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TODO1 Brings Mobile Banking to Latin America Using the Valista Service Delivery Platform

Headquartered in Miami, TODO1 is spearheading the development of electronic financial services in Latin America. TODO1 needed to deliver banking services to mobile phones for customers of a consortium of banks in multiple countries. Valista Service Delivery Platform enables TODO1 to extend online banking beyond the customer's desktop and into...

Tags: Mobile, Mobile Banking, Latin America, Valista Service Delivery Platform, Banking, Advertising & Promotion, Financial Services, Marketing

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DSTCom in Brunei Introduces Advanced Messaging With Valista Service Delivery Platform (SDP)

Service delivery technology has to communicate easily, efficiently and simultaneously in a whole range of formats and protocols. mCommerce operators need a "universal translator" - hence DSTCom chose the Valista Service Delivery Platform. The Valista Service Delivery Platform simplifies development of multi-channel mCommerce applications because it provides a comprehensive, unified...

Tags: Messaging, Valista Service Delivery Platform, Service Delivery Technology, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software

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The WOA story emerges as better outcomes sought for SOA

Over the summer the enterprise IT blogosphere was swept up in a conversation around the concepts that many are calling Web-Oriented Architecture, or WOA. A different way to think about service-oriented architecture, WOA extolls a different but related set of technologies, in particular how to apply them in specific ways...

Tags: Web, Business, SOA, Organization, WOA, WOA Story, REST, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dion Hinchcliffe

Blog posts 2008-09-06

The Linux laptop goes to school

The Linux laptop goes to schoolOn the Mouse Buttons ...[i]Robin’s biggest complaint was the slow response of the mouse buttons. But it’s something you can get used to, she said.[/i]Don't use the mouse buttons they're too slow, instead use the tap, double tap and side scroll features on the touchpad....

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Mice, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, mouse, Linux laptop, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2008-09-05

DDoS + Web 2.0 == Buckets o' traffic

Denial of Service attacks are based upon a simple idea: generate the maximum amount of traffic using the minimum amount of work. At one time this was as simple as sending a spoofed ICMP echo packet to a broadcast address or similar shenanigans. Modern DDoS attacks rely upon...

Tags: Web, Web 2.0, Network, Distributed Denial Of Service, Social Networking, Security, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Adam O\'Donnell

Blog posts 2008-09-05

What went wrong with Joost's desktop client?

What went wrong with Joost's desktop client?That explains it....The client was invisible to the user as a cost-saver, rather the cost savings were apparent to the video distributor. So, how does the client app make itself valuable? Joost had several interesting features besides this P2P media capability, but it also...

Tags: Joost, desktop client, desktop

Discussion threads 2008-09-05

What went wrong with Joost's desktop client?

The news broke today that Joost, the company which in a lot of ways was on the forefront of rich media, is canning its signature desktop client in favor of a purely web based portal. As a big proponent of desktop applications in general, and especially these hybrid applications which...

Tags: Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-09-05

Possible AMD Q4/08 desktop processor roadmap surfaces

Possible AMD Q4/08 desktop processor roadmap surfacesUntil AMD can develop a product...that will perform as well as Intel's offering their roadmap doesn't really matter. They will be struggling in the market day after day. They can only keep market share by pricing wars with Intel. This will prevent them from...

Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., roadmap surface, AMD Q4/08, Intel Corp., processor, desktop

Discussion threads 2008-09-05

Mainstream media writes Windows obit

Mainstream media writes Windows obitMS should have never...killed off XP. Especially when such a huge segment of the market is tired of being forced fed what they do not want.This article makes a good point about users beginning to realize that as long as they can hit the web rather...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), LIKE IT, Microsoft Windows, Hewlett-Packard Co., mainstream media, Windows obit, Microsoft Windows Vista, obit, Microsoft Corp., operating system

Discussion threads 2008-09-05

Service integrators = Ed Tech bargain hunters?

I'm not entirely enamored of my ISP right now. Their backbone is dated, downtime too frequent, the email interface they provide is kludgy at best, application support for their web hosting is more limited than what you can get from $1.99 a month hosts, and, well, I'm just not...

Tags: Internet Service Provider, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Web Hosting, Internet, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-09-05

Google Chrome vulnerabilities starting to pile up

Google Chrome vulnerabilities starting to pile upGoogle Chrome vulnerabilities starting to pile upFile this in the "No Surprise" category. The shoddy programming at Google which has been reflected on many of their applications and services should come as no surprise to anyone on Chrome. Google is trying to live...

Tags: SECURITY, Google Chrome vulnerability, Google Inc., Google Chrome, vulnerability, Chrome, programming

Discussion threads 2008-09-05

Google Chrome vulnerabilities starting to pile up

[ UPDATE: See below for Google's official response to these issues ] Security vulnerabilities in the new Google Chrome browser are beginning to pile up. Following our coverage of the carpet bombing combo threat and denial-of-service crashes, several readers have sent pointers to...

Tags: Google Inc., Vulnerability, Web Browser, Google Chrome, ModSecurity, Web Browsers, Security, Internet, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-09-05

Microsoft's Ozzie to head another new Microsoft lab

You may have heard of Microsoft's Live Labs, Office Labs, adCenter Labs. Get ready to add one more Microsoft incubator that is designed to speed up the delivery of Microsoft-created innovations to market: Startup Labs. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp., Web Technology, Product Development, Research & Development, Business Operations, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-09-05

Dell repair adventure, conclusion

Dell repair adventure, conclusion"less than optimal or expected"The phrase I have heard for this is "opportunity for improvement." Glad to hear your machine got fixed.Dell serviceDell has no where near the skill level of the old DEC field service reps and probably never will.I have had 3rd parties from...

Tags: Manufacturing, NEXT BEST, outsourced tech, Dell Computer Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-09-05

Wireless Access: What Price Speed

Wireless Access: What Price SpeedQuick Question.....Why do people still stand for "locking-in" a 2 year contract to do anything with Verizon?No contract, free WIFI and same speed.... seem's like a no-brainer to me.RE: Wireless Access: What Price SpeedAt least here in NYC Metro area they have you coming and...

Tags: 3G, INTERNET, Wireless LANs, Fios, boro, Verizon Communications Inc., wireless access, Wi-Fi, wireless

Discussion threads 2008-09-05

Demo Facebook app creates DoS botnet

Do you know what that innocent-looking Facebook app is really doing? Researchers at the Institute of Computer Science ICS have created a proof-of-concept Facebook application capable of covertly herding users of the popular social network into a powerful -- and malicious -- botnet. The...

Tags: Denial Of Service, Facebook, Application, Network, DOS, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-09-05

Netflix post-mortem: hardware failure and poor transparency

Netflix post-mortem: hardware failure and poor transparencyProbably was Worse than ThoughtThe lack of transparency is probably due to how much of a failure their disaster prepardness really is. It probably failed on many levels. No doubt Netflix doesn't want anyone to know just how ill prepared they really...

Tags: NetFlix Inc., transparency, hardware

Discussion threads 2008-09-05

Weekend Gadget Guidance: Find cheap printer ink, toner refills

Weekend Gadget Guidance: Find cheap printer ink, toner refillsI simply dont print at all..Very little needs to be printed anymore. hell i am still on my 'starter' toner cartridge in my laser printer and my inkject printer is now just a glorified scanner/fax. I print to XPS (PDF if i...

Tags: Printers, printer, cheap printer, Weekend Gadget Guidance, toner

Discussion threads 2008-09-05

Chrome's JavaScript poses challenge to Silverlight

Chrome's JavaScript poses challenge to Silverlightis Flash chopped liver?I don't get it... Flash is ubiquitous.. it's on almost every PC out there and has a huge developer base behind it, yet these people are implying Silverlight is THE platform to beat. What does Silverlight have that Flash doesn't (besides a...

Tags: Scripting languages, Adobe RIA, SWF, Chrome, WebKit RiA, Microsoft Silverlight, JavaScript, WebKit, Microsoft Office, SVG, Adobe Systems Inc., developer, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-09-05

My Awesome IT Job: Senior IT Manager, Cisco

Hey, we all complain about work from time to time; we've all had lousy jobs. But before you call it a day and head off to the support group that meets at the bar, here are a few words from an IT pro that loves their work. ...

Tags: Information Technology, Cisco Systems Inc., Deb Perelman

Blog posts 2008-09-05