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Videoconferencing, Video Mail, IVR and Mobile Services Provided by iPBX Technology

whitepaper IP based private branch exchange is projected to further dominate the videoconferencing, video mail, IVR, and mobile markets in the coming years. Private Branch Exchange (PBX) systems have traditionally connected private enterprises to the Public...

Tags: telephony systems - pbx, switched, branch, internet protocol

[17 May 2008]

How to Choose a Mobile Platform: Six Mobile Development Technologies Compared

whitepaper With so many great options, choosing the right technology for one's mobile development projects can leave one spoiled for choice. When it comes to choosing the target platform and technology for the mobile project the possibilities are numerous.

Tags: mobile - wireless communications

[17 May 2008]

Qualcomm snaps up spectrum for £8m

News In February Qualcomm announced the successful trial of its MediaFLO mobile video service with broadcaster British Sky Broadcasting. US technology giant Qualcomm has bought part of the UK radio spectrum for £8m.

Tags: qualcomm, wireless, spectrum

[16 May 2008]

The Weekly Round-Up: 16.05.08

Round-Up Last year, silicon.com's editorial staff shunned human contact by staying away from the office and keeping in touch by mobile, instant messenger and email. Some attendees at the recent Sun Microsystems JavaOne conference in San Francisco were as...

Tags: google sky, amd, apple, work wise

[16 May 2008]

Peter Cochrane's Blog: Energy shortages loom

Comment Other simple energy-saving measures would involve a move to less power hungry laptops and thin clients, plus of course far more mobile, nomadic and home working. In many city buildings and districts the original power distribution limits have now...

Tags: data centres, green, energy, power

[16 May 2008]

Differentiation in a Saturated Market: Advanced 3G Services Help '3' Stay on Top

whitepaper Hong Kong has a love affair with mobile technology - the city boasts a 117 percent penetration rate, with 7.4 million mobile subscribers for a total population of 6.8 million. Their challenge was to maintain leadership position in the Hong Kong...

Tags: mobile - wireless communications, kong, hong kong, hp proliant servers

[16 May 2008]

Psomas Achieves Global Work-Sharing and Accelerates the Mobile Worker

whitepaper This case study describes how Psomas, a leading global consulting engineering firm, implemented Riverbed solutions to accelerate application performance for remote office employees as well as mobile workers.

Tags: lan - wan standards

[16 May 2008]

Advantages of Microsoft Merge Replication for Mobile and Distributed Applications

whitepaper This paper summarizes the advantages of using Microsoft SQL Server merge replication in mobile and distributed environments. This paper also addresses specific issues raised by a competitor, Progress Software, in a paper titled "Comparing Microsoft...

Tags: application servers

[16 May 2008]

Use Case Scenarios

whitepaper More than 100 member companies are committed to providing seamless interaction between consumer electronics (CE), mobile technology and personal computers (PC). The Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) is working to turn its vision of...

Tags: networked, guidelines, electronics, computers

[16 May 2008]

Sat-nav back seat drivers on their way

News Photos: Introducing - the world's lightest mobile phone Drivers in London would be first in line for the technology that pairs sat-nav GPS with a digital map of the capital and its speed limits to tell drivers how fast they should be driving.

Tags: sat-nav

[15 May 2008]

Managing Mobile Devices Safely and With Less Effort

whitepaper The administration of mobile devices is a major challenge for organizations. With the SMS Device Management Pack, an enhancement of Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003, the FSC System fully meets the requirements to manage approximately 800...

Tags: monitoring systems

[15 May 2008]

Data Center Sustainability

whitepaper It's not only on the computers, but the mobile phones, televisions and portable music players. The digital age is being delivered via massive server farms housed in data centers that are managed by thousands upon thousands of Information Technology...

Tags: data center

[15 May 2008]

Google lays out mobile future

News She added that, although Android is Google's platform, the mobile apps team sees it as just another platform for its technology - reflecting the company's open culture. Google is aiming to make an impact in the mobile sector by focusing on web...

Tags: web, apps, android, mobile

[13 May 2008]

Vodafone gets speedy with broadband

News Vodafone's fast mobile broadband uses HSDPA (high speed downlink packet access) technology - sometimes referred to as 3.5G - to offer a theoretical maximum download speed of 7.2Mbps. Vodafone is extending its fast mobile broadband coverage to a...

Tags: hsdpa, vodafone, broadband, mobile

[12 May 2008]

Apple iPhone stocks run dry

News O2, the sole mobile network currently offering the iPhone in the UK, confirmed in a statement that it has sold out of the 8Gb version with no mention of restocking. So far, the iPhone has only been available without 3G technology but it seems the...

Tags: stock, carphone warehouse, o2, apple

[12 May 2008]

Nationwide WiMax in next two years?

News WiMax is currently only available in very limited deployments in the UK and only in its "fixed" variant, with the prospects for "mobile WiMax" - the type needed for portable devices - depending on upcoming spectrum auctions.

Tags: 3g, wimax

[09 May 2008]

Tomorrow's wireless world: Healthcare to wear

News The healthcare sector could also make use of wearable on-body monitors, which would communicate with a home hub or mobile phone via Bluetooth or the like. Outside healthcare, the report points to many future applications of wireless tech in the...

Tags: e-health, ofcom, wireless

[08 May 2008]

Sun unveils JavaFX for rich web apps

News Speaking to silicon.com sister site ZDNet.co.uk, Eric Klein, vice president of Java marketing at Sun, said: "Every major mobile carrier in the world delivers Java-enabled phones to their customers. According to the company, Connected Life powers...

Tags: ria, java, sun

[08 May 2008]

IT spend in retail slowing down?

News One area of interest is in-store mobile technology, with just over half of respondents using or planning to use mobile devices to improve store productivity. IT spending growth in the retail sector appears to have faltered, with many retailers...

Tags: online retail, torex

[07 May 2008]

Whitbread serves up £1m saving on card payments

News The system - supplied by Fidelity National Information services, IBM, Smart Technology solutions and VeriFone - is an integrated mobile chip and PIN payments system that allows the company to channel all payments from its Beefeater, Brewers Fayre...

Tags: pos, chip and pin, pci

[07 May 2008]

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