ATT showed up at my door yesterday explaining that they are pulling all the
copper (as he pointed up at the telephone pole) and replacing it with fiber
to the home. It’s fun watching these young sales guys go for the
immediate assumptive close with, ‘You’re one of the lucky ones and now
your phone, internet and cable will be going over fiber – which package
best suits you?’ I’m not one of those ‘triple-play’ fans but the
whole ‘fiber to the home’ reminded me of a presentation I saw last week
at the IDC Directions 2010 in San Jose: Smart Cities: Proving Ground for the
Intelligent Economy from Rick Nicholson, VP Research, IDC Energy Insights.
There are two big mega trends, as he put it, to the Smart City: Urbanization
and Intelligent Technologies.
Urbanization. As Wellington E. Webb, the former Mayor of Denver put it,
‘19th century had Empires, 20th century had N... (more)
Part 4 of this series may have demoralized some mobile start-ups hoping to
work closely with SAP, but Part 5 in this series provides solutions to many
of the challenges identified in Part 4. Let's now take a closer look at some
of the comments I made in Part 4.
The SAP customer is simplifying their IT infrastructure to reduce complexity
and no non-SAP technology will be added unless it is approved by 17 business
and IT committees. Who has the time to fight this battle?
Embed your solution in SAP so it becomes a part of SAP and avoids these
issues (Sky Technologies, a Certified SA... (more)
IBM Session at Cloud Expo
iEnterprises, an IBM Premier Partner and global desktop and wireless customer
relationship management (CRM) experts,on Monday announced the availability of
IBM Lotus Notes and Domino collaboration software applications on the Apple
iPhone through its wireless application, Mobile Edge.
The announcement was made at Lotusphere, where iEnterprises is showcasing the
mobile application in booth #717.
Mobile Edge for the iPhone is a turnkey solution that is ideal for business
users who use the iPhone and Lotus Notes, helping them work smart and faster,
whereve... (more)
Marilyn Moux launched on Friday "Bergen County New Jersey Real Estate News"
topic on Ulitzer.
Marilyn is a licensed real estate broker associate with Weichert Realtors, in
Ramsey, New Jersey. She can be reached at mmoux (at) weichert.com or by phone
ta 201 446-1402.
Bergen County is the most populous county of the state of New Jersey, United
States. As of the 2000 Census, the population was 884,118, growing to 904,037
as of the Census Bureau's 2006 estimate.
It is part of the New York Metropolitan Area. Its county seat is Hackensack.
Bergen County ranks 8th among the highest-inc... (more)
Autodesk's Commitment to Education Continues as More Students and Educators
Gain Access to Industry-Leading Design Software and Programs
Farnborough, UK - Autodesk, a world leader in 2D and 3D design, engineering
and entertainment software, has announced that its online Education Community
has grown to one million student and educator members representing over
28,000 educational institutions in 147 countries since its launch in 2006.
"The community allows educators and students opportunities to learn how to
use the same technology used by professionals worldwide, as well as interac... (more)
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