Tuesday, August 5, 2008
By 2013 2.1bn mobile subscribers will “pay by mobile” for digital goods downloaded to their mobile phones forecasts a new analysis of the global mobile payments opportunity. According to the SOURCEWIRE, Juniper Research defines digital goods as music (ringtones and full tracks), tickets, TV, user-generated content, infotainment and games – in fact any content bought by phone and delivered to the phone.
Juniper Research’s region by region analysis discovers that there is a significant growth opportunity for mobile operators to increase their ARPU as transaction frequencies accelerate.
Report author Howard Wilcox stated: "Many digital content goods and services are becoming basic ‘must haves’ – particularly in the sub 35 age group. Devices like the iPhone – even in its 3G incarnation - are undoubtedly contributing to consumer awareness and usage of mobile music services. People who are 15 to 20 today will expect to buy directly with their phones and will drive this market over the next few years.”
Highlights are as follows:
• Users are forecast to make at least two payment transactions per month for digital goods by 2013
• Nearly half of all mobile phone users will have bought digital goods at least once with their phones by 2013
• The two leading regions (Western Europe and Far East & China) will account for over 50% of the total digital goods gross transaction market value by 2013.
Howard Wilcox continued: “Even though typical transaction sizes will remain in the $3-$5 bracket a sufficient number of users will be using their mobiles to buy music, games, tickets, infotainment and the other digital goods sufficiently often to see gross transaction value grow nearly seven fold by 2013.”
References:http://www.juniperresearch.com/http://www.sourcewire.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=LATimSunday, August 3, 2008
Interesting statistics on SOURCEWIRE:
• 84% of parents rely on verbal agreements to ensure their children ‘surf safely’
• 45% of children use chatrooms to make new friends
• 40% use facebook and myspace
• 48% regularly use downloadsThe most active season during a years is summer holidays.
Millions of children across the UK broke up from school, more time is spent at home, correspondingly more time is spent on facebook, chatting to friends online and downloading music. Interesting question comes to our minds - Are parents actually monitoring what their children are doing online?
As SOURCEWIRE informs us, according to a survey from BroadbandChoices.co.uk, the answer is a resounding “No.” That is seen in the above mentioned percentage. That is not only parents problems but each illegal download represents the great issue that should be controlled.
Product Director, BroadbandChoices.co.uk, Michael Phillips, said: “We were surprised to learn that such a high proportion of parents heavily rely on verbal agreements to ensure their children’s online activities are safe and legal. Children are often more tech-savvy than their parents and the click of a mouse can take them anywhere. This research highlights the need for parents to be aware of the simple checks they can put in place to safeguard children who are increasingly using the internet to build new relationships.
“As well as the possible safety issues, there are financial implications to your child’s internet activities. With 48% downloading music online it would be easy to exceed your broadband fair usage limit leaving unsuspecting parents out of pocket at the end of the month.”
BroadbandChoices.co.uk offers recommendations to help busy parents effectively monitor their child’s online activity. These are:
1. Parental control software: Some ISPs like AOL and BT offer parental controls as part of their service, while other users can get them with their antivirus and security suites. Parental controls allow you to block certain sites and keywords, apply different settings for different age groups and monitor your child’s online activity. You can also use the Messenger Plus! program to keep a log of conversations they might be having using Instant Messenger.
2. Education: Completely banning older children from the Internet is unlikely to stop them from using chatrooms and social networking sites, so instead, explain why they need to be careful on the Internet and make sure they know never to give out personal information or meet strangers without an adult around.
3. All on one PC: Keeping the family computer in the living room is a great way of ensuring that your children stay safe online. They’re far less likely to spend time in chatrooms or downloading illegally if their parents are in the same room. Also, make sure that you’re set as the administrator on any PC in the home, so that only you can change the settings on your parental control software.
4. Antivirus and firewall software: Using security software to protect your PC will also protect your child from spam emails with inappropriate content, and phishing emails where they could give out personal information including bank details.
5. Monitor downloads: If you’re concerned about the affect your children’s downloading is having on your monthly usage allowance, use a Download Monitor such as ours to keep an eye on downloads and set alarms to alert you when you near your limit.
References: http://www.broadbandchoices.co.uk/broadband-download-monitor...http://www.sourcewire.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=40723&hilite=Saturday, August 2, 2008
Nullriver, Inc. has released NetShare onto the iTunes App Store. The $9.99 application promises to allow you to share your iPhone's network connection with your computer. Share your iPhone's EDGE or 3G Internet connection with your computer using NetShare. NetShare provides a SOCKS5 proxy for your computer to connect to. NetShare's inclusion in the App Store is a curiosity, as Apple must have manually approved its inclusion. It's unclear if the Application would go against AT&T user agreements. AT&T typically charges Smart Phone users $30/month extra to use tethering applications. Screenshots of the application's instructions have been included here:
This application has been confirmed to work by multiple users. NetShare is available on the iTunes App Store. Update: The application appears to have gone missing from the App Store. While the application listing still appears, if you try to purchase it now, iTunes says "The item you tried to buy is no longer available".
Update 2: For those who were fortunate enough to get the app, forum user Mac-Addict has posted a detailed tutorial.
Update 3: Developer reply: It is not clear yet why Apple took down the application yet, we've received no communication from Apple thus far. NetShare did not violate any of the Developer or AppStore agreements.
Reference:
http://www.nullriver.com/products/netshare
Friday, August 1, 2008
Nothing strange that the World Wide Web is flooded by new websites. Every day the www users find interesting, extravagant ones covering different segments of customers. This time we came across a new web sites of an easy and fun service. It turns personal photos into full fledged magazine covers. The website,
http://www.magmypic.com/, introduced an easy process that allows even novice users to put their picture on the cover of a magazine. MagMyPic's newest feature allows users to purchase these magazine covers as full size prints.
According to the PRWEB, MagMyPic.com first launched in October of 2007 as a free tool to make
fake magazine covers online. Over 15 million magazines were created and distributed online within the first 10 months. After users clamored for the ability to purchase their magazine covers as real prints, MagMyPic built a system to do just that.
The process is automatic. After a photo is selected, the site automatically uploads, crops, positions, and resizes it all behind the scenes. The choice of the user is free, he/she can use the magazine him./herself.
A standard 8x10 magazine cover costs $9.95. The lead developer behind MagMyPic.com, Matt Parrett, thinks the timing is good for buying prints. "With the economy and gas prices how they are, it's nice to have such a unique gift that's affordable and available from home."
"A lot of publishing companies have tried to make systems like this, but they always overcomplicated them," said Andy Holloway, the site's creator. "Our site actually makes it fun to make the magazine covers and users have been really impressed with their prints."
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Research, one of the best ways to determine success or failure of any initiative or business finds new way of self development. Cardinal Research, Drinks research company, used the OnePoint mobile survey solution for their first dip into mobile phone research for a project on behalf of a premium beer brand.
Account Manager at Cardinal Research, Jamie Belnikoff says "This is the first time that we have used the mobile phone to conduct research and we are extremely excited about what this new methodology brings to the table. As well as being significantly cheaper, a specific advantage for this type of research is that we capture the correct phone numbers for the participants which are vital for the follow-up stage."
He continues, "The beauty of the OnePoint solution is that we were able to see the responses as they came in via the website so we didn’t have the usual wait before being able to evaluate the results. It was also extremely quick and easy to set up the surveys. We will certainly be using the OnePoint solution again."
The survey aiming to understand the changing consumer behaviour and perceptions towards the beer brand and consisted of two stages. Firstly people were invited to sample the drink and then asked to text the brand name to a designated number to trigger a survey to their mobile phone whilst still at the venue. The survey consisted of seven multiple choice/rating questions. As for encouragement in order to complete the survey, participants received incentive - five pounds upon. The results showed extremely successful results.
On the second stage, follow-up surveys were sent to all of the participants’ mobile phones, one month after they took part in the sampling session. According to the SOURCEWIRE, the survey is still live and response rates are currently at 50%.
References:
http://www.onepointsurveys.com/web/news24.aspx Tuesday, July 29, 2008
The climate does not resemble the world is was created centuries ago. Not even the century but each year brings new and new surprises to human beings. One of the main fiend people are putting efforts in is our climate saving.
Correspondingly there is no my or your climate, his or her. Each person should save the surrounding he/she lives in. as Climate-friendly IT service provider S3 Consulting do. It joined leading global charity World Wildlife Fund a member of the Climate Savers Computing Initiative. Among the companies are Dell, EDS, Google, HP, Intel, Lenovo, Microsoft, Pacific Gas and Electric, and the World Wildlife Fund that is dedicated to reducing the energy consumption of computers by 50 percent by 2010.
According to theSOURCEWIRE by 2010, the initiative seeks to reduce global CO2 emissions from the operation of computers by 54 million tons per year, equivalent to the annual output of 11 million cars or 10–20 coal-fired power plants.
Arne Josefsberg, Microsoft’s representative to the Climate Savers Computing Initiative board of directors commented:“We are delighted that businesses at the sharp end of the IT sector, such as S3, are taking the initiative and lending their support to our campaign in a way that demonstrates their awareness of the significance and potential impact of this issue. It’s through these collaborations that the Climate Savers Computing Initiative is working to effect widespread change.”
Chris Bullock, CEO of S3 Consulting added:“Having been a member of the Climate Savers Computing Initiative for approaching a year, S3 has always tried to deliver a power efficient message in its service delivery – indeed carbon saving is very close to our hearts. The ability to work even more closely with the initiative offers S3 the opportunity to play a major part in helping organisations realise the importance of striving towards a greener computing landscape.”
References:www.s3consulting.co.uk http://www.sourcewire.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=40594&hilite=Monday, July 28, 2008
Do you know any place a man does not use PC? Hardly one can imagine. Technology itself is busy with improving the opportunities one can gain anytime from PC use. One of the developer and publisher of business and consumer software for the global PC market,
Avanquest Software released its powerful
Connection Manager tool worth £19.99 for free, in order to save laptop users time and effort as it simplifies the process of detecting, selecting and connecting to different networks and peripherals every time they change location.
Access to the public and private networks needs different types of internet connections while being in the office, in a hotel, at a coffee shop, in bars and even on holiday.
According to the SOURCEWIRE,
Connection Manager enables laptop users to automatically disconnect and reconnect to different networks and peripherals every time they change location. It saves the laptop user time and hassle by automatically:
- Detecting and storing preferred settings for each location
- Selecting and identifying the user if they return to a previously visited location
- Connecting to preferred settings and peripherals for that particular locationSystem
Requirements are as follows:
Windows Vista
- Pentium IV 2 GHz
- 1 GB RAM
Windows XP
- Pentium III 600 MHz
- 512 MB RAM
- Service Pack 2
References: www.connectmylaptop.co.ukhttp://www.sourcewire.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=40550&hiliteSaturday, July 26, 2008
Emma Jones, entrepreneur and business guru considers that spare bedrooms aren’t just about storing junk or putting up the occasional visitor but ideal starting points for individuals aspiring to be their own boss and set up a new business from home.In her book, all about the subject of setting up and running a home based enterprise discusses interesting issues.
Key themes touched in the book include planning and promoting a business, finding the right technology and striking a balance between work and family life.
She said: “I had a great job working for an accountancy firm, but after five years decided I wanted to be my own boss and have more control of my life. I left to start a business from my spare room and haven’t looked back since.
“There are so many benefits to running a business from home. Set up costs are lower, which means you instantly reduce your risk and keep your overheads low as the business grows.“It also cuts out the daily commute, saving you anything up to a day a week. Home workers enjoy arriving at the office on time in a matter of seconds, feeling both refreshed and enthusiastic.”
In 2006 Emma created the home business website Enterprise Nation (
www.enterprisenation.com).
According to the SOURCEWIRE, Emma’s top five tips for running a successful business from home are:
1. Do something you love. Let your business idea be based on a passion, hobby or skill. That way, it will never really feel like work.
2. Find dedicated space in the house. This will make it easier to create your ideal work environment and to switch off at the end of the day.
3. Make the most of technology. Invest in tools that make you super-efficient and use the web to promote you and the business.
4. Get out of the home office. Meet new people, including customers and suppliers, by attending meetings, shows and events. Even pop to your local coffee shop when in need of a little human interaction!
5. Enjoy each day of being a Spare Room Start Up. Your commute to work takes 60 seconds and you get more done in the hours you have. That frees up time for doing all the other things you like.
References: www.thewestmidlandsregion.co.uk
http://www.sourcewire.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=40565&hilite=Thursday, July 24, 2008
What does attract attention of world class expert speakers, from Microsoft, McKinsey, eBay, APC, Symantec, Copan Systems and many more, and attendees from more than 23 countries outside the UK? Seems it is the 3rd Power and Cooling for Data Centres – World Forum that is going to take place 2-3 October 2008 in London.
As a World Forum, the event will be characterised by the presence of experts in the field of power, cooling, Green and innovative technologies from around the world. The event focuses on one of the most important issues that is the reduction of the cost of power, blade and storage technology impact, power failure, design requirements for high density environments, monitoring technologies, water and liquid cooling technologies, chip level cooling, and nanotechnology and also assesses alternative sources of energy.
According to the SOURCEWIRE, “Power and Cooling World Forum will be a compelling learning experience, an outstanding networking opportunity to meet thought leaders and top experts in the Data Centre sector and international peers, and also offers a valuable exhibition opportunity for companies seeking to raise awareness of their products and services in this very competitive marketplace,” commented Nicola Hayes, vice president of BroadGroup, the consulting group who research and organise the annual event.
The increased interest in the forum is resulted by the range of interests, such as Data centres continue to edge into the realm of regulation and public interest, the green agenda impacts corporate social responsibility, enterprise RFPs will place increasing emphasis on compliance with legislative stipulations, and forum participation will contribute to, and influence, policy making, to achieve a common goal of reduced carbon emissions, successful power strategies and the premier showcase for emerging cooling technologies.
“BICSI Europe is pleased to be involved in the Power and Cooling event, having attended previous events we have found the information to be of an excellent quality and has real relevance to many of our members,” commented Andrew Stevens, managing director of CNET Training. “With the forthcoming release of the BICSI/ANSI Data Centre Standard this topic will be of great interest over the coming months to the BICSI membership and we would encourage them to consider attending.” All the presentations at this event will be submitted to BICSI for the awarding of Continuing Education Credits (CECs).
References: www.datacentres.com/pachttp://www.sourcewire.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=LAmXTWednesday, July 23, 2008
Great agreement, according to the SOURCEWIRE Icomera AB, that is the world’s leading supplier of Internet connectivity to trains, acquired UK-based Moovera Networks, the award-winning manufacturer of fixed and mobile communications systems. This agreement will lead Icomera AB to become the foremost provider of in-vehicle, industrial-grade Internet access technology – encompassing trains, buses, coaches, trucks and ferries – with a global customer base including many of the world’s largest transport operators.
“The market for Internet connectivity on public transport is developing at a very rapid pace,” said Ola Sjölin, Chief Executive Officer at Icomera. “Whether for Wi-Fi hotspots, CCTV monitoring, vehicle tracking or streaming entertainment, real-time connections to buses and trains are increasingly in demand. Moovera has acquired a strong reputation in the industry as a developer of innovative yet price competitive technology and has established an impressive customer base that in many instances overlaps with our own. It was a natural progression for Icomera and Moovera to combine forces to offer a complete range of solutions from low-cost bus products to high-end systems certified for the railway industry. Moving forward we will continue to build on Icomera’s position as the dominant force in on-board vehicle communications.”
“For some time now Moovera and Icomera have been addressing the same markets from different directions,” said Jim Baker, CEO and founder of Moovera. “While Icomera has focused on sophisticated and complex rail systems, we have been targeting the broader market for Internet connectivity on road transport and outdoor networks. Many of the world’s largest transport operators like National Express and First Group own rail and bus networks and are already deploying both Icomera and Moovera solutions; the merger of our two businesses will create a single supplier with the best possible range of solutions for our customers worldwide.”
According to the information provided by the SOURCEWIRE, after the acquisition, Icomera will adopt the Moovbox brand for its new combined product line and leverage Moovera’s worldwide network of Channel Partners who sell and support Moovbox systems in their regional markets. Moovera’s Kent-based operations and its nine employees will become Icomera’s UK office, bringing the total workforce in Sweden and the UK to over forty people. Moovera CEO Jim Baker will take up the post of Chief Marketing Officer at Icomera. The financial terms of the acquisition are not disclose.
References:http://www.moovera.com/index.php?id=8&p=0http://www.sourcewire.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=40465&hilite=Sunday, July 20, 2008
In the highly developing market where the competitions level raises day by day the thinkASG (Advanced Systems Group) launches an expanded product offering and a new 2.0 customer communications strategy to better position itself with current changing market conditions.
the company's new strategic approach in communications include the adoption of multiple Web & Enterprise 2.0 strategies, including a revised name and visual identity, an updated solution guidebook, comprehensive 2.0 website.
All the efforts are made to help its customers work with thinkASG to architect and implement the right solutions.
"The overarching characteristic of the new thinkASG is to enable our customers to interact with us, and to participate in, influence discussions, and control their experience - based on 'their' needs," said David Browning, Chief Executive Officer of thinkASG.
"Our new brand logo, thinkASG, captures what makes us special: our people, process, and principles," said Pete Coticchia, Chief Operating Officer of thinkASG. "It's the way we think about our client's business. We felt that we needed a stronger communications platform to better articulate where we are going as a company, especially as we expand our product and service offerings to better meet customer needs."
The thinkASG’s initiative to expand its product reach and assist customers with many more technology needs is derived from increased customer demand for single-source providers, and the increasingly specialized knowledge required to manage today's IT implementations.
Improved 2.0 website provides:
updated IT issues,
case studies,
technical news to its customers.
In the future plans the company offers new real-time features including customizable RSS feeds, technical blogs, webinars, and expanded product information updates in an effort to dialog directly with customers through dedicated web resources.
"The new thinkASG brand represents what we have been growing towards since our founding," added Browning. "Absolute partnership, dedication, and service to our clients, enabled by technology."
References:
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/7/prweb1122144.htmSaturday, July 19, 2008
AT&T has once indicated that all iPhone customers have free access to their more than 17,000 Wi-Fi hotspots access across the U.S., including Starbucks locations:
AT&T knows Wi-Fi is hot, and free Wi-Fi even hotter, which is why we are proud to offer iPhone customers free access to the nation's largest Wi-Fi hotspot network with more than 17,000 hotspots, including Starbucks. Now users can relax and access music, e-mail and web browsing services with their favorite blend in hand from the comfort of their favorite location.
AT&T provides an online tool to find a Wi-Fi spot near you.
Wireless from AT&T, formerly Cingular Wireless, is the largest wireless company in the United States, with more than 71 million subscribers who use the nation's largest digital voice and data network. AT&T is dedicated to providing customers with wireless technology designed to enrich their lives.
Reference:
http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/specials/iPhone.jsp?wtSlotClick=1-0015FP-0-1&WT.svl=title
http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=1574
Besides the terms world wide web, laptop and some other intensively used ones in everyday life, now Carphone Warehouse, that is the UK's leading mobile phone retailers, presents the webbook being the world’s first 10.2” notebook of its kind, ideal for people on the move.
The
webbook offers unparalleled performance with the device running on either Linux or Windows XP and comes with integrated Wi-Fi, (allowing users to take full advantage of their Carphone Warehouse TalkTalk broadband connection), Web Browser, 3 USB ports, 1.6GHz processor, 512MB of memory and built in memory card readers, announces the SOURCEWIRE.
Unique product for traveling especially when summer is in its pick offers the comfort, It weighs only 1.3kg, and as my best friend says, while traveling even a kilogram matters. So seems that is the great advantage of the product. Besides this feature WebBook gives the user opportunity to easily access to the Internet, download music and access emails, as well as providing basic word processing and spreadsheet software.
The features that Webbook has is not only comfortable for the travelers but for those who lead the business life. Even though the screen may be just 10.2" in display size it boasts full size document and file viewing.
According to the SOURCEWIRE the WebBook is available for free of charge when users take out a broadband package from The Carphone Warehouse at stores across the country and a whole range of
webbooks.
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Monday, July 14, 2008
The wireless industry will never be the same, announces the PRWEB in the press release. What might be the reason? The reason is that MyWirelessRep has launched and will be a major force in the industry. MyWirelessRep that is backed by a 15 year old communications provider and leadership with over 35 years experience in the communications and direct selling industry, is in an incredible position to tap into the wireless revolution.
$150 billion wireless industry, with over 255 million subscribers is predicted that for 2013 wireless users will reach 100% market penetration.
What are the ways to get 100% coverage? Here is the answer. “On July 18th, 2008 MyWirelessRep became the only company in the world to pay people a true monthly residual income from their wireless phone and wireless internet bills. With a partnership with one of the largest wireless networks in the U.S., MyWirelessRep will be offering industry competitive phones, state of the art phones, and incredible incentives for their wireless customers and representatives.“
MyWirelessRep gives the opportunity to broaden Imagination and give you availability to be paid every time you pay your wireless bill, every time someone you know or even someone you don't know pays their wireless bill.
We recently spoke to one of MyWirelessRep's top producing agents, Ben Sturtevant, and he had this to say; "The difference between our program and our competition is that we pay people to use their service. Think about it, if you give someone a choice between two companies that have the same phones, the same prices on plans, the same quality service, and company A is going to pay you every month and company B will not, which do you think people will choose?"
MyWirelessRep might appear the biggest thing to hit the wireless and Network Marketing/Direct Sales industries in over two decades.
References:
http://www.wealthfromwireless.comhttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/7/prweb1098094.htm Sunday, July 13, 2008
Online advertising attracts more and more attention day by day. Though Zenith Optimedia’s recently released quarterly advertising growth forecast differs from Advertising Age, who highlighted its list of the top online advertisers.
According to the PRWEB, global Internet advertising is anticipated to grow 26.7% in 2008, PRWEB makes this release on the bases of the latest forecast by Zenith Optimedia, The report the growth of the Internet ad market, that breaks the 10% share barrier in 2008.
This growth is resulted by the fact that "Western advertisers are shifting even more of their budgets online, where the returns on their investment are obvious, and easy to quantify and fine tune."
But according to the article «Advertisers slow to embrace online spending" by the Washington Post's Peter Whoriskey, who describes "the grim economic reality," that "[the biggest U.S. advertisers, which have long supported television, radio and print, have not fully embraced the Web."
This article lists disappointing figures. One of the greatest giants Proctor and Gamble spent less than 2% of its ad budget on the Internet in 2007, according to a recent ranking by Advertising Age.
But popular brands have shown up in force online, iContact, a leading
email marketing company, who boasts clients such as market leaders AT&T, Vonage, Symantec, International Paper, ReMax, Centex Homes and Viacom, as well as a host of small business owners.
While traditional method of print advertising are utilized most often, an email ad can appeal to the viewer who opts-in in the first place.
Whoriskey says, "Penry Price, Google's vice president of North American advertising sales, noted that although it is relatively easy to do demographic targeting in other media, it is more difficult to get precise information about online audiences for a given Web site."
Still the main success of the online advertising is the low price, that plays great role in utilizing the Internet to especially for small companies who have nothing to lose and everything to gain by moving online.
According to the results one can only ask when the corporations will follow this kind of advertising rather than asking will thay do that at all or not.
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Atlanta Technology together with FalconStor Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: FALC), that is the market leader in disk-based data protection solutions, to deliver the UK’s first hosted disaster recovery service for small and medium-sized businesses, based on FalconStor technology, presents a ‘back in 60 minutes’ service level agreement.
Atlanta’s solution, disaster protection is provided through the continuous replication of customer data via TCP/IP or FC to two tier one data centres: a primary location operated by Equinix and, from there, to a second location operated by Interxion.Volume level replication makes sure that in case of a failure the volume can be rapidly mounted as a virtual server, with data accessible by the customer within 60 minutes of invocation via a secure connection from any internet-connected device.
Managing Director, Simon Kelson, at Atlanta Technology, said: “We felt there was a gap in the market to provide an affordable and highly effective disaster recovery solution for small and medium businesses. FalconStor Software has provided the technology to enable this service and bring fast recovery times that mean businesses can continue to operate in the face of a disaster event.”
According to the Sourcewire, use of the FalconStor CDP means that Atlanta’s solution offers the following unique competitive advantages:
• Time-based retention policy coupled with on-demand/event-driven bookmarks to facilitate rapid recovery
• Application-awareness to allow the user to restore the data with 100 percent transactional integrity
• Reverse journaling mechanism that provides immediate access to a recent system image
• Flexible configuration (host, switch or appliance-based) that facilitates rapid deployment
• Seamless integration with third-party backup software and VTL to ensure greatest possible return on investment
“The ability to meet Recovery Time Objectives and Recovery Point Objectives are vital to the health and competitiveness of any business,” said Thomas Barrett, regional director, Northern Europe, FalconStor. “FalconStor will team with industry channel partners, such as Atlanta Technology, to offer innovative, fully integrated data protection services to maximize the availability of customers’ IT operations.”
References:
http://www.atlantatechnology.co.uk/disasterrecoveryhttp://www.sourcewire.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=40168&hiliteWednesday, July 9, 2008
Step into the virtual pages of history. Sounds interesting and attracting. But after one discovers that he/she can write and keep own history online, the issue is much more involving.
According to the PRWeb.com through this Web site users can track life achievements, save stories or just jot down a secret family recipe for future generations to access on the Internet whenever they want.
What are the advantages of the site? Well, one can write a letter to their great, great grandchildren the way they lived. It is a kind of travel in the past.
If before that we were searching for the old photos of our grand grandparents in hope to make a chain, know who we are, where from ... On
Mark in History users create their own pages, detailing their lisve or the lives of loved-ones. The information will remain accessible on the Internet in perpetuity.
Mark in History’s aim is to preserve the accounts of users through future generations as long as there is an Internet.
Creator, Thomas C. Davis Jr. says he felt inspired by the conversations over family dinners.
“We would talk about family members and end up arguing, in good nature, about this uncle or that grandmother, about who they were and what they did. Something like: ‘Remember when Freddie got a motorcycle and broke his leg? No, no, that was Tony. He had a cast on for two months and lost his job over it,’” says Davis. “Wouldn’t it be great if we could just look them up on the Internet and find out? Or look up anyone, here or gone? Find out who they were, what they did in life, how they lived? Unknown heroes? Forgotten family?”
Thomas C. Davis Jr. helps the situation and by Mark in History makes life never forgotten with time.
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Friday, July 4, 2008
To God I speak Spanish, to women Italian, to men French, and to my horse--German. says
Jason Chamberlain.
Well, that is absolutely logical, we should talk to each other the way people understand. As for me I do not know Spanish but I talk to God, I do not know Italian but I do talk to women, I do know French a bit and talk to men, well, if they deserve, I do not know German but I do not have the horse, too. What languages do I know then? Well, Native Georgian, English and Russian. I might have known much more but... Never anything is late. (Calmed myself down)
And now, the reason why did I do this introduction, according to the SourceWire, West Midlands business linguistics business admits that On-the-ball companies need to take advantage of a fair wind to avoid missing a ‘staggering’ export opportunity.
Economic development and trends in general determine the success of our business, but is that all we need? No, seems we need to use the bridge of language to make the most of these opportunities, Sue Clarke, of PromoLingua, a Warwick-based language consultancy says.
Seems that one in five Midlands exporting businesses have lost business contracts abroad because of difficulties with language, says the National Centre for Languages.
But small and medium-sized firms are waking up to the value of using linguists to give them better prices, deliveries and profits.
Multilingual Sue, who speaks five languages, founded PromoLingua,
http://www.promolingua.com/. It promotes language skills in business, and places multilingual professionals into the Midlands. It supplies linguists from Spanish to Mandarin.
She said: “It is worrying that 20 per cent of companies in the Midlands have lost orders because of export contracts not using the right language skills. “Solving this problem could make the difference to companies’ survival. It’s clear that there are financial benefits and sales opportunities that can be created abroad, so companies are screaming out for language skills.”
Tim Kelly, director at Richard Austin (Alloys) said: “Use of language skills cut the chains holding back our business, by freeing up our position on suppliers.
“Locating different suppliers meant we enjoyed better costs and a wider availability of materials, which lifted and improved our business.”
Sue said: “I helped to build relationships so that we had four suppliers rather than one, bring better prices and deliveries."People in business are also encouraging schools to promote the learning of languages. Using these skills in business is increasingly a benefit.”
A recent survey of British Chambers of Commerce discovered that 80 per cent of English exporters could not competently conduct business dealings overseas in even one foreign language.
References: http://www.sourcewire.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=40061&hilite=http://www.promolingua.com/index.htmWednesday, July 2, 2008
While wondering through the world wide web looking for some interesting news leads me to thought of the chain of reaction. Every time I read out information about the new product it seems that it is the continuation of not only techniques but demands and needs that a professional or the users in general have. There is no field without technical support. Today not any business is focused on the whole population but the segments,target audience that has special interests and demands.
The new product I came across this morning is the Apple 1490. It caught my attention because of several reasons. 1. It is designed for travelling designers and editors in order not to worry about protecting their MacBook or laptop, losing the sophisticated graphics and videos contained inside. According to the PRWeb
Pelican case provided by CaseCruzer is right choice when traveling long distances or between home and office.
The Apple
1490 laptop case ‘s innovative design is not the only comfort the sole mission of this tough, do-or-die briefcase is to safely secure the creativity of web developers, graphic designers, art directors, photographers, and video editors who travel or commute with an Apple MacBook Pro 15" laptop (and 13.3" MacBook).
The traveling case weighs only 8.7 lbs (when empty). Its outer dimensions are 19.43" L x 13.93" W x 4.69" H.
Pelican features:
indestructible,
watertight,
airtight - no need to worry about dusty,
sandy or gritty environments - extremely buoyant,
unconditional lifetime guarantee.
1490 laptop case’s specifications also meet U.S. military standards and the carry-on case.
References:
http://www.casesbypelican.com/http://www.prweb.com/releases/CaseCruzer/PelicanCase/prweb1058084.htmTuesday, July 1, 2008
Hardly one can find the field technology is not involved in it. Borders are just faded among different spheres and especially information technology. One of the latest innovation in the field of technology and PR that cought our eyes, is
Vocus, Inc. ‘s, (NASDAQ: VOCS) leading provider of on-demand software for public relations management, launch of award-winning public relations management software - Vocus Summer '08.
Summer '08 includes more than 40 new features and enhancements for customizing analytics, targeting media and tracking projects and results.
"With easier ways to distribute our news, manage our projects and measure our results, Summer '08 enables us to effortlessly enhance and evaluate our PR program according to our business needs and focus on getting the results we want," said Lyza Swearingen Latham, Director of Marketing at Hostway Corporation "Vocus Summer '08 takes a powerful public relations management system and makes it even more powerful and easier to use."
The latest release of the industry's most advanced on-demand software for public relations professionals.
The main features of Summer '08 include:
- Increased Collaboration and Planning -- Vocus Summer '08 keeps PR teams in-synch with a clear picture of upcoming activities laid out in a simple calendar view. Users can also generate a complete calendar of upcoming interviews, deadlines and projects in Outlook directly from the Vocus console.
- Enhanced Tools for Media Targeting -- Vocus Summer '08 now adds social media tools to better target journalists and tailor pitches to increase resulting coverage. Each contact within Vocus with a Wikipedia entry will now include a link to the existing entry, offering instant access to highly-relevant information from one of the world's largest social media websites.
- Centralized View of all News Distribution Results -- Customers can now track who has opened and read email distributions as well as access the headline impressions and online views generated by PRWeb press releases directly from the distribution tab within the Vocus console to get a complete picture of their campaigns.
- Customized Analytics Dashboard -- By adding the latest drag and drop technology, users can now instantly re-arrange their dashboard according to personal preferences, choosing from more than 120 standard charts.
"Vocus continues to address the unique and changing needs of the public relations marketplace and enables PR professionals to get their messages to stand out in today's media world," said Bill Wagner, chief marketing officer of Vocus, Inc. "With Summer '08, Vocus continues to advance its award-winning PR software with a stream of innovations that set the standard for the industry."
With Vocus' on-demand model, customers will seamlessly be transitioned to Summer '08 with no software to download or IT-involvement required. Existing Vocus customers will be upgraded to the new release by the end of the week.
References:
www.vocus.com
http://www.prweb.com/releases/vocus/summer_08/prweb1061094.htm
By 2013 2.1bn mobile subscribers will “pay by mobile” for digital goods downloaded to their mobile phones forecasts a new analysis of the global mobile payments opportunity. According to the SOURCEWIRE, Juniper Research defines digital goods as music (ringtones and full tracks), tickets, TV, user-generated content, infotainment and games – in fact any content bought by phone and delivered to the phone.
This application has been confirmed to work by multiple users. NetShare is available on the iTunes App Store. Update: The application appears to have gone missing from the App Store. While the application listing still appears, if you try to purchase it now, iTunes says "The item you tried to buy is no longer available".
Nothing strange that the World Wide Web is flooded by new websites. Every day the www users find interesting, extravagant ones covering different segments of customers. This time we came across a new web sites of an easy and fun service. It turns personal photos into full fledged magazine covers. The website, http://www.magmypic.com/, introduced an easy process that allows even novice users to put their picture on the cover of a magazine. MagMyPic's newest feature allows users to purchase these magazine covers as full size prints.
Research, one of the best ways to determine success or failure of any initiative or business finds new way of self development. Cardinal Research, Drinks research company, used the OnePoint mobile survey solution for their first dip into mobile phone research for a project on behalf of a premium beer brand.
AT&T has once indicated that all iPhone customers have free access to their more than 17,000 Wi-Fi hotspots access across the U.S., including Starbucks locations: 
Besides the terms world wide web, laptop and some other intensively used ones in everyday life, now Carphone Warehouse, that is the UK's leading mobile phone retailers, presents the webbook being the world’s first 10.2” notebook of its kind, ideal for people on the move.
Online advertising attracts more and more attention day by day. Though Zenith Optimedia’s recently released quarterly advertising growth forecast differs from Advertising Age, who highlighted its list of the top online advertisers.
Step into the virtual pages of history. Sounds interesting and attracting. But after one discovers that he/she can write and keep own history online, the issue is much more involving.
While wondering through the world wide web looking for some interesting news leads me to thought of the chain of reaction. Every time I read out information about the new product it seems that it is the continuation of not only techniques but demands and needs that a professional or the users in general have. There is no field without technical support. Today not any business is focused on the whole population but the segments,target audience that has special interests and demands.
