Companies’ communications strategies must be agile in a rapidly evolving market
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The collapse of the housing market, followed by the collapse of what seems to be everything else, most likely will put broadband development on the back burner. Both Barack Obama and John McCa... More >
Research in Motion certainly doesn't want to be left out of the action that has resulted in the explosion of smartphones, from the iPhone 3G to the T-Mobile Android G1. The company is in the process ... More >
The definition of insanity -- at least in popular culture -- is doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting a different result. By this definition, many business people and IT departments apparentl... More >
VoIP is highly mobile. Instead of tying a phone number to a location, VoIP can work from any spot with Internet access because completing the connection relies on the IP address of the device, not th... More >
Carriers want to optimize their slice of smartphone revenue by controlling their use. Subscribers want to make calls and run applications wherever they are. Much of this conflict is played out... More >
I've covered this topic more than onc e since the economy went from very bad to scary awfu l , but it bears much repeating: There is going to be a lot of chaos during the next few months -- layoffs... More >
There has always been a good tension between two structural approaches to implementing security. Both best-of-breed and consolidated approaches -- the latter commonly referred to as unified threat ma... More >
WiMax and LTE may or may not displace wired networks and may or may not merge . But whatever they do, it is clear that they will be part of a broad and robust wireless future. It also is obvious t... More >
Employees use two types of social networking sites. They bring their Facebook, MySpace, YouTube and other identities to the office. At the same time, they use professional social networking -- Linked... More >
When VoIP first exited the lab and was gaining some traction among business, the big selling point was that it saved money over legacy systems. But the attraction was transitory, as the old-line telc... More >
It was widely reported last week that French President Nicolas Sarkozy's bank account was hacked and a small amount of money stolen by criminals who managed to get his user name and password. ... More >
It's an exciting time for smartphones. The Android Market will debut today at the same time as the much-anticipated T-Mobile G1, the first phone built on Android. Research in Motion this week announc... More >
The speed war between the various players in the telecommunications industry goes back years and likely will last well into the future. The big beneficiaries of the competition are vendors, bloggers ... More >
The financial crisis that has gripped the world economy for much of the autumn could easily touch off a security crisis. Rani Osnat, vice president of marketing for Sentrigo, told me last wee... More >
There is an ongoing battle on the fate of white space , which is spectrum that will be left vacant by the move of broadcast in February. The spectrum is very valuable, and can be used to support end ... More >
Everyone is told to install and update their antivirus programs. This is considered a key element of good computer hygiene. Indeed, we are repeatedly told, only somebody with masochistic tendencies w... More >
There's a well documented movement away from wired telephones. It is evident most recently in the debate among pollsters handicapping next month's presidential election about how to tweak data to a... More >
Back in the day, vendors and service providers dealt mostly with enterprises. Small and medium-size businesses were troublesome because the cost per sale was higher. This market was also out of vendo... More >
Nobody doubts that quantum encryption is gaining momentum. The question among researchers is whether it is effective -- or perfect. Quantum encryption harnesses one of the strangest branches o... More >
A theme the changing world of mobility repeatedly returns to is that the line between consumer and professional devices is disintegrating. This has many ramifications, particularly on the security fr... More >
Few institutions are as evocative as the New York City subway system. Many adjectives aptly describe it: Huge, noisy (both the people and the always pleasant metal-on-metal braking), efficient, crowd... More >
How femtocells will be used is a fascinating question. One thing that seems certain is that they will be central to the future of both cellular and wireless networks -- and the desire to integrate th... More >
Two weeks ago, I blogged about where various vendors fell in the prestigious Gartner unified communications Magic Quadrant report . There was absolutely no lack of innovation and there are terrific a... More >
Obama wins. But so does Palin. The election, of course, is a month away. And, just as certainly, both Barack and Palin can't win. Where they both come out on top is in a Secure Computing stud... More >
It has long been accepted that the erosion of the line between consumer and professional mobile devices has important ramifications for enterprise security. Experts have gone back and forth fo... More >
I posted last week on the importance of IPTV. Not only is it a potentially enormous revenue generator for providers, but it also demands, and will pay for, great network enhancements. To provide IPT... More >
Yesterday, IT Business Edge blogger Ann All offered a sobering look at prospects for IT as the economy melts down. Ann concluded that hard times are ahead, and that it may not be a bad idea for IT f... More >
A new survey from Cisco offers interesting , but not especially shocking, results. The big takeaway from the expansive survey -- it features input from 2,000 people in 10 countries -- is that intenti... More >
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