Category: Blog Post

What?  GMIC is the leading global platform for the mobile industry to build cross-border, cross-platform, and cross-vertical partnerships, learn from industry thought leaders, better understand mobile technology trends and global markets, and shed light on how mobile is positively changing the world. Held annually, the theme of GMIC is “Everywhere-Everything-Everyone-Connected”. A truly global event, GMIC […]

Today, we visit with Bob Egan, CEO & Founder, Sepharim Group, a mobile enterprise consulting firm, who is the original Gartner wireless VP and a member of the team that created the IEEE 802.11 WLAN standard.  If you know me, you know that I consider there to be three original industry analysts. These are the guys who were covering wireless when […]

Light Reading  – Dan O’Shea has joined Light Reading as managing editor. Dan will contribute his analysis of topics such as packet-optical, Carrier Ethernet and SDN. The former editor of Telephony magazine for nearly 15 years, Dan was also the founding editor of FierceTelecom before embarking on a freelance career for the last six years covering […]

By Laura Borgstede, CEO of Calysto Things have changed. Dramatically. And the approach to PR—the whole perception of what PR is and does—needs to change along with everything else. That’s why Calysto is re-inventing the agency model. The Internet and social media have transformed the media industry. Many publications that were kings of their domains […]

Cloud Connect 2013Santa Clara, CASanta Clara Convention CenterApril 2 – 5, 2013 Attendance: 3,000+Exhibitors: 64Media and Analysts: 80 Calysto OverviewOne of the main shows for cloud issues and technologies for the enterprise is Cloud Connect Santa Clara 2013, a proven event for IT professionals and a growing number of developers and managers. This year’s Silicon […]

Light Reading/Heavy Reading – United Business Media has appointed Ray Le Maistre as editor-in-chief at Light Reading. His areas of coverage include: international news, test and measurement, service provider IT (SPIT), including OSS, BSS, SDPs, cloud enablement and optical networking equipment. Ray, formerly the publication’s International Managing Editor, will now be responsible for overseeing Light […]

Yankee Group – Nick Holland is leaving his position as Principal Analyst, Mobile Money Strategies at Yankee Group. Nick had been with the analyst firm since June 2010, researching key trends in the evolution of mobile payments and the greater value proposition of mobile as a conduit between online and offline domains. His specific areas […]

Conferences April 6 – 11, 2013 Exhibits April 8 – 11, 2013 Location: Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada “From Broadcasting to Broader-casting,” is the mantra for the NAB show, an annual event  showcasing technology, exhibits, and presentations for professionals in the television, film, and radio industries. The show is hosted by the National […]

Time – Time Warner announced that it will spin off its magazine unit into a separate, publicly traded company by the end of the year. Investors had come to see the magazine business as a drag on revenues and profits and want to focus on the company’s TV networks. Analysts have estimated that the Time […]

UBM Tech has made some additions to their B-to-B events schedule for 2013, as well as some personnel changes, and Calysto would like to give you a heads up about what’s new, what’s changed, and why. What new events will we see in 2013? Mobile commerce, 4G and the cloud. Mobile Commerce World, June 24-26, […]