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Shadman Zafar, CIO, Verizon Telecom

Shadman Zafar, CIO of Verizon Telecom talks to ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das about the company?s promise to deliver the Internet to television with its new Fios platform. The service will include social media widgets like Facebook and Twitter. Zafar describes the company?s approach to innovating in an economic...

Tags: CIO, Verizon Communications Inc., Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Internet, Telecommunications, Networking, Verizon Telecom

Videos 2009-10-21

Short clip: Verizon launches widget store

Shadman Zafar, CIO of Verizon Telecom, discusses the launch of the company?s new widget store where consumers can buy new social media applications like Twitter and Facebook and use the software on their television sets.

Tags: Verizon Communications Inc., Social Media, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Verizon Telecom

Videos 2009-10-21

Short clip: Verizon invests in growth over cost-cutting

Shadman Zafar, CIO of Verizon Telecom, describes how the company is responding to the current economic downturn by investing in growth and innovation as opposed to cost-cutting and automation.

Tags: Growth, Verizon Communications Inc., Telephony, Leadership, Telecom & Utilities, Strategy, Telecommunications, Networking, Management, Verizon Telecom

Videos 2009-10-21

Short clip: Verizon CIO: Quick failures, generate quick learning

Shadman Zafar, CIO of Verizon Telecom, talks about how focusing on the growth of the company acts as a great incentive for employees to innovatively come up with ideas and create new business cases around those ideas.

Tags: CIO, Verizon Communications Inc., Telephony, Sales Force Management, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Networking, Sales, Verizon Telecom

Videos 2009-10-07

Verizon, Telecom Italia, and Brasil Telecom top the botnet charts in Q2 of 2008

Verizon, Telecom Italia, and Brasil Telecom top the botnet charts in Q2 of 2008I proposed a solution a while back.Any ISP can see who is compromised. That's obvious from the accurate stats you have. My idea, simply put, enforce all zombied machines to a proxy. This proxy...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Verizon Telecom Italia, Verizon Telecom, Zombied, Brasil Telecom, Verizon Communications Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-10

Additional Resources

Revisiting the Motorola Droid on Verizon [Q&A]

Why the hate for drag and drop?Almost every review I have read faults the Droid because you can't auto-sync music:"(You can dump your music on a microSD card and pop it in, but it?s a copy-paste files affair, not a ?load my music? integrated experience.)"The Droid ships with a 16...

Tags: Smart phones, Motorola Droid, Droid, Apple iPhone, Revisiting, music, Verizon Communications Inc., Motorola Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

News to know: Intel; Microsoft layoffs; Motorola, Palm; Oracle-Sun; MSN

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Sam Diaz: New York AG files antitrust charges against Intel; alleges bribery, coercion Mary Jo Foley: Are the Microsoft...

Tags: Layoff, MSN, Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Palm Inc., Andrew Nusca, Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Sam Diaz, Intel Corp., Motorola Inc., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Data Centers, Storage, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Data Management

Blog posts 2009-11-05

Verizon preps fourth quarter device barrage; Droid will 'stimulate demand'

Nice and Sharp Future Focus of Verizon!! BUT....The article covered most of the solid facts containing the research of verizon. They are the strong contender for the future of Wireless Industry of US.But still, the roadmap of telecom is not predetermind.Also the dwindling policies of FCC are creating roadblocks for...

Tags: Smart phones, Telephony, Cellular phones, Telecom & Utilities, Verizon Communications Inc., fourth quarter device

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

News to know: Windows 7, Net Neutrality, Nokia-Apple; Kindle

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Windows 7 Coverage Andrew Nusca: Liveblog: Microsoft CEO Ballmer kicks off Windows 7 availability Adrian Kingsley-Hughes:...

Tags: Nokia Corp., Andrew Nusca, Apple Inc., Net Neutrality, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2009-10-23

Gaping security hole in Time Warner cable routers

how about telling us how to fix it?Can the customer log into their own router and change the vulnerable settings? Please advise.Patetic simply pateticThis is a worst case scenario... Time Warner is guilty of having used the same Admin Name/Password on all their routers and from what I read on...

Tags: Routers & switches, Modems, Network technology, NETWORKING, SMC8014, Model Number, Time Warner Cable Inc., router, modem, Time Warner Inc., Comcast Corp., security

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

CIO Sessions: Verizon Telecom's Shadman Zafar on Internet TV

Shadman Zafar, CIO of Verizon Telecom talks to ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das about the company’s promise to deliver the Internet to television with its new Fios platform. The service will include social media widgets like Facebook and Twitter. Zafar describes the company’s approach to innovating in an economic downturn and...

Tags: CIO, Internet TV, Verizon Communications Inc., Telephony, TVs, Telecom & Utilities, Tv & Home Theater, Telecommunications, Networking, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-22

Verizon ad trashes AT&T's 3G coverage

However, JD Power tells us a slightly different storyAccording to their latest survey the iPhone is ranked top in customer satisfaction for both consumer and business users. In fact I was surprised at the size of the large margin the iPhone has with business users.I guess this means that if...

Tags: Smart phones, Telecom & Utilities, Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., phone, Verizon Communications Inc., AT&T 3G coverage, AT&T 3G, advertisement, Apple Inc., 3G

Discussion threads 2009-10-08

Verizon reshuffles units as operating chief retires

Verizon is reshuffling its units as chief operating officer ahead of the retirement of chief operating officer Dennis Strigl. Among the moving parts statement: Verizon's two wireline businesses---Verizon Telecom and Verizon Business---will become one unit Verizon Wireline. The aim will be to optimize performance....

Tags: Verizon Communications Inc., Verizon Wireless, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Networking, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-05

AT&T acquires VeriSign's security consulting unit

AT&T said Thursday that it has acquired VeriSign's security consulting business in a move to beef up its services. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed. AT&T said in a statement that it will use the acquired VeriSign team, which counsels large companies on vulnerabilities,...

Tags: VeriSign Inc., AT&T Corp., Consulting, Outsourcing, Security, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-01

Revisiting RIM: Are the enterprise storm clouds brewing?

In the context of the scenario...it could very well come down to iPhone v. RIM. If, as posited, businesses adopt a BYOP model. That kind of thing doesn't matter what wireless network your using, if they'll open exchange up for you to hook your iPhone to. Which may - and...

Tags: Smart phones, Handhelds, data plan, Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., BIS, RIM BlackBerry, Verizon Communications Inc., Research In Motion Ltd.

Discussion threads 2009-09-30

Sprint lures two from Verizon; new 'unlimited' plan seals deal

Gone to Sprint!As a 21 year VZW customer and my wife as a 16 year VZW customer, our bills with data on our phones and 400 minutes for me and unlimited and text for hers, our bills were $270/month combined (mine with a 6% discount on a business plan). ...

Tags: GPS, Handhelds, Cellular phones, Verizon Communications Inc., VZW, Sprint Communications

Discussion threads 2009-09-14

The iPhone Telephony Tragedy

I've got a first gen iPhone and live in San Francisco, the heart of Apple country. The voice communication part of it has been slowly getting worse and is now virtually unusable. A first gen iphone is of course ancient history to an Apple or Mobile...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Telephony, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Service, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-08-19

Sprint increases bet on prepaid; Buys Virgin Mobile USA

Sprint Nextel on Tuesday said it acquired Virgin Mobile USA in a stock swap worth about $483 million. The move is designed to cement its growing position in prepaid calling plan market. Sprint already owns 13.1 percent of Virgin Mobile. In a statement, Sprint said it plans...

Tags: Virgin Mobile, Virgin Mobile USA, Sprint Communications, Branding, Wireless And Mobility, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-28

Analyst: Forget the Feds, Apple is 'doing just fine at wrecking the wireless business'

Analyst: Forget the Feds, Apple is 'doing just fine at wrecking the wireless business'that's like SAP "wrecked" outsourcing...while I agree the govt inquiry may come to nothing, Moffat's argument is ingenious. By agreeing to a locked SIM, allowing AT&T to continue to play games with 3rd party apps like Skype...

Tags: Wi-Fi, Wireless and Mobility, Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Apple Inc., wireless business, wireless

Discussion threads 2009-07-13

Mythbusters' Adam Savage hit with $11,000 AT&T bill

Mythbusters' Adam Savage hit with $11,000 AT&T billAT&T Your World, DeliveredJust don't forget to bend over and lube up before they deliver it.AT&T is a flipping joke. Hurry up and some other carrier offer the IPhone so I can leave them, my contract is up.Verizon Wirelessjust another shining example...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, AT&T Corp., Adam Savage hit, Adam Savage, MythBusters, telecommunications company

Discussion threads 2009-06-26