Sybase Blog – Diarmuid Mallon

Last week two articles caught my eye, both picking-up the theme of how mobile is changing the financial landscape in Africa and Latin America. In Africa, mobile enables the lack of infrastructure to be bypassed. Whilst in Latin America the payment preferences of mobile users is being explored as a route to new services.

So the show has finished, and I’m back in London. Mobile World Congress 2008 was a great show for us, and in particular for our new mCommerce group. But after 4 days of 9am-7pm, I’m glad to be home. So some (random) closing thoughts on the show and what we saw… Mobile Internet… returns. in [...]

My jacket is getting heavier. Heavier everyday. Particularly the left-hand side. Why? Well the right-hand side is filling up with business cards faster than I can get rid of my own. But the left-hand side is jangling with coins. Euro coins. Whilst the UK is ‘in’ Europe, it’s yet to enter the ‘Euro-zone’. So all [...]

So Tuesday started with a small panic on the stand. No power, and a missing badge. Ten minutes before the floor opens, and the power cuts from our stand and the surrounding ones. So no rolling-video, no demos, and more importantly no working coffee machine! Thankfully we get this sorted our before the first visitors [...]

So next week is the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona – by far the biggest show in the year for the mobile industry. Myself and, fellow blogger, Bill Dudley will be doing our best to capture the show via these pages next week. Must dash, as the taxi will be here in a minute… now [...]