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- Enterprise IT's trust level of Google will increase
- TechRepublic's CIO Jury finds that IT leaders trust Microsoft more than Google as a technology partner, but tune in next year. Jason Hiner outlines the latest findings in the TechRepublic CIO Jury. In a nutshell, it looks like this: So...
- Tags: Google Inc., Information Technology, Enterprise, Jason Hiner, E-mail, Strategy, Online Communications, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-26
- Windows 7 podcast: What will the upgrade cycle look like?
- With Windows 7 set for lift-off on Thursday, Jason Hiner, Mary Jo Foley and I handicap the Windows 7 upgrade cycle. We expect the consumer to lead the first wave of adoption with enterprises bringing up the rear in the back half. You can play this 17-minute...
- Tags: Podcast, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-21
- CIO Jury: Will Snow Leopard boost Macs for business?
- Surprise to no-one hereLittle support for enterprise-level apps and CIOs won't adopt Apple? Color me surprised. This one I found amusing though:"The primary issue for us is always security and after that the need for applications to work reliably on the Mac OS."So volume-licensing of an AV/malware suite is more...
- Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Desktops, Vertical industries, Operating systems, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2009-09-29
- News to know: Office Web Apps; Palm; AMD-Intel; Andreessen; Win7 for students
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Office Web Apps go to testers: Ten things to know Zack Whittaker: Office 2010 for...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Hewlett-Packard Co., Palm Inc., Web Application, Andrew Nusca, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sam Diaz, Intel Corp., Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
- Blog posts 2009-09-18
- CIO Jury: Cloud funding is on the rise, but big security questions linger
- I've said it before, SaaS will make fools out of people who use itData ownership, security, lock-in licensing, company going under (have any of the Aye-sayers bothered to look at a little thing called "the economy"?)Especially lock-in licensing; will the companies providing these services do a darn thing once set...
- Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Managed hosting, cloud computing, software-as-a-service, security, Double-standard
- Discussion threads 2009-09-17
- CIO Jury: Cloud funding is on the rise, but big security questions linger
- TechRepublic polled its panel of IT leaders and asked if cloud computing was funded in their 2009 budgets. See the CIO Jury vote and the comments. by Jason Hiner
- Tags: CIO, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Security, Hardware, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2009-09-17
- CIOs hit the snooze button on Snow Leopard
- Wow, how wrong can you be?Quote from the first paragraph of the article...[i]The [b]assumption[/b] was that this one feature could have the same kind of impact in opening the Mac market to corporate users as Exchange integration had on bringing the iPhone to business professionals.[/i]Seems that TechRepublic is way out...
- Tags: Marketing research, Snow Leopard, snooze button
- Discussion threads 2009-09-03
- CIOs hit the snooze button on Snow Leopard
- With Exchange support, Snow Leopard was supposed to attract more business users to Mac. A new survey from TechRepublic's CIO Jury dashes that theory. by Jason Hiner
- Tags: CIO, Marketing Research, Marketing, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2009-09-03
- How desktop virtualization will end IT client hardware maintenance (and kill off Best Buy's Geek Squad)
- In one fell swoop, John Whaley might end IT client hardware maintenance. And he might kill off the Geek Squad, too. Whaley, the chief technical officer of desktop virtualization company MokaFive, says desktop virtualization is becoming more widely adopted in...
- Tags: Best Buy Co. Inc., Information Technology, Environment, Server, MokaFive, JW, Management Cost, Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, Desktops, Hardware, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-08-28
- TechRepublic: Most CIOs refuse to buy the hype on desktop virtualization
- One of IT's hottest buzz topics of 2009 is desktop virtualization. But, TechRepublic's CIO Jury has indicated that the vast majority of IT leaders have no plans to adopt desktop virtualization, although a minority group of CIOs are enthusiastic about it. by Jason Hiner
- Tags: Desktop, TechRepublic Inc., CIO, Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, Hardware, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2009-08-20
- TechRepublic: U.S. CIOs are starting to warm up to the iPhone
- IT departments initially rejected the iPhone as not fit for business, but IT leaders are starting to change their tune. See how TechRepublic's CIO Jury voted. by Jason Hiner
- Tags: Apple iPhone, TechRepublic Inc., CIO, Information Technology, Smart Phones, Strategy, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Management, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2009-08-10
- News to know: Microhoo; Multilingual spam; Apple; Verizon; Sprint
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Microsoft-Yahoo search pact appears to be a win-win if smaller deal Boomtown: Microsoft-Yahoo Deal Struck-Will Be Announced...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Verizon Communications Inc., SPSS Inc., Apple Inc., Spam, Microsoft Corp., Sprint Communications, Business Analytics, IBM Corp., Web Browsers, Financial Planning, Channel Management, Internet, Finance, Marketing
- Blog posts 2009-07-29
- TechRepublic's CIO Jury: Split on deploying Windows 7
- TechRepublic's CIO Jury: Split on deploying Windows 7A massive success for Windows 7!"On July 20, TechRepublic asked its pool of U.S. IT leaders if they planned to begin Windows 7 deployments by the end of 2010. The jury, made up of the first 12 respondents from the 90-member group, was...
- Tags: Operating systems, SMB customer, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2009-07-28
- TechRepublic's CIO Jury: Split on deploying Windows 7
- IT departments have largely ignored Windows Vista and stuck with Windows XP as the corporate standard. However, Windows 7 has received a warmer response from IT professionals than Vista did, and TechRepublic’s CIO Jury is split down the middle on whether to deploy Windows 7. On July...
- Tags: TechRepublic Inc., CIO, Information Technology, Director Of Information Technology, Jury, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2009-07-28
- News to know: Morro reviewed; RIM; Intel; Windows 7
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: How good is Microsoft's free antivirus software? Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Security Essentials: What wannabe testers need...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Research In Motion Ltd., Microsoft Windows 7, Andrew Nusca, Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., Data Centers, Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Storage, Cloud Computing, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Security, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-06-19
- CIO Jury: iPhone has no place in business
- CIO Jury: iPhone has no place in businessCorporate PDANot ready for Business? I think it depends on your business. I'm A Senior Systems Engineer, my needs for email and calendar are fairly basic. As long as it syncs, and I can access my mail it is fine.What I use my...
- Tags: Web browsers, Mobile operating systems, Operating systems, Handhelds, Apple iPhone, Web browser, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Apple Safari, mobile, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-06-18
- CIO Jury: Let's wait on Windows 7
- CIO Jury: Let's wait on Windows 7Who are these companies and who cares what their CIO's sayNever heard of any of these companies, and I could care less what any of their CIO's say on this subject.Why not ask the CIO of a Fortune 500 company?This is no surprise.It would...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, SMB/SME, Microsoft Windows 7, operating system, new OS, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-06-10
- News to know: Salesforce.com; Microsoft; Apple tablet; Google
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Salesforce.com delivers mixed fiscal year outlook: Earnings up, revenue light Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Pop quiz - Which would you choose (Mac vs. PC)? ...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Tablets, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Blog posts 2009-05-22
- Microsoft exec outlines Windows 7 security [video]
- Mobile-device security, two factor log-ins, and AppLocker, a code-signing feature for applications, are just a few of the security advancements Microsoft is rolling out with its Windows 7 operating system. Scott Charney, corporate vice president of Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing division, explains at the RSA Conference in San Francisco how it...
- Tags: RSA Security Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Video, Microsoft Corp., Security, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-04-22
- News to know: RSA, AMD; Yahoo; Windows 8; $200 'Mac'
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. RSA Conference: Tom Foremski: A conversation with Check Point's Gil Schwed Symantec CEO: The future of security [video] RSA chief calls for...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, RSA Security Inc., Apple Macintosh, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Blog posts 2009-04-22
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