Latest News from WIRELESS DEVELOPER'S JOURNALLatest News from WIRELESS DEVELOPER'S JOURNALUnderstanding Mobile Discovery- July 29, 2008 The design of the mobile user interface (UI) has been stable for many years, only undergoing minor changes as handsets become more feature-rich. UI uniformity still exists across most mobile phone vendors, particularly when it comes to the approach of organizing functions, content, and the menu structure.read morehttp://wireless.sys-con.com/node/625094 VMware Blames the Economy for Projected Shortfall - Not Microsoft!- July 25, 2008 Two weeks after its co-founder and CEO Diane Greene was abruptly dismissed, VMware - now run by one of Microsoft's old rulers, Paul Maritz - disclosed exactly how much under its promised 50% year-over-year growth 2008 is going to be. It's going to be 5%-8% short of the magic number. Reason of course dictates that 42%-45% growth may some day look heroic.read morehttp://wireless.sys-con.com/node/617165 FastScale Launches North America Virtualization Channel Program- July 23, 2008 FastScale announced a new North America Channel Program with eight partners already signed including Blackhawk Technology Consulting, Continental Resources, International Computerware, New Age Technology, SecureTek Group, VirtaCORE, Whitewater Data, and Xcedex. Data center demand for the company's innovative technologies exceeded expectations during the first year of availability, and skilled partners will provide customers with greater access to products, technical expertise, and related...http://wireless.sys-con.com/node/610361 FastScale Introduces New Software Virtualization Solution- July 23, 2008 FastScale announced the newest release of its flagship product, FastScale Composer Suite. FastScale Composer Suite fully automates the process of building, managing and deploying server software environments for enterprise class data centers and Web farms, whether the infrastructure is physical, virtual or both. The new release extends the benefits of FastScale's sleek software management solution to Windows Server 2003 environments, adds new capabilities in lightweight application...http://wireless.sys-con.com/node/610362 Forum Systems Expands Global Channel for SOA Gateway- July 23, 2008 Forum Systems announced it has partnered with Techlogix to bring SOA products to markets in United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Asia-Pacific. Techlogix will supply Forum Sentry with installation and architecture consulting services to its large customer base across Asia-Pacific and United Arab Emirates.read morehttp://wireless.sys-con.com/node/610420 Sybase iAnywhere Mobile Office Offers Secure Support for iPhone 3G- July 22, 2008 Sybase iAnywhere announced immediate support for the new iPhone 3G model to extend wireless email from Lotus Notes and Microsoft Exchange email systems. Sybase iAnywhere was early to market in offering iPhone users wireless email access to Lotus Domino with its product release in Q1 2008, and continues to innovate with support of the new iPhone 3G.read morehttp://wireless.sys-con.com/node/616718 iPhone 3G: Friday Is The Day- July 12, 2008 Friday is a big day for people having urge to get a hold of the new iPhone 3G. 8AM. Sharp. Apple stores open their doors and those who didn't mind waiting in line for a couple of days (in Hawaii people formed lines 6 days ago) will get this baby.read morehttp://wireless.sys-con.com/node/608514 Troll-Evading Trust Formed To "Catch & Release" Patents- July 9, 2008 Verizon, Google, Cisco, HP, Motorola, Sun, Telefon AB and Ericsson have banded together as the Allied Security Trust to buy IP before any trolls can take them to court. They've paid $250k to join and are each kicking it about $5 million in funding. They will then get non-exclusive licenses to the acquired technology and afterwards sell it on. The non-profit calls the concept 'catch and release.' It currently has 11 members and is expecting 30-40.read morehttp://wireless.sys-con.com/node/605480 Web 2.0 Journal Special: Top-Down and Bottom-Up Project Management- July 8, 2008 Nowadays we can observe changes going on in management and especially project management in organizations. More and more, organizations are abandoning top-down management style. Among them are the New York Times, Tribune Co., Ernst & Young and many others. Even the world biggest corporations, such as Toyota and IBM, are trying to implement bottom-up management style elements in some of their departments.read morehttp://wireless.sys-con.com/node/604962 Ingres Nominated for SYS-CON's "Virtualization Journal Readers' Choice Awards"- July 3, 2008 The Ingres Icebreaker BI Appliance is a self contained software stack of os, database, and business intelligence tools. The solution is provided in a single stream install enabling a rapid and easy deployment of a complete BI environment within a VM. The software appliance comes with an online web service update mechanism to manage patches and upgrades in a seamless fashion. Users apply updates to the entire multi-component stack with a single click. Users are able to stay current and online...http://wireless.sys-con.com/node/544993 |