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)

Facebook, Google, and the Near-Term Future of the USA

On the day when the Dow Jones Industrial Average topped 12,000 for the first time since June 2008, it was impossible not to correlate the eloquence and optimism of President Obama's "State of the Union" speech on Tuesday night with the restoration of a sense of perspective and hope in the USA about the future. Obama grasped the nettle full-on. "We are poised for progress," he declared, adding: "Two years after the worst recession most of us have ever known, the stock market has come roaring back. Corporate profits are up. The economy is growing." As one blogger expressed it, though - and he is a former Goldman Sachs trader called Tyler Durden, so he ought to know wheref he speaks: "There was a massive pink elephant in the room called reality though." Durden's gripe is with what he deems to be the unreality of Obama's praising Google and Facebook so highly in an Ameri... (more)

Where Are RIA Technologies Headed in 2008?

I am always being told off by i-technologists for quoting Picasso as having said that computers are useless. But I still love his reasoning? "Because they can only give you answers." Picasso, like AJAXWorld Magazine, liked questions. So we thought we would share with you what some of the world's leading rich Internet application pioneers are thinking may be the next questions that we need to see answered. From that readers can themselves infer where AJAX is headed. What are the top questions to ask next about AJAX? Eric Miraglia of Yahoo! 1.  (From March'08) How do I calculate the ROI of building my RIA on the iPhone SDK vs using AJAX? 2.  How do I assess the performance of my app and decide what to do next to make it faster?  3.  When it comes to accessibility, how do I know what's required of me for my rich web apps?  Beyond what's required, what makes good business se... (more)

My iPhone Is a Mac, My Android Is a PC

I’ve been using an Android G1 phone for more than a month now on a daily basis, but I still haven’t given up my iPhone. The more I use them both, the more that I realize my iPhone is a Mac and my Android is a PC. That is not necessarily a bad thing—except for when my Android crashes (which is a lot). Okay, it does not actually crash so much as it freezes up, forcing me to wait until it figures things out. Which it usually does. Except that one time when I plugged it into the wrong mini-USB charger and it gave me the screen of death: a white danger triangle with a cell phone flat on its back next to it. (Sorry for the fuzzy picture, I took it with my iPhone). Whose fault was that crash? I’m sure it was mine. But believe me, I’m equally careless with my iPhone. It’s just a lot more stable. That’s kind of what you’d expect since Apple goes to such lengths to control eve... (more)

A New Perspective on Enterprise Mobility and 2014 Requirements | Part 2

If the changes rapidly occurring in the enterprise mobility market were mostly hidden from view in 2013, they will be center stage with a spotlight on them in 2014.  The Yankee Group predicts these changes will be so huge that entire categories of enterprise mobility like the MADP (mobile application development platforms) may transform into something new and different.  They believe mobile platforms in 2014 will emphasize features like: Open architectures Scalability Extensibility Flexibility Embedded API management Data orchestration capabilities Integrated analytics Agnosticism to tools, infrastructures and standards The traditional vision enterprise mobility platform vendors have chased for so long now seems to be fading away.  The business plans they embraced depended upon a customer buying the mobile platform, staying on it and maximizing the numbers of users... (more)

How Do Mobile Experts Use Mobility? By @KRBenedict | @ThingsExpo #IoT

How Do Mobile Experts Use Mobility and What Does it Mean for Retailers? One hundred percent of mobile experts in our recent survey of 108 mobile experts purchase products online.  Ninety percent have purchased products and services using mobile devices, but only 13% use mobile devices exclusively for purchasing products. Forty-five percent typically use only desktops/laptops, and 40% use both equally.  These are some of the findings from the survey we conducted in May of 2015. How often do mobile experts purchase products and services using their mobile devices?  Only 1% purchase products using mobile devices daily, 30% weekly, 43% monthly and 20% once every three months. Wow!  I am a one-percenter!!!  I use my Starbuck's app and Apple Pay often multiple times in a day. In another recent survey of 5,000 people in North America that I was involved in titled Cognizant's ... (more)

Sify Reports Revenues of $ 38.28 Million for the Second Quarter of Fiscal Year 2009-10

CHENNAI, India, October 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Sify Technologies Limited (Nasdaq National Markets: SIFY), a leader in Enterprise and Consumer Internet Services in India with global delivery capabilities, announced today its consolidated unaudited results under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for the second quarter of the fiscal year 2009-10. Performance Highlights: - Revenues for the quarter were $ 38.28 million, 17 % higher than in the same quarter of the previous year, and 12% higher than the preceding quarter. - Enterprise services registered strong growth from data centre, managed voice and systems integration services. International services revenues also registered strong growth. Consumer services revenues were lower than previous quarters, with the focus on making the businesses profitable, before growing subscribers and revenues. - Net Loss fo... (more)

CTI Group to Present New Mobile Call Recording Application at BroadSoft Connections 2009

SCOTTSDALE, AZ -- (Marketwire) -- 10/27/09 -- CTI Group (Holdings), Inc. (OTCBB: CTIG), an international provider of electronic invoice processing and management (EIM), enterprise communications management software and services solutions, and carrier class VoIP management applications, announces today that they will present a new, integrated mobile call recording application for BroadWorks® customers at BroadSoft Connections 2009. CTI Group's Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Sid Rao, will demonstrate the new application during the "Show Me the Apps" general session. Sid Rao, along with Telesphere's CTO, Sanjay Srinivasan, will provide an interactive presentation of how the application works and highlight everyday practical use-case scenarios for the enterprise and small business user. This new BroadWorks integrated mobile call recording application extends beyond sim... (more)

T3 Communications Serves Up tMax to Businesses in Florida to Meet Growing Bandwidth Demand for Voice and Data Services

FORT MYERS, Fla., March 22 /PRNewswire/ -- T3 Communications, a Fort Myers, FL-based telecommunications and technology provider, today announced the rollout of their tMax integrated services for businesses in Southwest and Central Florida. tMax services use WiMAX (wireless) technology for delivery of up to 12 voice lines and 6 Mbps of Internet access. Already delivering services to businesses for several months, tMax is available in various tiers depending on the size of the business and its communication needs. "Recently, our Ft. Myers office was converted to T3's WiMAX service, tMax, which has delivered faster internet speeds than our traditional wired T1 with no interruption to our business. We are very pleased with T3 services," said Pason Gaddis, President & Publisher of Fort Myers Florida Weekly. "Deployment of tMax services began in Ft. Myers in late 2Q09.... (more)

Iowa Telecom Announces Shareholder Approval of Merger with Windstream

Iowa Telecommunications Services, Inc. (NYSE: IWA) today announced that its shareholders voted to approve the previously-announced merger agreement, dated as of November 23, 2009, providing for the acquisition of Iowa Telecom by Windstream Corporation through a merger of Iowa Telecom into a wholly-owned subsidiary of Windstream. Of the shares voted at today’s special meeting, 97.8% were cast in favor of adoption of the merger agreement. On November 23, 2009, Iowa Telecom entered into a merger agreement under which Windstream will acquire Iowa Telecom. Under the merger agreement, each outstanding share of Iowa Telecom common stock will be converted into the right to receive $7.90 in cash and 0.804 shares of common stock of Windstream. Completion of the merger remains subject to (i) regulatory approval by the Federal Communications Commission, (ii) regulatory approva... (more)

Toshiba and Apparent Networks Join to Bring PathView Network Performance Management to Toshiba Strata CIX IP System Users

IRVINE, CA and WELLESLEY HILLS, MA -- (Marketwire) -- 03/30/10 -- Toshiba America Information Systems Inc., Telecommunication Systems Division (Toshiba -- www.telecom.toshiba.com) and Apparent Networks (www.apparentnetworks.com), a leading provider of network performance and availability solutions, today announced the availability of Apparent Networks' PathView network performance management product to users of Toshiba Strata® CIX™ IP business communication systems. PathView enables Strata CIX users to monitor and manage deployments of their Unified Communications solutions. PathView is now available nationwide through Toshiba's Authorized Dealer Network. PathView is a low-cost, easy-to-use network performance management tool. Unlike traditional network management products, PathView monitors the performance of end-to-end network paths, including segments that pass th... (more)