What is a smartphone? The answer is not so simple, judging by the number of definitions available. In fact, it …
HP expands virtual storage offerings
Hewlett-Packard aims to cut the total cost of storage while allowing enterprises to keep adding capacity and forging ahead with …
Data about US presidential helicopter leaked via P2P
A company that monitors peer-to-peer networks said it found classified information about the systems used onboard the U.S. president's helicopter …
Economic crisis means hard times, hard decisions for IT
As the economic news continues to get bleaker, double-digit budget cuts are becoming a fact of life in many IT …
The promise of desktop virtualisation
What is desktop virtualisation? The use of software to abstract the operating system, applications and associated data from the user's …
Corporate SaaS considerations myriad, complex
Amid the growing popularity of software-as-a-service, IT managers are faced with a sometimes monumental task of developing big-picture strategies and …
3 Nightmares When Managing Macs
How hard is it managing Macs in the enterprise? Harder than you might think. Expect lackluster enterprise support from Apple …
World PC sales set for massive decline
The world PC market is set for its sharpest unit decline in history this year, with the current financial uncertainty …
NAC: Now? Or Never?
Today's highly mobile workforce, along with a plethora of new tech gadgets and access to the Internet from anywhere, has …
New smartphone controls may appeal to IT managers
Research in Motion Ltd. is hoping that the latest version of its BlackBerry Enterprise Server will help convince skeptical IT …
‘Keep key projects off the chopping block’
There was a joke at the height of the Cold War: What should you do in the event of nuclear …
What does a real green data center look like?
Companies looking for a green data center model should take a look at the new facility Internap built in Somerville, …
Virtual desktops ripe for deployment, hindered by cost
Desktop virtualization, with its promises of improved security, manageability and flexibility, may be on the verge of huge adoption, some …
New Bluetooth standards to bring speed, energy efficiency
Although Bluetooth technology is commonly used today for syncing up mobile devices with headsets or for wirelessly networking PCs with …
Worldwide virtualisation software revenue to grow 43 percent
Global virtualisation penetration is on pace to reach 20 per cent in 2009 from 12 per cent in 2008. Its …
Using your network to weather the global economic storm
Perhaps never before has the global economy faced such uncertainty – at least not on this scale. What started with …
Microsoft denies it profits from Vista-to-XP downgrades
Microsoft Corp. has denied that it makes money when users “downgrade” Windows Vista to the older XP, as a lawsuit …
Acer takes on smartphone market
Acer has jumped head first into the smartphone market with its Tempo family of devices. They are all touch-enabled and …
Untangling Windows Upgrades
IT managers are facing a perfect storm of Windows upgrade options. While the Windows 7 beta has garnered some of …
Down economy fuels IT outsourcing
Companies flocked to IT outsourcing vendors as the recession unfolded last year and industry watchers expect more of the same …