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Next session is March 29th starting at 9 am – registration at 8:45 am.
Location: Oracle HQ in Mississauga – map and location at
Coffee etc. served. See you there.
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Topic:
Devices, Gadgets and Tools for the workforce – from Apple to Laptops what are mobile workers using and why?
Speakers will include: Palm, Allegro, S. Schick Editor, IT Business Canada.
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Submit articles and whitepapers and we will give away a new Blackberry to the best article and best white paper or case study.
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1) Articles:
- Operators Take on Google, Yahoo! Mobile Search
- Proxim Mixes Mesh and MAX
- Wireless from your car
– Tennant a Field Service firm won a 2006 award for a mobile deployment. See story below.
- Kelleher a huge distributor of lumber products deployed an award winning mobile system.
Story below.
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Sony Ericsson to Launch Eight New Phones
By Reuters February 6,
AMSTERDAM—World number four mobile maker Sony Ericsson aggressively expanded its line-up of low-cost phones on Tuesday, joining bigger rivals in the fight for customers in emerging markets.
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Apple’s IPhone will impact Companies
2/2/2007 by Poonam Khanna
Image-conscious executives who want to own the latest tech gadgets might put their companies at risk if they try to connect iPhones to corporate networks, warns an analyst
To guard against such eventualities, IT departments should begin drafting policies forbidding executives from connecting their Apple iPhones to company networks, said Rob Enderle, a principal analyst with the Enderle Group based in San Jose, Calif.
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Wireless comparison: 802.xx vs. EVDO – a test and a future prediction
Nick Tredennick with Brion Shimamoto, Editors, Gilder Technology Report 02.06.07, 4:40 PM ET
It's the Suits versus the Cowboys in the battle for your wireless future. The Suits are the cellular carriers; the Cowboys are entrepreneurs implementing the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers' 802.xx protocols. The Suits bring zillions of dollars in wireless infrastructure, a long operating history, a huge base of captive customers, thousands of roaming agreements and vertical integration of systems, software and services. The Cowboys bring ... uh, they bring ... uh ... well, they'll improvise. My money is on the Cowboys. The battle replays minicomputers and PCs. The minicomputers were the Suits. The PCs were the Cowboys. PCs won handily. Here's the story for wireless.
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Mobile Technology shorts:
Operators Take on Google, Yahoo! Mobile Search
Tired of losing mobile ad revenue to Google and Yahoo!, seven GSM operators have joined forces to create their own mobile search engine. The seven operators are Cingular, Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom, Hutchison Whampoa, Telecom Italia, Telefonica and Vodafone.
Proxim Mixes Mesh and MAX
Service providers and municipalities interested in deploying Wi-Fi and WiMAX traditionally have had to deploy two separate units. However, Proxim Wireless has rolled out MeshMAX, a multiradio product line that incorporates Wi-Fi access, Wi-Fi mesh and WiMAX in a single integrated device.
Wireless from your car
launched Kepler Advantage, which a GPS-enabled wireless device for security and monitoring that plugs into a car’s data bus. From a phone, PDA or other device, you can set alarms, start the engine, unlock doors and receive messages, such as "your vehicle has been stolen." The QuickFence service locates the vehicle and sets a virtual fence around it. If the vehicle moves outside the virtual fence, the user gets a text message.
The Kepler Security System comes in three versions, starting at $695 for basic GPS tracking. The high-end version, at a pricey $1,279, provides various status and diagnostic reports and allows for control of locks, the ignition and other elements. I would expect this type of functionality to become more mainstream over the next few years, and baked in the extras of higher-end vehicles.
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Business Cases including new additions are here;
1. Tennant Company is a world-leading manufacturer of indoor and outdoor cleaning solutions and specialty coatings. They have over 550 field technicians calling on thousands of customers worldwide. Their existing business processes - which were largely...
Solution Type: Field Service
Vertical Market: Industrial
2. Kelleher Corporation is one of the largest manufacturers and distributors of lumber and molding products in the western U.S. Its largest account is Home Depot, with more than 1,800 home improvement stores throughout North America.
Solution Type: Field Sales
Vertical Market: Retail
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