Telefónica says it’s signed a strategic partnership with cloud services company Joyent and is also making a strategic equity investment in the business.

It says Joyent’s technology expertise will help enhance cloud-based services for Telefonica’s new Digital unit.

PC and mobile manufacturer Acer has announced plans to launch AcerCloud, a secure online service that’ll let users share multimedia and data files between PC and smartphones - even when the main PC is in standby or hibernation mode.

Acer’s ‘Always Connect’ technology will wake a hibernating PC through WiFi, enabling media to be retrieved via a mobile device.

Digital security company Gemalto has acquired machine-to-machine specialist SensorLogic. Full details of the transaction haven’t been revealed.

SensorLogic will join the Cinterion M2M module business acquired by Gemalto last year.

As we approach the end of the year, so next year’s predictions start. We’ll be offering our own mobile industry predictions in a special podcast later this month.

Meanwhile, market intelligence company International Data Corporation has been looking at the growing areas of mobile computing, cloud services, social networking and data analytics - and has made its own 2012 predictions.

Vodafone Global Enterprise, the business unit that manages the communications needs of Vodafone’s largest multinational customers, is acquiring European IT and communications consultancy Bluefish Communications Ltd in a deal worth around £3 million.

The acquisition will help Vodafone Global Enterprise create a new Unified Communications and Collaboration practice that’ll offer advice and guidance about mobile, fixed-line, IT and cloud-based services.