Tag Archives: mobile

Carahsoft Technology has signed an agreement to offer cloud-based networking products from Arista Networks on a General Services Administration schedule contract. Carahsoft will serve as a master government aggregator for Arista’s products and sell them to public sector agencies, Carahsoft said Tuesday. Michael Shrader, Carahsoft vice president of innovative and …

Ciber has signed an agreement with the Dutch National Library to install an an e-book platform for library members to access digital books on their mobile devices. Bibliotheek.nl seeks to make library volumes available to a larger audience by using Ciber’s mobile application software, the company said Thursday. The company …

Oceus Networks and SafeNet have partnered to provide the Defense Department a secure mobile communication network intended for the military’s field operations. SafeNet will combine its mobile security framework with Oceus' fourth generation long-term evolution network service under Oceus’ Xiphos brand, the companies said Thursday. The joint system aims to …

ITT Exelis has debuted a new platform that aims to connect users to geospatial information on mobile devices when operating in remote or hostile locations. Exelis created Jagwire Mobile for warfighters to capture and disseminate tactical images and data in areas with limited bandwidth coverage, the company said Tuesday. The …

A majority of chief financial officers have put more emphasis on technology t0 help meet their expanding strategic responsibilities and roles as they work to grow their companies and save money, according to an Accenture Plc report. A joint report by Accenture and Oracle Corp., “The CFO as Catalyst for Change,“ showed …

Intel and Nokia Siemens Networks will work together to create an ecosystem intended to help mobile operators explore new business models with the goal of improving the broadband user experience. The companies signed a memorandum of understanding for the partnership and also will further develop a Nokia Siemens platform that …

A survey from Nucleus Research has ranked Salesforce.com as the top customer relationship management vendor for the first half of 2013, based on end-user’s usability and functionality. Nucleus Research’s Technology Value Matrix for CRM is based on end-user value of functionality and usability, Salesforce said Tuesday. The firm also said …

IBM Corp. has launched new software designed to help enterprises move their existing mainframe business applications to cloud, Web and mobile platforms. Scheduled for delivery later in the second quarter, the common business-oriented language for z/OS version 5.1 provides Java 7 support, supports new z/OS system management facilities monitoring and …

Capgemini has won a SAP Pinnacle award in the mobile co-innovation partner of the year category and named a finalist in two other categories for outsourcing and cloud services and quality award partner of the year. The recognition comes as a result of Capgemini’s partnership with SAP in mobile technology …

Oracle has made a minority investment for an undisclosed value in a Redwood City, Calif-based digital health company developing medicines and medical devices intended to be ingestible and wearable on the skin. Proteus Digital Health‘s ingestible sensor platform is approved by the Food and Drug Administration and Oracle will integrate …

CenturyLink is developing a new fiber network with the goal of providing 48,000 homes and businesses in Omaha, Neb. connection speeds of up to one gigabyte per second. The company will start to roll out the network next week and aim to connect all of its Omaha customers to the …

Government agencies can meet the seemingly different goals of cutting budgets and growing capabilities of information technology infrastructures by implementing disruptive technologies such as cloud computing and mobile devices, according to George Newstrom of Dell. Newstrom, executive director and general manager of Dell’s federal government defense and national security business, …

IBM has developed new software and services intended to help enterprises adopt and integrate cloud, big data, mobile and social technologies to manage business processes. MessageSight aims to help organizations connect their existing infrastructures with billions of mobile devices and sensors embedded inside automobiles, traffic management systems, buildings and home …

IBM has acquired Cleveland-based software company UrbanCode for an undisclosed amount in a bid to help enterprise customers manage their applications and services. UrbanCode’s technology will integrate into IBM's SmartCloud and MobileFirst offerings, intending to help customers develop and deliver applications for different platform and work with middleware, databases and …

Lenovo Group Ltd. is in preliminary discussions with IBM to buy the latter’s x86 server business unit in a transaction that could be worth between $5 billion and $6 billion. Lenovo is aiming to bolster its enterprise hardware business and shift its strategy to mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets, …