spectrum in comment and analysis
How Microsoft keeps its edge
Comment On the other end of the spectrum, Microsoft Bob was dumber than a sack of hammers and deserved every bit of ridicule hurled its way. Charles Cooper looks at how Redmond pulls off this feat. There's something about the slow-starter strategy that... [15 Oct 2004]
Mobile collaboration going nowhere - for now
Comment At the other end of the spectrum, email and groupware are the most asynchronous, with a built-in lag between interactions. The market for technologies that help employees work together on-the-go may be huge on paper, but out on the street, the... [14 Jun 2004]
Enterprise portals: The expert predictions
Comment There is a whole spectrum of places where enterprises expect to get value out of [implementing] portals. Simon Marshall speaks to three leading analysts about future enterprise portal developments and why the market is set to do well. [15 Apr 2004]
Spam and data protection: know the law and take precautions
Comment The directive applies across the whole spectrum of electronic communications - from phone and fax to email and SMS - but just how much of the new law will keep the spammers at bay and how much is designed to convince consumers that Europe is... [10 Dec 2003]
ITU 03: Regulation more critical than ever to 3G's success
Comment Or Sean Maloney, executive VP and GM for Intel's Communications Group, talk about the importance of properly regulating the use of spectrum. But the process has to be done well and that means sophisticated regulation, as Tony Hallett finds out. [16 Oct 2003]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Mobile guesses
Comment A key question: will the limited radio spectrum cope with all this? First, we have so far, only used up to 10 per cent of the frequency spectrum available. Dynamic, meshed networks of various devices stand more chance than any direct successor to... [17 Sep 2003]
Why is IP flavour of the month?
Comment The point is that at both ends of the comms spectrum IP has been touted as something of a panacea. Over the years business people have heard about various technologies that they've been told will revolutionise the way their companies communicate. [19 Aug 2003]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: You wear it well
Comment The key question is - how is the limited radio spectrum going to cope? Fortunately we have used less than 10 per cent of the frequency spectrum available. Between 30 and 300GHz almost none of the spectrum is used as molecular resonances make it... [08 May 2003]
Beyond Wi-Fi - the future of wireless networks
Comment It uses the less crowded area of spectrum at 5.2GHz, which means less interference.g uses the same band as b, cramming more data into the same three channels, but it doesn't have the network density advantages of a. [29 Apr 2003]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Short-termism of the worst kind
Comment At the other end of the spectrum hospitals seem to have forgotten the basic hygiene lessons of Lister in 1865 and decided money can be saved on cleaning contracts. Short-term fixes often mean long-term problems. [23 Apr 2003]
Wi-Fi versus 3G - will there be a winner?
Comment Before the US government finally auctions its remaining IMT-2000 spectrum, the US hotspot market could be very mature, comprising up to half a dozen major players. The rise of Wi-Fi has galvanised some providers - notably operators such as T-Mobile... [10 Apr 2003]
Tony Hallett's After These Messages: esure's winner versus IBM's sleekness
Comment Tony Hallett continues his series on marketing myths and advertising lies by considering a couple of well-known TV commercials from opposite ends of the taste spectrum. IBM's ads across various media, but especially television, have in recent years... [05 Mar 2003]
The Bloor Perspective: Nextel's lessons, more outsourcing and integration tips
Comment The past three years have witnessed volatility and rapidly changing demand in the spectrum of financial markets. Nextel ranks fifth in terms of US mobile phone operators. In its fourth quarter results for 2002 it was able to claim to be the first... [03 Mar 2003]
Through the fog... Automated speech recognition
Comment At the other end of the spectrum, we have desktop dictation systems such as Scansoft's NaturallySpeaking and IBM's ViaVoice. It seems every sci-fi film assumes we'll be talking to computers in the not too distant future. [21 Feb 2003]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Wireless everything
Comment Today, countries agree spectrum allocations (and channel frequencies) for broadcast, amateur and emergency services, remote control, military applications, cordless and mobile phones. This column was typed on an Apple G4 laptop and transmitted to... [16 Jan 2003]
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