Mobile Business Expo News - 2007

Web 2.0 applications infiltrate enterprise mobile devices and handhelds
By Tessa L. Parmenter, Assistant Editor
November 14, 2007
SearchMobileComputing.com
Mobile devices incorporate Web 2.0 applications to the point where "we have to sit here now and answer the 'why not' rather than the 'why' decision of allowing apps on the network," said Senior Technologist Timothy Jasionowski of Voice and Rich Media Technologies. A group of panelists spoke at the Mobile Business Expo event at Interop in New York City to discuss the reasons for allowing Web 2.0 apps on mobile devices and why they should remain there.

The Trouble With Mobile Applications
By Fredric Paul
October 31, 2007
bMighty
The title of one well-attended session at last week's Mobile Business Expo in New York was listed as "Mobile Business Applications: Are We There Yet?

Interop NY 2007: Two Unanswerable Questions
By Craig Mathias
October 31, 2007
NetworkWorld

Mobile Broadband Is A Mix and Match Affair
By Fredric Paul
October 28, 2007
bMighty
"The Future of Wireless Broadband" was the first session I attended at last week's Mobile Business Expo at Interop in New York And the first thing I learned was that the adoption of wireless broadband isn't going to be a simple matter of clear winners and losers.

AT&T Punts mediaflo Proving Mobile TV Still Isn't Ready For Primetime
By Stephen Wellman
October 26, 2007
InformationWeek
While I was at Mobile Business Expo this week, my colleague, Eric Zeman, was out at CTIA in San Francisco. In previous years mobile TV was all the buzz …

Mobile Business Expo: Mobile Business Applications Are Here And They're Delivering Value
By Stephen Wellman
October 25, 2007
InformationWeek
Yesterday at Mobile Business Expo (MBX), we took the deep dive into mobile business applications. Not only are businesses deploying applications other than mobile e-mail, many of these applications are powerful and they deliver real ROI.

Mobile Business Expo: Mobile 2.0 Crosses Consumer Apps With The Business World
By Stephen Wellman
October 25, 2007
InformationWeek
We just concluded our last plenary session at Mobile Business Expo, "Mobile Business 2.0: The True Promise Of Wireless." It looks like Web 2.0 consumer trends are shaping business mobility more than I thought.

On The Floor at Interop: Day 1
By Sean Ginevan
October 25, 2007
Network Computing
This year's show floor integrates both voicecon and Mobile Business Expo as well as outsourceworld; it's been fun to see companies from all sides of the IT industry at the same place.

Building Business Mobility Strategies
By Stephen Wellman
October 25, 2007
InformationWeek
While everyone talks about mobile strategy plans, it seems we all need help when it comes time how to craft them. In an attempt to help CIOs and IT managers better think about mobility I sat down with Philippe Winthrop, Research Director -- Wireless and Mobility, Aberdeen Group, at Mobile Business Expo to come up with some useful tips for this special edition of Take 5.

Mobile Business Expo: Microsoft's New Mobile Platform May Be WinMo's Tipping Point
By Stephen Wellman
October 25, 2007
InformationWeek
Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) delivered a potential body blow to the mobile business market yesterday with a new mobility platform designed to make Windows Mobile the de facto standard for IT. Will this be Microsoft's mobile tipping point?

Mobile Business Expo: iAnywhere Brings Enterprise E-mail To The iPhone
By Stephen Wellman
October 24, 2007
InformationWeek
If you're a professional who shelled out for the iPhone but still can't use it to access your work e-mail, get ready because soon you may be able to access your corporate network with your iPhone.

Mobile Business Expo: How To Craft A Mobile E-mail Strategy
By Stephen Wellman
October 24, 2007
InformationWeek
Yesterday afternoon at Mobile Business Expo (MBX) we tackled the issue of crafting a push e-mail strategy. Guess what, it's not just about e-mail anymore.

Sybase ianywhere: Exchange, Lotus Domino in native iphone email client
By iPhone Atlas
October 23, 2007
iPhone Atlas
While most iPhone solutions for accessing Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Domino services have been thus far relegated to a Web-based interface, Sybase announced today at the Mobile Business Expo in New York that it will be shipping a tool that allows direct access to these services through the iPhone’s native email client. This will presumably not only provide a better overall experience for interacting with Exchange and Lotus email while online, but will also allow offline access to stored email.

Verizon Launches First Portable Satellite Service
By Prabhala Ranga Sai
October 23, 2007
TMCnet
Verizon launched this service on the eve of Mobile Business Expo in New York City. Until now, only government or media organizations that operated in remote locations where there is no telecommunications infrastructure were able to use satellite broadband connection. The new service, Verizon Global Broadband Satellite Access, is immediately available to US-based customers.

Sybase ushers in iPhone as secure client for mainstream corporate email
By Dan Gardner
October 23, 2007
ZDNet Blogs
Now the demo is set to become a commercial reality. Sybase today at Mobile Business Expo in New York announced that it will begin supporting the iPhone as a wireless client for Domino and Exchange email and PIM/address book (including corporate directory look-up) early next year.

Mobile Business Expo: Applications Lead Way In The Verticals
By Stephen Wellman
October 23, 2007
InformationWeek
This week I am blogging from Mobile Business Expo, the mobility component of Interop in New York City. My colleague, Eric Zeman, this week will be blogging from CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment on the other coast in San Francisco. Earlier this morning, we kicked off MBX with a panel on mobility in the verticals.

Verizon Business Expands Access To Satellite Broadband Services
By K.C. Jones
October 23, 2007
InformationWeek
The company announced an agreement with Thrane & Thrane at the Mobile Business Expo in New York City Tuesday, noting that the deal will make it the first global provider to offer satellite broadband services to a broad range of businesses.

Sybase ianywhere Provides Secure Enterprise Email for Apple iphone
By Sybase
October 23, 2007
CNN
Sybase iAnywhere today announced that it will provide support for Apple iPhone within its Information Anywhere(R) suite. Information Anywhere will enable IT organizations to provide secure delivery of Lotus Domino and Microsoft Exchange enterprise email to iPhone users.

Verizon Business First Telecommunication Provider to Make Portable Satellite Service Easily Available to Wide Range of Enterprise Customers
By PRNewswire
October 22, 2007
CNN
The sky is now the limit for global businesses and organizations that require broadband connections in remote locations. Verizon Business today announced an agreement with Thrane & Thrane to offer a portable satellite service to enterprise customers. Verizon Business is the first global provider to offer such a service in an easily available way to a wide range of enterprise customers.

Networking solutions showcase at Interop 2007
By Various
October 22, 2007
EE Times Asia
At this week's Interop show in New York, more than 200 companies including Microsoft, Siemens and Verizon Business will showcase their technologies. Plenty of announcements, mostly focused on making networks faster, safer and more efficient, are also on tap.

Road trip!!! Startup Camp, Mobile Expo, Interop pack into Manhattan next week
By David Berlind
October 22, 2007
ZDNet
Sunday in the Berlind household is usually pancake day, a time when I get to clear my mind, plant the kids in front of the stove where we collaborate on a different kind of stack building (not software). This Sunday won’t be any different. But, come Sunday afternoon, me and the boys will be packing into the SUV and heading down to NYC for three back-to-back events.

Interop’s little sister decked out for fall
By Jim Duffy, Denise Dubie, Tim Greene
October 21, 2007
NetworkWorld
Mobile Business Expo will review hot topics such as implementing fixed/mobile convergence (FMC), deploying mobile business applications and experiences with 802.11n, voice over Wi-Fi and wireless LAN security. Read up on the wireless market’s most burning questions.

Agito Networks Helps Enterprises Become Truly Mobile with RoamAnywhere Router
By Mae Kowalke
October 19, 2007
TMCnet
The converged mobile communications market this week gained a new player with the launch of Agito Networks (News - Alert) and its RoamAnywhere Mobility Router. The company’s flagship solution is a mobile convergence platform that uses radio frequency (RF)-based, location-aware technology to make voice and data applications less expensive to deploy. To check out Agito’s RoamAnywhere Mobility Router yourself, stop by the company’s booth (#616) at the Mobile Business Expo 2007 (co-located with Interop (News - Alert)), Oct. 22-25, 2007 at Javits Convention Center in New York.

Agito Networks to Publicly Unveil Industry's First Location-Aware Enterprise Mobility Platform at Mobile Business Expo 2007
By Agito Networks, Inc.
October 18, 2007
PRNewswire
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Agito Networks, Inc.(TM), a company pioneering new technology in enterprise mobility, today announced that it will premiere the next generation of enterprise mobility products -- its RoamAnywhere(TM) Mobility Router -- at Mobile Business Expo (MBX) 2007 in its booth No. 616 at the Javits Convention Center in New York, Oct. 22-25.

Mformation Chief Marketing Officer to Speak on Mobile Device Management Panels at Smartphone Summit and at Mobile Business Expo @ Interop New York 2007
By Mformation
October 18, 2007
PR-inside.com
Mformation Technologies Inc.: -0- WHO: Matt Bancroft, CMO at Mformation Technologies, will speak at two leading enterprise technology events this month. On October 22, Bancroft will give a presentation for the "Enabling Your Business with Smartphone & Wireless - First Steps and Challenges" session at the Smartphone Summit, which will be held in conjunction with the CTIA Wireless I.T.

Vettro Takes the Stage at Mobile Business Expo 2007
By Vettro
October 17, 2007
TMCnet
NEW YORK --(Business Wire)-- Vettro (www.vettro.com), the global leader in mobile on-demand business applications, today announced the participation of its CEO in the "Mobility in the Verticals" panel at Mobile Business Expo 2007 (www.mobilebusinessexpo.com). Held at the Javits Center in New York from October 22nd-25th, the conference hosts enterprise mobility leaders who are changing the way companies do business.

Interop: Four Shows In One
By K.C. Jones
October 17, 2007
InformationWeek
Interop New York will take place simultaneously with the Mobile Business Expo, VoiceCon, and OutsourceWorld at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center next week. More than 200 companies will exhibit IT solutions.

Smith Micro Software's Tom Matthews to Present at Mobile Business Expo New York 2007
By Smith Micro
October 17, 2007
ad-hoc-news.de
Smith Micro Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:SMSI), a leading developer and marketer of innovative software solutions and services for the wireless market today announced that the company?s Vice President and General Manager of Connectivity and Security, Tom Matthews, will lead a discussion on security applications designed for the enterprise mobile workforce in a session called ?Key Considerations for Securing a Mobile Data Application? at this year?s Mobile Business Expo 2007 held October 22-25, 2007 in New York City, New York.

EventMingle Creates Online Community for Interop New York, Mobile Business Expo & VoiceCon Tour
By EventMingle
October 16, 2007
PR.com
Bend, OR, October 16, 2007 --(PR.com)-- EventMingle today announced it has been selected as the official online social networking application by CMP Media for Interop, Mobile Business Expo & VoiceCon Tour @ Interop being held on October 22-26, 2007 at the Javits Center, New York.