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- My First Week With DROID
- The DroidI am curious-do you feel an application is coming along that will allow you to do to email what the Blackberry is already doing? Perhaps a software upgrade by Google? Having the ability to pull all your email accounts into one app is much better than what...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, E-mail, ROI/TCO, Droid
- Discussion threads 2009-11-15
- TR Dojo: Five reasons why Windows 7 XP Mode will encourage upgrades
- In all honesty though . . .In all honesty though - I'm not seeing anything that runs in XP but won't run in Vista/7. The only things that had issues where antiviruses and firewalls - but all of those offered upgrades eventually.It's the UI now more than anything elseI've been...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Windows7, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Win7, XP Mode, Win 7
- Discussion threads 2009-11-10
- Ubuntu 9.10 = easiest, cheapest upgrade ever
- Worst OS ever! You should read what Dana Blankhorn had to say about your beloved linux! I'll give you a hint, its not good. I can't believe they would release a distro with known harddrive bugs. I'm going to laugh at you when you lose all your data due...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, UNIX, Ubuntu, Linux
- Discussion threads 2009-10-29
- Is the IBM Client for Smart Work an alternative to 7 for schools?
- Windows 7 looks like a genuinely good OS. Reasonable system requirements, high levels of usability and stability...What's not to like? Well, the price, of course. Volume educational licensing runs around $70 a seat for Windows 7 Professional upgrades. Then there's the actual upgrade process. Major rollouts...
- Tags: Ubuntu, IBM Corp., Ubuntu 9.10, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Roi/Tco, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-10-21
- Gartner: Windows 7 is 'all but inevitable'
- Completely Disagree with Gartner's Recommendations...I would be skipping Vista at this point, and aborting all Vista deployment plans. Why? Simple...Any IT staff that is deploying Vista en mass to their enterprises bought it with Volume Licensing, which means they probably bought it with Software Assurance... better to use those support...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), gartner, Microsoft Windows Vista, Win 7, Microsoft Windows 7, Gartner Inc., Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-10-13
- More Microsoft layoffs, a resignation and other pre-Labor Day tidbits
- Oh pooh...The days are coming to an end for 15G Operating Systems, in case they missed it Appliance driven devices under VMware IS the future.Not some insecure bloated expensive Server versions that require tens of thousands in licenses and still is crippled up by viruses/worms.;)On the plus side,nobody now knows...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, layoff, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Linux, server
- Discussion threads 2009-09-04
- VMware View Composer and Storage Deduplication
- Since the birth of the Internet, no technology has been more transformative or more capable of significantly driving down the costs associated with building, deploying, and managing IT assets than VMware server virtualization. Many organizations are looking at Virtual Desktop solutions to extend real Total Cost of Ownership TCO benefits...
- Tags: Desktop, Virtual Desktop, VMware Inc., EMC Corp., Virtualization, Desktop Virtualization, Storage, Roi/Tco, Hardware, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- Webcasts 2009-08-20
- BriefingsDirect analysts debate the 'imminent death' of enterprise IT as cloud models ascend
- who's going to maintain the workstationsyeah it's a cloud system, but the hardware at the desk still needs to be maintained. Waiting for your 3rd party IT people could waste valuable time in the office.RE: BriefingsDirect analysts debate the 'imminent death' of enterprise IT as cloud models ascendI think...
- Tags: Thin clients, cloud computing, thin client, imminent death, enterprise-IT, Briefingsdirect
- Discussion threads 2009-08-10
- Microsoft announces its Azure cloud computing pricing
- Microsoft announces its Azure cloud computing pricingCompared to Amazon...I compared the prices with Amazon's equivalent, the results are in my blog at http://bit.ly/OT7V8. Anyway, they seem to be approximately the same, which is probably the meaning that we should have associated with being "competitive" all along.Is that a lot or...
- Tags: Six Sigma, Pricing, TQM/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Microsoft Windows, Process improvement, cloud computing, Azure, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., pricing strategy
- Discussion threads 2009-07-14
- Reduce IT Costs With VMware View Composer and EMC Storage Deduplication
- VMware server virtualization has been transformative in significantly driving down costs associated with building, deploying and managing IT assets. Many customers today are looking at virtual desktop solutions as a way to extend those real TCO benefits more broadly by driving down the costs of managing and maintaining a traditional...
- Tags: Information Technology, VMware Inc., De-duplication, EMC Corp., VMware Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Hardware
- Webcasts 2009-07-14
- T to the C to the O: Know your costs
- So we’ve talked about ECM and MPS and DMS, but today let’s discuss three other letters I’ve gotten to know and love: TCO. Well, it’s not that I love total cost of ownership exactly. Rather, I like to help people determine, manage, and reduce their total cost...
- Tags: C, TCO, Roi/Tco, Printers, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Hardware, Peripherals, Doc
- Sponsored content 2009-07-07
- Email Clustering and Cloud Email Services
- Lately, there has been a lot of buzz about the brand new cloud computing paradigm. Supposedly, through this type of cloud resource, one would get the same performance and user experience levels as with classic systems. Some companies have moved word and spreadsheet processors online, while others plan to allow...
- Tags: Cloud Computing, Virtualization, E-mail, Hardware, Online Communications
- White papers 2009-07-07
- Forget the iPhone: Palm targets RIM, business customers with Pre
- Forget the iPhone: Palm targets RIM, business customers with PreRE iPhone in Business Scenario.I agree with you that from an administrative standpoint the iPhone is a logistical nightmare. The reasoning, no administrative back end. The back end should allow you to decide what can be and what cannot be on...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple iPhone, Pre, Palm Inc., Research In Motion Ltd.
- Discussion threads 2009-06-08
- News to know: Bing, Twitter, Kindle, E3, Red Hat, Istanbul
- 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: Bing is live: Nice first impression; Will Bing boost Cashback? Bing's real return: A catalyst to a...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Red Hat Inc., Andrew Nusca, Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Sam Diaz, Engineering, Game Players, Sales Strategy, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sales, Hardware, Networking
- Blog posts 2009-06-02
- Virtual desktop services gain TCO boost with HP clients, Desktone cloud-based 'DaaS' advances
- HP and Desktone have made strong market moves into the fast-growing desktops as a service Daas space, also know as desktop virtualization and virtual desktop infrastructure VDI. These new products and services show an aggressive ramp-up and sophistication to deliver a fast-track to DaaS. HP and Desktone,...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Virtual Desktop, TCO, Desktone, DaaS, Virtual-D Service Center, Fisher, Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, Desktops, Hardware, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2009-06-01
- New Apple ads focus on support, TCO
- New Apple ads focus on support, TCOIt's a great ad because......anyone who HAS had to deal with telephone support has had EXACTLY that experience, and will relate to it. Those of us in the IT world who do most of our own support will chuckle or shake our heads;...
- Tags: ROI/TCO, OSX, advertisement, New Apple ad, New Apple, Microsoft Corp., TCO, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-05-13
- How much does open source cost schools?
- How much does open source cost schools?Why don't YOU share with people the challenges you facedwhen moving entirely to Linux? Oh wait, you didn't? Then why are you asking other people to do it?RE: How much does open source cost schools?Just imagine a world where *nix skills where as common...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, open source, Linux, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-05-05
- News to know: Windows 7; U.S. CTO; Quickoffice; Ubuntu
- 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. Brian Sommer: The immediacy of value: Where SaaS must go next Mary Jo Foley: Windows 7 Release Candidate due date is...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Mary Jo Foley, Twitter, Microsoft Windows, Home Entertainment, Data Centers, Desktop Virtualization, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Virtualization
- Blog posts 2009-04-20
- Sun to IBM: We're willing to talk again; Big Blue not interested
- Sun to IBM: We're willing to talk again; Big Blue not interestedI hope IBM know what they're doingIf they play chicken with Sun to get a bargain on the yummy pieces, they still risk throwing Java into years of uncertainty and customer defection. And that'll hurt part of IBMs business...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Servers, Financial accounting, IBM Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, stock
- Discussion threads 2009-04-16
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