mobile
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How will RMM Evolve?
RMM or (Remote Monitoring and Management) has been around for some time, helping IT companies and MSP’s keep an eye on their customer’s vital networks and devices. The RMM solution has helped to define the current standards and made the Managed Services business model what it is today. Most RMM solutions provide a number of [...]
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It’s All Microsoft’s Fault!
Image source: www.wpcentral.com The media is overrun today with news stories about the significant decline (11-14%) in PC sales. Most of the headlines and stories would have you believing that this is all due to the recent release and lack of excitement over the Windows 8 platform. Well media, as much as I would [...]
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Could Employee Surveillance, Monitoring, and Tracking be the next IT Service Trend?
It is no big surprise to anyone that the traditional office setting is changing. With the onset of a mobile workforce and an ever-growing social media explosion, managers and business owners alike are concerned about employee productivity. These growing concerns may spark a new revolution in management products, aimed at getting the most out [...]
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Microsoft Invests in Dell to go Private why would Microsoft do this?
The Dell board today voted to take the company private in a $24.4 Billion dollar takeover plan. The plan has shareholders in the company receiving $13.65 per share for their existing shares. The big surprise in the deal has been the over $2B investment from Microsoft. The investment has many worried about what it will [...]
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The Channel’s Next Big Thing
It seems like every couple years there is a new “big thing” in the channel. The last five years has impressed us with a long list of new, or at least big things such as Managed Services, RMM, BDR, and the cloud to just name a few. In all of those categories new vendors came [...]
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Blackberry adds Voice over W-Fi to its Smartphones
RIM today announced a new feature that has been added to its BBM (Blackberry Messenger) service. The new feature, which adds voice calling over Wi-Fi provides users the ability to make voice calls for free to other messenger users see (press release) below. With the success of iMessage in Apple iOS devices, it would seem [...]
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Blackberry 10 Finally gets a Launch Date but is it too Late for RIM?
In a press release today (see PR below), the once giant mobile player Research in Motion announced a launch date of January 30th, 2013 for its new Blackerry 10 OS and mobile devices. The company, which has eluded a launch date for some time and has seen droves of users migrate to other platforms, needs [...]
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Sprint Buys U.S. Cellular Customers for $480M
Sprint has just announced in a press release (see below) that it has acquired a part of U.S. Cellular’s customer base and wireless spectrum. The deal, which will bring $480M to U.S. Cellular, has certain customers in parts of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri and Ohio moving to the Sprint service. Around 585K customers will be [...]
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If there was any doubt, Gartner Confirms Mobile is an “Unstoppable Force”
Gartner continues to confirm what seems to be a definitive in the IT industry; mobile is here and is taking over the traditional, see (press release) below. Worldwide sales of smart devices which includes smart phones and tablets will hit 821M in 2012. The opportunity for IT businesses to manage this changing landscape is prime, [...]
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Does a Decline in PC sales have you Worried?
While PC manufacturers Lenovo and HP fight over who really owns the title of top manufacturer; a controversy that has been sparked by conflicting reports by Gartner and IDC that in one report shows Lenovo edging out HP in overall PC sales and the other showing HP keeping the title. The real news that is [...]
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Facebook hits 1Billion Active Users Seems like a Bargain at $22/Share
Facebook, the social giant announced today that it has surpassed 1Billion active users on its platform see (press statement) below. Mark Zuckerberg CEO of Facebook released the statement and also released some amazing key metrics see (fact sheet) below. Facebook actually reached the 1Billion mark on September 14th at 12:45PM PST. It is surprising that [...]
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Tales from the Cloud – Episode 57
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Mobile Computing is changing our lives
Mobile solutions have become been a major part of many of our lives over time. From pagers to cell phones, laptops to tablets, the technology continues to revolutionize our day-to-day lives and businesses. Let’s take a look at some of the ways we have been impacted. Paperless Everything The introduction of mobile and smartphone technology [...]
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Tales from the Cloud – Episode 25
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Technology plays a Key Role in Olympics while Social Media is creating Controversy
With the opening ceremonies of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games set to kick off tonight, technology is being pushed to its boundaries in order to provide complete coverage. Questions are being raised whether mobile carriers and mobile technology in general will be able to keep up with the demand. As over 10,000 athletes are expected [...]
