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Qualcomm on Monday, Oct. 29, demonstrated a service that could allow major airlines to monitor cockpits and cabins in real-time from the ground. The service uses data links provided by Globalstar, a mobile satellite constellation operator. As part of the demonstration, Irwin Jacobs, chairman and CEO of Qualcomm, spoke to passengers and pilots in the […]

Cisco Systems on Tuesday, Oct. 30, plans to introduce Cisco Mobile Networks, an offering that will allow a Cisco router, along with its connected IP devices, to roam across networks without losing connection to the Internet. A passenger on a train, for example, could use a laptop to connect through a Cisco router on the […]

It was hardly a surprise to hear on Tuesday morning that Cingular Wireless will be converting its network to the global system for mobile communication standard. “Its the most well-known secret in corporate America,” said Stephen Carter, president and CEO of Cingular. Cingular has been expected to make the move since AT&T Wireless, the only […]

The slump in high-tech sales that has pounded U.S. manufacturers this year is taking a toll overseas as well, with two of Japans leading companies projecting worsening sales and mounting financial losses. Hitachi Ltd. and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., both suppliers of key computer and commercial electronic components, slashed their earnings forecasts for the year […]

Compaq Computer Corp. on Tuesday announced its first partnership with a metropolitan area network provider, GiantLoop Networks Inc. The partnership with the Waltham, Mass., company is part of Compaqs larger strategy to create full Internet protocol global storage networks within the next few years. GiantLoop currently services New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, Dallas, Detroit, […]

Dell, EMC Team Up Dell Computer will tackle the high end of the storage market through a deal with EMC, under which the companies will co-brand EMCs Clariion line of storage systems. Financial terms werent disclosed, but the five-year deal is expected to make Dell the top reseller of Clariion products. EMC is seeking to […]

Amdahl plans to roll out new storage integration services and resell the storage systems of its parent company, Fujitsu – entering the highly competitive sector just as leading storage vendors are getting battered by a dramatic drop-off in demand. Amdahl, a wholly owned subsidiary of Japanese IT giant Fujitsu, will begin reselling Fujitsus midrange and […]

The one problem e-commerce needs to solve, according to Fadi Chehadé, is scalability. Now that companies see how electronic links are streamlining their business, raising sales and cutting costs, they want to rev up the e-commerce engine to Internet speed. Thats when they find out the technology isnt ready. But Chehadé says his company, Viacore, […]

A hive of bees is always smarter and stronger than any single drone. Thats the collectivist concept behind distributed computing, a model in which computing problems are parceled out over a network to individual computers for processing. Proponents of distributed computing posit that for certain kinds of tasks, a million relatively low-powered computers nibbling away […]

Archrivals Microsoft and Sun Microsystems marked a new leg of their race to create the next generation of Web applications through a week of self-aggrandizing pronouncements. As Sun beat the drum for its Web services offerings, Microsoft launched Windows XP and elements of .Net, its own strategic Web services platform. Bill Gates, Microsofts chairman and […]

Its an unfortunate truism of IT life that there is a strong correlation between purse strings being loosened for security spending and the immediacy of the most recent security incident. Theres nothing like a good hacking or virus infection to make senior management budget a bit more for preventative efforts. Similarly, our obvious greater awareness […]

Most experts believe business users will be the first to widely adopt mobile data applications. But many operators remain narrowly focused on the consumer marketplace, leaving enterprises searching in the dark for wireless data solutions. After deciding to invest in going mobile, many corporations dont know where to find the best applications. They can try […]