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It’s really easy to quantify some of the costs associated with a security breach. Number of customers impacted times the cost of a first class stamp plus the cost of a sheet of paper plus the cost of ink divided by … you get the picture. Some of the costs are easier than others to calculate. Some of them are not, and others appear downright impossible. One of the “costs” often cited but rarely quantified is the cost to an organization’s reputation. How does one calculate that? Well, if folks sat down with the business people more often (the ones that live on the other side of the Meyer-Briggs Mountain) we’d find it’s not really as difficult to calculate as one might think. While IT folks analyze flows and packet traces, business folks analyze market trends and impacts – such as those arising from poor customer service. And if a breach of security isn’t interpreted b... (more)

HTC One V: Two Week Usage Review

I finally gave up on the Android dead end (no ICS upgrade) that was my Galaxy S i9003 and decided to jump to the ICS bandwagon. The only options for an out of the box ICS experience in India at this time are the HTC duo – One X & One V. Of these, the One X was beyond my budget, and so it was a pretty simple decision to go for the One V in the end. Reviews have been pretty positive, and I’m throwing in my 2 cents based on a 2 weeks of usage experience that wouldn’t have shown up in initial reviews. A caveat on my usage experience – I use the One V (and the Galaxy S before it) pri... (more)

Mobile Marketing News Weekly

The Mobile Marketing News Weekly is an online newsletter that is made up of the most interesting news, articles and links related to mobile marketing that I run across each week.  I am specifically targeting market size and market trend information. Also read Enterprise Mobility Asia News Weekly Also read Field Mobility and M2M News Weekly Also read Mobile Commerce News Weekly Also read Mobile Health News Weekly Also read Mobility News Weekly Global mobile location-based advertising and marketing revenues will soar to almost €5 billion ($6.47 billion) by 2016 and account for close to 3... (more)

Urban Airship Unveils Next-Generation Infrastructure for Real-Time Push Notifications

PORTLAND, OR -- (Marketwire) -- 05/17/12 -- Urban Airship, the leading platform provider for high-performance push messaging, today detailed significant performance improvements to its infrastructure to be released with Urban Airship Segments this quarter. An initial test of the new system delivered both broadcast and segmented push notifications at a throughput of more than 100,000 messages per second, with a 90th percentile latency of two seconds to first message delivery. As the company experiences exponential growth in push notification volume and approaches a billion mobile ... (more)

PARC's Van Jacobson Inducted to "Internet Hall of Fame"; PARC Hosts First Emerging Networks Consortium

PALO ALTO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 05/17/12 -- PARC, a Xerox company today announced PARC Research Fellow Van Jacobson's inaugural induction to the Internet Society's Internet Hall of Fame. Jacobson joined PARC in 2006 to lead the Content-Centric Networking (CCN) program. The Internet Society, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, honored Jacobson as one of the landmark "Innovators" who made outstanding technological, commercial, or policy advances and helped expand the Internet's reach. Others honored in the first annual Internet Hall of Fame include Vint Cerf and ... (more)