Monthly Archives: October 2012
T-Mobile, MetroPCS Merger Approved by Both Boards
Deutsche Telekom's supervisory board and MetroPCS' board of directors have unanimously approved a merger between the small Dallas-based carrier and DT's T-Mobile brand. After...
Citrix Makes SDN Play, Partners With Palo Alto Networks
Citrix Systems is taking steps into the busrgeoning software-defined networking (SDN) space with the unveiling of the latest generation of its NetScaler SDX application...
Cisco Looks to Bring Networks Together Via Unified Access
Cisco Systems is unveiling a unified networking solution designed to bring wired, wireless and private networks under a single policy and management umbrella, and...
Start Big and Think Ahead
Start Big and Think Ahead
Invest in a file-sharing/file-synchronization application that supports multiple mobile platforms, such as iOS, Android, BlackBerry and Windows Phone, and ensure...
nGenx Hosted Virtual Desktop Offers Exchange, QuickBooks Support
nGenx, which makes hosted application and desktop products for enterprises, is looking to bring its offerings to a whole new market with the nFinity...
Good Technology Acquires Mobile App Management Firm AppCentral
Good Technology, an enterprise mobility specialist, is acquiring AppCentral, a privately held innovator in mobile application management (MAM) and application “wrapping” technology.The two companies...
Presidential Candidates Keep Forgetting the Web Is Always Watching
I spent a year following presidential candidates around the U.S. in 1996 to learn how well politicians were using the Internet to get their...
SAP Takes Offense to Ellison Comments on HANA Database
When he introduced his company's new 12C in-memory database Sept. 30 in the opening keynote of Oracle OpenWorld 2012, Larry Ellison included a not-so-subtle...
Oracle Links All of Its SaaS Business Apps to Social Media Platform
SAN FRANCISCO—Oracle CEO Larry Ellison introduced his company’s Social Relationship Management Platform at the Oracle OpenWorld conference with the claim that it differs from...
T-Mobile, MetroPCS Merger Underway
T-Mobile parent company Deutsche Telekom has flirted before with idea of merging its ailing U.S. brand with smaller carrier MetroPCS, in an effort to...