With Oracle now in a self-imposed “quiet period” prior to its next quarterly earnings release, it’s not likely the company will make …
Calculating cloud ROI
When the time comes to get in line to ask the chief financial officer (CFO) for budget money for cloud …
The jewel in the crown
With Windows 8 on the horizon and the PC-veteran announcing its intention to enter the lucrative tablet market with the …
Windows 8 for the enterprise
Even though Windows 8 won’t be officially released until October 26, its Metro user interface and Microsoft’s decision to remove …
Microsoft Office must evolve to remain successful
Office has been a wildly successful product for Microsoft, but its continued dominance is far from assured as software moves …
BYOD security concerns: does IT protest too much?
The bring-your-own-device phenomenon, or BYOD, has really stirred up the hornet’s nest in the enterprise, particularly among CIOs.
CIOs in search of IT simplicity
No company sets out to create convoluted processes supported – sometimes thwarted – by layers of overly complicated technology. But …
Experts question the need for a Facebook smartphone
Mobile technology will play an important role for Facebook as it tries to find new sources of revenue
Making video simple
When Alexander Graham Bell said, “Mr. Watson — come here — I want to see you” into the liquid transmitter …
CIO BYOD challenge: Don't fall down the rabbit hole
When Alice fell down the rabbit hole, she emerged into a Wonderland of oddities: trapped in a shrinking body with …
Data in the cloud
Cloud and big data are two big trends influencing the current business landscape. However, they have yet to have been …
Video for the enterprise
Much has been spoken of the benefits of using Facebook and Twitter for a company to reap the rewards of …
Does the iPad cannibalise Apple’s laptops?
The question – whether the company’s tablet cannibalises sales of its own portable computing line – is ultimately impossible to …
From IT to ET: Cloud, consumerisation, and the next wave of IT transformation
That’s hardly a new observation. It was most notably made in 2003, in a now-famous Harvard Business Review article by …