Net Neutrality: US Regulatory Authority wants to Treat Broadband as a Public Service 11. February 2015 by Ralph Novak This week, the American Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is likely to suggest a new classification for internet services. This has been reported both in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. According to both newspapers, the Authority is pushing for broadband internet services to receive the same status category as, for example, electricity …
Digital Change: Mobility Strategies Focus on Revenue 11. February 2015 by Ralph Novak Currently, the Internet of Things is the primary driving factor in digital change. However, less dramatic but hardly less powerful, the issue of Enterprise Mobility could also play a major role in the forthcoming IT investments of German companies. According to the estimate at IDC, following BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) the focus has shifted: …
E-commerce: the stationary retail market is betting on mobile payment 5. February 2015 by Ralph Novak While German retail sector sales rose by 1.5% in 2014, inner-city businesses in particular saw a decline in customer numbers. The reason is most likely the increasing popularity of shopping via the Internet: about 17% of sales are now generated online, 18% of which via mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets.
IT trends 2015: social business loses, Industry 4.0 gains ground 5. February 2015 by Ralph Novak The Internet of Things is on the way. The keyword when it comes to manufacturing and logistics is: Industry 4.0. In the BIKTOM survey on the most important trends, it has now been mentioned for the first time as one of the top five topics in the IT industry. With 64% of responses, cloud computing …
IT investments: digitisation strategies now focusing on distribution 5. February 2015 by Ralph Novak Digitisation is currently a key project of many businesses – and rightly so: especially companies that invested in digitising their processes tend to achieve above-average growth rates. This includes, for example, investments in digital technologies that lead to improvements in efficiency and cost savings. However, a new trend seems to be emerging. Many companies in …
IT security: Companies are lulled into a false sense of security 30. January 2015 by Ralph Novak The Cisco 2015 Annual Security Report currently shows to what extent the companies’ perceived sense of IT security actually differs from reality. According to the report, the gap between the perception of those responsible and the actual level of the threat is widening. In this respect, in a survey of 1700 chief information security officers …
Network management: network neutrality wins new supporters 30. January 2015 by Ralph Novak In this year’s State of the Union address, the US President, Barack Obama once again spoke out in favour of network neutrality on the Internet. He appealed to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to impose strict regulations in order to uphold neutral data transmission. It should also repress regulations that have already been implemented for …
Broadband network expansion: cooperation enables local glass fibre expansion 30. January 2015 by Ralph Novak In many places, the expansion of the broadband network in rural areas is making very slow progress. The German Federal Association for Broadband Communication has now published the most recent edition of its broadband compass. It provides comprehensive information on the glass fibre projects run by the more than 100 members of the Association, in …
Job market: Germany has job vacancies for IT specialists 30. January 2015 by Ralph Novak In many industries, it is still not easy to fill vacancies as and when required. Current figures have been released by StepStone, the online job exchange, which has presented the results of a self-commissioned survey on the situation in the German market for skilled workers. The companies surveyed have found it difficult to find suitable …
Solaris Studio 12.4: The new release comes with sharper tools 23. January 2015 by Ralph Novak Oracle has released version 12.4 of its Solaris Studio development environment. The release promises improved analysis tools and supports C++ 2011 and OpenMP 4.0.
