Microsoft recently issued Release Candidate 1 of Windows Vista, a near-final test version of the oft-delayed operating system. Retiring Windows chief Jim Allchin said, “there area lot of improvements since Beta 2, which was released in May”....
A group of mobile manufacturers, network operators, suppliers, recyclers, consumer and environmental organisations, led by Nokia, has committed to improve the environmental performance of mobile phones and to do more to raise consumer...
The market for network outsourcing is rapidly evolving and growing demand is expected across a number of industry verticals as well as companies of all sizes. Results from IDC's WAN Manager Survey indicates that respondents in the Banking/Finance and...
Market research firm, iSupply has announced results of a 'tear-down' of the new iPod, a process where the firm takes apart the new product to discover what components and systems Apple used. The firm found that Apple has lowered costs without sacrificing functionality…
Gartner has advised businesses to plan for five increasingly prevalent cyber threats that have the potential to inflict significant damage on organisations during the next two years. They are; targeted threats, identity theft, spyware, social engineering and viruses…
"As frequency reuse issues are resolved, femtocells will provide some counterbalance to the trend towards dual-mode handsets," notes Solis. "Some operators now believe that they don't need to subsidise more expensive Wi-Fi-enabled handsets...
CEOs in the process of evaluating new outsourcing partnerships should look beyond physical resources such as people and technologies and concentrate instead on companies' ability to turn those resources into capabilities such as leadership, behaviour management...
"Mobile operators' attitudes towards CAPEX have changed over the past two or three years," says mobile wireless research analyst Shailendra Pandey. "They are clearly becoming more focused on an early return on their investments." In 2006, GSM is the dominant...
IT vendor marketing budgets will increase by 7.5% for the full year 2006, the fastest rate of increase over the past five years, predicts the IDC CMO Advisory Service. Along with overall increased investment, technology marketing productivity and efficiency indicators are...
