumer demand exists for such services, and what prices would have to be charged to create strong incentives for telcos, cable companies and others to build such networks.

3/17/2010 4:25:38 PM

Integral Systems Intros Ultra-Small Satellite Terminal

Integral Systems, Inc., a Columbia, Md.-based provider of integrated technology solutions for satellite communications-interfaced systems, announced that its SATCOM Solutions group will introduce its new Raptor X 45 X-band ultra small satellite terminal USAT at the Satellite 2010 Conference.

3/17/2010 4:22:47 PM

FIRST Buckeye Regional Robotics Competition Starts Next Week

FIRST announced that more than 1,500 high school students from Ohio, Florida, Indiana, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin will take part in the ninth annual FIRST Buckeye Regional Robotics Competition.

3/17/2010 4:20:44 PM

DSL, Cable Broadband CPE Market up 10 Percent: Study

According to Jeff Heynen, directing analyst for broadband and video at Infonetics Research, now that many major cable operators worldwide are aggressively putting into place the infrastructure to support wideband and DOCSIS 3.0 services, the market is now seeing more consistent quarterly shipments of wideband customer-premise equipment.

3/17/2010 4:18:16 PM

Kardia Partners with TomTec for Cardiovascular Imaging and Reporting

Kardia Health Systems, a healthcare information technology firm, announced partnership with TomTec Imaging Systems to deliver TomTec's multi-modality cardiovascular image analysis technology as a part of Kardia Complete, a new Web-based service from Kardia that simplifies workflow and saves time.

3/17/2010 4:17:43 PM

Microsoft Unveils New TrueColor Image Processing Technology, Announces Three New LifeCams

Microsoft Hardware, a unit of Microsoft Corp., announced that it has unveiled a new image processing technology, called as TrueColor, which provides superior color and brightness in the worst lighting conditions.

3/17/2010 4:10:58 PM

DragonWave Provides Backhaul Solutions for 4G WiMAX Deployments across Greece

DragonWave, a global supplier of packet microwave radio systems for mobile and access networks, announced that Greek telecommunications provider Cosmoline has selected the company as its exclusive backhaul provider for a national 4G mobile WiMAX network across Greece.

3/17/2010 4:00:44 PM

VirtualLogger Announces VirtualLogger ERS, an Emergency Call Recording Service

VirtualLogger, a provider of contact center recording and quality monitoring on a hosted or ASP basis, has unveiled the VirtualLogger ERS, an emergency call recording service for call centers.

3/17/2010 3:58:49 PM

CustomCall Targets Cablecos with Billing, Back-office Solutions

Billing and back office software provider CustomCall, which traditionally has focused its efforts on the competitive service provider set (in fact, it announced this week at COMPTEL a win with wholesale provider 360networks), has expanded its horizons to also serve cable companies. And the company's first cableco customer is none other than Comcast.

3/17/2010 3:56:01 PM

IMTC is Selected by GSMA's VoLTE Initiative for Interoperability Testing of Voice over LTE Profile

The International Multimedia Telecommunications Consortium, a provider of real-time, multimedia telecommunication products and services based on open international standards, has announced that it has been selected by the GSMA's Voice over LTE (VoLTE) initiative to develop usage profiles/specifications and conduct interoperability testing events for the voice over LTE profile, previously known as the One Voice profile.

3/17/2010 3:54:40 PM

Enjoying Cloud Elasticity without Compromising on your SLA

The relatively high adoption rates of cloud-based services are rooted in clear business and IT benefits derived from migrating services and applications to the cloud. Benefits include CAPEX and OPEX reduction, faster time-to-market of new services, infrastructure standardization and disaster recovery assurance.

3/17/2010 3:50:56 PM

iWork.com Now with Revamped Features

Apple is making headway on more than just the heavily debated iPad. For those that follow the manufacturer, they would remember Apple's iWork.com, the free service that let users share their iWork files for viewing, commentary, and downloading by others.

3/17/2010 3:49:21 PM

Gartner Positions Verizon Business in Leaders Quadrant of Magic Quadrant for Pan-European Network Service Providers

Analyst firm Gartner Inc. has placed Verizon Business, a provider of communications and IT solutions, in the Leaders quadrant among pan-European network services providers in Gartner's updated report, Magic Quadrant for Pan-European Network Service Providers.

3/17/2010 3:47:07 PM

Verizon Hits Cablevision with Patent Lawsuit

Verizon filed a complaint against Cablevision Systems this week alleging that it infringed its patented technology for television set-top boxes, according to the U.S. International Trade Commission.

3/17/2010 3:41:23 PM

Drummond Group Completes AS1 and AS3 Interoperability Certification

Drummond Group, an interoperability test lab offering global testing services, has successfully completed its AS3 and AS1 1Q10 automated interoperability testing using its patented testing automation tool, InSitu.

3/17/2010 3:40:14 PM

Cisco Introduces a Slew of New Products to Further Borderless Network Architecture Agenda

Making a move to further evolve the way people interact and connect with anyone, anywhere, anytime, Cisco today launched the next phase of the company's Borderless Networks Architecture through six new major product lines.

3/17/2010 3:34:52 PM

Communications Industry Praises FCC's Broadband Plan, Mostly

Some in the industry back the project. Global Crossing applauded the move, with company officials saying they share the FCC's goal of expanding broadband deployment.

3/17/2010 3:23:21 PM

LTE, 4G May Change Pricing Models

The most fundamental belief for the reason why consumers would pay a premium is because the change to 4G means an improvement in overall service.

3/17/2010 3:20:07 PM

Porsche Makes Exclusive Mobile Device

I don't know about you, but when I see a Porsche zoom past me on the highway, I think to myself, now that is one sexy car.

3/17/2010 3:07:46 PM

Study: Mobile Applications Market to Reach $17.5 Billion by 2013

Mobile applications provider GetJar has released the results of a study predicting that the market for mobile device software programs will rocket to $17.5 billion within three years.

3/17/2010 2:55:31 PM

Global Online Television Signs Exclusive Licensing Agreement for The Netherlands

Global Online Television Corporation, a subsidiary of Atlantis Technology Group, has signed an exclusive licensing agreement for The Netherlands with Before & After Services of Horstacker.

3/17/2010 2:37:25 PM

TomTom Augments iPhone Navigation Application with New Enhanced Features

TomTom International BV, a provider of navigation solutions and digital maps, announced that it has released several key enhancements to its TomTom iPhone application.

3/17/2010 2:32:36 PM

MCPc Adds Key Personnel to its Wireless Mobility Solutions Team

MCPc, Inc., a provider of technology products and solutions, has expanded its wireless mobility solutions team by adding key personnel to enhance the organizations' offerings.

3/17/2010 2:25:02 PM

Qualcomm to Bid in India's Broadband Wireless Auction

Qualcomm officials announced on Wednesday that it has filed an application with the Indian government to bid in India's upcoming auction for BWA (Broadband Wireless Access) spectrum.

3/17/2010 2:22:07 PM

VirtualLogger Announces VirtualLogger ERS, an Emergency Call Recording Service

VirtualLogger, a provider of contact center recording and quality monitoring on a hosted or ASP basis, has announced the unveiling of the VirtualLogger ERS, an emergency call recording service for call centers.

3/17/2010 2:20:07 PM

VirtualLogger Announces VirtualLogger ERS, an Emergency Call Recording Service

VirtualLogger, a provider of contact center recording and quality monitoring on a hosted or ASP basis, has unveiled the VirtualLogger ERS, an emergency call recording service for call centers.

3/17/2010 2:16:22 PM

Pinyon Technology Unveils New WiMAX Tri-Band Antenna Based on AirWire Technology

Pinyon Technologies announced that it has unveiled its new WiMAX Tri-Band antenna, which is based on the Reno, Nevada, company's AirWire technology.

3/17/2010 2:11:49 PM

Intel Launches Xeon Processor 5600 Series

Intel Corporation has launched its new Xeon Processor 5600 series, which can regulate power usage for next-generation efficiency.

3/17/2010 2:05:38 PM

Stream Group Enters into Partnership Agreement with Mendix

Stream Group, a consulting firm located in the United Kingdom, has reached a partnership agreement with Cambridge-based software company Mendix to distribute Mendix products in the U.K. market.

3/17/2010 2:01:01 PM

TeleCommunication Systems Supports 'Next Generation 911 Preservation Act Of 2010'

TeleCommunication Systems, Inc., a provider of high-availability and secure-mobile communication technology, has announced plans to offer support for the recent introduction of the Next Generation 9-1-1 Preservation Act of 2010.

3/17/2010 1:55:21 PM

Allot Launches CellWise for Mobile Broadband Traffic Management

Allot Communications - a provider of intelligent IP service optimization solutions for fixed and mobile broadband operators and revenue-generation solutions that transform broadband pipes into smart networks - announced the launch of CellWise, a mobile broadband traffic management service for commercial use.

3/17/2010 1:47:11 PM

IQPC and Customer Management IQ to Organize Call Center Week in June

IQPC and Customer Management IQ have announced details for the 11th Annual Call Center Week, scheduled to take place June 14-18, 2010 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, NV.

3/17/2010 1:38:11 PM

Snowstorms Strand People, Not Customer Calls

Last month several harsh winter storms brought heavy snowfall to the Eastern United States. With record-setting levels of snow, it took a toll on the country as transportation was brought to an almost complete halt.

3/17/2010 1:32:02 PM

UTOPY Intros Three New Solutions to Enhance Call Center Customer Satisfaction

UTOPY Inc., a provider of customer intelligence and performance optimization solutions powered by speech analytics, has announced three new solutions.

3/17/2010 1:24:06 PM

Empirix Becomes Founding Board Member of NTAF

Kidd also said that by encouraging industry-wide participation, NTAF is working toward establishing interoperable testing solutions for service providers, network equipment manufacturers and other enterprise organizations with large network deployments.

3/17/2010 1:19:34 PM

File Transfer Report: Portugal Telecom Selects Crossbeam's Security Platform

Portugal Telecom announced it has selected and deployed Crossbeam's X-Series security platform.

3/17/2010 1:18:41 PM

Hosted IP Telephony Applications Support Both Internal Users and Customers

A recent enterprise market study confirmed that customer-related business processes have the most important priorities for UC capabilities. This means that any communications involving either customer-facing staff or customers directly (self-services) will benefit the enterprise the most from UC flexibility.

3/17/2010 1:14:46 PM

Google Sells Nexus One for AT&T, Rogers

With Google's Nexus One available on 3G networks, Google is competing even more now with the iPhone.

3/17/2010 1:01:28 PM

Eagle Conferencing Intros Free Audio Conferencing Services between India, U.K.

The new service allows organizations registered with Eagle Conferencing to conduct audio conferences with business partners or family members within India and Britain without incurring international call charges, according to officials at Eagle Conferencing.

3/17/2010 12:38:31 PM

Understanding the Voice in IMS, LTE and 4G: Free Webinar

TMC is offering a Free Webinar: IMS, LTE: Giving Voice to 4G on Thursday, March 18, 2010, 11:00am EDT to explore this phenomenon.

3/17/2010 12:36:12 PM

VoIPSwitch Offers Expanded Module Menu

Most recently, they added extensions for Voipswitch platforms which let providers offer a wide range of service features including calling cards, Callback SMS/ANI/PIN/WEB with all features running on independent IP IVR with flexible xml scenarios and recording tools.

3/17/2010 12:29:47 PM

Super Technologies Adds New Zealand to DIDX Marketplace

This project has been made possible through the company's wholesale DIDXchange service and will significantly improve the lives of people living in the nation.

3/17/2010 12:19:47 PM

VirnetX Holding Awarded $105.75 Million in Patent Infringement Case against Microsoft

VirnetX Holding has reportedly won a patent infringement case against Microsoft for infringing two patents for communicating over the Internet.

3/17/2010 12:18:14 PM

tw telecom CEO Welcomes FCC's National Broadband Plan

Littleton, Colo.-based tw telecom specializes in managed networking solutions and caters to a range of businesses and organizations in 75 markets spanning 30 states.

3/17/2010 12:11:19 PM

Clearwire Showing Off High-Speed Internet at Industry Festival

The CLEAR 4G network will ensure high-speed Internet for the tech-savvy crowd and the company will be on hand to showcase several mobile showrooms during the event.

3/17/2010 12:06:41 PM

With NetLogic's Processors, ZTE Powers Next-Generation Wireless Infrastructure Network

NetLogic Microsystems, a provider of high-performance intelligent semiconductor solutions, recently announced that its multi-core, multi-threaded XLR processors and NL7000 knowledge-based processors will be powering ZTE's next-gen mobile infrastructure network products across TD-SCDMA, CDMA2000, WiMax, WCDMA and GSM.

3/17/2010 11:54:37 AM

Carrier IP Telephony Market to Stabilize in 2010: Report

In a recently released report, Dell'Oro Group revealed that the total carrier IP telephony market will stabilize in 2010 after two years of steep revenue declines.

3/17/2010 11:51:08 AM

CFN Services Launches Wireless Infrastructure Channel on TMCnet

(Norwalk, CT - [March 17, 2010]) Technology Marketing Corporation today announced that Wireless Infrastructure channel, sponsored by CFN Services, has been launched as the newest addition to the TMCnet channel program.

3/17/2010 11:48:12 AM

Bing Reaches No. 3 Search Engine, Steps Up Competition on Google

I don't know about you, but I'm a Google girl tried and true. Despite Microsoft's new and apparently popular Bing search engine popping up incessantly on my homepage, I often type in the Google address anyways, albeit habit, but still, out of choice.

3/17/2010 11:44:27 AM

Wireless Infrastructure Report: Facing the Backhaul Challenge

If you've learned one thing about bandwidth and smartphones in the last year, it's that mobile operators are overwhelmed number of customers that expect full 3G/4G coverage maps to support all the new video, data and voice applications they are utilizing on their wireless devices. This would be a great thing - except that bandwidth is limited.

3/17/2010 11:43:09 AM

New AdvancedTCA Blades from Emerson Network Power Feature Intel Xeon Processors

According to company officials, the ATCA-7365 is a dual-processor 10Gbps server blade capable of supporting up to 96GB DDR3 memory. Also, the A-7367 is a single-processor blade supporting up to 48GB DDR3 memory.

3/17/2010 11:36:41 AM

FCC's National Broadband Plan Forward-Thinking and Essential to Broadband Crisis: CEA

According to Gary Shapiro, President and CEO of the CEA, the association is pleased that the FCC has addressed many of the crucial broadband and spectrum issues that are critical to innovation and confronting the looming broadband crisis.

3/17/2010 11:32:42 AM

Nexus One and iPhone Snuggle up on AT&T's Network, But Will Users Get Cozy with Google?

Now that Nexus One is sharing space with iPhone, on AT&T's network, will AT&T subscribers get more excited about the debut mobile phone from Google? It's a burning question bugging media pundits and analysts alike, all of whom have yet to see Nexus One even come close to presenting itself as a legit challenger to Apple's baby.

3/17/2010 11:29:56 AM

Europe Pushes for Advanced Broadcasting System, Submits Copyright Plan

With all the controversy going on with the European public broadcaster debate, there has been quite a buzz about the future of the market overseas and its lackluster development to date.

3/17/2010 11:16:13 AM

Mobile Barcodes Now Offer Virtual Movie Tickets in Eight U.S. Cities

While the convenience of pre-purchasing your movie tickets is easier than waiting in line with the masses to grab opening night tickets to Avatar, there's still the hassle of picking them up at the kiosk waiting for you at the entry.

3/17/2010 11:00:15 AM

Microsoft Intros Development Platform with Free Tools

Microsoft integrated Silverlight features for rich application development and the XNA Framework for games to develop Windows Phone 7 Series that empowers millions of developers and designers to build visually stunning and immersive applications and games, which are among industry's most profitable mobile application categories.

3/17/2010 10:56:59 AM

IT-Lifeline and Red Lion Hotels Enter Partnership for Business Continuity Services

While ITL will provide the information technology, including network and telecommunications, workstations, VoIP phones, and integration to the customer's data center environment, Red Lion Hotels will offer a workspace with lodging, restaurant, and airport transportation.

3/17/2010 10:49:19 AM

Axacore Releases Fax Integration Module for ShoreTel IP-PBX

In a sign of the rising need for fax server as well as FoIP technology in the enterprise, San Diego-based Axacore recently released its fax integration module for ShoreTel IP phone systems.

3/17/2010 10:48:12 AM

Axacore Releases Fax Integration Module for ShoreTel IP-PBX

The company's fax server FaxAgent, an embedded appliance, is designed to give users the autonomy to fax over IP, digital, or analog interfaces, according to company officials. Using FaxAgent, users can assign unique fax numbers to specific users and utilize advanced billing, security and access controls.

3/17/2010 10:47:36 AM

Asterisk Solutions Partner Announces Launch of E-commerce Site

Foehn Ltd, a Digium Asterisk Solutions partner, has launched its e-commerce portal www.voipfoehn.co.uk which offers products for direct purchase that are built on or integrate with Asterisk.

3/17/2010 10:43:42 AM

Small or Large, the Concept is the Same: The Smart Edge

I was reading an old article about Mesh Networking by Wade Paterson the CEO of Synapse Wireless and I was struck by the way the same functions are delivered in new ways.

3/17/2010 10:43:41 AM

GMT Planet Receives 2009 Product of the Year Award from Customer Interaction Solutions Magazine

GMT Corp. has announced that GMT Planet has received a 2009 Product of the Year Award from Technology Marketing Corporation's Customer Interaction Solutions magazine, a publication covering customer relationship management (CRM), call centers and teleservices.

3/17/2010 10:40:20 AM

Open Source CRM Provider Snags High-Profile Clients

Officials of open source CRM provider SugarCRM, the open source customer relationship management software vendor, say a number of high-profile companies have selected SugarCRM's cloud-based CRM services.

3/17/2010 10:39:27 AM

BigBand Increases HD Advertising and Stream Processing Capacity for Broadcast Video Platform

This platform enables our customers to quickly ramp additional advertising revenues seamlessly and cost effectively. The BMR's successful track record has established it as a proven, reliable and high-quality platform. This software upgrade continues to utilize our customers' existing investment while leveraging an outstanding operational track record, Crann said.

3/17/2010 10:36:52 AM

New York Life Opts for InContact ECHO

New York Life was looking for something to help capture direct customer feedback from a larger group of callers. We couldn't get the feedback frequent enough and we couldn't link it back to track actionable change. We needed to add another tool to help us tell the whole story, says Lynn O'Neill, Assistant VP.

3/17/2010 10:36:40 AM

IP Multimedia Report: Adobe and HTML 5 Friend and Phobia

Standards are often where the politics of a discussion become more apparent then the public conversations. I have been having a dialogue with Ian Hickson, who has been involved in the W3C standards work on HTML5. I asked him some basic questions about how HTML5 came about and where we stand. Here are his replies.

3/17/2010 10:34:13 AM

Amnesty Selects M5 for VoIP Solution

To improve its telephony costs, Amnesty International USA, the group's New York-based arm, which has 200 phone connections across six domestic offices, felt that moving its calling platform to a VoIP system would increase efficiency while lowering operating expenses.

3/17/2010 10:32:31 AM

UTOPY Intros Three New Solutions to Improve Overall Contact Center Operations

Contact center software provider UTOPY has announced three new software solutions that are designed to deliver principal insights that contact centers can leverage to maximize operational efficiency, employee productivity and customer satisfaction, all while reducing operating costs.

3/17/2010 10:23:37 AM

ClickSoftware Launches Workforce Optimization Software to Schedule Shift-Based Labor Forces

ClickSoftware Technologies Ltd. has released its ClickRoster version 8.1, a workforce optimization software that will help human resource departments and department heads to schedule shift-based labor forces optimally.

3/17/2010 10:20:40 AM

Mobile Management Report: Data Access Service Revenues for Handsets, Computing Devices to Reach $43 Billion by 2014

The revenues of data access services for handsets and computing devices will reach $43 billion by 2014, according to a new report, Business Mobility Market Data, published by ABI Research.

3/17/2010 10:18:21 AM

Duxoft Released 64-Bit Version of MiaRec IP Call Recording Software

A global IP call recording and monitoring solution for VoIP systems provider, Duxoft, has announced the release of the new 64-bit version of its MiaRec call recording software. This new version is designed to use all the benefits of the 64 bit platform, including large memory, enhanced parallelism and increased performance.

3/17/2010 10:02:00 AM

Red Bend to Support Intel Handheld Devices and Smartphones

vDirect Mobile can be deployed in millions of mobile devices and is used to serve new subscribers, configure applications and network settings, manage software and deploy firmware-over-the-air or FOTA updates..

3/17/2010 10:01:13 AM

Apptix Launches Hosted Microsoft OCS Release 2

On the heels of wide industry recognition for its CFO and CEO, Apptix, a provider of hosted Microsoft Exchange e-mail, Microsoft SharePoint and VoIP services for businesses throughout the world, has announced the launch of hosted Microsoft Office Communications Server Release 2.

3/17/2010 9:55:22 AM

Convergys Partners with MicroAutomation to Provide Call Center Solutions

Convergys Corporation , a global provider of relationship management solutions, has announced it has formed a new, non-exclusive alliance with MicroAutomation, a provider of call center solutions designed to focus on enhancing the caller experience.

3/17/2010 9:54:26 AM

Acapela Group Intros Full Support VoiceXML, Text to Speech Add-on

Acapela Group, a provider of advanced voice-based text-to-speech solutions, has announced that in partnership with UniMRCP, an open source MRCP project, the company is going to release Acapela MRCP add-on 2.000, an extension of Acapela Text-to-Speech, or TTS, for Windows and Linux servers, which offers a greater choice of high-end speech solutions using MRCPv2 to the users.

3/17/2010 9:52:42 AM

Solar Panel Plus' Solar Thermal Collectors Installed in New Mexico Homes

According to John Williams, chief operating officer at Solar Panels Plus, the company is pleased to see its solar thermal collectors being installed in New Mexico and looks forward to providing more home owners with the industry's most efficient solar products.

3/17/2010 9:51:33 AM

Endavo, AirTies to Demo OTT Video Delivery on Integrated Media Management System

AirTies develops and markets consumer electronics products which provide services like high speed internet access/ADSL, Wireless LANs, internet based telephony/VoIP, and

3/17/2010 9:48:27 AM

Broadview Taps Actelis for Ethernet in the First Mile

Business services provider Broadview Networks has expanded its deployment of Actelis' Ethernet in the First Mile gear.

3/17/2010 9:42:43 AM

Smartlinx e-Governance Application Launched with Fijitsu Technology

Fujitsu's Vein Authentication technology is incorporated in the SmartVM application and will be used by Smartlinx for developing a pilot biometric based voting system for the Forest Department of the Government of Andhra Pradesh, India.

3/17/2010 9:40:58 AM

DNS Discussed by Industry Expert, Neustar's Sean Leach

Recently TMC's Group Managing Editor Michael Dinan caught up with Sean Leach of Neustar to talk about the DNS Real-Time Directory.

3/17/2010 9:38:09 AM

Open Xchange Debuts Groupware with Integrated VoIP

The new software release will also incorporate presence and distant messaging services which will enable users to communicate in real-time anywhere and at any time, emphasized company sources.

3/17/2010 9:37:49 AM

CapRock Expands CommandAccess Offerings

CommandAccess is a commercial off-the-shelf communications service designed for military and civilian agencies deployed in remote areas of operation. This new suite of pre-packaged and customized satellite communications services connects VSATs to the Internet, PSTN and secures government networks.

3/17/2010 9:33:23 AM

Google and Silicon Valley Power - an Interesting Smart Grid Scenario

I wanted to update you on a news item from last week regarding a Request for Information, or RFI, - issued by Google that could have interesting implications for the smart grid. As always, Google has a plan, and this one has to do with delivering 1 GB broadband service into the home. That's a lot of broadband, but rest assured, Google has its reasons.

3/17/2010 9:31:39 AM

GE Healthcare and BrainLAB Combine Integrated Surgical Suite Solutions

GE Healthcare has partnered with BrainLAB AG from Munich, Germany to formalize the integration of BrainLAB BrainSUITE Integrated Surgical Solutions with its Magnetic Resonance MR Surgical Suite.

3/17/2010 9:30:29 AM

Schoolwires Survey Focuses on Lack of Technology in K-12 Classrooms

According to findings from the new report, K-12 students are increasingly taking responsibility for their own learning, defining their own education path through alternative sources, and feeling not just a right but a responsibility for creating personalized learning experiences.

3/17/2010 9:28:06 AM

Sterling TMS Carrier Mobile App now Available on App Store

By offering shippers with efficient planning and execution of inbound and outbound transportation processes, Sterling Transportation Management System TMS reduces transportation costs and improves customer service.

3/17/2010 9:24:51 AM

Microsoft Launches Virtual Senior Center to Help Homebound Seniors

With the Virtual Senior Center demonstration project, six homebound seniors (ranging in age from 67 to 103) will be connected to Selfhelp's Benjamin Rosenthal Senior Center in Flushing, Queens. Each of the six seniors' homes consists of facilities such as a desktop computer running Windows 7 as well as a touch-screen monitor, a small video camera, a microphone and broadband Internet service.

3/17/2010 9:22:29 AM

Peterborough Selects Smarter City Solution from IBM

Focusing on building a new online platform to monitor and analyze data on Peterborough's energy, water, transport and waste systems, this collaboration has outlined plans to launch a Sustainable City Visualization project.

3/17/2010 9:19:26 AM

Battelle, IBM, Merck Join UPMC's Health Initiatives

UPMC is an $8 billion integrated global health enterprise headquartered in Pittsburgh, Penn., and a leading nonprofit health system provider in the United States. The institution combines 20 hospitals, 400 doctors' offices and outpatient sites, long-term care facilities and a major health insurance services division.

3/17/2010 9:17:07 AM

Intel Supports FCC's National Broadband Plan

Stating that the FCC had delivered a meaningful and ambitious plan for U.S. leadership in broadband, officials with Intel Corporation commend FCC chairman Julius Genachowski and the FCC broadband team for their outlook on the broadband.

3/17/2010 9:06:45 AM

GE Announces A10200 Single Board Computer

Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture AdvancedTCA or ATCA single board computers provide the latest trends in high speed interconnect technologies, next generation processors and improved reliability, manageability and serviceability.

3/17/2010 8:59:15 AM

Apptix Launches Hosted Microsoft OCR Release 2

The release is designed to help customers receive Web conferencing for secure Instant Messaging products individually or bundled with Apptix's other business communications services.

3/17/2010 8:58:31 AM

Fusepoint Announces Private Cloud Hosting Solutions

Fusepoint's Fully Managed, Private Cloud hosting solutions are ideal for organizations that want to create a private resource pool dedicated to run their mission-critical hosted infrastructure. For a truly dynamic IT environment, additional virtual machines can be seamlessly provisioned within the pool and others decommissioned as new applications are deployed.

3/17/2010 8:57:20 AM

Microsoft Sets Upgrade Pricing for Office 2010

Those of you who already have an Enterprise Agreement or Open Value Subscription, which I described in a previous column, will be able to get the new Office for free as part of your software assurance. Any of you with a Technet Plus subscription, which I wrote about in the same column, can also grab Office 2010 for free.

3/17/2010 8:50:24 AM

Latisys Takes Over Pryme Technologies to Expand to the Greater Washington Market

The company is currently converting the newly purchased Pryme's Ashburn, VA business into a brand new, state-of-the-art data center campus at two long-term leased buildings at the Corporate Campus at Ashburn Center.

3/17/2010 8:48:52 AM

PayPal Intros New Send Money App for iPhone

This latest version allows iPhone users around the world to secure mobile access to their money and offers convenient features for everyday life. Even international transactions are permitted with features like global currency calculator and 15 languages.

3/17/2010 8:45:34 AM

IBM Recognized as Most Trusted IT Company in Survey

According to a survey conducted from privacy and information management research firm Ponemon Institute, IBM has been found to be the most trusted IT company by U.S. consumers more than any other IT firm, mainly in the matters of securing and protecting the privacy of their personal information.

3/17/2010 8:36:46 AM

EasyLink Provides Hosted Fax Services to Varian Medical Systems

Solutions for advancing cancer treatment, radiosurgery, X-ray imaging and security in medical, scientific, and industrial applications are developed by Varian Medical Systems which also offers on-demand desktop faxing as a secure, paperless option in order to meet the messaging and productivity needs of its large remote workforce.

3/17/2010 8:34:08 AM

VPT Launches New Point-of-Load Power Converter

VPT, Inc., a HEICO company has released a new point-of-load power converter that offers high efficiency at a nominal cost and works in extreme environments.

3/17/2010 8:25:01 AM

MetroPCS Selects Gemalto

Officials with Gemalto said that the company's technology will enable MetroPCS to provide its subscribers with high speed Internet access from their mobile devices.

3/17/2010 8:20:52 AM

Portugal Telecom Selects Crossbeam's Security Platform

In addition, Portugal Telecom is using Crossbeam's state-of-the-art platform to deliver managed security services to its enterprise customers through PT-PRIME, a Portugal Telecom company offering a portfolio of IP-based services.

3/17/2010 8:17:27 AM

Polycom Solution Addresses Modern Communication and Collaboration Challenges of Distributed Organizations

Officials with Polycom said that the solution is designed to help organizations tackle the inherent communication and collaboration challenges of managing a distributed and mobile workforce and operating globally.

3/17/2010 8:10:21 AM

IP Vision Selects Content Delivery Platform from TV Genius

According to Peter Cox, marketing director IP Vision, the deployment of the TV Genius Content Discovery Platform on the FetchTV service enables a consistent multi-screen experience for discovering great programming through FetchTV.

3/17/2010 7:55:42 AM

Skyhook Launches SpotRank for Location-based Consumer Intelligence

Skyhook Wireless, a Boston, Mass.-based provider for location positioning, context and intelligence technologies, announced SpotRank, a new application to provide location-based consumer intelligence. SpotRank is available for developers via SimpleGeo, a provider of location API for developers.

3/17/2010 7:54:03 AM

Laird Technologies Adds EMI, Thermal Management and Wireless M2M to Online Stock Locator

This launch completes the integration of the entire Laird Technologies standard product portfolio inventory into the online stock locator system, according to company officials.

3/17/2010 7:51:05 AM

Virtutone Delivers VoIP and FoIP to Cash Store

Under the contract, Virtutone will provide a private network to the client that will interconnect their head office and over 500 retail branches in three nations with VoIP and fax over IP or, FoIP services.

3/17/2010 7:38:26 AM

IBM Offers Cloud-Based Development and Testing

IBM has plans to do just that with its commercial cloud service for software development and testing. IBM, which already delivers a test and development cloud, is now allowing enterprise and government clients to test and develop on an IBM Cloud. Following successful beta tests it is working with cloud management, cloud security and software development and testing partners support to provide businesses with flexibility, scalability, enterprise-grade security and control for development and testing on the IBM Cloud.

3/17/2010 7:35:25 AM

IBM Powers Up New System x Servers

And that is what IBM hopes to meet with its new System x servers that offer increased memory and can help improve efficiency to allow customers to better exploit virtualization and support more sophisticated workloads. The new servers, Systems x M3 and Blade Center systems enable users in some scenarios to consolidate some 20 servers down to one and potentially to recoup acquisition costs in as little as three months.

3/17/2010 7:34:02 AM

STELLAService Launches to Prod Stellar E-Retailer Performance

Every online retailer, it seems, say they offer 'outstanding' service but how many really do? How many customers have had the experience of buying from such companies only to get shipments late or damaged and when they call to wait in eternity queues only to be answered by less-than-knowledgeable agents?

3/17/2010 7:31:55 AM

Auto Dialer & Voice Broadcast CEO Talks Entrepreneurial Success, Offers Tips

Anyone in the telecommunications industry - or any industry for that matter - trying to bring their company to the top of the market, knows the difficulties it takes to be an entrepreneur, and the challenges in creating an empire.

3/16/2010 6:32:52 PM

CauseWorld's New Mobile Barcode Scanning Functionality Promotes Charity

CauseWorld, the first mobile application that lets consumers do good just by walking into a store, announced a new functionality that takes the concept a step further, right into the store itself. The new barcode scanning technology in the CauseWorld app now also offers its popular karma points to consumers who physically pick up products in retail stores and scan their barcodes using the app.

3/16/2010 6:28:42 PM

Q&A on Work-At-Home Agents with Michele Rowan, President, Customer Contact Strategies

Michele Rowan, president, Customer Contact Strategies, has walked the walk on work-at-home agent, or WAHA, programs. She had spent 12 years with Hilton Hotels as Vice President of Performance Management, where she was responsible for global training, quality and operations performance. While at Hilton she moved over 1,000 agents back to their homes from bricks-and-mortar, or B&M, centers.

3/16/2010 6:25:34 PM

BizCloud & Jamcracker to Provide Web-Based Apps, Billing Solutions to SMB Market

BizCloud, the small business cloud computing company, will be providing a wide range of web-based applications and services to small and midsize businesses via its BizCloud Platform Application Marketplace. BizCloud will source the applications from the Jamcracker Services Delivery Network, or JSDN, which will provide the back-end provisioning, delivery, support and billing.

3/16/2010 6:22:50 PM

GSW Advocates Wind and Solar Energy as the New Paradigms of Power

Aquaponic systems rely on the relationship between the aquatic animals and the plants to maintain the environment without any discharge or exchange of water. Water is only added to replace water loss from absorption by the plants, evaporation into the air, or the removal of biomass from the system.

3/16/2010 6:10:07 PM

Celent Acknowledges CSC's Successful Software, Awards 'Model Insurer' Title to Phoenix

The Phoenix Companies, Inc. has focused on helping its customers find straightforward solutions to often highly complex personal financial and business planning needs through life insurance and annuities. It has successfully been using CSC software to support industry best practices.

3/16/2010 6:08:31 PM

GE Healthcare Intros Cardiac and Respiratory Motion Software

GE Healthcare, a provider of transformational medical technologies and services, has unveiled the Innova EPVision, an image fusion software with uncompromised registration and image stabilization features to compensate for cardiac and respiratory motion.

3/16/2010 6:07:08 PM

Milwaukee Health Centers Rewarded by GE Foundation $1 Million Donation

The GE Foundation, a philanthropic organization, provides grants and invests in initiatives that work to solve some of the world's most difficult problems.

3/16/2010 6:05:08 PM

Viewer Temperatures to Rise with Remarkable Coverage from Virgin Media and ITV1 HD

With the World Cup just around the corner, TV companies are competing with each other to offer viewers some unforgettable games, covering every nail biting moment and breathtaking ones. The ITV1 HD channel joins the company's line up as it gears up to offer its digital TV customers complete coverage of all the football matches from April 2 onwards. Virgin Media TV viewers are being promised some unforgettable games as all the heart stopping moments will be captured in stunning High Definition.

3/16/2010 6:02:30 PM

MoBeePay's iPhone Apps Create History in the Commercial World

Buying and Selling has just become a lot easier with MoBeePay. The hassles of remembering information, filling out endless forms, speaking with the billing and shipping departments, having to deal with so much of paper work, need no longer bother you. With MoBeePay, all you need to is to register for a MoBeepay account.

3/16/2010 6:00:31 PM

Going Green is Easier Than You Think

In a small way, almost everyone can contribute towards making the world a greener place. So, whether you are cleaning the basement, or re-doing the interiors, small projects which have an impact on the environment can be undertaken. Our surroundings dictate how we work, and how we light up the places where we work does have a tremendous impact not only on us, but also on the environment.

3/16/2010 5:58:54 PM

KEMP Technologies Debuts LoadMaster 2200, an Affordable Load Balancer

KEMP Technologies, a dealer in affordable server load balancer appliances and application delivery controllers, has unveiled the LoadMaster 2200, an affordable load balancer.

3/16/2010 5:51:27 PM

IT Solutions Debuts Exchange 2010 Hosting with Unlimited Mailbox Storage

IT Solutions Now, a Microsoft Exchange hosting organization, has unveiled the first and only Exchange 2010 hosting service with unlimited mailbox storage.

3/16/2010 5:50:14 PM

PayPal New App for iPhone Allows Consumers to Access their Wallets through Phones

PayPal has released a new Send Money application for iPhone. The PayPal and iPhone customers around the world, through Version 2.0 of the PayPal Send Money app receive secure mobile access to their money and convenient features for everyday life, including Bump money transfers, Split Check and Collect Money.

3/16/2010 5:48:41 PM

Zultys Speeds Enterprise Deployments, UC Systems Now Compatible with Windows 7

Zultys announced that the award-winning MXIE Unified Communications client has been certified as Compatible with Windows 7 by Microsoft and has earned the Windows 7 logo.

3/16/2010 5:47:02 PM

Xirrus Deploys Wi-Fi to Provide Students Connectivity at Australia College

Manor Lakes P-12 Specialist College, located in Victoria, Australia has employed the Xirrus high performance 802.11n Wi-Fi Arrays campus-wide. Xirrus Wi-Fi Power Play delivers the most coverage, bandwidth, and user density in the industry. Opened in 2009, this unique college solved their campus-wide connectivity issues by upgrading to Xirrus Wi-Fi Arrays. Growing at a rapid pace, Manor Lakes P-12 Specialist College needed a wireless network robust enough to eventually support over 2,500 primary, secondary, and specialist students moving towards 1:1 learning.

3/16/2010 5:33:35 PM

Toshiba and AireSpring Announce Interoperability for SIP & IP Business Systems

Toshiba America Information Systems Inc., Telecommunication Systems Division and AireSpring announced the certification of interoperability of AireSpring SIP Trunking services with Toshiba's family of Strata CIX IP business communication systems.

3/16/2010 5:27:09 PM

Endangering Internet Freedom? Telecom Analysts Criticize FCC's Broadband Plan

Telecom policy analysts from the Competitive Enterprise Institute criticized the FCC for not being able to get out of its own way.

3/16/2010 5:23:09 PM

Call Recording on the Rise, IPcelerate Creates System

IPcelerate, Inc., a Dallas-based VoIP technology company has released the newest version of its call recording platform, IPstudio.

3/16/2010 5:20:31 PM

MyAssist Announce Unique and New Mobile App for BlackBerry Smartphones

MyAssist, a well known name in mobile personal assistance, has launched the MyAssist mobile application for BlackBerry smartphones. The application is powered by Handmark and is available in BlackBerry App World.

3/16/2010 5:18:10 PM

FBI Goes Undercover on Facebook and Other Social Networking Sites

If you aren't sure of your latest friend request on Facebook, your new potential friend could in fact be an undercover agent from one of several federal agencies.

3/16/2010 4:54:44 PM

ARM Launches Smallest and Most Energy-Efficient SecurCore SC000 Processor

ARM has launched of the highly compact and energy-efficient called the ARM SecurCore SC000 processor, designed specifically for the highest volume smartcard and embedded security applications. ARM announced this at the Cartes-Asia conference in Hong Kong.

3/16/2010 4:53:28 PM

Comtech Data Previews the New Advanced VSAT Series for the Hub-Spoke Networks

Satellite 2010 show in Washington, D.C. will witness how Comtech EF Data Corporation will preview the new Advanced VSAT Series which is designed for hub-spoke networks. The Advanced VSAT Series incorporates innovative technologies developed by Comtech EF Data, its sister division, Comtech AHA, and its subsidiary, Memotec to maximize network efficiency while minimizing CAPEX.

3/16/2010 4:48:50 PM

Sprint Applauds FCC's National Broadband Plan Creating Jobs and Investment in Broadband Economy

In a release, Sprint praised the Federal Communications Commission, or FCC, which announced the release of the country's first National Broadband Plan. The plan includes recommendations which are designed to improve healthcare, education, energy and the environment, public safety and homeland security for all Americans. By generating greater competition, the plan promises to create jobs and investment in the broadband economy.

3/16/2010 4:44:20 PM

Google: Mobile Ad Rates to Pass PC Ad Rates

Google predicts the rates that companies pay for search ads on mobile phones to surpass the rates of its existing PC-based ad business thanks to the growing popularity of powerful smartphones.

3/16/2010 4:42:03 PM

Sedo and VeriSign to Auction for the Entire Available Catalog of Premium Domain Names

Sedo has teamed with VeriSign, the global registry operator for the .tv internet domain, to hold an exclusive auction for the entire available catalog of 115 premium .tv domain names at the standard registry renewal fee, which is a greatly reduced renewal price. Sedo is the leading online domain marketplace and monetization provider and

3/16/2010 4:40:14 PM

HotSchedules Intros User-Driven Restaurant Employee Scheduling App for BlackBerry

HotSchedules, innovator of the most widely-used web-based restaurant workforce management solutions and mobile applications, has unveiled its restaurant employee scheduling application for the BlackBerry.

3/16/2010 4:36:57 PM

Iridium Reports 369,000 Subscribers at End of Q4 2009

Iridium Communications Inc., a provider of mobile satellite service, or MSS, that offers coverage over the entire globe, has announced to report its financial results for the period ended Dec. 31, 2009. Through its constellation of low-earth orbiting or 'LEO' cross-linked satellites, the company provides critical voice and data services for areas not served by terrestrial communication networks.

3/16/2010 4:34:21 PM

Google Makes Nexus One Compatible with AT&T's 3G Network

When Google launched Nexus One back in January, the Mountain View, Calif., company made a big deal about the fact that users would be given something special: the freedom of choice.

3/16/2010 4:31:48 PM

Cisco, GDSYS and Incheon to Build Service Platform in Korea

Korea will witness the building of a Ubiquitous Service Platform, or USP, by Cisco, GDSYS, a local data center service provider and Incheon Metropolitan City. The three have exchanged a memorandum of understanding, or MoU, to mutually collaborate in building a USP-based on the Cisco Unified Computing System technology to support delivering virtualized cloud-based information technology services for small and medium-sized businesses and public agencies, in the Incheon Free Economic Zone, or IFEZ.

3/16/2010 4:31:34 PM

MobileRobots Launches Robotic Workstation to Improve Quality of Care in Hospital

MobileRobots Inc. has introduced its MT490 mobile robotic workstation and has also launched a brand new website, that have been designed to help robot application developers speed new robotic aids to staff in hospitals, labs and offices.

3/16/2010 4:25:52 PM

Dockon Announces Commercial Availability of Compound PxM Loop Antenna

Dockon, Inc., a technology innovation company specializing in advanced physics and electronics research, has announced to introduce the first commercially available Compound PxM Loop, or CPL, antenna for embedded product designs. The new Dockon reference design CPL antenna will be helpful in increasing radiation efficiency, intensity and radiated power for a given input in a small package.

3/16/2010 4:12:06 PM

Apple Takes On 'Wearable' Computing Engineer

It's fairly reasonable to deduce then that Apple will move into this market sometime in the near future.

3/16/2010 4:07:29 PM

Gartner CRM Conference Updated

Noted tech research firm Gartner has updated its customer relationship management conference with what firm officials say is a renewed focus on business and IT collaboration and on harnessing the potential from the emerging social dimension of the customer experience and relationships.

3/16/2010 4:04:57 PM

DIDXchange: Broadband Plan Packs Potential for Communications Market

To find out more about what this new plan means for the communications market, I caught up with Suzanne Bowen, vice president of Marketing for Super Technologies, Inc., DIDX.net and Techistan.net.

3/16/2010 4:03:06 PM

Vertro Picks NetSuite's Cloud

Cloud Computing business management suite vendor NetSuite has announced that Vertro, an Internet search and content vendor, has moved its ERP operation to the NetSuite cloud.

3/16/2010 4:01:46 PM

RadiSys Intros Three New ATCA Products based on Intel Xeon Processor 5600 Series

RadiSys Corp. has announced the release its eighth generation of Promentum AdvancedTCA (ATCA) single board computers (SBCs), incorporating the recently introduced Intel Xeon processor 5600 series paired with the Intel 5520 chipset.

3/16/2010 3:57:46 PM

Intel Beats AMD to the Punch, Releases Newest Server Chips

Intel released its newest server chips on Tuesday, as it seeks to maintain its dominance in the marketplace.

3/16/2010 3:47:28 PM

Microsoft Announces Windows Phone Marketplace, Gives Developers Pep Talk

Microsoft spent the day at the MIX10 show in Las Vegas showcasing advancements in its platform technologies that help developers and designers deliver compelling user experiences across a broad set of devices.

3/16/2010 3:43:08 PM

CustomCall Data Systems Announces Contract with 360networks

360networks, a full service wholesaler of VoIP, Transport, IP, and Local Access services on its wholly owned fiber optic backbone, has signed a contract with CustomCall Data Systems, Inc., to utilize CustomCall's billing, OSS, and customer acquisition solutions.

3/16/2010 3:40:19 PM

Verizon Puts Focus on SMB VoIP

According to officials with Verizon, the new VoIP Internet packages make it possible to offer SMBs the support they need as VoIP usage grows and as demand increases for high-speed Internet connections.

3/16/2010 3:37:41 PM

RFM Secures Multi-Year Contract with Major Medical Equipment Manufacturer

RF Monolithics, Inc., or RFM, a provider of machine-to-machine, or M2M, wireless communications, has secured a multi-year agreement with a major medical equipment manufacturer for its ultra-low power short-range radio, the Virtual Wire transceiver.

3/16/2010 3:34:24 PM

Digital Media Exchange Using Parature's Customer Support Software for In-game Support

Massively multiplayer online games, or MMOGs, such as FarmVille by Zynga, available on Facebook, are getting more popular by the day. FarmVille alone boasts more than 82 million registered users.

3/16/2010 3:24:03 PM

Optibase Sells Video Business to VITEC Multimedia Subsidiary

Optibase Ltd., a provider of advanced digital video solutions, has entered into an asset purchase agreement with Optibase Technologies Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of VITEC Multimedia. According to the deal, entire video business of Optibase Ltd. and its subsidiary Optibase Inc. will be handed over to Vitec.

3/16/2010 3:16:33 PM

Leverage Existing Network Resources to Create Compelling, Differentiated Applications

According to a recent study from Alcatel-Lucent, more applications, more content, and more services are required to meet the ever-growing end user appetite for social networking, information and entertainment over mobile networks.

3/16/2010 3:15:24 PM

Mentum Releases Next Gen Microwave and Wireless Backhaul Engineering Software

Paris-based provider of wireless access and backhaul network planning and optimization solutions Mentum has announced the release of Mentum Ellipse 7, a software application for dimensioning, planning and optimization of microwave links and wireless backhaul networks that enables mobile network operators to accurately predict and address challenges associated with the growth of data services and the evolution to next generation networks.

3/16/2010 3:10:24 PM

NOAA Selects Luxtera's AOC to Power Multi-Room Data Center

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, has selected Luxtera's 40G Active Optical Cable, or AOC, Blazar, to interconnect its multi-room data center.

3/16/2010 3:07:55 PM

Evergreen Energy Signs Definitive Agreement to Sell Buckeye Assets

Evergreen Energy Inc. has signed a definitive agreement with Rosebud Mining Company for the sale of certain assets of both Buckeye Industrial Mining Co. and Evergreen.

3/16/2010 2:59:36 PM

VoSKY's PBX Gateway Earns Skype for SIP Certification

Sunnyvale, Cali.-based developer of Skype for business solutions VoSKY has announced that VoSKY SSG, the company's PBX-to-Skype for SIP Gateway is now interoperable with Skype for SIP. VoSKY SSG has earned the distinction of being the industry's first gateway to earn the certification.

3/16/2010 2:57:29 PM

Tele Atlas Signs Global Agreement with Maporama Solutions

Tele Atlas, a major player in high quality digital maps and dynamic content, and Maporama Solutions, a French based provider of digital mapping solutions for professional users, have entered into a multi-year agreement.

3/16/2010 2:53:51 PM

Enable Telecom Services to New Markets through Innovative Energy Solutions

There's much debate today about energy - specifically about the feasibility of alternative energy sources.

3/16/2010 2:52:27 PM

The (SIP) Federation - it Could be Alive, Jim!

Due to a combination of factors, the concept of enterprise federation - enabling businesses to exchange IP packets directly - is on the upswing once again. Enterprise federation got its first shot at popularity about a decade ago when it became clear that Internet service providers weren't interested in providing end-to-end SIP transport for anything other than vanilla VoIP. ISPs couldn't figure out how to make a buck off the practice, so rich media applications such as HD voice and video were a non-starter outside of an enterprise firewall; maybe within an individual ISP's reach if you were lucky.

3/16/2010 2:50:23 PM

IVR Provider Adds New Customers, Expands Portfolio

Interactive voice response, or IVR, provider Angel.com announced the addition of over 120 new customers, including PNC Bank, Astra Zeneca Canada, the U.S. Marine Corps, North Carolina State University and the National Institutes of Health to its customer portfolio.

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