Archives : October 2009

IT workers upskilling to tackle downturn

published on 2009/10/30 by

With continued uncertainty about the state of the economy, and mixed feelings about how both industry in general and the IT sector will fare in coming years, IT staff are (unsurprisingly) polishing their CVs and seeking new skills which will make them more attractive candidates during the recruitment process.According to the IT Job Board, a UK specialist recruitment agency, 83% of IT professionals are thinking about gaining new qualifications, with 37% stating that their motivation is improving their chances of getting a job. Top subjects for study are project management, Microsoft qualifications, and Cisco certifications, with "the most popular choices......

Is Voice dead or just undergoing a transformation?

published on 2009/10/29 by Rob Evans

Om Malik recently wrote a blog post entitled "Voice Is Dead or Long Live Voice?" and discussed how voice is becoming free and just an application on the network. Om points out two recent developments of Verizon allowing Google Voice over its 3G network and that AT&T will also allow Skype over its 3G network. Both of these highlight that voice is becoming an application and it doesn't matter how it's encoded, it will ultimately be transported across the network as IP. Om goes on to link to Andy Abramson's post "Voice 3.0: The Era of API Calling" which talks......

Is Voice dead or just undergoing a transformation?

Why WAN optimization is important to consider during this economic climate?

published on 2009/10/28 by Jean Critcher

As 2009 winds down, most enterprises who follow the standard calendar fiscal year, are typically in budget planning mode if not already finished for 2010 spend. Indeed, we have seen some hestitation or delay in some investments this year. A more popular request of late is that enterprises are requesting more OPEX based services rather than adding CAPEX to their end of year bottom lines. WAN optimization remains a technology area still in demand given the changes of focus on consolidation and virtualization, which are common areas for quicker cost reduction around IT but where maintaining performance remains a challenge. Managed WAN optimization provides many......

Why WAN optimization is important to consider during this economic climate?

African mobile subscriber growth is global highest; fixed prospects among lowest

published on 2009/10/27 by Simon Marshall

News from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) that Asia is not the fastest growing region in terms of mobile subscriber growth points to an African nation hungry for mobile broadband services. According to UNCTAD's 'Information Economy Report 2009: Trends and Outlook in Turbulent Times' report, Africa saw a 550% increase in subscribers from 54 million five years ago to around 350 million today, outperforming all other regions. But the continent still struggles with fixed broadband connectivity coverage, prices and availability - leaving the market ripe for mobile broadband investment to leap-frog fixed connections.There are ten times......

African mobile subscriber growth is global highest; fixed prospects among lowest

published on 2009/10/27 by Simon Marshall

News from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) that Asia is not the fastest growing region in terms of mobile subscriber growth points to an African nation hungry for mobile broadband services. According to UNCTAD's 'Information Economy Report 2009: Trends and Outlook in Turbulent Times' report, Africa saw a 550% increase in subscribers from 54 million five years ago to around 350 million today, outperforming all other regions. But the continent still struggles with fixed broadband connectivity coverage, prices and availability - leaving the market ripe for mobile broadband investment to leap-frog fixed connections.There are ten times......