Archives : February 2010

An interesting view of mobile collaboration

published on 2010/02/26 by

I have been doing some research into mobile collaboration, and thought it was worth pointing out this very interesting webcast from analyst firm Gartner -- Profit from New Forms of Mobile Communication and Collaboration.Analyst Nick Jones argues: Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0cm; mso-para-margin-right:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0cm; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} "Even in the current economy, even though we are still coming out of recession and people are being cautious, I think......

Cloud computing in 2010

published on 2010/02/26 by Anthony Plewes

The Yankee Group recently held an interesting webinar on cloud computing that looked at how the widely talked about technology will fare in 2010. It got together analyst Agatha Poon with cloud computing experts from Microsoft, Sybase and Arista to talk about a number of issues, including:What is cloud: evolution or revolution? Interestingly opinion from Yankee Group's enterprise survey was split down the middle. It encouraging to see that2% of enterprises thought cloud computing was hype with no substance. The webinar participants agreed that although it is evolutionary, there are some revolutionary aspects to cloud computing;What are the cloud's characteristics?......

EASSy landing completes east African cable trio

published on 2010/02/24 by George Malim

With the news that the much delayed EASSy submarine cable has finally landed at Mtunzini, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, one of the most frantic periods of network construction has completed...

EASSy landing completes east African cable trio

EASSy landing completes east African cable trio

published on 2010/02/24 by George Malim

With the news that the much delayed EASSy submarine cable has finally landed at Mtunzini, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, one of the most frantic periods of network construction has completed...

EASSy landing completes east African cable trio

Windows 7 launched - what's in it for enterprises?

published on 2010/02/24 by

Important notice: There has been some misrepresentation of our views and opinions in this post. We have changed a number of statements to be more consistent with our views and opinions. Where applicable we have written in BOLD the changes.Microsoft recently announced its next-generation mobile device platform, called Windows Phone 7. It marks a complete break from its previous Windows Mobile device activities, and is designed to approve the appeal of Microsoft-powered smartphones in the face of competition from devices including Apple's iPhone, Research In Motion's BlackBerry portfolio, and smartphones from multiple manufacturers powered by Google's Android platform. And much......

Windows 7 launched - what's in it for enterprises?