China Mobile (CHL), the world’s largest wireless carrier by subscriber, has revealed its plan to commence the trial run of its 4G network during World Expo 2010 to be held in Shanghai from May 1 to Oct 31, 2010. The company’s 4G service is based on the TD-LTE (Time Division Duplex Long Term Evolution) mobile broadband technology. Roughly 200 participants and 70 million visitors are expected to assemble at the Expo.   China Mobile has recently selected Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) for the responsibilities of design, construction, installation and integration of communication infrastructure to facilitate the 4G network trial. The TD-LTE network will provide advanced wireless services (including high-definition TV and ultra-fast broadband Internet access) to the visitors at the exposition.   The three major Chinese telecom operators China Mobile, China Unicom (CHU) and China Telecom (CHA) are investing heavily in Shanghai to improve the city’s network

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Newport Digital Technologies, Inc. announced this morning that it is a Lab Sponsor to the University of Arkansas RFID (Radio-Frequency Identification) Research Center at the Sam M. Walton College of Business.

“We are pleased to officially become a sponsor of the University of Arkansas RFID Research Center,” stated NPDT CEO Gary DeMel. “Our Company has made a commitment to bringing leading edge RFID solutions to market and we are excited to be a part of the leading RFID research center in the world. As we previously announced, Newport Digital has opened up a sales and research and development office in Bentonville, with proximity to Wal-Mart, and we are dedicated to developing strong ties to the University’s research center.”

“In the future RFID will provide numerous societal benefits including ensuring that your medical history pops up at the nursing desk as you are checked

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Descartes is a Canadian company that enables organizations with logistics-intensive businesses to save money by improving the productivity and performance of their operations. Descartes took a major step towards enhancing their future when they joined the SAP’s industry value network for travel and logistics services.

The SAP industry value network is a major coup for the young company because it works closely with independent technology vendors, system integrators and customers to identify purpose solutions for priority industry needs and creates opportunities for such companies.

Leading the way at Descartes is their CEO Art Mesher. A renowned name in the industry, Mesher joined Descartes where he led the creation of the first on-demand logistics network that provides application and communication capabilities for all three major modes of transportation: truck, air and ocean. Of recent note, Mesher was selected as the 2008 Council of Supply Chain Management Professional’s (CSCMP) 2008 Distinguished

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Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC) is a cyclical company.  That is, its stock does extremely well when the economy is ready to accelerate, and does poorly when the economy decelerates.  So it’s no wonder that last year the stock fell more than 50% from the record-high of $27.78 a share it reached December 2007. However, the company has rallied more than 50% from its Feb. 23 low of $12.08 a share. It closed Friday at $19.64. So, what’s next?

For starters, Intel beat second-quarter earnings estimates by 10 cents a share, as its revenue climbed 12% year-over-year to $8 billion.  Beating earnings estimates is important, but beating on the top line and showing sales growth is even more important in a recession. The reason: It shows that you can do well in spite of a weak economy.

Like most chip stocks, Intel is an economic leading indicator of sorts –

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Wednesday August 5, 2009

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Walgreens (NYSE, NASDAQ: WAG), whose home care division is a national leader in providing home infusion and respiratory services, has entered into a joint venture with Vanderbilt Medical Center, a Nashville-based comprehensive healthcare facility and a major patient referral center for the mid-South. The joint venture will operate under the name Vanderbilt Home Care, affiliated with Walgreens Infusion and Respiratory Services, and will be located in Brentwood, Tenn.

Beeline, the workforce solutions business unit of MPS Group, Inc. (NYSE:MPS), today announced another Ariba certification. Having attained Ariba Ready Invoice and Payment certification, Beeline continued to work with its client base and Ariba to achieve

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China Mobile (CHL) has reportedly accelerated the development process of its 4G (next generation) mobile broadband network. The world's largest carrier has already completed the first phase of trials and is set to commence the second phase in late July or early August 2009.

A successful completion of the second-phase trials (expected by the end of 2009) will pave the way for launching field tests in early 2010. China Mobile has partnered with Vodafone (VOD) and Verizon Wireless (VZ) for the TD-LTE venture and has selected Ericsson (ERIC), Alcatel-Lucent (ALU), Nokia Siemens, Huawei Technologies and ZTE Corp as the primary technology vendors. The company plans to devote approximately 60% of its capital expenditure over the next few years to develop its 4G network.

China Mobile recently accelerated its development plan for TD-LTE due to uncertainties regarding the success of its 3G services based

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To help enterprise customers efficiently drive business benefits from "cloud computing," Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) introduced new consulting services -- the HP Cloud Discovery Workshop and HP Cloud Roadmap Service. "Cloud computing" refers to a system in which tasks are assigned through a combination of connections, service and software over a network.The HP Cloud Discovery Workshop is designed to help enterprise IT organizations discover cloud computing as a strategic service delivery option and gain benefit from it. This service will help educate businesses about the benefits and challenges of cloud computing, and give recommendations regarding processes and technologies needed to get started. The service is expected to be available in July.The HP Cloud Roadmap Service offers customers a service for planning and adopting cloud computing as part of their service delivery strategy. These services will help customers evaluate cloud services as an integral part ...