Is Wi-Fi Friend or Foe for Operators
Mobile operators everywhere are at a crossroad. With their advantages of mobility slipping away, it’s time for mobile operators to identify the next generation of business opportunities that they are uniquely qualified to pursue. It’s time for operators to look to the cloud. But first, let’s take a closer look…
RM20m boost for social business
KUALA LUMPUR: THE government has allocated a RM20 million fund to facilitate the growth of social business in the country, which in turn is expected empower young entrepreneurs and communities economically. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak yesterday said as Malaysia aspired to become a hub for social business movement,…
Canadian unified communications companies to merge
Two of the country’s unified communications companies are coming together to make an operating firm with US$1 billion in sales. Ottawa’s Mitel Networks Corp. is buying Concord, Ont.’s Aastra Technologies Ltd. in a share and cash deal worth $392 million. When the transaction is finished 57 per cent of the Aastra’s…
Novosoft Releases Handy Backup Software
(The Hosting News) Novosoft LLC, one of the leading providers of data backup software for home and corporate users, has extended Handy Backup product line by launching the advanced server backup software. Server editions of Handy Backup are designed to facilitate backing up and recovery of all server databases and…
MaGIC to have social business fund
KUALA LUMPUR: A social business fund will be set up under the Malaysian Global Innovation & Creative Centre (MaGIC) to help the start-up of social business enterprises, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. "I will allocate RM20mil for this, to fund social business enterprises provided they meet their…
OpenStack not driven by a single company
OpenStack started off as a simple startup project, says Jonathan Bryce Features | by Abhigna N G HONG KONG: Its all about Open Source, Open Standards, Open Community, Open System, Inter-operability and portability at the OpenStack Summit, which is being held at AsiaWorld-Expo, Hong Kong. Yes, with an intention to bring…
Companies still not strategic around social media strategy: Report
Most organisations are at an ‘intermediate’ stage when it comes to social business maturity, and less than one-fifth can boast of being truly strategic in executing social strategy, a new report claims. According to Altimeter Group’s The State of Social Business: 2013: The Maturing of Social Media into Social Business, Just…
BUSINESS NEWS: Social Entrepreneurs Help Communities Through Startups
As many Cornell students try to transform their passions into startup companies, a few entrepreneurs are focusing their work on social causes. Roshni Mehta ’15 is one such student. Mehta’s project, Nine Yards, focuses on providing employment to women from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh who have been disfigured and socially…
NZ sees stop-start unified communications market
There are clear signs unified communications is gatheringmomentum in New Zealand. It was one of the most discussedtopics at this year’s MicrosoftTechEd conference and stories about implementations andsuccesses continue to arrive. And yet Frost& Sullivan’s 2013 research report shows the market forUC products and services declined 4.5 percent in 2012 Last year’s…
Intelligent Wave Inc. to Offer Solace Systems Messaging Appliances as Part of …
Solace Systems announced today that Intelligent Wave Inc. (IWI), a leading reseller and system integrator in Japan, will offer Solace messaging appliances to clients looking to upgrade the performance, capacity and reliability of their application infrastructure. "Our customers include some of the most innovative and customer-centric financial institutions in all…