IBM’s 10 year contract with Bharti Airtel under re-negotiation

Indian global telecommunications company, Bharti Airtel Ltd (Bharti) is currently re-negotiating a ten year information technology (IT) outsourcing contact with International Business Machines Corp. (IBM). The move will reduce IBM’s share of the contract to offer business to other technology service vendors, rumoured to be led by Tech Mahindra who…

Posted on: December 17, 2013 8:00 am

WAF-plus-Application Delivery Controller combination takes security to new levels

Media releases are provided as is and have not been edited or checked for accuracy. Any queries should be directed to the company issuing the release. Although conventional network firewalls serve us well, significant changes in application delivery are allowing new vulnerabilities to emerge. These demand more specialised application security…

Posted on: December 17, 2013 8:00 am

IOCOM Offers Integration of the Award-Winning Visimeet Into Third Party …

IOCOM Offers Complete Integration, Customization, and Rebranding Capabilities of Their Video Conferencing Software IOCOM, a leading worldwide provider of universal video conferencing solutions, announced a comprehensive solution enabling application providers, service providers and communications platforms the ability to integrate into its award-winning Visimeet software platform. The new offering provides multiple,…

Posted on: December 16, 2013 1:00 pm

Social Business: A Top Technology for 2014

Social business is set to gain traction among firms next year. That is according to a new report by the International Data Corporation (IDC) that predicts that social will be a top technology implemented by firms in 2014 because it offers game-changing ways to connect with clients and partners through Social…

Posted on: December 16, 2013 1:00 pm

Red Hat snuggles up to Dell with ‘enterprise grade’ OpenStack offer

Dell and Red Hat will work together to propagate OpenStack clouds running the Linux distro, in what the PC maker claims is a first. The pair have announced they will jointly develop "enterprise grade" private clouds that are based on Dell hardware and Red Hat’s Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform. The…

Posted on: December 16, 2013 1:00 pm

Coming Soon: Connect 2014 (aka Lotusphere)

The IBM Connect 2014 conference is coming up next month January 26-30 in Orlando, Florida. For many years this conference was known as Lotusphere, but that changed last year shortly after IBM dropped the Lotus brand. Although the name of the event has changed, the emphasis remains the same. This Less…

Posted on: December 16, 2013 1:00 pm

intoPIX and Comprimato Announce Their Collaboration

intoPIX, leading provider of FPGA-based JPEG2000 solutions and Comprimato, leading provider of GPU-based JPEG2000 solutions inked an agreement to join forces in marketing of advanced JPEG2000 solutions based on the J2K GPU solution developed by Comprimato. intoPIX will further package the Comprimato GPU IP-cores, and enrich the solution with…

Posted on: December 16, 2013 1:00 pm

£2m look at social business

A 2MILLION study of the impact of Glasgow’s social enterprises is about to begin. The city has 500 social enterprise businesses – a quarter of the total in Scotland -and the study will look at how these affect health and wellbeing. It will discover how the organisation affect the health and…

Posted on: December 16, 2013 8:00 am

Huddle set for 2015 IPO

Unified Communications by Amy-jo Crowley| 16 December 2013 The business collaboration software firm also predicted that Microsoft Office will die out. Huddle has geared up for an initial public offering (IPO) after recently unveiling a note-taking and sharing application for enterprises. The London-based company so far has raised $40m in funding from…

Posted on: December 16, 2013 8:00 am

The Unified Communications Decision eBook

Unified Communications (UC) is vital to the success of any business in today’s global economy. With integrated multimedia communications, UC increases collaboration and enables your company to respond swiftly in any situation. This improved productivity keeps you agile and competitive while driving down expenditures. Which UC system is most appropriate…

Posted on: December 15, 2013 6:00 pm