In November of 2011, Compass Intelligence surveyed 3,770 IT/Telecom decision-makers and 5,431 Business end-users across size of business regarding key Mobile Application priorities for 2012.  Across size of business, the most important mobile application to have linked to the Internet was Business Email.  Access to crucial business information is directly linked to “Audio and Content Sharing,” the second most commonly cited response, with regard to important applications to... [More]

Compass Intelligence forecasts a CAGR of 5% during 2011-2016 in the IT spending of US Public Safety agencies. This growth rate places US Public Safety among the aggressive IT spenders within government departments. Public Safety agencies have felt the need to be technologically ahead of their perceived threats. These threats, comprising of natural as well as manmade occurrences, have become increasingly challenging. Examples include earthquakes, floods, blizzards, hurricanes, tsunamis as well as... [More]

In the beginning of the 4th quarter (October 2nd-5th at the Austin Convention Center) Compass Intelligence will be in Austin, TX participating in multiple conferences.   ITEXPO (the main conference) M2M Evolution Conference & Expo (collocated with ITEXPO, Crossfire Media is also heading this event James Brehm is co-chairing, presenting and leading many sessions. Cloud4SMB (collocated with ITEXPO) Stephanie Atkinson will be presenting and leading multiple sessions. You can fi... [More]

Telefonica is all the buzz today, as it is expected to make a BIG announcement tomorrow. In addition, a recent article and video was also placed on the NE2NE.com site. Please review the below article or click to view it live on NE2NE.com. [More]

Last week, my colleagues and I attended the AT&T Analyst conference in Bedminster New Jersey. We were honored to get to not only get a panaramic view of their NOC or Network Operations Center on the first night from a meeting room, but we also got to actually step onto the NOC floor and witness the staff in action along with the numerous monster screens showing global network statuses from around the world. From analyzing AT&T twitter feeds to viewing voice and data traffic history for the last week, and viewing network congestion in South America, AT&T's NOC is an amazing sight to see and witness live and in action. [More]