COMNEWS WEBWATCH.Future Queue E-COMMERCE MORE THAN DOT-COMS ... Sprint plans to test speech-activated applications for a portion of its all-digital, all-PCS network. BeVocal, Santa Clara Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , CA, was selected to power Sprint's voice portal An interactive voice response (IVR) front end to a data retrieval system. This does not differ in core technology from traditional IVR; rather, the difference is in the application presented. Where old-style IVR was mostly a routing application (press 1 for sales, 2 for service, etc. offering, allowing customers to obtain driving directions, business locations, flight information, traffic updates, weather reports, stock quotes, and news and sports through voice commands.... Cisco and iPass have teamed to offer global broadband roaming, enabling high-speed and secure Internet access See how to access the Internet. for customers to their corporate networks from hotels, airports and convention centers. NO NEED FOR A RECOUNT ... This study in from TechRepublic: About 40% of all IT projects fail to meet business requirements, at a per-project loss of $1 million annually. Such doomed projects tie up 10% of IT staffs at the affected enterprises. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. TechRepublic parent Gartner Group, global spending on IT is expected to climb to $3.3 trillion by 2002.... On the road again? There may be some help coming to improve your productivity while traveling. The multipublic unit (MPU See microprocessor. ) market is poised to address the need for connectivity at airports, in airplanes and at roadside rest stations, says Cahners In-Stat Group. It predicts that the MPU services and equipment market will skyrocket from less than a million dollars now to $1.2 billion in 2004. Wireless LANs will be the MPU system of choice. AROUND THE GLOBE ... British Telecommunications is purchasing $20 million worth of conferencing systems from Octave Communications in a two-year deal.... Israel-based MIND CTI is expanding into Japan. The company provides next-generation billing and customer-care solutions. ... Another U.S. technology company, Vertel Corp., has entered the China market Vertel has sold licenses for its telecommunications management network The Telecommunications Management Network is a protocol model defined by ITU-T for managing open systems in a communications network. It is part of the ITU-T Recommendation series M.3000 and is based on the OSI management specifications in ITU-T Recommendation series X.700. product to two Chinese companies for implementation in several wireless projects.... Equant will build and manage a global network for the New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. Dairy Board, including data delivery via frame relay and Web hosting. WHEELIN' AND DEALIN' ... IBM Global Services IBM Global Services is the world's largest business and technology services provider. It is the fastest growing part of IBM, with over 190,000 professionals serving customers in more than 160 countries. landed an important account when Global Crossing Ltd. selected the Big Blue division to provide direct support for customer data networking equipment. IBM Global Services will install customer premise equipment for Global Crossing's IP, frame relay and ATM clara network services.... FieldCentrix, a wireless, Internet-based software solutions developer for field service companies, is entering the application service provider arena with its Enterprise product.... Nokia Venture Partners and Qualcomm Ventures have both announced $5Q0 million investment initiatives. ... Supercomm 2001, set for June 3-7 in Atlanta, will add more than 50,000 square feet of exhibit space.... Cogent Communications has activated national facilities-based network, with fiber rings in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Chicago, Philadelphia and Washington.... Yipes Communications is now offering its bandwidth-on-demand service in Dallas and Seattle, the 17th and 18th major U.S. cities served by its light-speed network. Resources * Global Knowledge's "Data Warehouse Essentials"--one of two three-day instructor-led hands-on courses--teaches success planning, improving or implementing a data warehouse in Dallas, Jan. 17-19 and Washington, Feb. 7-9. "The Fundamentals of E-Business" helps participants grasp the issues, tools, processes and terminology of the e-business world in San Jose, CA, Jan. 17-19; Dallas, Feb. 7-9; and Raleigh, NC, Feb. 28-March 1. More offerings at http;//am. globalknowledge.com. * Cable U offers free "virtual hands-on" courses: fiber-optic termination with adhesive connectors, CAT 3/5/5e UTP UTP (uridine triphosphate): see uracil. (Unshielded Twisted Pair) See twisted pair. UTP - unshielded twisted pair termination, and fiber-optic testing. See www.cableu.net. * The theme of ComNet 2001 conference and expo in Washington Jan. 29-Feb. 1, "Building Business Value Through Intelligent Networks," presents participants with strategies and opportunities for building an intelligent network for their enterprises. Features products for IP, DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary , bandwidth, security, VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. , Internet, infrastructure, NOS, applications, access, outsourcing and storage. Keynoters include Gen. Colin Powell; John A. Roth, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Nortel Networks; and Dennis F. Strigl, president and CEO, Verizon Wireless. Details at www.comnetexpo.com. * Hamilton Technologies' two-day course on "Mastering the Fundamentals of Telecommunications" covers the basic terms and concepts and offers a full understanding of complex technologies-transmission media, voice and data networks, products and services--and how they work together. Classes will be held in Minneapolis, Jan. 17-18; Stamford, CT, Jan. 18-19; Charlotte, NC, Feb. 6-7; Raleigh, NC, Feb. 8-9; and Orlando, FL, Feb. 14-15. Go to www.hamiltontraining.com. * Lucent Technologies hosts its semi-annual "Global Wireless Multimedia Forum" in Rome Jan. 15-17, a venue for global leaders in the mobile Internet and entertainment industries to openly communicate about multimedia services. More information at www.lucent.com. * IWCE IWCE International Workshop on Computational Electronics 2001 (International Wireless Communications Expo) scheduled in Las Vegas March 28-30, looks for more than 10,000 industry professionals and 350 exhibitors to gain and/or supply information for surviving in the mobile communications marketplace. Sessions on business/ regulatory, technology and public safety issues; RF Design seminar series; and base station workshops are scheduled. Find out more at www. iwceconexpo.com. |
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