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WBT: Can you share your operator and WAP Forum executive perspective on WAP 2.0? Mike Short: We're very excited about WAP 2.0, because XHTML and TCP/IP will bring more developers and more consistent standards to WAP. We need standards so users can receive content whenever and wherever ... Jul. 18, 2001 Reads: 7,316 |
One of the curious consequences of being the conductor of so fine an orchestra as the editorial and production team behind WBT - and its stable of sister publications devoted to the technologies undergirding the Internet - is that nothing about the i-tech world surprises me anymore. At... Jul. 16, 2001 Reads: 10,896 |
The mobile Web hasn't had as much of an effect on everyday life as marketeers wanted the public to believe it would. Things can change, but the industry has to first slow down and develop a solid infrastructure. Jul. 16, 2001 Reads: 7,862 |
NTT DoCoMo has announced plans to list on the New York Stock Exchange in September, launching what is expected to be one of the most heavily traded American Depositary Receipt (ADR) programs by a Japanese company. Jul. 16, 2001 Reads: 8,461 |
WBT's editor-in-chief Robert Diamond recently asked Joan Herbig about her role in a company that has seen explosive growth in the past year thanks to Afaria, the popular solution for enterprises faced with managing a large number of mobile devices from a central location. Jul. 16, 2001 Reads: 11,282 |
Browser-based computing has made technology and information accessible to a whole new class of user. While client/server computing often required formal product training and painful desktop software installations, the simplified operating environments of Internet Explorer and Netscape ... Jul. 16, 2001 Reads: 13,496 |
We've all heard the promises that 3G will deliver a plethora of full-motion, audiovisual streaming applications and services. But at what cost? Operators will have to charge for these - over and above anything delivered so far - then convince you that they'll be worth paying for. Exagg... Jul. 16, 2001 Reads: 8,906 |
What better way to highlight the issues that need to be addressed by wireless information providers (i.e., Reuters, Instinet), wireless software tools vendors (e.g., SpiritSoft), and wireless terminal providers (e.g., Compaq) than by looking at a day in the life of a typical businesspe... Jul. 16, 2001 Reads: 8,666 |
Why is a technology that's a way of life in Europe - not to mention profitable and rapidly expanding - so slow to gain acceptance in the U.S.? Certainly the mobile phone users are there. So, it seems, are the wireless opportunities. Jul. 16, 2001 Reads: 9,842 |
Wireless and mobile networks have the potential to provide new levels of security and confidence, as long as we design them that way. With open networks, the responsibility for creating a secure environment must fall to whoever deploys the application, not the network itself. Every day... Jul. 16, 2001 Reads: 9,095 |
This spring's CTIA wireless conference focused on new approaches by carriers to work more closely with potential suppliers, especially developers of wireless applications and services. Jul. 16, 2001 Reads: 9,790 |
Trade shows and conferences are fantastic opportunities for learning, as well as networking with others in the industry. Where else can you hang out with hundreds, even thousands, of other wireless enthusiasts? I've recently spoken with many readers (at conferences of course!) and all ... Jul. 16, 2001 Reads: 8,749 |
Just as northern California drew the greatest technical talent in the semiconductor industry to Silicon Valley, southern California has become a hotbed for the telecommunications industry in San Diego. This mecca for engineers, software developers, and technical managers has also becom... Jul. 16, 2001 Reads: 9,030 |
Companies are always risking their business, betting on what will be happening next year, and how they can make money out of it. The trick is to get it right. We all know that we work in a fast-moving industry. Even before wireless communications raced ahead, the IT field was a... Jul. 16, 2001 Reads: 10,126 |
Anyplace, anytime learning has become a reality. Innovative training programs - especially for the mobile workforce - have already resulted in significant ROI. As the market evolves, and industry-standard protocols are resolved, demand will explode. Jul. 16, 2001 Reads: 9,109 |
 According to IBM, the B2E space is where the fastest and most readily measurable 'wireless ROI' is to be obtained within the enterprise. Michel Mayer, general manager of IBM's pervasive computing division, calls it IBM's 'sweet spot'; Dean Douglas, general manager of mobile e-business...Jul. 16, 2001 Reads: 12,818 Replies: 2 |
Has the WAP Forum outlived its useful role? Or has it just become too big and swamped in red tape? In the May issue of Wireless Business & Technology (v.1 n. 3, 'WAP Lives On'), the then CEO of the WAP Forum, Scott Goldman, wrote about all the positive things we can expect from... Jul. 16, 2001 Reads: 8,085 |
Welcome to WBT's inaugural 'M-Campaign Watch' column where we'll look at a variety of marketing schemes - some in the U.S., some abroad, some successful, some not - but all bound to give you your own ideas. Jul. 16, 2001 Reads: 7,771 |
There are three critical questions you must consider when investigating mobile synchronization and data-management solutions. Mobile devices are entering the corporate enterprise in two distinct ways. The first is through the traditional IT infrastructure in which IT managers standardi... Jul. 16, 2001 Reads: 8,084 |
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