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 …
BlackBerry enterprise server zooms in on IT management tools
Research In Motion Ltd. officials offered a broad-brush preview of Argon, the code name for RIM's BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0, …
Managing software assets
The current climate of company mergers and downsizing is putting CIOs under pressure to keep the lid on software costs …
Reaching toward unity
Storage resource management (SRM) products provide the means for collecting information on the heterogeneous resources – operating systems, host computers, …
Economy could slow enterprise adoption of Windows 7
The turbulent economy could hinder enterprise adoption of Windows 7, even though many companies opted to skip Windows Vista and …
Trends that will change our lives
The past two years have been exciting ones for mobility, with the dawn of netbooks, 4G communications and the first …