Monthly Archives: February 2011
HP Helps Payroll Processor Paycor Grow Its Business, Improve Customer Response Time with HP Converged Infrastructure
PALO ALTO, Calif. — (23.02.2011) HP today announced that Paycor Inc., one of the largest independently owned payroll processing service providers in the United States, has upgraded its data center to an HP Converged Infrastructure to increase its business agility and ability to deliver superior client services while the company continues to grow.
During its most demanding days, Paycor – which supports more than 19,000 corporate clients – executes 1.7 million transactions while processing nearly 130,000 paychecks.
bharti airtel and other global telcos launch EIG for Commercial use
Set to boost the connectivity to the Middle East, Africa and Europe by offering enhanced capacity, redundancy and network resilience
• Lands in bharti airtel’s landing station in India (Mumbai)
• bharti airtel connects India – Middle East – Europe route via 3 alternate paths (SEA-ME-WE4, IMEWE and EIG )
• bharti airtel will provide Network Administration (NA) and Network Operations Control (NOC) for EIG
New Delhi, February 23, 2011 : bharti airtel, a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 19 countries across Asia and Africa in collaboration with 16 other global telcos, today announced the launch of Europe India Gateway (EIG) cable system that will enhance diversity and capacity between Europe and India.
IBM Delivers New Software to Advance Industry Transformation
With new software to monitor and analyze the physical world, IBM is helping cities, buildings, hospitals, utilities and railways become smarter
LAS VEGAS, – 28 Feb 2011: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today introduced software to help bring a new level of intelligence to the world’s physical infrastructure. The software aims to advance smarter cities and industry transformation across water, energy, transportation and healthcare industries by monitoring and analyzing new streams of data.
As part of the news, IBM is also announcing a series of client wins and advancements to transform infrastructures around water, energy management, buildings and more. This includes Cape Fear Public Utility Authority, the City of Waterloo, the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority, McMaster University and Swiss Federal Railways.
Motorola Mobility Invests in Catch Media
Joins strategic and financial investors including WME Entertainment in latest round of financing
LIBERTYVILLE, Ill and BEVERLY HILLS, Ca. – Feb. 24, 2011 - Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: MMI), through its strategic investment arm, Motorola Mobility Ventures, today announced a strategic investment in Catch Media Inc., the award-winning provider of a patented licensed digital rights locker platform – Play Anywhere®.
Catch Media’s patented registry, tracking, routing and clearinghouse technology, together with its unique post-acquisition license, provides retailers, carriers and consumer electronics vendors the ability to offer their customers legal and convenient access to their digital content from disparate devices – smartphones, tablets, set-tops, connected TVs and other connected devices inside and outside the home.
IBM Reclaims Server Revenue Leadership in 4Q 2010
ARMONK, N.Y. – 28 Feb 2011: IDC today announced that IBM (NYSE: IBM) was the top server vendor, by revenue in the fourth quarter of 2010 with 37.4 percent market share, reclaiming the number one position. IBM grew server revenue by 21.9 percent and gained 2 points of market share in the fourth quarter, according to IDC.
In addition to capturing the number one position in the overall server market, IBM was also number one in UNIX, growing revenue by 12 percent resulting in IBM holding 53.9 percent market share, according to IDC.
Orange makes purchasing Windows Phone 7 applications and content easier for customers by enabling payment on their mobile phone bill
Paris, February 23, 2011
Providing a simpler and more secure way for Orange mobile customers to pay for Windows Phone Marketplace content on their mobile phone bill Launched on 23 February in mainland France, the new service will soon be available in the UK.
Following the launch of Windows Phone 7, Orange, a strategic partner of Microsoft, is now offering a new service: deferring the payment of all content purchased on the Windows Phone Marketplace to the customer’s mobile phone bill.
The new service, offered exclusively to Orange mobile customers, will transform the user’s mobile bill into a new means of payment for all content purchased on the Window Phone Marketplace.
