Another factor, which has hindered its take up, is whether or not it actually works. However, in an interview conducted on his new Bluetooth-enabled Ericsson R520 handset, Dave Curl, head of communications at TDK Systems, insisted the technology is...
There is normally too much conflict, political jostling and self-interest for a model of self-adoption of collaborative solutions to gain and sustain traction within the organisation. On the other hand, ad hoc, unstructured collaboration can...
Cellular still has a longer reach than WiMax but supporters of WiMax believe mobile operators could use the technology to augment their networks and provide more capacity for data applications such as mobile web surfing or emailing.
That could spell the end of motorways jammed with heavy goods lorries, with ad-hoc wireless networks using adaptive networking technologies to co-ordinate "flocks of unmanned aerial vehicles for goods transport", according to the Foresight...
And having a free and fast wireless network not only helps attract inward investment to an area, he claimed, but helps facilitate mobile working and supports a 'café culture' too. Nonyelu said: "It's relatively small but the infrastructure that's...
IBM has long been a backer of Linux as an alternative to Microsoft offerings in the enterprise but, while Windows has yet to be removed from its entrenched position, IBM said Linux-based systems have now proven they can be a commercially viable...