Companies’ communications strategies must be agile in a rapidly evolving market
Sign up now and get the best business technology insights direct to your inbox.
The year ahead in the smartphone segment will be extraordinarily interesting. On one hand, the economy is in recession, if not downright crisis. On the other, smartphones are a technology that people... More >
For many people, current events are not particularly enjoyable. So why shouldn't they turn their attention to the future? Flexible video screens will be a big part of that future, and they are not as... More >
At the beginning, the biggest issue concerning the migration to VoIP was cost. A company had to consider the savings against the perceived shortcomings of the new platform, which were considerable in... More >
Cisco’s new EnergyWise program, which the company will help organizations deploy in three phases, raises at least the possibility of a trifecta: It’s green, it saves money, and it can give the IT dep... More >
A sober look at the results from the latest unified communications tracking poll from CDW provides some food for thought. While the person who wrote the press release does their best at putting a p... More >
This news initially appeared earlier this month , but several reports this week – including this one at NewsFactor – reaffirm that Nokia has pulled the plug on the N810 Internet Tablet WiMax editi... More >
At least one sector -- the netbook -- is expected to have a good year. Perhaps some of the positive momentum is due to the redistribution of expenditures from other device classes. Indeed it’s intere... More >
Cloud computing will get a lot more real during the year ahead. One sure sign is that Microsoft -- which makes software that cloud computing aims, to some extent, to render obsolete – is set to make ... More >
Some technologies appear to be solid, but never seem to make significant inroads. Others also appear to be useful – and back it up with a steady stream of announcements. Femtocells seem to be ... More >
Despite all the publicity and buzz surrounding Android, there only is one commercialized device using the platform. The T-Mobile G1 undoubtedly will be joined by more handsets during 2009. Sti... More >
The Hudson River landing of U.S. Airways flight 1549 occurred on a depressing winter afternoon in New York. It was brutally cold, the news about Steve Jobs was sad, and the economy was continuing its... More >
For those of us old enough to remember those paper blue and red glasses, the thought of 3D TV sounds a bit like a joke. But the industry is quite serious about it, glasses and all. It seems th... More >
I was a bit confused by the beginning of Steve Taylor’s Network World column in which he said that some people are suggesting that “VoIP is dead.” I’ve not heard that – perhaps I’m not as tuned in a... More >
It’s going to be pretty much All-Obama-All-of-the-Time for the next couple of weeks. From the telecommunications sector, important news was made today as reports surfaced that the president-elect wi... More >
In a significant piece of news, Verizon says it is getting out of the phone business. Actually, it says that in seven years it will move its circuit switched customers to VoIP . At CES last week in ... More >
The BusinessWeek story describing Clearwire’s launch of its Clear WiMax service in Portland, Ore. is a bit discordant. On one hand, writer Olga Kharif provides lots of evidence suggesting how good t... More >
Here is something most people don’t see regularly, at least these days: Good news. This week, In-Stat and the Wi-Fi Alliance released numbers on for Wi-Fi chip sales, and the news is all posi... More >
Our nation’s economic plight is crowding everything out of the news, with the possible exception of the tense situation in Gaza. With Barack Obama set to take over in less than two weeks, telecommuni... More >
In a sense, the debate over whether or not there is going to be enough bandwidth to satisfy ever-increasing demand is a relief because it is fairly straightforward: There either will be or won’t be. ... More >
In the olden days, the fireplace was the center of the home. This shifted to the television in the 1960s and '70s. Ever since the dawn of the Internet, the television and computer industries have bat... More >
There are two obvious reasons – and perhaps a few more under the radar – for businesses to pay attention to developments on the home-networking front. More complex home networks suggest the gr... More >
Practical and timely business information for better decisions and improved organizational performance.
Service-oriented architecture is the catalyst that allows today's companies to respond to business demands faster and more effectively than ever.
Oracle’s proven StorageTek tape and library solutions help you manage complexity, control costs, and deliver on service level agreements.
Comprehensive storage solutions for better data access and retrieval, leading to better-informed business decisions.
