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The CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment show in Las Vegas this week will be a product launching pad for companies wanting to woo mobile business workers and the carriers that serve them. Sybase Inc. subsidiary iAnywhere Solutions Inc. will announce an upgrade to its wireless customer relationship management software that simplifies data access for mobile […]

Noting the onslaught of WLAN hot spots in airports, hotels and coffee shops, Microsoft Corp. last week introduced software designed to standardize the configuration and management of Wi-Fi hot-spot services. But as with many Microsoft ventures, critics complain that the service benefits only Microsoft Windows XP clients. Microsofts Wireless Provisioning Services, due in beta this […]

Seven Networks Inc. this week will announce a behind-the-firewall mobile e-mail server that competes directly with Research in Motion Ltd.s BlackBerry Enterprise Server. The Seven server supports a wide array of devices and requires no desktop software or cradle synchronization, said officials at Seven, in Redwood City, Calif., who will announce the server at the […]

As wireless technologies proliferate in the enterprise, more developers are crafting products that help IT managers integrate WAN and LAN support. BVRP Software Corp. next week at the CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment show in Las Vegas will introduce Network Nomad, a client-side network connectivity manager that gives notebook users virtually automatic connections to wired […]

IBM last week introduced new thinkpad notebook computers that are designed to protect data when their owners drop them or try to run down the hall with them without turning them off first. The ThinkPad R50 and T41 both include the IBM Active Protection System, which is similar to the technology that tells cars when […]

Hewlett-Packard Co. on Sunday announced several new products and partnerships focused on local and wide-area wireless communication at this weeks ITU Telecom World 2003 in Geneva. eWEEK.com Wireless Center Editor Guy Kewney took a look at a number of the other announcements at this weeks ITU Telecom show and Sierras new Microsoft-powered SmartPhone. Among the […]

IBM on Monday introduced new ThinkPad notebook computers that are designed to protect data when they suffer a fall. The ThinkPad T41 and the ThinkPad R50 both include the IBM Active Protection System, which is similar to the technology that tells cars when to deploy airbags. A microchip on the motherboard detects when the computer […]

As part of a new enterprise push, Nokia Corp. is readying its first appliance that provides handheld device users secure access to their corporate data. The Nokia Access Mobilizer, or NAM, which is due this week from the companys new Enterprise Solutions division, sits between a corporate firewall and associated application servers. When a handheld […]

Palm Inc. is rolling out two new handheld computers for the corporate market, one focused on display capability and the other on getting cost-conscious customers to upgrade. The Tungsten T3 features a 320-by-480-dpi (dot-per-inch) color display that can switch from landscape to portrait mode with a tap of the screen. A status bar at the […]

After a well-hyped summer, Handspring Inc.s Treo 600 is about to make its debut in the real world. Sprint PCS Group, Cingular Wireless LLC, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and T-Mobile USA Inc. all plan to start selling the Palm OS-based smart phone in the fall. Sprint PCS will start selling the device for approximately $500 […]