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DALLAS, Aug. 21, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Amid the proliferation of real time data from sources such as mobile devices, web, social media, sensors, log files and transactional applications, Big Data has found a host of vertical market applications, ranging from fraud detection to R&D.; Photo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20140821/138541 "Big Data Market: 2014 – 2020 – Opportunities, Challenges, Strategies, Industry Verticals & Forecasts" Key Findings: In 2014 Big Data vendors will pocket nearly $30 Billion from hardware, software and professional services revenues Big Data investments are further expected to grow at a CAGR of nearly 17% over the next 6 years, eventually accounting for $76 Billion by the end of 2020 The market is ripe for acquisitions of pure-play Big Data startups, as competition heats up between IT incumbents Nearly every large scale IT ven... (more)

Got SharePoint? Get Clickatell SMS Alerts via Virto to Improve Business Flow

REDWOOD CITY, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/10/09 -- With more than 4 billion cell phones in use today, just about everyone can receive text messages anytime, anywhere. In the work place, mobility is critical, especially when people are traveling and not typically sitting at their desks. Microsoft SharePoint, software to enable browser-based collaboration, process management, search, and document-management, has been reported to serve more than 100 million people. Enterprises are taking advantage of SMS Alerts & using them to alert employees, partners and customers throughout a number of enterprise applications from IT ticket alerts, to customer service notifications, and now critical business process communications. Clickatell today announced that Virto, a new vendor of Web Parts for Microsoft SharePoint 2007 and 2010, has incorporated the award-winning Clickatell SMS-... (more)

InnoPath Supports its Customers, Even if Google with its Nexus One Doesn’t

Most operators can’t dodge the support bullet, even if their OEM partners might try to. With this in mind InnoPath, the leader in over-the-air customer care software for mobile phones and devices, today announced ActiveCare support software is available for new phones and devices from Nokia, Samsung, LG, Hitachi, Pantech and Casio Hitachi. Over-the-air customer care helps operators combat the rising cost of supporting sophisticated new phones while providing better support for their subscribers. In addition to these new client shipments, the company announced an additional US Patent (7,516,451) covering mobile updates, bringing the company’s patent count to 21. InnoPath has also announced immediate availability of its Embedded Client 5.6, the latest iteration of the company’s leading Device Management Engine (DME) and Device Update Agent (DUA) technology for pre-load... (more)

BEST Funds Provides Financing for ComponentArt

TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 02/09/10 -- BEST Funds a leading Canadian Venture Capital firm, today announced that its Business, Engineering, Science & Technology (BEST) Discoveries Fund and the BEST Total Return Fund have invested in ComponentArt a Canadian technology company. The debt investment will support ComponentArt's growth plan into 2011. "ComponentArt has all the elements that BEST Funds looks for when we seek out a new company to invest in. We look for: solid management, impressive growth margins, a product in great demand and several years of meeting or exceeding their business plans. Given these characteristics we are excited about financing their growth plan and helping to assist another great Canadian Company." said John Richardson, CEO of BEST Funds. "ComponentArt has consistently been at the leading edge of technological innovation and we see ... (more)

Orange and Alcatel-Lucent Successfully Complete the First Phase of Long Term Evolution (LTE) Mobile Broadband Technology Trial With a Live Network in France

MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS, BARCELONA, February 15, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Together with Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU), Orange has successfully completed the first phase of its trial of Long Term Evolution (LTE) mobile broadband technology with a live network in France. This trial enabled Orange to develop hands-on insights into the capabilities of LTE technology and evaluate how it performs in a real, live network environment. Following the trial's first phase, Orange is evaluating the introduction of new multimedia applications over an LTE mobile network, such as voice over IP (VoIP) steered by IMS and streaming video. This is part of Orange's ongoing work towards preparing for a timely implementation of LTE in support of customer demand. After initial testing in Orange's R&D; laboratories, a network was deployed in the vicinity of Orange France... (more)

Orange and Alcatel-Lucent Successfully Complete the First Phase of Long Term Evolution (LTE) Mobile Broadband Technology Trial With a Live Network in France

MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS, BARCELONA, February 15, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Together with Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU), Orange has successfully completed the first phase of its trial of Long Term Evolution (LTE) mobile broadband technology with a live network in France. This trial enabled Orange to develop hands-on insights into the capabilities of LTE technology and evaluate how it performs in a real, live network environment. Following the trial's first phase, Orange is evaluating the introduction of new multimedia applications over an LTE mobile network, such as voice over IP (VoIP) steered by IMS and streaming video. This is part of Orange's ongoing work towards preparing for a timely implementation of LTE in support of customer demand. After initial testing in Orange's R&D; laboratories, a network was deployed in the vicinity of Orange France's offices i... (more)

Alcatel-Lucent Successfully Makes First 4G LTE Calls With Telefonica in Latin America

MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS, BARCELONA, February 15, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced that it has successfully made the first 4G calls in the framework of the Long Term Evolution (LTE) lab tests Telefonica is conducting in Latin America. With these tests, Telefonica is analysing - in a real environment - the maturity and benefits of the LTE mobile broadband technology. The first services were delivered in Telefonica's labs, using Alcatel-Lucent's end-to-end LTE solution, including base stations, transmission equipment, Evolved Packet Core (EPC), as well as professional design & integration services - in combination with devices from LG Electronics. In a second phase when the field tests will start, the 700 MHz and 2.6 GHz frequencies will be used to assess LTE's performance in terms of coverage and capacity - offering a ne... (more)

Alcatel-Lucent Successfully Makes First 4G LTE Calls With Telefonica in Latin America

MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS, BARCELONA, February 15, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced that it has successfully made the first 4G calls in the framework of the Long Term Evolution (LTE) lab tests Telefonica is conducting in Latin America. With these tests, Telefonica is analysing - in a real environment - the maturity and benefits of the LTE mobile broadband technology. The first services were delivered in Telefonica's labs, using Alcatel-Lucent's end-to-end LTE solution, including base stations, transmission equipment, Evolved Packet Core (EPC), as well as professional design & integration services - in combination with devices from LG Electronics. In a second phase when the field tests will start, the 700 MHz and 2.6 GHz frequencies will be used to assess LTE's performance in terms of coverage and capacity - off... (more)

SchoolCenter Selected as Finalist in 25th Annual CODiE Awards

CARBONDALE, Ill., March 9 /PRNewswire/ -- SchoolCenter, the leader in strategic K-12 web solutions, announced today that they are a finalist in the 2010 CODiE Awards, presented by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA). SchoolCenter's SC Pro made the prestigious CODiE cut in the "Best Web Services Solution" category. The category awards the solution that best connects disparate applications and data across an enterprise or between enterprises using web services standards such as SOAP, XML and WDSL. This includes Web services enabling technologies, infrastructure, middleware and system integration tools. SchoolCenter joined the ranks of industry notables such as Adobe, Cold Fusion 9, and Salesforce.com for the coveted "Best Web Services Solution" award. "We are exceptionally thrilled to be considered for this award with such well-respected o... (more)

PYMNTS.com Features Key Payments Industry CEOs and Executives In Its Ongoing Interview Series Focusing on What’s Next in Payments

The PYMNTS.com CEO interview series features some of the payments industry thought leaders and chief executives from the leading companies in the payments industry this quarter. Leading players across the payments spectrum describe “What’s Next” in payments to David Evans, Founder, Market Platform Dynamics and author of Paying with Plastic (2nd Edition, MIT Press, 3rd Edition forthcoming) in this exclusive PYMNTS.com feature. These interviews have already captured the views of CEOs from a diverse group of payment industry innovators. In this interview series, CEOs address the role of mobile, security, prepaid, eCommerce and payments infrastructure in transforming the industry over the next 3 to 5 years, in both the developed and developing worlds. Key interviews this quarter include: Ken Chenault: CEO, American Express In a wide-ranging, two-part interview with PYMNT... (more)

NEXThink Lands $5.5 Million Funding, Opens US Headquarters After Its Customer Base Grows by 50 Percent Last Quarter

ALPINE, UT -- (Marketwire) -- 03/14/12 -- NEXThink, whose real-time user-centric analytics make it possible for the Global 5000 and cloud service providers to rethink and transform their IT infrastructure, today announced that it has closed $5.5 million in Series C funding, bringing the total capital raised by the company to $13.1 million. This round -- led by the company's current investors, Auriga Partners and Venture Incubator, and new investor Mannai Corporation -- will be used to expand its global presence and to develop new products that accelerate its business around cloud computing and mobility. "We believe that in a world of dynamic, multi-platform infrastructure and empowered employees, it is extremely important to provide a global real-time view of IT systems from the user's point of view," said Pedro Bados, CEO of NEXThink. "We are building a world clas... (more)

CloudEXPO Stories
They say multi-cloud is coming, but organizations are leveraging multiple clouds already. According to a study by 451 Research, only 21% of organizations were using a single cloud. If you've found yourself unprepared for the barrage of cloud services introduced in your organization, you will need to change your approach to engaging with the business and engaging with vendors. Look at technologies that are on the way and work with the internal players involved to have a plan in place when the inevitable happens and the business begins to look at how these things can help affect your bottom line.
The hierarchical architecture that distributes "compute" within the network specially at the edge can enable new services by harnessing emerging technologies. But Edge-Compute comes at increased cost that needs to be managed and potentially augmented by creative architecture solutions as there will always a catching-up with the capacity demands. Processing power in smartphones has enhanced YoY and there is increasingly spare compute capacity that can be potentially pooled. Uber has successfully been able to harness the excess capacity of privately owned vehicles and turned into a meaningful business. This concept can be step-functioned to harnessing the spare compute capacity of smartphones that can be orchestrated by MEC to provide cloud service at the edge.
CI/CD is conceptually straightforward, yet often technically intricate to implement since it requires time and opportunities to develop intimate understanding on not only DevOps processes and operations, but likely product integrations with multiple platforms. This session intends to bridge the gap by offering an intense learning experience while witnessing the processes and operations to build from zero to a simple, yet functional CI/CD pipeline integrated with Jenkins, Github, Docker and Azure.
Traditional on-premises data centers have long been the domain of modern data platforms like Apache Hadoop, meaning companies who build their business on public cloud were challenged to run Big Data processing and analytics at scale. But recent advancements in Hadoop performance, security, and most importantly cloud-native integrations, are giving organizations the ability to truly gain value from all their data. In his session at 19th Cloud Expo, David Tishgart, Director of Product Marketing at Cloudera, covered the ins and outs of Hadoop, and how it can help cloud-based businesses.
Cloud is the motor for innovation and digital transformation. CIOs will run 25% of total application workloads in the cloud by the end of 2018, based on recent Morgan Stanley report. Having the right enterprise cloud strategy in place, often in a multi cloud environment, also helps companies become a more intelligent business. Companies that master this path have something in common: they create a culture of continuous innovation. In his presentation, Dilipkumar will outline the latest research and steps companies can take to make innovation a daily work habit by using enterprise cloud computing. I will share examples from companies that have benefited from enterprise cloud computing and take a look into the future of how the cloud helps companies become a more intelligent business.