Carl Weinschenk

Top 10 Storage and Networking Trends for 2014 The concept of software-defined networks (SDNs) has been generally accepted as the wave of the future by experts. The basic idea involves separating the intelligence that maps out where data is headed (the control plane) from the data itself (not surprisingly, the data plane). The pure concept […]

Though large segments of the populace think the category is creepy and/or overly intrusive, it is clear that wearable computers are in development. At InformationWeek, Stephen Forte, chief strategy officer at Telerik, described some uses of the new technologies. Inevitably, such a list of examples mixes things that undeniably are beneficial, marginal and a bit […]

22 Android Apps for Meeting Success Spring has arrived. Those are words that most of us have been eager to hear as this most unpleasant of winters droned on. Besides that welcome news, a nice mix of interesting news and good analysis in IT and telecommunications also arrived this week. Here are some highlights: Incumbent […]

Top 10 Mobile Technologies and Capabilities for 2015 and 2016 The nascent trend to create devices with two operating systems seems to be fading before it really got rolling. Indeed, it is possible to say that OS makers are giving it the dual boot. On March 13, Trusted Reviews posted a story in which Huawei […]

Top Cyber Scams Expected for 2014 Everything about the Internet changes quickly. It is the nature of things, and nowhere truer than in browsers. It was not too long ago that it could have been called “the Internet Explorer category.” Those days are long gone, of course. A number of competitive browsers from the likes […]

Top 10 Mobile Technologies and Capabilities for 2015 and 2016 It has been a decade since VoIP became a standard telecommunications tool. Its age has not slowed the development of the technology, however. For instance, Twilio this week announced a VoIP advancement that it says could improve ease of use of enterprise-based systems. According to […]

Ten Top Tech Trends to Watch in 2014 The cable industry has had many competitors. At the end of the day, though, its stubborn dominance is due to its birthright: The coaxial cable it controls in a vast majority of homes and small businesses in the United States. Of course, the advent of fiber and […]

It was another week of the endless winter, with a few warmer days thrown in, and no huge IT or telecommunications story. We did have, however, a nice mix of meaningful news and solid commentary. Here are some highlights: Panetta Fears Cyber Warfare Part of being the former secretary of anything in the U.S. government […]

Top 10 Mobile Technologies and Capabilities for 2015 and 2016 The bring your own device (BYOD) movement has quickly evolved from an outlier to a central element of the way businesses work and communicate. This transition has been apparent for quite some time. It doesn’t mean, however, that everybody is happy about it or that […]

Top Predictions for Enterprise IT in 2014 The ability to predict what is coming next is vital in blackjack, financial analysis, IT operations and corporate planning. At eWeek, Mike Elgan does a great job of divining the direction in which Google and, by extension, the rest of us, seems to be heading. As with many […]

Top 10 Mobile Technologies and Capabilities for 2015 and 2016 Awkwardness surrounds the reporting of sales of Android-based devices versus the rest of the usual OS suspects. Android is used by any number of devices while the other OSes are tightly tied to their owners’ gadgets. That comes to mind every time a big or […]

The Struggle to Manage the Complexity of Modern IT Like painting the Golden Gate or the George Washington bridges, the rebuilding of the cellular network is a never-ending cycle. Once the end is reached, a new upgrade begins. Some of the upgrades – from 2G to 3G and 3G to 4G, for instance – are […]