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• PwC publicly rebuked over alleged Vodafone conflict

  28-07-2017 17:33
  Standard Life criticises auditor at telecoms group’s AGM
  
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• Zipit Receives 2017 IoT Security Excellence Award

  28-07-2017 14:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  GREENVILLE, S.C.andnbsp;Zipit, a provider of business and technology solutions for the Internet of Things,announced today that the Zipit IoT Platform has been awarded a 2017 IoT Security Excellence Award from IoT Evolution magazine, a leading industry publication covering IoT technologies. Click here for more.
  
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• Vonage to Present at the Oppenheimer 20th Annual Technology, Internet and Communications Conference

  28-07-2017 14:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  HOLMDEL, N.J. Vonage Holdings Corp. (NYSE: VG), a leading provider of cloud communications services for business, today announced that management is scheduled to present at the Oppenheimer 20th Annual Technology, Internet andamp; Communications Conference on Wednesday, August 9, 2017 , atandnbsp;11:05 AM ET. Click here for more.
  
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• Vocera Announces Second Quarter Revenue of $38.5 Million

  28-07-2017 14:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  VoceraCommunications, Inc. (NYSE:VCRA), a recognized leader in clinicalcommunication and workflow solutions, today reported total revenue of$38.5 million for the second quarter of 2017, an increase of 23%compared to revenue of $31.2 million in the second quarter of 2016.Click here for more.
  
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• The Meet Group Announces Second Quarter 2017 Conference Call for August 3 at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time

  28-07-2017 14:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Meet Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:MEET), a public market leader in the mobilemeeting space, today announced that management will host a conferencecall on Thursday, August 3, 2017 at 4:30 p.m. ET to discuss details andanswer questions about the company's financial results for the secondquarter ended June 30, 2017.Click here for more.
  
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• Telarus to resell Skyriver's millimeter wave broadband service

  28-07-2017 14:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  Telarus, a top-rated voice and data master agent, with a history of leveraging technology for business success, signs Master Agent Partnership Agreement with Skyriver, leading-edge millimeter wave (mmWave) broadband provider. Adding to Telarus' expansive portfolio of communications services, Skyriver Magnitude™, the innovative 5G class mmWave broadband service, reaffirms the critical importance of technology for data-driven businesses. Click here for more.
  
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• Sierra Wireless to report Second Quarter 2017 results on August 2, 2017

  28-07-2017 14:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ: SWIR) (TSX: SW) will release financial resultsfor the second quarter ended June 30, 2017, after market close onWednesday, August 2, 2017.Click here for more.
  
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• PCTEL Joins CBRS Alliance to Promote 3.5 GHz Spectrum Sharing

  28-07-2017 14:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  PCTEL, Inc. (Nasdaq:PCTI), a leader in Performance CriticalTELecom solutions, has joined the CBRS Alliance. The Allianceseeks to develop and promote innovative LTE-based solutions for the 3.5GHz Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) band, using the sharedspectrum model adopted by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission(FCC). PCTEL and the CBRS Alliance believe that efficient use of thisunderutilized 3.5 GHz spectrum will expand coverage and capacity to meetgrowing wireless data demands. PCT
  
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• MobileIron Continues Track Record of Security Innovation with 55th Patent

  28-07-2017 14:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.andnbsp;MobileIron (NASDAQ:MOBL), the security backbone for the multi-cloud enterprise, today announced that it has been issued 15 new patents in 2017 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), bringing the company total to 55.andnbsp;These new patents relate to key aspects of enterprise data security, including data loss prevention (DLP) controls for mobile apps, trusted access to cloud services, optimized data encryption, secure copy and paste, and multi-fac
  
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• Maintech Expands ITaaS Managed Services with the Addition of Maintech Cloud

  28-07-2017 14:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  CRANFORD, N.J.andnbsp;Maintech, an Independent Services Organization and a global provider of multi-platform, enterprise-level IT Infrastructure Support services and solutions, announces the expansion of its IT as a Service (ITaaS) offering to include Maintech Cloud. Click here for more.
  
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• Klas Telecom's Voyager Tactical Data Center Achieves VMware Readyandtrade; Status

  28-07-2017 14:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  Klas Telecom, an engineering and design company that develops innovativecommunications solutions for use in austere environments where low size,weight, power and ruggedization are required, today announced that its VoyagerTactical Data Center (Voyager TDC) has achieved VMware Ready™status. This designation indicates that, after a detailed validationprocess, Voyager TDC has achieved VMware's highest level of endorsementand is supported on VMware vSphere® 6.5 for production environments.
  
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• IPTV Market - Drivers and Forecasts by Technavio

  28-07-2017 14:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  Technavioanalysts forecast the globalIPTV market to grow at a CAGR of almost 16% during theforecast period, according to their latest report.Click here for more.
  
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• Global Silicon Photonics Market, Analysis andamp; Forecasts 2017-2022 - Research and Markets

  28-07-2017 14:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  The "GlobalSilicon Photonics Market, Analysis andamp; Forecast, 2017-2022 (Focus onTransceivers, Optical Cables, RF Circuits, Multiplexers, and Attenuatorsin Data Communication, Telecommunication, Healthcare, Defence andConsumer Electronics Applications)" report has been added to Researchand Markets' offering.Click here for more.
  
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• Foxconn and Rockwell Automation Announce Partnership to Implement Industry-Leading IIoT Solutions at Foxconnandrsquo;s Consumer Electronics Assembly Operations

  28-07-2017 14:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., also known as Foxconn, andRockwell Automation announced today that they are collaborating toimplement Connected Enterprise and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)concepts for smart manufacturing in Foxconn's new U.S. facilities.Click here for more.
  
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• Cubic Corporation to Report Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2017 Results and Host Conference Call on August 3

  28-07-2017 14:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  CubicCorporation (NYSE:CUB) today announced it will host a conference call on Thursday,August 3 at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time to discuss its third quarter 2017financial results. The company will file its financial results with theSecurities and Exchange Commission and issue a press release distributedover a national wire service shortly after the close of the New YorkStock Exchange market that same day.Click here for more.
  
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• CTA Applauds Senate for Bipartisan ECPA Reform Bill

  28-07-2017 14:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  The following statement is attributed to Michael Petricone, senior vicepresident of government and regulatory affairs, Consumer TechnologyAssociation (CTA), regarding the introduction of the ECPA ModernizationAct of 2017 by Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), and Mike Lee (R-UT), whichwould update the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA):Click here for more.
  
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• Connection (CNXN) Reports Record Second Quarter 2017 Results

  28-07-2017 14:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  Connection (PC Connection, Inc.; NASDAQ: CNXN),a leading technology solutions provider of a full range of informationtechnology (IT) solutions to business, government, and educationmarkets, today announced results for the quarter ended June 30, 2017.Net sales for the quarter ended June 30, 2017 increased by 10.9% to$749.8 million, compared to $676.2 million for the prior year quarter.Net income for the quarter ended June 30, 2017 increased by 9.0% to$13.6 million, or $0.51 per diluted share, com
  
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• Banger Films and Secret Location Debut the First-Ever 360anddeg; Virtual Reality Music Festival Documentary, Welcome to Wacken

  28-07-2017 14:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  BangerFilms and SecretLocation announce Welcome to Wacken (wackenvr.com),the first fully 360° Virtual Reality (VR) music festivaldocumentary is now available for purchase in the Samsung FeaturedContent section of the Oculus Store for $4.99 USD for a limited time.This innovative project combines the award-winning storytelling abilityof Banger Films and the groundbreaking technological advancements ofSecret Location, offering total immersion into the world's largest heavymetal music festival,
  
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• ADDING MULTIMEDIA Internships Turn into Careers for City Colleges of Chicago IT Students

  28-07-2017 14:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  In 2016, Danica Lohja was one of the first CityColleges of Chicago (CCC) graduates to participate in an innovativeprogram at Accenture (NYSE:ACN), where she gained and utilized valuable skills in informationtechnology (IT). After successfully completing the one-year program, sheand three other former interns are now full-time Accenture employees.Accenture has also hired eight new interns, doubling the size of itsoriginal City Colleges internship cohort.Click here for more.
  
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• Accenture Develops Artificial Intelligence-Powered Solution to Help Improve How Visually Impaired People Live and Work

  28-07-2017 14:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has developed a new artificial intelligence(AI)powered solution to help the visually impaired improve the waythey experience the world around them and enhance their productivity inthe workplace. The solution, called Drishti, was developed as part ofAccenture's focus on Tech4Good, which aims to apply technology toimprove the way the world lives and works by solving complex socialchallenges.Click here for more.
  
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• A transformação digital ao alcance dos parceiros

  28-07-2017 14:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  FORT LAUDERDALE , Fló Imaginem estar à frente de uma oportunidade de mercado de 4,5 bilhões de dólares. Como a aproveitariam? Esseandnbsp; é justamente o cenário atual, graças ao fato de a Microsoft ter orientado os negócios de seus clientes para a transformação digital. Sem dúvida, trata-se de uma grande oportunidade que nossos parceiros têm à sua frente. Click here for more.
  
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• 8x8, Inc. Announces First Quarter Fiscal 2018 Financial Results

  28-07-2017 14:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  8x8, Inc. (NASDAQ:EGHT), provider of the world's first CommunicationsCloud, today reported financial results for the first quarter of fiscal2018 ended June 30, 2017.Click here for more.
  
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• Confident Intel raises full-year revenue outlook by $1.3bn

  28-07-2017 12:49
  Following a successful quarter, chipmaker Intel has raised revenue outlook across the full-year owing to solid performance in AI and driverless tech.
  Quarterly figures were looking pretty impressive too. Total revenue was reported at $14.8 billion, a year-on-year increase of 9%, while net income stood at $2.8 billion, up 11% year-on-year. The team now expect to clock up $15.7 billion in the next quarter (plus or minus $500 million, because we regularly misplace change as well).
  “Q2 was an
  
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• BT profits tumble after £225m Italian scandal payout

  28-07-2017 12:26
  Group strikes settlement with Deutsche Telekom and Orange relating to sale of EE
  
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• How can Vivendi have this much influence over TIM without owning it?

  28-07-2017 12:11
  Following the removal of Flavio Cattaneo as CEO, the telco has appointed Arnaud Roy de Puyfontaine, the current Vivendi CEO, as interim boss.
  The last couple of months have seen Vivendi wrestle more control of the telco without increasing its stake, which currently stands at 24.9%, just below the levels required to initiate a takeover. The board is already filled with Vivendi friendlies, and some might have assumed Cattaneo was a puppet appointment with de Puyfontaine pulling the strings. Now it
  
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• How can Vivendi has this much influence over TIM without owning it?

  28-07-2017 12:11
  Following the removal of Flavio Cattaneo as CEO, the telco has appointed Arnaud Roy de Puyfontaine, the current Vivendi CEO, as interim boss.
  The last couple of months have seen Vivendi wrestle more control of the telco without increasing its stake, which currently stands at 24.9%, just below the levels required to initiate a takeover. The board is already filled with Vivendi friendlies, and some might have assumed Cattaneo was a puppet appointment with de Puyfontaine pulling the strings. Now it
  
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• BT’s dodgy Italian accountants cost another £225mn

  28-07-2017 11:42
  It certainly has been a busy quarter for BT. It’s secured the Champions League TV rights, forked out a large chunk of change to Orange and Deutsche Telekom and finally merged EE and the BT consumer unit.
  Firstly, the pay out, as this looks to be painful little burn. £225 million is a hefty amount to hand over to the two telco shareholders, another fallout incident from the accounting scandal. Following the £12.5 billion acquisition of EE in 2015, Orange and DT became shareholde
  
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• SlingStudio Multi-Camera Production Solution Now Compatible with DJI Drones

  28-07-2017 03:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  Sling Media L.L.C., a subsidiary of DISH Network Corp., today announcedthat its SlingStudio platform is compatible with drone systemsmanufactured by DJI, the world's leader in drones and aerial imagingtechnology. Ushering in a new era of live, multi-drone filmography,SlingStudio is the first affordable, wireless and portable multi-cameravideo production and live broadcasting system optimized for aerialfootage. Compatibility includes DJI's Phantom, Inspire and Matriceseries drones.Click here for
  
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• Internships Turn into Careers for City Colleges of Chicago IT Students

  28-07-2017 03:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  In 2016, Danica Lohja was one of the first CityColleges of Chicago (CCC) graduates to participate in an innovativeprogram at Accenture (NYSE:ACN), where she gained and utilized valuable skills in informationtechnology (IT). After successfully completing the one-year program, sheand three other former interns are now full-time Accenture employees.Accenture has also hired eight new interns, doubling the size of itsoriginal City Colleges internship cohort.Click here for more.
  
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• IDC Forecasts SD-WAN Market to Reach $8 Billion in 2021 As Enterprise Branch Network Requirements Accelerate

  28-07-2017 03:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  Software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) solutions have only beencommercially available for a few years, but the technology's ability toaddress pressing enterprise networking needs has led to remarkablegrowth. A new forecast from International Data Corporation (IDC)estimates that worldwide SD-WAN infrastructure and services revenueswill see a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 69.6% and reach $8.05billion in 2021.Click here for more.
  
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• Fairview Microwave Launches High-Reliability Voltage-Controlled Oscillators in Hermetically Sealed SMT Packages

  28-07-2017 03:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  andnbsp;Fairview Microwave Inc., a supplier of on-demand microwave and RF components, has released 16 new voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) models covering bands from 10 MHz to 4350 MHz.andnbsp; Unlike traditional oscillators with a single fixed frequency, VCOs allow the frequency of the output signal to be varied by adjusting the amplitude of the input tuning voltage.andnbsp; These products are used in military electronics, SATCOM, test and measurement and wireless communications.andnbsp; Typ
  
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• Arizona Technology Council Names Jeff Sales as Executive Director of Its Southern Arizona Regional Office

  28-07-2017 03:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  Continuing the momentum it has gained in driving technology development,economic growth and high-wage job creation in Tucson, Pima County andSouthern Arizona, the ArizonaTechnology Council has announced Jeff Sales as its new executivedirector for its Southern Arizona regional office, effectivelyimmediately.Click here for more.
  
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• Cattaneo bids TIM 'arrivederci' with a flourish as Q2 revenue surges

  28-07-2017 02:00
  Outgoing TIM CEO Flavio Cattaneo gave his colleagues even more reason to miss him on Friday when the Italian incumbent reported yet another strong set of financial results.His responsibilities have passed temporarily to Arnaud de Puyfontaine, CEO of top shareholder Vivendi, who became TIM chairman in June.Cattaneo this week received a €25 million payoff following his agreement to leave TIM after finding himself in Vivendi's bad books.This prompted Total Telecom to trawl through its extensi
  
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• BT earnings slide on £225m settlement with Deutsche Telekom, Orange

  28-07-2017 02:00
  BT's fiscal first quarter pretax proft fell 42% on last year after it paid £225 million to settle claims from shareholders Deutsche Telekom and Orange.Deutsche Telekom and Orange own 12% and 1.33% of BT respectively, having taken stakes when they sold mobile operator EE to it in 2015. Orange's stake originally stood at 4%, but it sold a chunk of it in June.Under the agreement, Deutsche Telekom and Orange were given warranty protection in the event that BT's share price took a hit. That is
  
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• 3 Austria strikes €95m deal for Tele2

  28-07-2017 02:00
  3 Austria on Friday agreed to buy Tele2 Austria for €95 million, a deal it says will enable it to compete more directly with incumbent Telekom Austria.The combination of Tele2's fixed-line and TV assets with 3's mobile business will create a company with 4 million customers and revenue of &euro…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• West Virginia to Transform Communications for Public Safety; Governor Justice Approves Buildout Plan for First Responder Network

  28-07-2017 01:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  RESTON, Va.andnbsp;Governor Jim Justice is helping transform first responder communications in West Virginiaby "opting in" to FirstNet. With his decision, FirstNet and ATandamp;T* will deliver a specialized wireless broadband network to West Virginia'spublic safety community. This will make West Virginiathe 7th state in the country to bring first responders advanced technologies that will help them save lives and protect communities. Click here for more.
  
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• Online Meeting Software Critical Recruitment Driver in Digital Transformation

  28-07-2017 01:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  Digital transformation in the workplace will most likely affect most ifnot all aspects of business, with many domains, such as recruiting,experiencing drastic transformation. The need to identify and recruitthe personnel with the right skills to meet your job requirements hasalways been a key objective for HR professionals - a task that mustcontinue to happen with increased efficiency and speed.Click here for more.
  
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• Mavenlink Named 2017 Best Place to Work

  28-07-2017 01:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  IRVINE, Calif.andnbsp;Mavenlink, the leading provider of cloud-based software for the modern services organization and a Gartner Cool Vendor*, was recently named as one of the 2017 Best Places to Work in Orange County.The awards program, a project of the Orange County Business Journal and Best Companies Group, was designed to identify, recognize and honor the best places of employment in Orange County, California .Click here for more.
  
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• CINDE announces: Feuji will hire 150 people to strengthen its services operations in Costa Rica

  28-07-2017 01:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  SAN JOSÉ Today, CINDE announced that Feuji, a services company specialized in providing technology and cloud services solutions, officially announced its establishment in Costa Ricaand hiring 150 additional employees for the remainder of 2017. Click here for more.
  
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