Daily Archives: 6 April, 2011
Japan-Relief Contributions From Verizon Foundation and Company Employees Top $800,000
Verizon Wireless Customers Can Continue to Donate to Relief Efforts Through Text-to-Donate Campaign
NEW YORK – April 5, 2011 –
The Verizon Foundation and Verizon employees have pledged more than $800,000 to support earthquake-tsunami relief efforts in Japan.
The donations were raised through the Verizon employee disaster-relief matching-gift program. Under the program, the Verizon Foundation will match employee donations dollar for dollar, up to $1,000 per employee, to three nonprofit organizations – American Red Cross, Save the Children and World Vision – that are providing aid in Japan.
Regional development consortium SPTE selects Alcatel-Lucent to build the optical fiber network of Extremadura in Western Spain
Mérida, April 5th 2011 – Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) has been selected as sole supplier to build the network of the cable operator of Extremadura region in Western Spain, following the contract award by the regional development consortium Sociedad Promotora de Telecomunicaciones de Extremadura (SPTE), of which TeleCable, Extremadura Avante, Caja de Extremadura and Caja Badajoz are major shareholders.
Cisco, National Dance Institute and Tata Communications Collaborate to Connect Children with the Arts Globally
Cisco Inc.
Marks Industry’s First Truly Synchronized, Virtual Global Dance Program via Telepresence
New York – April 5, 2011 – Cisco, National Dance Institute (NDI) and Tata Communications today announced that they are undertaking a first-of-its-kind collaboration that will allow NDI to conduct highly synchronized virtual global arts programs via telepresence – connecting children from all over the world – from its new home, the National Dance Institute Center for Learning and the Arts, in Harlem, New York.
Alcatel-Lucent opens door to consumer communication innovation in the enterprise
New Alcatel-Lucent OpenTouch suite transforms enterprise communications into seamless multi-party, multi-device, multi-media conversations
Paris, April 5, 2011 — Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced a major advance in enterprise communications and customer service with the launch of a new suite of communication solutions. By bringing together multiple parties across any device and any media, Alcatel-Lucent enables enterprises to transform traditional one-party, voice-only communications into seamless conversations that can leverage a range of applications. As a result, enterprises can now more easily harness the power of consumer communication innovations, including video, mobility and social media, to improve engagement with customers and employees.
Central Europe On-Demand joins BlackBerry Alliance Program
Regional cloud services provider, Central Europe On-Demand (“CE On-Demand”) announced today that it has joined the BlackBerry® Alliance Program as an associate member, allowing the company to work more closely with the BlackBerry® platform to enhance its product offering.
CE On-Demand plans to provide integrated Microsoft Exchange 2010 and BlackBerry® services in collaboration with the company’s telecom operator partners in all markets where it offers cloud services. The new BlackBerry® offering will allow end-customers (both business enterprises and consumers) to integrate their CE On-Demand hosted Exchange e-mail services with their BlackBerry® smartphones.
The ARCHOS Android™ powered eReader
The ARCHOS 70b eReader: the new Android™-based 7” full color touchscreen eReader.
The ARCHOS 70b eReader revolutionizes the eReader Market, bringing colour, touchscreen and WiFi capabilities to enhance your digital reading experience. Not only more comfortable but it also makes reading easier by downloading books, using online dictionaries and even sharing your opinion on the book or magazine you are reading straight from the eReader itself. The ARCHOS 70b eReader is WiFi-equipped so you can read and buy books online without using a computer.
