Date: 10/08/12 IDC Government Insights Report Finds Growing Demand for Cloud Services Among Government Agencies

Today IDC Government Insights announced a report detailing the growing demand for cloud services and enterprise architecture resources among government agencies. The new study, Best Practices: Some Confidence and Some Hesitation—Surprising Results from Our Government Cloud and

Date: 10/08/12 Asia/Pacific Banks are Fighting Hard to Gain Mindshare in Mobile Banking

Banks in Asia/Pacific are ramping up their mobile banking propositions as they race for mindshare among the region's increasingly technologically savvy customers. The mobile channel is the top priority channel for most banks in 2012, and leading banks in Asia/Pacific have

Date: 10/08/12 Top Smartphone Operating Systems, Shipments, and Market Share, Q2 2012 (Units in Millions)

Date: 09/08/12 German IT companies to be presented in Azerbaijani telecommunication market until the end of 2012

German manufacturers of ICT equipment are interested in expanding their business in Azerbaijan, IT Computing reported. According to the information of the company, three largest German vendors of telecommunications and IT-equipment, including telecommunications equipment manufacturer ADVA

Date: 09/08/12 Distribution of frequencies for mobile communications to be discussed at World Radio Communications Conference (WRC-15)

The distribution of frequency bands 694 MHz and 790 MHz L for mobile networks will be discussed at the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-15) of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) in 2015, the State Management of Radio frequencies reported. The issue was discussed at the end of July

Date: 09/08/12 Discrepancy between equipment standards hampers development of optical access in Azerbaijan

The main reason hindering the development of fiber-optic broadband access in Azerbaijan is the discrepancy between standards of end-users' equipment and the main equipment installed at the service provider, Director General of Delta Telecom Ramadan Veliyev informed press.

Date: 08/08/12 Italian “Inteks” company seeks to establish cooperation with local entrepreneurs in IT field

Azerbaijani entrepreneurs have received a business offer from the Italian “Inteks” company, which seeks to establish cooperation with local companies in the field of information technologies. This information was provided to ICTnews by the Azerbaijan Export and

Date: 08/08/12 Paris meeting to accelerate work on ‘green ICT’ policies and standards

ITU’s second annual ‘Green Standards Week’ (GSW), to be held in Paris from 17-21 September, will stimulate the creation of international ‘green ICT’ standards with a view to further expanding the capabilities of information and communication technologies to boost

Date: 08/08/12 Wozniak: Cloud is going to be ‘horrendous’

Cloud computing is going to cause a spate of horrible problems as data owners lose control of their information, according to the co-founder of Apple, Steve Wozniak. Wozniak, who co-founded the world's most valuable company with the late Steve Jobs, was speaking after a performance of The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs,

Date: 08/08/12 UK Government releases prior notice of plan to upgrade ICT platform

The government has released a prior information notice for the procurement of support, maintenance and development services for its electronic Property Information Mapping Service (e-PIMS) platform. The e-PIMS platform currently hosts a number of live applications, which

Date: 07/08/12 Cabinet of Ministers approves rules for using electronic information system by customs administrations

Rules for using by customs administrations electronic information systems, information technologies and software supports for information systems and technologies have been approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan’s orders No: 164 and 166 dated August 03, 2012.

Date: 07/08/12 Ministry of Economic Development expands application of e-services

“Presently, the Ministry of Economic Development of the Republic of Azerbaijan is rendering 7 interactive and 9 informative electronic services to the population”. According to information released by ICTnews, this statement was made by the Deputy Minister of Economic

Date: 06/08/12 “Electronic Crime” information system to be created at Prosecutor General's Office

Activities are now being successfully implemented towards the many-sided application of information technologies and creation of centralized information and communication system in the Chief Public Procurator's Office. “We need to further improve the “Documents Circulation” system

Date: 06/08/12 67,000 mobile phones disappeared since London Olympic Games began

Since the beginning of the Olympic Games in London, 67,700 mobile phones have been either lost or stolen from the people attending the London Olympics. According to information provided by ICTnews, security measures taken by English authorities in connection with the Olympic

Date: 06/08/12 Steve Jobs: 7-inch tablets 'DOA' -- yeah, right

The 7-inch tablet is dead on arrival. Oh, wait, let me take that back.Steve Jobs' slander of the 7-inch tablet was, in effect, a nice bait-and-switch. One problem: rivals didn't take the bait. Too much ink (yeah, me too) has been wasted on Job's proclamation against the viability