WANdisco, the application lifecycle management (ALM) service provider, has updated its uberSVN open ALM platform for Apache Subversion and has developed a codename for the platform: “Blake,” after the Blake Hotel and Pub in Walkley, Sheffield where its European headquarters is located. uberSVN 11.12 still comes fully integrated with the uberAPPS application store but now includes social coding features for the very first time.
WANdisco Updates ALM Platform for Apache Subversion
Managed Videoconferencing Services: Finally Cross Platform?
Do your videoconferencing, telepresence and unified communications systems work with rival service providers down the road or across the global? No doubt, interoperability issues have sometimes slowed — or stalled — the videoconferencing, telepresence and UC markets. But service providers like BT Conferencing claim they are addressing the interoperability issues.
Zayo Group Acquires 360networks, Expands Fiber Network
Zayo Group, which provides telecommunications services to the government and private sectors, has agreed to acquire 360networks. The deal will reportedly come close to doubling Zayo Group’s fiber network.
Fastest Growing U.S. IT Service Provider: One Source Networks?
One Source Networks, an international telecommunications provider, is promoting data and VoIP services into Fortune 1000 companies. The result: One Source Networks is the fastest growing telecommunications service provider on the Inc. 5000, which tracks the fastest growing privately held U.S. companies. How did that happen? President and CEO Ernest Cunningham and Chief Marketing Officer Gina Nomellini offered MSPmentor some details.
CenturyTel-Qwest Combo: Where’s the Wireless?
CenturyTel Inc., the fifth-largest local telecom in the US, is buying Qwest Communications International Inc., the third largest, in a $10.6 billion stock swap deal designed to let the combined company be a big fish in an ever-shrinking pond. But where’s the wireless and broadband strategy? Here’s some analysis.
Covad and MegaPath: Merging Managed Services, Broadband
Glowpoint Launches Managed Telepresence Network
Forgive me for gloating, but I told you so: Telepresence — the next-generation video conferencing technology — is quickly shifting toward a managed services model. The latest example involves Glowpoint Inc. launching its Telepresence Exchange Network. The move comes one month after Cisco Systems and AT&T announced a managed telepresence service for hotels.
TelePresence as a Managed Service: Coming Into Focus?
I’ve been predicting for a few months that TelePresence — loosely defined as next-generation videoconferencing gear — will emerge as a big opportunity for managed service providers.
