Wireless News back issues from January 2009:
SA Forum Issues Call for Papers for 2009 International Service Availability Symposium
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 SA Forum Issues Call for Papers for 2009 International Service Availability Symposium Type: News The Service Availability Forum (SA Forum) announced that the 2009 International Service Availability Symposium (ISAS) conference Call for Papers is now ...
Battelle, R&D Magazine 2009 Funding Forecast Reflects Global Economic Turmoil
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 Battelle, R&D Magazine 2009 Funding Forecast Reflects Global Economic Turmoil Type: News Industry and government sources that intend to spend money to fund research and development are a reflection of the world's economy--unsure, according to ...
Five9 Gets Product of the Year Award from Customer Interaction Solutions Magazine
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 Five9 Gets Product of the Year Award from Customer Interaction Solutions Magazine Type: News Five9 announced that the Five9 Virtual Call Center Suite has received a 2008 Product of the Year Award from Technology Marketing Corp.'s (TMC) Customer ...
SAS Group Sells airBaltic to Management
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 SAS Group Sells airBaltic to Management Type: News The SAS Group has signed an agreement to sell its 47,2 percent holding in airBaltic to the management of airBaltic.The sales price amount to MLAT 14 (approx MSEK 220) will be paid in cash ...
SourceMedical Garners Jemison Venture Award
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 SourceMedical Garners Jemison Venture Award Type: News SourceMedical has been named the 23rd recipient of the Jemison Venture Award, which recognizes companies for strong growth and value added to their customers and communities....
GoFish Raises $22.5 Million Equity Financing
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 GoFish Raises $22.5 Million Equity Financing Type: News GoFish Corp., a digital media company, announced that it has closed its previously announced equity financing raising $22.5 million.The company completed the financing through the ...
Retrevo Picks: Gadget Hits and Misses of 2008
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 Retrevo Picks: Gadget Hits and Misses of 2008 Type: News The consumer electronics experts at Retrevo revealed their AI- based list of the best as well as the most overhyped gadgets and electronics products of 2008.The Retrevo Pulse Awards ...
Cypress Touts Top Ranking by IMS Research in Touchscreen Space
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 Cypress Touts Top Ranking by IMS Research in Touchscreen Space Type: News Cypress Semiconductor Corp. announced that the 2008 report "Touchscreen & Input Technologies for Mobile Handsets" from IMS Research in Austin, Texas cited Cypress as the ...
IDC Survey: Energy Concerns Lead the Way Toward Green IT Adoption
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 IDC Survey: Energy Concerns Lead the Way Toward Green IT Adoption Type: News Despite some regional differences in priorities and motivators, senior business executives and ICT decision-makers around the world agree that Green IT initiatives are at ...
IDC: Mobile Phone Market Poised for Slowdown in 2009
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 IDC: Mobile Phone Market Poised for Slowdown in 2009 Type: News The impact of the global economic crisis will spread to the mobile phone market resulting in a downturn in shipments in 2009, reports IDC.IDC said its research indicates that ...
Whagaa Software and Santa Cruz Skate Shop Offer GPS Enabled Mobile Skateboarding App
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 Whagaa Software and Santa Cruz Skate Shop Offer GPS Enabled Mobile Skateboarding App Type: News Whagaa Software Inc., a developer of instructional applications for mobile devices and the developer of the iMIP (Interactive Mobile Instructional ...
Sapient's Global Trading and Risk Management Practice Explains the Fed Letter's Impact on OTC Derivatives Processing
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 Sapient's Global Trading and Risk Management Practice Explains the Fed Letter's Impact on OTC Derivatives Processing Type: News Sapient's global Trading and Risk Management Practice recently launched a series of discussion forums aimed at ...
Fitch Affirms Qwest's IDR at 'BB'; Outlook Remains Stable
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 Fitch Affirms Qwest's IDR at 'BB'; Outlook Remains Stable Type: News Fitch Ratings has affirmed Qwest Communications International, Inc.'s (Qwest) Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'BB'.Additionally, Fitch has affirmed the IDRs of Qwest's ...
Vivendi Implements AFEP/MEDEF Recommendations
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 Vivendi Implements AFEP/MEDEF Recommendations Type: News Vivendi's Supervisory Board, at its meeting on December 18, examined the AFEP/MEDEF recommendations on the remuneration of executive directors of publicly-quoted companies.The ...
Financial Institutions Collaborate in Documenting Requirements for RFID Data Center Asset Tracking Standard
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 Financial Institutions Collaborate in Documenting Requirements for RFID Data Center Asset Tracking Standard Type: News The Financial Services Technology Consortium (FSTC) announced it has published RFID Basic Functional and Numbering Requirements ...
Zero-Day Web Malware Blocks Surpass Yearly Average
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 Zero-Day Web Malware Blocks Surpass Yearly Average Type: News n its monthly Global Threat Report issued, ScanSafe, a provider of SaaS Web Security, reported that the rate of zero-day malware blocks increased in November to 26 percent.The ...
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Launches Pilot Grant Program to Improve Internet Connections in Public Libraries
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Launches Pilot Grant Program to Improve Internet Connections in Public Libraries Type: News A pilot initiative announced by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will help public libraries in seven states ...
Brazil's CPFL Piratininga Opts for 3M ACCR to Upgrade Capacity
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 Brazil's CPFL Piratininga Opts for 3M ACCR to Upgrade Capacity Type: News CPFL Piratininga, a power distribution unit of CPFL Energia, a Brazilian electric utility, will install the 3M Aluminum Conductor Composite Reinforced (ACCR) to upgrade the ...
Fair Isaac Releases Debt Manager 7
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 Fair Isaac Releases Debt Manager 7 Type: News Fair Isaac Corp., a provider of analytics and decision management technology, announced the availability of Fair Isaac Debt Manager solution 7, the first available product of the Fair Isaac Decision ...
VirTra Awards Product Distribution Rights to Brazil's Agora Telecom
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 VirTra Awards Product Distribution Rights to Brazil's Agora Telecom Type: News Bob Ferris, VirTra Systems' CEO and president, has announced that Agora Telecom has been chosen as VirTra's exclusive distributor in Brazil.The exclusive ...
MoneyGram Says It Doubles Number of ExpressPayment Locations in 2 Years
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 MoneyGram Says It Doubles Number of ExpressPayment Locations in 2 Years Type: News MoneyGram International, a global payment services company, announced it has expanded to 40,000 ExpressPayment agent locations in the U.S. with the rollout of its ...
Alltel Wireless Aims GPS Application at Outdoor Enthusiasts
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 Alltel Wireless Aims GPS Application at Outdoor Enthusiasts Type: News Alltel Wireless said that outdoor enthusiasts can now take advantage of advanced GPS features directly on their GPS-capable phones with the Trimble Outdoors application ....
Rubberduck Media Lab Supplies Mobile Video for German Broadcaster
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 Rubberduck Media Lab Supplies Mobile Video for German Broadcaster Type: News Rubberduck Media Lab, a provider of mobile TV solutions, has announced a new collaboration with German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle.Rubberduck is part of ...
Research and Markets Adds Report: FTTx Technologies
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 Research and Markets Adds Report: FTTx Technologies Type: News Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "FTTx Technologies" report to its offerings.In a release, Research and Markets noted that report highlights include: ...
Dataram Touts Doubles Memory to 64GB in 2 Sun Servers
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 Dataram Touts Doubles Memory to 64GB in 2 Sun Servers Type: News Dataram Corp., a provider of server and workstation memory, announced double-density upgrades for Sun Microsystems' SPARC Enterprise M3000 and Sun Fire X2250 servers that expand to ...
Nexidia Releases AudioFinder 2.0
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 Nexidia Releases AudioFinder 2.0 Type: News Nexidia, a provider of audio search and speech analytics solutions, announced the release of Nexidia AudioFinder 2.0, an application that brings the power of Nexidia's speech technologies into a single, ...
CyberTech Revenue Increases 30% in 2008
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 CyberTech Revenue Increases 30% in 2008 Type: News CyberTech International, a provider of advanced voice and data recording technologies, announced performance results for 2008 that it said represent 12 consecutive months of growth levels....
Atlantic Marine Deploys WorkForce's EmpCenter Solution
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 Atlantic Marine Deploys WorkForce's EmpCenter Solution Type: News WorkForce Software, Inc., a provider of workforce management solutions, announced Atlantic Marine, a shipyard on the Gulf of Mexico and U.S. East Coast, has implemented its EmpCenter ...
SeaMobile Bolsters Its Geolink Access Network
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 SeaMobile Bolsters Its Geolink Access Network Type: News SeaMobile Europe is installing the latest 5IF iDirect Hub, building upon its current network infrastructure in the EMEA zone, increasing capabilities for customer VSAT networks.With ...
Sun Leads R&D Project on Technology Accessibility
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 Sun Leads R&D Project on Technology Accessibility Type: News Sun Microsystems said that it is helping spearhead global efforts in solving accessibility challenges for all devices from cell phones to desktops and Web applications by leading a ...
Alteva Teams with Polycom to Offer HD Voice Technology to SMBs
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 Alteva Teams with Polycom to Offer HD Voice Technology to SMBs Type: News Alteva, a North American provider of enterprise hosted VoIP, announced that it is a certified Polycom Reseller, offering premium voice service with Polycom's HD Voice ...
ZyXEL Hospitality Gateway Server Enhanced with NetNearU's Trackos Management Suite
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 ZyXEL Hospitality Gateway Server Enhanced with NetNearU's Trackos Management Suite Type: News ZyXEL Communications Inc., a provider of secure broadband networking, Internet connectivity and routing products, announced NetNearU (NNU) wireless ...
TomTom Brings Out Online Route Planner
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 TomTom Brings Out Online Route Planner Type: News TomTom, a navigation solutions provider, has announced the introduction of the TomTom Route Planner, a free Web-based routing application.TomTom's online Route Planner, which is currently ...
Jeya Kumar Takes the Helm at Patni
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 Jeya Kumar Takes the Helm at Patni Type: News Patni Computer Systems, a global IT services provider, announced the appointment of Jeya Kumar as Chief Executive Officer.The company said that Kumar will come on board February, and will be ...
Sogeti Launches WebSphere Commerce Center of Excellence
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 Sogeti Launches WebSphere Commerce Center of Excellence Type: News Sogeti, a provider of information technology services to businesses and public-sector organizations worldwide, has officially announced the launch of its Sogeti WebSphere Commerce ...
Sunquest Information Systems to Acquire Outreach Advantage Solution from Pathology Associates Medical Laboratories
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 Sunquest Information Systems to Acquire Outreach Advantage Solution from Pathology Associates Medical Laboratories Type: News Sunquest Information Systems, Inc., a provider of laboratory and diagnostic information systems, and Pathology Associates ...
ngmoco's Game Rolando Rolls onto Apple's App Store
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 ngmoco's Game Rolando Rolls onto Apple's App Store Type: News ngmoco, creator and publisher of games exclusively for iPhone and iPod touch, announced it is bringing Rolando to the Apple App Store.Developed in collaboration with ...
PPD to Expand Contract Research Operations into Ireland
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 PPD to Expand Contract Research Operations into Ireland Type: News PPD, Inc. and IDA Ireland (Investment and Development Agency) announced that PPD plans to expand its contract research operations into Athlone, Ireland, by initially establishing a ...
Macrovision, Allen Shapiro and One Equity Partners Ink Pact for Sale of TV Guide Network
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 Macrovision, Allen Shapiro and One Equity Partners Ink Pact for Sale of TV Guide Network Type: News Macrovision Solutions Corp., a digital entertainment technology leader, announced that it has reached an agreement to sell its TV Guide Network ...
VSoft and IMM Team for Check Imaging Solutions Nationwide
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 VSoft and IMM Team for Check Imaging Solutions Nationwide Type: News VSoft Corp., a global information and technology provider of process improvement solutions for financial institutions, has joined forces with value added reseller, Integrated ...
Wipro Appoints New Global Head for Consultancy Division
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 Wipro Appoints New Global Head for Consultancy Division Type: News Wipro Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro Limited, announced the appointment of Kirk Strawser as Global Head, Wipro Consulting Services.Kirk Strawser ...
Telia Selects Cybercom for Easy Box Integration
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 Telia Selects Cybercom for Easy Box Integration Type: News Cybercom announced that it has developed a solution for integration of Telia Denmark's Easy Box.Cybercom said the solution allows Telia backoffice to set up specific product ...
The Marcus Corp. Reports 2Q Results
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 The Marcus Corp. Reports 2Q Results Type: News The Marcus Corp. has reported results for the second quarter ended November 27.In a release, the company noted second quarter fiscal 2009 highlights: - Total revenues for the second ...
j2 Global Succeeds in 2 Patent Reexaminations
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 j2 Global Succeeds in 2 Patent Reexaminations Type: News j2 Global Communications, Inc., a provider of outsourced, value- added messaging and communication services, announced that the US Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has confirmed the validity ...
EA Brings Out SimCity for the iPhone
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 EA Brings Out SimCity for the iPhone Type: News EA Mobile, a division of Electronic Arts Inc., has announced the availability of SimCity for the iPhone and iPod touch.SimCity provides an environment for players to construct, manage and ...
Radiient to Demo Roomcaster Wireless 7.1 Surround Sound at CES
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 Radiient to Demo Roomcaster Wireless 7.1 Surround Sound at CES Type: News Wiring up a surround-sound system is no Saturday in the park; it's more like a Saturday in the attic. Just ask the millions of consumers who bought surround-sound systems in ...
Conexant Supplies New Imaging Solution for Advanced Multifunction Printers
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 Conexant Supplies New Imaging Solution for Advanced Multifunction Printers Type: News Conexant Systems, Inc., a supplier of innovative semiconductor solutions for imaging, audio, video, and Internet connectivity applications, has introduced a new ...
Tyrian to Develop Second Crop DiagnostIQ Product for Bayer CropScience AG
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 Tyrian to Develop Second Crop DiagnostIQ Product for Bayer CropScience AG Type: News Tyrian Diagnostics announced the company has agreed to commence the development of a second point-of-need diagnostic product with Bayer CropScience AG....
ProspX Secures $6.5 Million in Funding
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 ProspX Secures $6.5 Million in Funding Type: News ProspX, Inc., a developer of collaboration and automation applications for the commercial insurance industry, announced that it has secured $6.5 million in Series A funding.The funding ...
Mellanox Promotes Ron Aghazarian to VP of Worldwide Sales Operations
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 Mellanox Promotes Ron Aghazarian to VP of Worldwide Sales Operations Type: News Mellanox Technologies, a supplier of semiconductor-based server and storage interconnect products, announced the promotion of Ron Aghazarian to Vice President of ...
Six Degrees Games Launches ActionAllStars.com - New Sports-Themed Virtual World
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 Six Degrees Games Launches ActionAllStars.com - New Sports-Themed Virtual World Type: News Six Degrees Games, Inc. said that it has launched Action AllStars, a provider of safe, browser-based entertainment designed for ages six-to-14....
Coupons.com Offers Coupons for Facebook
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 Coupons.com Offers Coupons for Facebook Type: News Coupons.com said that it is offering an application for Facebook that enables users to print and share coupons with their friends directly from their personal home page.Each week, ...
Semtech Offers New Family of Resistor-capacitor Protection Devices
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 Semtech Offers New Family of Resistor-capacitor Protection Devices Type: News Semtech Corp., a supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, announced the EClamp237xK family of resistor- capacitor (R-C) protection devices with the low ...
Cypress Touts West Bridge Controller
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 Cypress Touts West Bridge Controller Type: News Cypress Semiconductor Corp. said that its West Bridge peripheral controllers delivered the fastest sideloading (transfer of multimedia files from a PC to a mobile handset) in a comparison conducted by ...
Alioscopy to Showcase 3DHD Display Technology in TCL Multimedia Booth at the CES Show
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 Alioscopy to Showcase 3DHD Display Technology in TCL Multimedia Booth at the CES Show Type: News Alioscopy USA, a 3D technology provider, announced that TTE Corp., a subsidiary of TCL Multimedia Technology Holdings, a consumer electronics ...
Black Box Innovations Featured on CES '30 Days of Innovation' List
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 Black Box Innovations Featured on CES '30 Days of Innovation' List Type: News Black Box Innovations, maker of Personal Pocket Safe and Secret Diary, reported that it was recently featured in the 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) ...
Juniper Networks Positioned in Leaders Quadrant of Gartner's SSL VPN Magic Quadrant
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 Juniper Networks Positioned in Leaders Quadrant of Gartner's SSL VPN Magic Quadrant Type: News Juniper Networks announced it has been positioned in the "Leaders" quadrant of Gartner's recently published Magic Quadrant for SSL VPNs.The ...
GWS Technologies Offers Four Seasons Windpower Turbines
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 GWS Technologies Offers Four Seasons Windpower Turbines Type: News GWS Technologies, Inc., an alternative energy company developing and marketing solar and wind-powered renewable energy products and solutions, announced that it will be distributing ...
iovation and Internet Identity Collaborate to Fight Fraud
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 iovation and Internet Identity Collaborate to Fight Fraud Type: News iovation has announced a referral partnership with Internet Identity, a supplier of an anti-phishing services.Under the partnership, iovation and Internet Identity will ...
Research and Markets Adds Report: Dutch Fixed Telephony Q3 2008
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 Research and Markets Adds Report: Dutch Fixed Telephony Q3 2008 Type: News Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Dutch Fixed Telephony Q3 2008" report to its offerings.In a release, Research and Markets noted that report ...
Greenpeak Rolls Out Reference Design for New-Gen of RF Remote Controls
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 Greenpeak Rolls Out Reference Design for New-Gen of RF Remote Controls Type: News GreenPeak has announced the launch of a new wireless radio technology for home remote control devices based on RF (radio frequency).GreenPeak is a fabless ...
Amarin Opens U.S. R&D Office in Connecticut
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 Amarin Opens U.S. R&D Office in Connecticut Type: News Amarin Corp. has announced the opening of its research and development headquarters in Mystic, Connecticut in the United States.The new office will be responsible for Amarin's ...
Survey: Data Center Transformation a Top Priority in 2009 for CIOs
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 Survey: Data Center Transformation a Top Priority in 2009 for CIOs Type: News New global research reveals that 84 percent of technology organizations are planning to implement a data center transformation (DCT) project in the next 12 months, ...
Intelliden Gets 'Positive' Rating in Gartner's Network Configuration and Change Management MarketScope Report
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 Intelliden Gets 'Positive' Rating in Gartner's Network Configuration and Change Management MarketScope Report Type: News Intelliden Inc., a provider of Intelligent Networking solutions that enable organizations to control, manage and scale their ...
Garmin GTX Transponders with Extended Squitter Capability Receive TSO
Jan 02, 2009 ... Wireless News 01-02-2009 Garmin GTX Transponders with Extended Squitter Capability Receive TSO Type: News Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin, a provider of satellite navigation solutions, announced that it has received the FAA's TSO-C166a authorization for the GTX ...