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Convergence will make IT departments 'service brokers'
News The convergence of IT and telecoms means IT departments will have to become service brokers "to justify their continued value to the enterprise", according to a report published by analysts at Forrester this week.
[July 26, 2006, 15:40]
Convergence: Another 50 years for comunications managers!
Talkback This article on convergence and the CMA shows an excellent understanding of what is happening in the convergence of IT and telecoms, or communications as we now refer to it. Cath put this right by showing the inevitability of what is happening...
[July 28, 2007, 9:18]
Convergence is king at 3GSM
News Convergence has been one of the hottest buzzwords in the mobile industry for several years. IM will force the industry to embrace convergence, and will also make it face up to issues such as open standards.
[February 16, 2006, 10:10]
IBM Service Management and MRO Software Maximo -- synergies, convergence and roadmap
White Papers As a result, IBM will be the only company to provide such a comprehensive solution to managing this convergence of IT and industrial assets. Today's enterprises are faced with the management of increasingly complex IT environments, an issue that...
[March 18, 2009, 20:16]
Convergence of Mobile Devices and Wireless Sensor Networks
White Papers This paper motivates the convergence of those two technologies as introduces new services to the customer. By means of example scenarios such as for car manufacturing and intelligent housing, the strength of the envisioned convergence is shown and...
[August 17, 2007, 10:26]
Findings From the 'Information Security and Privacy' Group: Convergence of Liberty and WS-Federation Must Become a Reality
White Papers Even though SAML 2.0 has achieved significant penetration in the federated identity area, convergence of the protocols for handling SAML and other tokens is a requirement. Gartner believes that identity federation is crucial for advanced identity...
[October 5, 2009, 0:00]
Gates: Convergence means more - of everything
News When you think of convergence, you think of consolidation. Instead, convergence, the coming together of TVs, telephones and computers through digital technology, "is not about a single device that you use for everything," he said.
[January 6, 2000, 8:43]
Convergence: One handset is better than two
News While BT has to date pitched Bluephone as a means for customers to cut the costs of their voice calls, consolidate their billing mechanisms, and boost productivity, it has also stated that it aims to generate about £1bn in mobility and convergence...
[May 17, 2005, 15:25]
IMS: A Blueprint for Fixed Mobile Convergence
White Papers As interest in fixed-mobile convergence continues to rise, one technology increasingly dominates discussion: the IP Multimedia Subsystem, or IMS. IMS is emerging as the technology that will enable service providers to move beyond the limitations of...
[January 5, 2006, 23:00]
Convergence to dominate CES
News Executives from Europe, Silicon Valley, Beijing, and Hollywood will descend on CES to talk about how they plan to make money from convergence - the long-promised coming together of entertainment and computing that's finally a reality.
[January 4, 2006, 11:05]
Blueprint for Convergence
White Papers Convergence has entered the mainstream in enterprise networking. Convergence is broadly defined as delivering voice, data, video and applications over one network - wired or wireless. But it goes beyond this, since convergence can have a...
[July 29, 2007, 22:49]
Using Fixed/Mobile Convergence to Competitive Advantage
White Papers Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) offers established voice players a good chance of seeing off the disruptive newcomers. New, disruptive VoIP business models are springing up rapidly and are often said to herald the demise of established voice...
[November 30, 2006, 0:00]
Transforming Telephony: Architectures for Convergence
White Papers Convergence can best be defined as one structure, one architecture to support all forms of information media on all forms of network technology. Even though the earlier attempts at convergence did not foresee the dominance of TCP/IP, convergence is...
[February 3, 2005, 2:00]
NCC Vs NBC in the emerging convergence Regulation in Nigeria
Blog With the Federal Government of Nigeria’s consideration of merging the National Broadcasting commission and the National Communications commission, the Nigeria landscape is getting ready for convergence regulation that reflects the reality of 21st...
[May 7, 2008, 10:53]
Fixed-Mobile Convergence: Let's Keep It Simple
White Papers This white paper addresses the issues facing network operators and service providers in relation to Fixed-Mobile Convergence. It provides a broad overview of fixed-mobile convergence and can be read by anybody interested in this important topic.
[March 2, 2005, 2:00]
Theorizing Convergence: Co-Evolution of Information Infrastructures
White Papers This paper engages in a study of the conditions for convergence between information infrastructures. Inspired by the visions of convergence as one of the essential building blocks to achieve the goals of the Information Society and eEurope as well...
[January 31, 2009, 7:16]
Mobile Device convergence - is gaming on phone devices a step to far?
Blog Dave: With Nokia and Apple really pushing the level/quality of games on their mobile phones their clearly is a market for convergence of mobile gaming and mobile communication devices Dave: I think convergence is good and I love to be able to...
[June 26, 2008, 18:03]
Dutch Information Bureau Adopts Convergence Application to Authenticate Social Security Benefits
White Papers The Bureau uses a Convergence Application to link the files of social security organizations, including Unemployment and Disability Benefits (UWV), student financing, and the Dutch Tax Office. The Dutch Information Bureau, or Inlichtingenbureau, is...
[July 5, 2006, 0:00]
Qualcomm launches mobile convergence platform
News Qualcomm has launched a new chipset platform for portable devices, claiming it will offer a basis for mobile convergence across consumer and computing environments. The platform, called Snapdragon, is based on a 1GHz processor called Scorpion and...
[November 13, 2006, 15:16]
SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) Platform Product Series "ActiveGlobe Process Convergence"
White Papers The ActiveGlobe Process Convergence is a platform product series for use in the creation of efficient SOA-based systems. This paper is intended to introduce ActiveGlobe Process Convergence and its core products including the ActiveGlobe Biz-Engine...
[March 29, 2007, 1:00]
