Remote Wireless Computing: Expanding the Productivity of Mobile Workers

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Xybernaut and Stargate Mobile Deliver
Mobile/Wireless Computing for
After-Market and OEM Automotive
Industries

Xybernaut and Stargate Mobile Deliver
Mobile/Wireless Computing for
After-Market and OEM Automotive
Industries 01/03/2005 11:56 AM
Investors Business Daily Jan 3 2005 3:43PM GMT

Outlook 4Mobility, Mobile Enterprise
Media Joint Venture Targets IT
Professionals with Quarterly Reports on
Wireless, Mobile Computing Convergence

Outlook 4Mobility, Mobile Enterprise
Media Joint Venture Targets IT
Professionals with Quarterly Reports on
Wireless, Mobile Computing Convergence 02/05/2005 09:23 PM
New Report Series Offers Expert and Detailed Analysis of Product and Network Trends and developments with emphasis on IT Professionals need to know. [PRWEB Feb 2, 2005]

Wireless Tools Buy Time for Mobile
Workers (NewsFactor)

Wireless Tools Buy Time for Mobile
Workers (NewsFactor) 04/15/2004 03:54 PM
NewsFactor - Tools that free field service workers from repetitive data-entry tasks and provide timely information to the home office are ideal wireless enterprise applications for many businesses.

Xybernaut and Stargate Mobile Deliver
Wireless Computing for Auto Industries

Xybernaut and Stargate Mobile Deliver
Wireless Computing for Auto Industries 01/03/2005 10:18 PM
Wireless Watch Japan Jan 3 2005 11:52PM GMT

IBM ruffles workers by expanding India
staff

IBM ruffles workers by expanding India
staff 06/24/2005 06:55 PM

As one of the IT industry's largest and most storied employers, IBM faces constant scrutiny of its workforce shifts and reductions. With The New York Times reporting Friday on IBM's plans to significantly expand its staff in India while cutting jobs elsewhere, the company once again found itself balanced at the delicate intersection of global business realities and U.S. politics.

The furor started when an anti-offshoring lobbying group, the Washington Alliance of Technology Workers (better known as WashTech), passed on to The New York Times a leaked internal document from IBM showing projected employee headcount growth in India this year of more than 14,000. The document, a real estate report, shows IBM's staff count in India ballooning from 6,000 in 2002 to 38,000 in 2005.

An IBM spokesman declined to comment on the authenticity of the document, which is currently posted on WashTech's Web site, or on whether the 14,000 figure accurately reflects IBM's hiring plans in India. But the company has made little secret of its intent to increase staff in India, which it frequently cites as a major growth opportunity. In his remarks to analysts on IBM's last quarterly earnings conference call, Chief Financial Officer Mark Loughridge said, "China, Russia, India and Brazil together grew 18 percent in the first quarter to over $1 billion. We will continue to shift investment to these geographies to better address these important markets."

It's the "shifting investment" part of those remarks that causes political strife. While IBM expands staffing in India, it's cutting back elsewhere: In May, IBM announced restructuring plans that involve cutting 10,000 to 13,000 positions worldwide, mostly in Europe. The company's overall headcount rose by nearly 10,000 last year, to 329,000 employees worldwide by the end of 2004, but its headcount in the U.S. has remained flat for several years, at around 130,000.

Meanwhile, informed IBM sources in the U.S. and India say the company is aggressively expanding its IBM Global Services staff in India: Local offices there are branching out into new lines like infrastructure services. An executive from Bangalore-based Wipro Ltd., India's third-largest outsourcer, said IBM is its biggest rival in recruiting staff, particularly experienced engineers.

"There's a growing demand for services in India, throughout Asia, and throughout the developing world," IBM spokesman Edward Barbini said.

The corollary to that is that IBM is fighting harder for business in established markets. The company startled Wall Street by falling significantly short of expectations last quarter. Japan, Italy, France and Germany all reported declining sales from the prior year's first quarter. In 2004, IBM eked out single-digit growth in the U.S., Japan, and its top European countries, while sales fell in the U.K., Germany and Italy (after adjusting for currency fluctuations). In India, revenue rose 45 percent.

Worker unions like WashTech and its close IBM watchdog partner, Alliance@IBM, are quick to link increased staffing in developing nations with job reductions in the U.S. (Within hours of WashTech's publication of its IBM document, Alliance@IBM had an action item on its Web site allowing visitors to click-and-send an email to IBM Chief Executive Office Sam Palmisano expressing outrage at IBM's hiring strategy. Subject line: " Sam - we should export you!") With salaries in those nations significantly lower than those commanded by workers in Western countries, there's little doubt costs play a role in IBM's embrace of India. But the company insists the situation isn?t so black-and-white: As other companies increase their business in India, IBM in turn needs to develop a larger and more skilled local staff to serve regional clients, executives say.

Less than half of IBM's 2004 revenue came from the U.S.: The Americas brought in 42 percent of IBM's $96.3 billion, while EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) contributed 33 percent and Asia-Pacific generated 22 percent. As long as countries like India are generating double-digit growth, those are the regions in which globally focused IBM will invest.

(John Ribeiro in Bangalore contributed to this report.)

 

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Remote workers under the microscope

Remote workers under the microscope 12/17/2003 07:11 PM
A wireless networking group plans to open an observation lab in a Texas mall next year to collect data on telecommuters that could help companies develop new products.

Lab to study remote workers

Lab to study remote workers 02/10/2004 01:33 PM
ZDNet Feb 10 2004 5:27PM GMT

Remote workers serve as lab rats

Remote workers serve as lab rats 12/18/2003 05:46 AM
ZDNet UK Dec 18 2003 5:23AM ET

Home-networking lab to study remote
workers

Home-networking lab to study remote
workers 02/10/2004 01:33 PM
CNET Feb 10 2004 5:20PM GMT

Wireless Computing Introduces
Extended-Range Wireless Keyboards to
Protect Against Eavesdropping

Wireless Computing Introduces
Extended-Range Wireless Keyboards to
Protect Against Eavesdropping 06/05/2005 11:14 PM
Responding to increased security concerns, Wireless Computing, Inc. is introducing versions of their extended-range wireless keyboards, featuring encryption. Keystroke-by-keystroke encryption protects against illicit interception of credit card numbers, passwords, account numbers and other typed information. [PRWEB Jun 4, 2005]

3G Mobile Wireless: The Next
Evolutionary Step in Mobile Wireless
Networks

3G Mobile Wireless: The Next
Evolutionary Step in Mobile Wireless
Networks 08/16/2004 02:01 PM
SymbianOne Aug 16 2004 4:25PM GMT

M3GExport for Maya Boosts Productivity
in Mobile 3D Game Development

M3GExport for Maya Boosts Productivity
in Mobile 3D Game Development 03/14/2005 05:55 PM
M3GExport for Maya lets developers create stunning visual content for the explosive mobile 3D game market with Maya software, the professional 3D animation and effects package. [PRWEB Mar 9, 2005]

Microcell expanding City Fido flat-rate
wireless service to Toronto

Microcell expanding City Fido flat-rate
wireless service to Toronto 05/17/2004 01:17 PM
National Post May 17 2004 4:42PM GMT

Sun Plans to Offer Remote Computing

Sun Plans to Offer Remote Computing 02/01/2005 09:50 PM
Sun Microsystems Inc. said Monday that it would offer remote computing resources to business customers, allowing them to purchase computer time over a network.

Wireless workers upbeat about jobs

Wireless workers upbeat about jobs 03/29/2005 04:43 PM
CNET News.com Mar 29 2005 8:14PM GMT

Bosses Keep Sharp Eye on Mobile Workers

Bosses Keep Sharp Eye on Mobile Workers 12/30/2004 12:21 AM
AP via Daily Press Dec 30 2004 3:33AM GMT

Bosses Keep Sharp Eye on Mobile Workers
(AP)

Bosses Keep Sharp Eye on Mobile Workers
(AP) 12/29/2004 10:12 PM
AP - Ciro Viento commands a platoon of 110 garbage trucks, so when a caller complained after seeing one of the blue and white trash tanks speeding down Route 22, Viento didn't know which driver to blame. Until he checked his computer.

BEA adapts browser for mobile workers

BEA adapts browser for mobile workers 05/27/2004 08:00 AM
Computer Weekly May 27 2004 12:32PM GMT

BEA rethinks the browser for mobile
workers

BEA rethinks the browser for mobile
workers 05/26/2004 07:35 PM
BEA Systems showed off a prototype technology Wednesday that aims to extend the familiar Web browser and make it a more useful tool for people working on a laptop or handheld computer with only occasional Internet connectivity.

New Offering Keeps Tabs on Mobile
Workers (TechWeb)

New Offering Keeps Tabs on Mobile
Workers (TechWeb) 07/06/2004 03:45 AM
TechWeb - Using GPS- and Java-enabled Nextel phones, customers will allow supervisors to monitor remote employees' work time, tasks and location status.

SlipStream To Accelerate Mobile
Enterprise Workers

SlipStream To Accelerate Mobile
Enterprise Workers 09/23/2004 03:24 AM
SlipStream SE Version 2.1 delivers fast and secure access to corporate data for mobile and branch office employees [PRWEB Sep 23, 2004]

Health workers trial mobile access to
EPR

Health workers trial mobile access to
EPR 11/18/2003 04:49 AM
vnunet.com Nov 18 2003 4:05AM ET

CTIA Wireless 2005 Features Motorola's
Mobile Wireless Broadband and VoIP

CTIA Wireless 2005 Features Motorola's
Mobile Wireless Broadband and VoIP 03/14/2005 06:26 PM
Wi-Fi Technology Forum Mar 14 2005 2:17AM GMT

Mobile Development under scrutiny at the
13th Mobile & Wireless Communications
Summit.

Mobile Development under scrutiny at the
13th Mobile & Wireless Communications
Summit. 07/08/2004 03:39 AM
The 13th IST Mobile & Wireless Communications Summit held in Lyon 27-30 June has proved to be a major forum to present results of European mobile industry initiatives. IST has succeeded in drawing attention to the launch of its « 6th framework » programme, which defines the priorities of the Mobile Industry in terms of research and development for the two years ahead. More specifically, it raises the health and safety issues arising from the rapid development of new technologies and their impact on society. On a more positive note, the “6th framework” outlines emerging marketing opportunities in the IT sector. Visions of the Mobile future and the technological challenges were addressed by speakers from Hewlett Packard, Motorola, and Philips. [PRWEB Jul 8, 2004]

Cingular Wireless, the nations No. 2
mobile phone provider, has agreed to
acquire third-largest AT&T Wireless

Cingular Wireless, the nations No. 2
mobile phone provider, has agreed to
acquire third-largest AT&T Wireless 02/17/2004 09:58 AM
MSNBC Feb 17 2004 1:12PM GMT

Mobile/Wireless Update: InphoMatch Sees
SMS Triple; Broadband Satellites
Wireless Debuts at NAB; Verizon, Next

Mobile/Wireless Update: InphoMatch Sees
SMS Triple; Broadband Satellites
Wireless Debuts at NAB; Verizon, Next 04/19/2004 04:30 PM
AVN Online Apr 19 2004 8:08PM GMT

PeerDirect & Interactive Taxi Showcase
Wireless ''Backseat Portal'' at Gartner
Wireless & Mobile Summit 2005

PeerDirect & Interactive Taxi Showcase
Wireless ''Backseat Portal'' at Gartner
Wireless & Mobile Summit 2005 04/12/2005 08:10 AM
Business Wire UK Apr 12 2005 10:57AM GMT

McAfee firewall updated to secure mobile
workers

McAfee firewall updated to secure mobile
workers 04/18/2005 02:30 PM
McAfee has updated its firewall software to prevent threats from creeping into enterprise systems through insecure mobile clients, it said Monday.

Mobile Computing

Mobile Computing 05/03/2004 08:06 AM
PC Magazine May 3 2004 12:42PM GMT

The Wireless & Mobile WorldExpo Will
Influence Wi-Fi and The Wireless
Industry

The Wireless & Mobile WorldExpo Will
Influence Wi-Fi and The Wireless
Industry 07/05/2004 11:07 AM
Wi-Fi Technology Forum Jul 5 2004 2:32PM GMT

Mobile & Wireless World: Wireless moves
into the enterprise

Mobile & Wireless World: Wireless moves
into the enterprise 05/21/2004 05:17 PM
Mobile and wireless systems are now close to becoming mature technologies, according to speakers slated to take part in the Computerworld Mobile & Wireless World conference next week.

AValonRF to Present its Rugged PDA with
Wireless Link, Rugged PC with Wireless
Link and Rugged DVR and Wireless Lapel
Camera for Mobile Law Enforcement at
IACP 2004, International Association of
Chiefs of Police, Los Angeles, CA., USA

AValonRF to Present its Rugged PDA with
Wireless Link, Rugged PC with Wireless
Link and Rugged DVR and Wireless Lapel
Camera for Mobile Law Enforcement at
IACP 2004, International Association of
Chiefs of Police, Los Angeles, CA., USA 12/17/2004 06:40 PM
AValonRF, Inc., a leading provider of high-performance wireless links will present its Rugged PDA with wireless link, Rugged PC with wireless link and Rugged DVR and wireless Lapel Camera for mobile law enforcement at IACP 2004, International Association of Chiefs of Police, November 13-15, 2004, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA., USA. [PRWEB Nov 10, 2004]

AMD Strengthens Mobile Computing R&D

AMD Strengthens Mobile Computing R&D 06/24/2004 06:18 PM
AMDMB Jun 24 2004 9:34PM GMT

NEW GADGETS: Mobile computing

NEW GADGETS: Mobile computing 11/16/2003 09:39 PM
The Nation - Thailand Nov 16 2003 8:15PM ET

True mobile computing

True mobile computing 08/23/2004 12:05 PM
True mobile computing

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Mobile computing requires new laws

Mobile computing requires new laws 10/31/2003 03:02 PM
vnunet.com Oct 31 2003 1:33PM ET

The bearable lightness of mobile
computing

The bearable lightness of mobile
computing 07/25/2004 02:27 PM
Manila Times Jul 25 2004 5:54PM GMT

SnapStream Goes Wireless with 'Firefly'
Remote

SnapStream Goes Wireless with 'Firefly'
Remote 05/06/2004 11:13 PM

MDSI Mobile Data Solutions eliminates 30
workers in US$3M-a-year cost-cutting

MDSI Mobile Data Solutions eliminates 30
workers in US$3M-a-year cost-cutting 09/25/2004 01:07 PM
Canadian Press Sep 25 2004 4:11PM GMT
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