http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk * Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:18:02 GMT Clearspace 2.5.5 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2010-03-18T21:18:02Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/the-4g-ramp-up-accelerates/?cs=40164 Organizations need to get serious about their 4G plans. The rollout of such a significant new service – whether it's the WiMax or Long Term Evolution (LTE) version – has many significant ramifications for the way companies handle their mobile workforce. 4g sprint_nextel verizon lte htc wimax clearwire business_technology long_term_evolution Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:42:27 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/the-4g-ramp-up-accelerates/?cs=40164 2010-03-18T21:42:27Z 1 day, 2 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/comment/the-4g-ramp-up-accelerates http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/feeds/comments?blogPost=40164 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/the-battle-for-nationwide-broadband-starts-in-earnest/?cs=40128 It is surprisingly hard to offer meaningful commentary about the National Broadband Plan announced by the Federal Communications Commission earlier this week. PC Magazine has a nice rundown of the plan , which covers everything from wireless to wired, fcc obama business_technologies broadband_services broadband_technology federal_communications_commission government_agencies Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:51:13 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/the-battle-for-nationwide-broadband-starts-in-earnest/?cs=40128 2010-03-17T17:51:13Z 2 days, 6 hours ago 1 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/comment/the-battle-for-nationwide-broadband-starts-in-earnest http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/feeds/comments?blogPost=40128 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/the-pc-industry-takes-a-road-trip/?cs=40098 There is heartening and interesting news on the PC sales front.   The good news is that sales are rebounding from the depths of the recession. It's not surprising that portable devices are driving the rebound. But, coupled with the end of the bad hp apple laptops tablets_netbooks_and_umpcs mobile_devices technology_markets acer business_technology dell it_market_analysts Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:15:05 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/the-pc-industry-takes-a-road-trip/?cs=40098 2010-03-16T20:15:05Z 3 days, 3 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/comment/the-pc-industry-takes-a-road-trip http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/feeds/comments?blogPost=40098 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/developers-and-the-ipad/?cs=40070 Though it is showing signs of not being a runaway hit , the iPad is close to launch and the Apple machine is fully engaged. That makes it time to consider some of the real-world implications of the launch.   Perhaps the most intriguing is what iphone apple ipod_touch business_technology web_and_software_development ipad Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:53:58 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/developers-and-the-ipad/?cs=40070 2010-03-15T20:53:58Z 4 days, 3 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/comment/developers-and-the-ipad http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/feeds/comments?blogPost=40070 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/the-iphone-nears-full-multitasking/?cs=40035 It is, of course, a significantly different smartphone world today than it was in 2007 when the iPhone was introduced. There now are Android phones and snappy proprietary devices from other vendors. The days of iPhone hegemony are over.   In the business_technology apple verizon_wireless android ipad iphone at&t Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:39:17 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/the-iphone-nears-full-multitasking/?cs=40035 2010-03-12T22:39:17Z 1 week, 1 hour ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/comment/the-iphone-nears-full-multitasking http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/feeds/comments?blogPost=40035 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/the-three-faces-of-android/?cs=39997 There is an important debate going on in the Android community about operating systems. It’s really a dialog that has been going on for some time, but the increase in the number of versions of the operating system, the growth in applications and the android open_source_enterprise_software google business_technology Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:17:01 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/the-three-faces-of-android/?cs=39997 2010-03-11T22:17:01Z 1 week, 1 day ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/comment/the-three-faces-of-android http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/feeds/comments?blogPost=39997 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/is-this-as-good-as-it-gets-for-the-netbook/?cs=39965 There has been a bit of cognitive dissonance recently concerning the netbook sector. GigaOm has posted some graphics (with additional materials available from its subscription service), giving credit to washingtonpost.com and displaysearch.com. The apple mini-notebook tablets_netbooks_and_umpcs it_market_analysts netbook ipad business_technology Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:52:44 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/is-this-as-good-as-it-gets-for-the-netbook/?cs=39965 2010-03-10T22:52:44Z 1 week, 2 days ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/comment/is-this-as-good-as-it-gets-for-the-netbook http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/feeds/comments?blogPost=39965 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/the-death-and-life-of-wimax/?cs=39928 The exit of Cisco from the WiMax radio sector does nothing to alter the perception that Long Term Evolution (LTE) will be the winner in, well, the long term.   As reported in a number of places, including Computerworld , Cisco is backing off from wimax verizon business_technology lte clearwire at&t long_term_evolution cisco-systems Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:02:15 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/the-death-and-life-of-wimax/?cs=39928 2010-03-09T22:02:15Z 1 week, 3 days ago 6 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/comment/the-death-and-life-of-wimax http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/feeds/comments?blogPost=39928 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/national-broadband-plan-debate-may-take-over-where-health-care-debate-ends/?cs=39898 More details are becoming available about the National Broadband Plan that the Federal Communications Commission is set to release later this month. One thing is for certain: It may give more fuel, for financial and partisan reasons, to those who have rus federal_communications_commission business_technology fcc ntia broadband_services u.s._rural_utilities_service the_u.s._national_telecommunications_information_administration julius_genachowski Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:34:51 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/national-broadband-plan-debate-may-take-over-where-health-care-debate-ends/?cs=39898 2010-03-08T22:34:51Z 1 week, 4 days ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/comment/national-broadband-plan-debate-may-take-over-where-health-care-debate-ends http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/feeds/comments?blogPost=39898 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/the-wimaxsmart-grid-partnership/?cs=39826 The general feeling is that when the dust settles, Long Term Evolution (LTE) will be ahead of WiMax in the overall 4G bakeoff. Many observers suggest that WiMax could end up as a niche technology, while LTE, which is the favored approach of Verizon wimax lte 4g smart_grid long_term_evolution business_technology Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:43:05 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/the-wimaxsmart-grid-partnership/?cs=39826 2010-03-04T20:43:05Z 2 weeks, 1 day ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/comment/the-wimaxsmart-grid-partnership http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/feeds/comments?blogPost=39826 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/is-att-dealing-with-its-network-issues/?cs=39793 AT&T’s network has been the source of much concern because it is the sole carrier of the iPhone. It has had chronic problems dealing with the stress added by the ultra-popular phone, particularly in New York City and San Francisco. Though there have iphone long_term-evolution business_technology at&t apple ipad lte network_performance_management Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:48:10 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/is-att-dealing-with-its-network-issues/?cs=39793 2010-03-03T21:48:10Z 2 weeks, 2 days ago 1 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/comment/is-att-dealing-with-its-network-issues http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/feeds/comments?blogPost=39793 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/the-leading-iphone-business-apps/?cs=39768 Check out images and descriptions of the best business-centric applications for your Apple iPhone. One of the questions that emerged when the iPhone was first released in 2007 was whether the device was enterprise-ready. Debate remains over that iphone apple business_technology Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:25:42 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/the-leading-iphone-business-apps/?cs=39768 2010-03-03T14:25:42Z 2 weeks, 2 days ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/comment/the-leading-iphone-business-apps http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/feeds/comments?blogPost=39768 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/will-voips-lead-today-become-a-rout-tomorrow/?cs=39758 My colleague Charlene O’Hanlon has an interesting post up at CTO Edge questioning the significant growth in VoIP predicted by In-Stat Senior Analyst Dave Lemelin. Indeed, the In-Stat numbers are surprising. Lemelin suggests that VoIP, which is used session_initiation_protocol sip voip business_technology it_market_analysts Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:10:44 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/will-voips-lead-today-become-a-rout-tomorrow/?cs=39758 2010-03-02T23:10:44Z 2 weeks, 3 days ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/comment/will-voips-lead-today-become-a-rout-tomorrow http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/feeds/comments?blogPost=39758 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/good-news-on-p2p/?cs=39727 It isn’t very often that I come across a story that deals with a reduction in bandwidth usage . For years, the arrow has pointed in one direction, and that was up. The interesting news is at least one survey is showing that a big source of traffic – peer-to-peer p2p business_technology legislation_and_regulation Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:21:19 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/good-news-on-p2p/?cs=39727 2010-03-02T00:21:19Z 2 weeks, 4 days ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/comment/good-news-on-p2p http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/feeds/comments?blogPost=39727 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/wired-for-speed/?cs=39693 The image of the wired network has taken a beating during the past couple of years as iPhones, iPads, Nexus Ones, Androids, Pres and other mobile devices and the networks upon which they ride have hogged the spotlight. The wired network, in the face of cisco broadband android pre google nexus_one broadband_services business_technology iphone ipad fiber-to-the-premises telecommunications_services Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:38:18 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/wired-for-speed/?cs=39693 2010-02-26T19:38:18Z 3 weeks, 3 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/comment/wired-for-speed http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/feeds/comments?blogPost=39693