A recent online filing of an SAP patent for credit management shows how this process could be further automated. Patent number 8615464 was published online last month in the US by SAP, which provides the sales processing engine for most of the large distribution companies.
Nokia is continuing its fight in Europe against HTC. After winning an injunction in the UK, it now has another against the Taiwanese firm in Germany.
The global carrier router and switch market (IP edge and core routers and carrier Ethernet switches) totaled $3.6bn in 3Q13, an increase of 7% from the year-ago 3rd quarter. Europe/EMEA declined 10% in 3Q13 from 2Q13, an increase of 7% from the year-ago 3rd quarter.
Germany-based storage and server producer N-TEC has announced it has taken over a distribution of QSAN Technologies as the company wants to expand its product offering.
Red Hat shares have risen after an indication of success through its support for the OpenStack cloud infrastructure. Analyst Piper's Mark Murphy has upgraded Red Hat to Overweight, and lifted his target price to $53 from $50. Piper's survey work indicates Red Hat "is in pole position" to become the dominant provider of OpenStack cloud infrastructure solutions.
Belgian telecoms companies Belgacom, Mobistar and Dutch KPN's BASE have bought licences to operate super-fast 4G mobile services in Belgium for €120m each.
Europe cannot fast-track itself into the digital world even though the EC is pushing for change. This will force the hybrid cloud model on government and industries, and probably mean a multiple speed adoption at varying rates across countries.
Austria's rising mobile rates and smartphone use are attracting new entrants. A new mobile operator plans to start up in Austria next year, bringing fresh competition into the market after Hutchison Whampoa's takeover of Orange Austria.
Ericsson's Mobility Report reveals that mobile subscriptions are expected to reach 9.3 billion by 2019, and more than 60% of these - 5.6 billion - will be for smartphones.