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October 30, 2009

Wireless and the Coming Battle over Net Neutrality

One of the thorniest issues that the newly installed leadership of the Federal Communications Commission is dealing with is net neutrality. In the long run, it’s likely that the trickiest part of the... More >

October 26, 2009

The Cloud and the Network Infrastructure

It's all made to sound so easy: first virtualization, then the cloud, and then an IT utopia of unlimited resources and global operations.   The reality, of course, is quite different. As more an... More >

October 20, 2009

The Growing Sophistication of Smartphone App Development

Smartphones are more powerful, networks are faster and people are more willing to perform complex and sensitive tasks from the road. An important link in the chain of increased mobile productivity th... More >

Software Forum: Information On Demand Virtual Experience

This interactive virtual forum presents leading IT experts providing the insights you need to turn your information into a strategic driver for innovation, business optimization and competitive differentiation.

Performance Under Pressure: The State of Enterprise Web Application Quality and Availability

This research study finds that Web application issues are an all-too-common problem and examines these Web-based enterprise application issues from two perspectives: that of an online customer and that of a site manager.

October 12, 2009

Broadband Mapping: Treasure for a New Age

In the olden days, explorers paid a lot of money for maps that they hoped would lead to buried treasure. Things apparently haven’t changed too much from the days of Hernando Cortez and Ponce de Leon,... More >

October 5, 2009

Thaw Seen in IT Hiring

The good news, if there is any in this lousy job market, is that the unemployment rate in IT is only about half that of the overall market, which the U.S. Labor Department on Friday put at 9.8 pe... More >

September 30, 2009

Will New Management Options Let Companies Feel at Home in the Clouds?

Resource allocation, load balancing and economies of scale are all well and good, but can management technology keep up with the cloud?   It seems like every time there is another new paradigm s... More >

September 28, 2009

No Tolerance for Mobile Policies

The explosion of mobility for businesses of all sizes has led to an equally noisy explosion in the concern organizations have about letting employees run around the town – or the globe -- subscribed ... More >

September 16, 2009

The Hosting News Is All Good

  Hosting companies are smiling due to a couple of trends that are pushing business their way.   Perhaps the most important is that the business sides of the telecom and IT sectors are foll... More >

September 4, 2009

Agencies, Industry Dragging Feet on Emergency Alert Systems

Crisis situations involve two important information flows: First responders and other professionals must be able to communicate with each other, and officials must keep the public informed about what... More >

August 26, 2009

Storage Networking: On the Cusp of Major Change

  Whether you call it storage consolidation, storage unification or building the storage network fabric, the concept is all the same: to do away with the multiple network architectures and proto... More >

August 21, 2009

Twitter Fan Companies Say it Helps Them Get Closer to Customers

  Though many companies still don’t know how to use Twitter for business and are looking for meaningful metrics to justify using it, more than half of Fortune 100 companies are using it , a... More >

August 19, 2009

Femtocells: The Time Is Now -- Almost

  The remaining months of 2009 and 2010 will see the carefully planned and extraordinarily important rollout of femtocells go into high gear.   Femtocells are small base stations that serve... More >

August 12, 2009

New Technologies to Make Storage More Efficient

  Since the dawn of the modern data center in the mid 1980s, most technological development has focused on the server.   As more advanced processors hit the market, it was the server platfo... More >

August 7, 2009

Some Fiber Deployments Slowed by Recession, Stimulus Bill

  Experts say that the roll out of fiber in the United States has been affected in a variety of ways by the recession and the looming broadband stimulus program. They add that the impact has bee... More >

August 5, 2009

Serious Games Entertain, Educate Employees

  A hurricane is about to hit the coast of North Carolina. Knowing demand for items like plywood, flashlights and batteries will spike in areas affected by the storm, you turn to your networks t... More >

Data Warehousing for Business Intelligence

Comprehensive storage solutions for better data access and retrieval, leading to better-informed business decisions.

Applications for Mid-size Businesses

Applications that mid-sized businesses can use to improve operational efficiency, accelerate growth, and maintain profitability.

Security SaaS Solutions

Hosted security solutions that not only protect your data, but reduce your security management TCO, as well.

Responding to Change

The technology tips and tools to enhance your ability to respond to business change with ease and success.