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Networking and security step up in Feb IT priorities rankings

Below is a summary of the latest findings from our monthly IT Priorities survey: •Software infrastructure remains the top initiative: Software infrastructure projects averaged 23% of IT spending in the last 12 months, but spending is expected to dip to 19% in the following year. Current spending on ERP projects...

Tags: Spending, 12-Month, last 12-month

Blog posts 2006-02-01

New methodology changes up ZDNet's IT priorities rankings

January’s IT Priorities survey results show that software infrastructure is the no. 1 top priority followed by hardware upgrades and IT management. Rounding out the top 5 are wired and wireless and data management, according to our approximately 500 respondents who take our survey each month. (I'f you've been following...

Tags: Hardware upgrade, Authentication/Encryption, last 12-month

Blog posts 2006-01-10

Top IT priorities reshuffle as '05 comes to a close

December's IT Priorities findings show that software infrastructure has once again reclaimed the second place position from hardware upgrades (now at no. 3) while security also jumped up a spot to no. 4, pushing IT management to fifth place. Meanwhile, Wired and Wireless networking, the reigning leader for over the...

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Blog posts 2005-12-02

Latest IT Priorites data shows software making gains

October’s IT Priorities findings show that software infrastructure has reclaimed the second place position from hardware upgrades, which is now back as the no. 3 top priority among our approximately 500 respondents who take our survey each month. Drilling down, we found that current spending on ERP projects averaged 25%...

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Blog posts 2005-10-07

Ballmer seeing last 12 months through rose-colored glasses?

From the What Are They Smokin' Dep't., Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was quoted as saying "More damage has been done in other periods of time than today. The last 12 months was a better 12 months by a margin."  Ballmer apparently said this at a recent briefing with the U.K....

Tags: McManus, Steve Ballmer, 12-Month

Blog posts 2004-10-04

Additional Resources

Large Hadron Collider back in operation

quick finally will get our planet killing black hole yess ntnt Wont work...the LHC will once aggain be broken by a peice of bread dropped by a random bird...It will be so untill we hit 21 12 2012 at which point the poles will inverse causing...

Tags: black hole, Tardis, LHC, Large Hadron Collider

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Ballmer: Windows 7 sales on a roll

Oh boy... this should be a fun Talkback... ntntyeap...for sure we'll be hearing what everyone has already said "ad nauseum".BallSack is a MoronPlain and Simple.I'm sure Win7 sales are decent. After all, it's hard to get an OS-less computer.....It is easy enough to get linuxpre-installed.Or buy a MacHowever,...

Tags: Sales strategy, Operating systems, Mac sale, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Linux, sales, Steve Ballmer, Windows 7 sale, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

Google makes Chrome OS open source today

I like itThe ChromeOS demo looked pretty cool!I'm almost 100% webapp-based already, so I could see myself using a simple, fast & no maintenance OS like that the majority of the time.I like it too, but, for me, I need to compile and run programs locally. I would imagine that...

Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, open source, Google Inc., Chrome, operating system, ChromeOS

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Salesforce Chatter: what a clanger!

Running Cover-it-Live has produced some interesting commentary about this morning's announcement of Salesforce.com Chatter. Best summed up by Nenshad Bardoliwalla: The length of this keynote has turned "Chatter" into "Splatter" IMHO A three and a quarter hour keynote marathon, laced with the kind of hyperbole we've come to...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Marc Benioff, Running Cover-it-Live, Saesforce.com, Sales Force Management, Sales, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-11-18

What's next for Microsoft's Azure cloud platform?

So MS is going cloud...Well, well, isn't this interesting. Does MS concede that the era of packaged client software is over? Again, MS is the follower and not the leader, and again, MS is following Google to the clouds. My prediction is that this will be a field day...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Corp., Azure, server

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Eye-Fi Manager 2.6.12.0 (Mac)

When's the last time your vacation photos made it out of your camera? Don't wait months - make it happen automatically with the 2GB Eye-Fi Home Card. Its built-in Wi-Fi uses your home Wi-Fi network to automatically upload your memories to your computer. No cables. No hassles. No kidding.

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Eye-Fi, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility

Software downloads 2009-11-18

Whistler XTR195 Battery-Operated Radar/Laser Detector

Whistler XTR195I paid just under $50 for the little guy last black Friday at Radio Shack.It was to be used within the city and some highway. Suffice it to say it actually works.Readings and beeping of a 2/3 of a mile proved that it actually was a trap. I generally...

Tags: Engineering, radar, detector, battery, laser

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

Jabra Stone

Not many Bluetooth headsets combine style and performance, and when they do, they stand out. Examples include the Aliph Jawbone Prime, the BlueAnt Q1, and the Plantronics Discovery 975. Jabra, a company that has been in the Bluetooth business a long time, attempts to come up with yet another headset...

Tags: headset, Jabra, Stone

Product reviews 2009-11-17

HP Pavilion Slimline s5220y

HP's $480 Pavilion Slimline s5220y is another low-end slim tower PC that offers mediocre performance and equally unexciting performance packaged in a relatively boring case. Its small stature might tempt some of you to use it as a light-duty PC, or even a media-streaming box, but its out-of-date connectivity options...

Tags: Desktops, Ethernet, Video cards, DVD, Consumer electronics, Slimline, HP Pavilion, Hewlett-Packard Co., Dell Inspiron, Dell Computer Corp.

Product reviews 2009-11-12

Canon PowerShot S90

The Canon PowerShot S90 is designed for photography enthusiasts and it carries a hefty price tag to prove it. It also has some of the best controls you'll find on a compact camera for manual and semimanual shooting modes. Its lens and photo quality are top notch, too. Actually, about...

Tags: S90, Canon PowerShot S90, Canon Inc., Canon PowerShot, camera

Product reviews 2009-11-12

Microsoft Patents Sudo - So Sudo me!

i do think that it time for some rule and regulation .and some major MS legal bashing . anti-trust Adrian this is shameless self promotionYou would not even have this if a reader had not given it to you. Means nothing but what youre getting out of it, HITS....

Tags: Idiocy, patent, Microsoft Corp., Adrian

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

Saft 12.0.2 (Mac)

Saft for Safari is a plugin to extend Safari's features with sidebar, searchable history and bookmarks, full-screen browsing, type-ahead searching, customized Google Search field, URL shortcuts and kiosk mode. Features include: Ad/banner blocking with simple URL pattern matching Add bookmark folder here and add bookmark here in every bookmark...

Tags: Menu, Apple Macintosh, Browser Window, Web Browser, Hao Li, Web Browsers, Internet

Software downloads 2009-11-12

Viewsonic premieres the VPD400 MovieBook media player for $130

Just in time for holiday shopping, Viewsonic has announced the availability of their sleek new portable media player that can fit in the palm of your hand: the VPD400 MovieBook.  The MovieBook hosts a 4.3-inch, 800 x 480 resolution screen along with 8 GB of internal memory...

Tags: ViewSonic Corp., Battery, Media Player, MovieBook, Geek.com, Media Players, Corporate Communications, Engineering, Digital Music, Digital Media, Keyboards, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Hardware, Peripherals, Rachel King

Blog posts 2009-11-11

It's a girl! (or Ed Tech, 6 years hence)

Regular readers and followers of my Twitter feed will know that yesterday was pretty eventful. My wife and I (well, mostly my wife, but I did make some moderate contribution) had a baby girl who currently remains nameless (we're leaning toward Penelope, but she was delivered by c-section so...

Tags: Web Application, Social Media, E-books, Semantic Web, Cloud Computing, Personal Technology, Internet, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-11-10

File Property Edit 3.12 (Windows)

This is a software for modifying file attributes. With the power file and folder browse feature plus the drag and drop support, you can easily add a group of files or directories, and then change their create time, modify time, last access time, and other file attributes and properties. Also,...

Tags: Folder, Property, Foryoursoft, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-09