Matthes Derdack
Articles by Matthes Derdack
MWC survey : SMS & MMS are back on CENTRE stage
A survey conducted by Derdack from randomly selected visitors at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona back in February, showed that the relevance of...
Vodafone Closes Navigation Venture : Are Telcos Losing Ground More Quickly?
Less than 18 months after investing US$30 million in acquiring the Swedish navigation company Wayfinder, Vodafone has announced it is to close the business and...
MWC 2010: Samsung's Bada And Wave Debut
On the last day of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona I had another look at fancy mobile gadgets. While some famous handsets manufacturers like Nokia are...
MWC 2010: SMS And MMS Are Back On Stage
Yesterday, Facebook’s Chamath Palihapitiya (Vice President of Growth, Mobile and International) announced an upcoming Facebook SMS service that is...
Google Goes "Mobile First"
With Gartner predicting the mobile phone overtaking the PC as the premier device for web access by 2013, the big Internet giants put the mobile device into the...
MWC 2010: The Empire Strikes Back - Microsoft's Answer To Apple And Google - The Windows Phone 7 Series
Today, I had the pleasure of following the live press conference broadcast by Microsoft’s Steve Balmer and Joe Belfiore introducing the new Windows Phone...
Real-World Examples Of Gartner’s "Communication-Enabled Business Processes"
Ever since the invention of unified communications and the appearance of technology-driven products for Voice-over-IP (VoIP) or instant messaging, vendors and...
Introducing The 4th Pillar Of Business Continuity
Achieving business continuity largely depends on precise, timely, reliable and, ideally, automated communication. Firstly, you need to be able to...
The Three Pillar Of Business Continuity
Business continuity is one of today’s major business areas that concern senior executives. It is widely considered that there are three major...
Smart Pricing For Microsoft’s Azure Wanted
The major topic at this year’s Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans was Azure, Microsoft’s cloud computing OS. It is clear that...
Telco-Strategies To Achieve Competitive Advantage In The Mobile Business
The incredible success of application stores for mobile handset vendors like Apple’s AppStore and Nokia’s Ovi indicates a shift in mobile business...
Factory Automation Needs Super-Fast Man-Machine Communication
The world‘s biggest industrial tradeshow - the Hanover Messe – just showed that the importance of software and IT for the manufacturing industry...
Greater Uptime Of IT Systems In The Financial Industry
Achieving high levels of systems uptime is a critical aim for the IT department in many industries. In the finance industry the availability of services...
How A Centralised Notification Hub Can Make Life Easier
Along with the exploding number of systems in place to monitor IT, business processes, manufacturing and facilities the need for automated notifications on...
No more hype at the Mobile World Congress
Mobile telcos and their vendors are trying to benefit from the wave of social networking. However, their only chance is to add mobility to the offerings of...
