Economic slowdown hits cell phone sales badly because of the fact that consumers are taking longer time to replace the handsets, as per Gartner. Although, there is a significant growth of cell phone sales in the Asia Pacific region as well as Eastern Europe and America, Western Europe and Japan were hit hardest.
Microsoft is currently working with Mobile Ajax technology called Kojax that allows Microsoft- and third-party-developed applets to run in an AJAX like, using a combination of Visual Studio tools and JavaScript, on Java-based mobile phones. ZDNet’s Mary-Zo-Foley says that the mobile application provides virtual wallet for online payments, a group messaging service and photo-sharing app. The application can be built on top of Windows Live for Mobile services.
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SUN Microsystem unveiled new Data protection service, Erasure that enhances data security measures with on-site, software enabled data. Erasure complies with up to 14 international standards and provides an audit-ready report for proof of compliance. The new service provides global solution for eradicating non-critical data from customers’ hard disks. It also complies with security policies by standardizing on the stringent DOD 5220-22M policy for data erasure.
Flint Telecom Group Inc., a provider of ”turnkey” IP telecom services to Global Telecom and Enterprise Markets, announced the enhancement of SaaS based enterprise product HipLink software. The new product is a hybrid version for existing customers so that they can send voice calls directly through the Flint switching network. It will also enable customers’ access to turnkey end-to-end voice solutions for emergency and standard broadcasts for any size.
SmartOps, a leading provider of Enterprise Supply Chain Management solution said that its Enterprise Inventory Planning & Optimization solution is adopted by DuPont worldwide. SmartOps is the SAP endorsed solution for inventory optimization and delivers solution for many chemical and process industry companies using SAP.
Microsoft Corp and ESRI, provider of GIS, ESRI software, tied up together to offer Homeland Security Software FusionX that helps protect citizens, prevent and solve crimes, and enable counter-terrorism through software. The key of the new product is advanced collaboration and geospatial intelligence capabilities in combination with the power of ESRI’s ArcGIS Server Advanced Enterprise with the collaboration capabilities of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.
The latest version of web application framework, Ruby On Rails 2.2 was just released. The software provides internationalization framework and stronger support for HTTP validators. Internationalization is the default feature and HTTP validators is provided by in the form of eTag. Thread safety and a connection pool for the Active Record capability are the other interesting features.
IBM and Nokia announced today that Nokia Smart Phone users will be able to access Corporate IBM Lotus Notes from next month. Nokia made this announcement with the backdrop of falling demand of mobile phones due to global financial crisis. Some analysts predict that there is a bright future of Smartphone in the coming year. Nokia sold 1.1 million of its new sleek E71 phones in the third quarter that outsell RIM’s business Blackberry Bold by five-to-one, according to Nokia.
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IBM, a well known provider of Business Intelligence and Performance Management solution, recently unveiled new IBM Cognos 8 Banking Risk Performance- a packaged application that gives bank managers and risk managers a faster, timely detailed view of their credit portfolio across products, geographies and business units. The solution is built on open source, SOA architecture and can be plugged into existing financial, administrative modules of the banks. The solution will be launched mid December worldwide.
CA, a leading provider of Enterprise IT management software, recently announced three new SaaS based solutions. The on demand solution has three components ie. CA Clarity PPM On Demand, CA GRC Manager On Demand and CA Instant Recovery On Demand. The On Demand solutions reduce and manage your enterprise risk through centralized risk and compliance management.
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