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Posted by Michele Marius | 1 Feb 2011 | Caribbean, Telecoms
The state of telecoms in the Caribbean has changed drastically over the last 10 to 12 years. In most countries we now enjoy significantly lower rates, increased access to and better quality of services, but is that the all we should expect? Where next should we set our horizons?
Read MorePosted by Michele Marius | 28 Jan 2011 | Computing, ICT/Tech, Lists, Networking
For those of us who have worked in organisations with IT Techs on staff, we tend to have a grudging respect for them. We are thrilled they are around to solve our IT problem, and to perform system maintenance activities at times convenient to us. On the other hand, we are somewhat suspicious about all the time they sometime seem to have on their hands – to play solitaire, download music and movies, etc. However, times have been changing, even in the Caribbean, and the role of the IT Tech is not what is used to be.
Read More“LTE” is one of those terms that has been generating giddy excitement in the telecoms/mobile space: both its potential to change the mobile landscape as we know it and the reasons why mobile carriers must adopt it. Talk, however, is already moving away from LTE, to “LTE Advanced”, but many of us don’t even know what LTE is in the first place and what it might take to realise it…
Read MorePosted by Michele Marius | 21 Jan 2011 | Computing, Lists, Mobile
For those of us who own a smartphone, we often do not realise how much personal and sensitive information it contains about our lives. Although we might no longer be able to imagine a world without our Blackberry, iPhone, or Android device, we might not be taking the necessary steps to safeguard it…
Read MorePosted by Michele Marius | 18 Jan 2011 | Caribbean, Computing, ICT/Tech, Internet
Cloud computing has become one of the biggest buzz words in recent years and, if we believe the hype, it has the potential to change the way in which computing resources are accessed by businesses and the public at large. This entry introduces cloud computing and examines some of the trends put forward by the industry.
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