convergence in comment and analysis
Cloud computing a buzzing in business ears
Comment Analyst house Gartner seems to have all of this covered with its definition of cloud computing: 'the convergence of three trends: service orientation, virtualisation and standardisation of computing through the internet'. [20 Aug 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 31.07.09
Round-Up Given how convergence has freed data from the corporate networks and into our pockets it may mean that people aren't taking work with them and instead are keeping smartphones and their office email out of sight until... [31 Jul 2009]
Balsillie on open source, app store pricing and the next Storm
Comment It's things like fixed mobile convergence, least-cost routing, the BES 5.0 with over the air easier management, simplified administration - show me how you can save me money. Jim Balsillie, co-CEO of BlackBerry-maker RIM... [06 May 2009]
The dawn of unified communications
Comment This has led to a renewed focus from vendors on unified communications (UC) - also known as IP convergence, unified messaging and a host of similar terms. The recession is forcing businesses to search for ways to cut... [19 Mar 2009]
Five ways to cut your telecom spend
Comment Exploit convergence Convergence makes sense when different aspects of IT and communications - mobile phones, fixed lines, laptops, data cards - are the responsibility of different groups or individuals... [14 Jan 2009]
Outsourcing changes are afoot
Comment Enterprises are also moving towards converged networks, and the host of benefits that this convergence brings, including the opportunity to harness VoIP and unified communications and to build on enterprise mobility... [16 Sep 2008]
Minority Report: The problem with my iPhone
Comment Everyone thought convergence would be the real hurdle to a dream device. The problem is this: the iPhone has nailed convergence. I always assumed that user experience was the true challenge for device... [12 Sep 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 15.08.08
Round-Up Now before iPhone users get shirty and start sending in spreadsheets showing ROI and spouting off about great user experience, flawless convergence and how they found their wife using an iPhone, the Round-Up has one and... [15 Aug 2008]
Editor's Blog: The naked truth about DSL
Comment Combine that danger with the use of mobile outside the home and you can see why telecoms providers haven't exactly been falling over themselves to offer this service in the UK - although throw in fixed mobile convergence... [03 Jul 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Is convergence a fiction?
Comment Just recently I think I caught a glimpse of something that we can actually claim to be true convergence, and it has to do with Intel. This approach might be the route to true convergence - by spanning... [02 Jul 2008]
Legal Eye: Europe's copyright controversy
Comment Experts in convergence between the technology, communications and media sectors, it advises some of the world's leading multinational entertainment, media, sport and technology companies. But what is certain is that the... [18 Jun 2008]
Tech Visions: New media floods firms' networks
Comment Last December I wrote about the economic impact of this convergence and the technical and business disruption that occurs when social media is deployed across the corporate network. Experts are forecasting an important... [19 Feb 2008]
Minority Report: 12 months that changed Apple
Comment Successful device convergence in action. Few would dispute that Apple has had a remarkable year. But Seb Janacek goes further. He predicts that in 10 years people will look back at 2007 as a seminal year in the company's... [21 Dec 2007]
Tech Visions: New media is IT's next frontier
Comment And that convergence is bound to lead to plenty of mistakes along the way. Experts argue new media will spell the demise of the IT professional. Not true, says Silicon Valley-based Howard Greenfield. But that doesn't... [29 Nov 2007]
Emily Bell
AS Profile She lists media business, convergence, the new media industry, advertising and broadcasting as specialist areas. Emily Bell's high position among the 2007 Agenda Setters is a measure of the Guardian Unlimited editor's... [12 Oct 2007]
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