Interview

Future Visions of Global Telecoms

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:00:00 EST

Bjarni Thorvardarson is a rare telecom visionary. He thinks on a level of telecoms at an intercontinental level, rather than a national or local level. Hibernia Atlantic is his current project, and with recent news the submarine and terrestrial cable system is now in the global media distribution business, he is shaking up the telecom community.

Interview with Presence Networks' Mike Lagunowitsch

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:00:00 EST

It was a clear, very beautiful morning in Sydney. Mike brought the Pitts biplane up to about 4,500ft, and you could literally reach out and touch the mountains from the open cockpit and passenger seat. I came close to better appreciating the words of the classic poem that is understood by pilots, and very few others.

Riding the Mobile Revolution

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:30:00 EST

Whether or not they know it, most hotels already have a presence on the mobile Web. Potential guests who pull up hotel Web sites on their cell phones often find poor displays and usability rather than a site specifically designed to meet their needs -- and convert them to bookings. Hotel Interactive asked Ran Farmer, MD Netbiscuits Inc., how Netbiscuits can help the travel industry optimize mobile sites for maximum revenue.

Vodafone Transforms IT Nerds into IS Leaders

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 06:00:00 EDT

“No longer is it adequate just to get a computer science degree and focus on the technical aspects of the job.” says Albert Hitchcock, Global CIO, Vodafone in an exclusive interview for MeettheBoss.com

Yakov Fain Talks With OpenLaszlo

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:30:00 EDT

OpenLaszlo started life as a commercial product called Laszlo Presentation Server, first released in 2002. When development began in 2001, our goals were twofold -- first, to enable the delivery of rich applications that run in any web browser without installation; and, second, to make the development of these applications more web-like -- i.e., to use a markup language and script to describe rich interactive applications, just as HTML describes hypertext documents. Remember that in 2001, the mainstream way to create interactive applications was to use C++ and Windows -- platform-specific tools that result in applications requiring installation.

Flashback to '03: Exclusive WBT Interview with Tim Donahue, President & CEO, Nextel Communications, Inc.

Thu, 04 Aug 2005 13:00:00 EDT

What does the CEO of Nextel Communications, Inc., have in common with Malcolm Gladwell, the professor of sociology and technology visionary? The answer is a firm belief in the notion of the existence of 'tipping points.'

MobiTV Offers Live Television Programming On Cell Phones (Live on SYS-CON.TV)

Wed, 09 Feb 2005 00:00:00 EST

MobiTV, the world's first television network for mobile phones, announced at SYS-CON.TV that it has launched its live television service on Cingular Wireless, the largest wireless carrier in the U.S. Cingular is offering MobiTV on exclusive handsets such as the breakthrough RAZR to the affordable Motorola V180.

The Future of Cellphone Software

Tue, 12 Oct 2004 00:00:00 EDT

DoCoMo Communications Laboratories USA was established in 1999 in Silicon Valley by NTT DoCoMo, the leading wireless data and application service provider in the world. Its mission is to explore innovative applications and related frontier technologies for next-generation mobile networks by taking advantage of the synergy of Silicon Valley's excellence in information technology and Japan's leading role in mobile telecommunications technology.

The Future of Wi-Fi

Tue, 12 Oct 2004 00:00:00 EDT

WBT's Ron Dennis interviews Zaga Novakovic on what it's like trying to find a hotspot when you're really off the beaten track.

Exclusive Interview with Robert A. Clyde, CTO Symantec

Sat, 06 Mar 2004 00:00:00 EST

Symantec's CTO talks about comprehensive security and how today's IT organizations must address it.

Jim Milbery Interview with John Lee, CEO and Founder of Xtime

Fri, 08 Jun 2001 09:38:00 EDT

Jim Milbery: Tell me a little about Xtime's core product and why you made the jump to IVR. John Lee: Well, the core value proposition is to eliminate the pain and frustration that exist when service consumers are interacting with service providers. The scope of what we're talking about is potentially enormous. There are personal services such as health care and auto maintenance. There are enterprise services such as professional services, capital equipment leasing and training services, and many other things that businesses buy. But in all cases there's typically a lot of inefficiency that takes place when transacting and delivering services.

What's Up at Palm?

Tue, 09 Jan 2001 18:40:00 EST

Interview with Ted Ladd, formerly lead evangelist, Platform Group, Palm, Inc.

Expand Beyond Corp.'s "Mobile IT Ready Kit": Productivity Assured, In Blizzards or Day-to-Day

Sat, 01 Jan 2000 00:00:00 EST

(March 17, 2003) - In an exclusive interview, Ari Kaplan, CEO and cofounder of Expand Beyond Corp., explained to WBT News Desk how the new Mobile IT Ready Kit provides enterprises with low-cost insurance against major IT disruptions. An essential component of an IT response and recovery plan, the new bundled offering from Expand Beyond allows a company's most indispensable staff to stay connected to the enterprise, no matter where they are or what else may be happening. The Mobile IT Ready Kit packages mobile software, PDAs, hands-on training and implementation support, all sized for the needs of an enterprise.

Building out Wi-Fi

Sat, 01 Jan 2000 00:00:00 EST

Cometa Networks is building out wholesale hotspots for the enterprise market - and selling them to customers who then retail them to the enterprise market. In this exclusive WBT interview, Cometa's cofounder and interim CEO, Larry Brilliant, talks to Wi-Fi editor Ron Dennis about 'Project Rainbow' and about what suddenly becomes possible within the wireless space when your founding partners include some of the largest businesses in the world.

Wi-Fi with Your Big Mac, Sir?

Sat, 01 Jan 2000 00:00:00 EST

IBM thinks what you need with your Big Mac is Wi-Fi connectivity, so they are deploying access points in McDonald's restaurants across the U.S., starting in New York City. This is being done under the Cometa brand, the alliance between IBM, AT&T, and Intel on the technical side, with 3i and Apex providing the finance. Always keen to combine fast food with fast-network access, WBT's Editor-in-Chief, Bill Ray, tracked down Dean Douglas, VP for the Telecommunications Industry, IBM Global Services, to talk about Wi-Fi, burgers, and the problems of cleaning ThinkPads…

Q & A: Sun's New Testing Tool for OEMs and Java Service ProvidersNew product will ensure the quality of Java devices by testing

Thu, 30 Nov 1995 00:00:00 EST

(February 28, 2003) - Bill Ray, editor-in-chief of Wireless Business & Technology, talks to Eric Chu, Group Marketing Manager, J2ME Platform, Sun Microsystems, Inc., about the recently announced Java Device Test Suite. WBT: Who will the test suite be made available to? Licensees, operators? It would be really good for someone like O2 to have access to such tests. Chu: Both: the test suite will be made available to any Java (CLDC/MIDP) Device manufacturers and operators launching Java-based services.