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- Verizon enters mobile management services; enough to take it beyond early adopters?
- Verizon will announce its entry into a new market today, offering a full suite of services designed to help business customers analyze usage, manage devices, maintain security and more through a suite of software tools. Deja Vu. Just yesterday, I posted about Zenprise, a...
- Tags: Mobile, Information Technology, Verizon Communications Inc., Mobility, IT Organization, Wireless And Mobility, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-09-09
- The choices for thin, low-cost ULV laptops expand
- Just when I was starting to wonder what happened to all those ultra-low voltage ULV laptops, computer makers opened the flood gates. These laptops, which are thinner, lighter and less costly than mainstream notebooks, are now available in a range of display sizes, including some models with 11.6-inch displays that...
- Tags: Hard Drive, Battery, Acer Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium, Laptop Computer, Netbook, Intel Corp., MSI, Aspire 1410, IdeaPad U450p, X600, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, Processors, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2009-09-01
- With virtualization, a way to wrangle mobile data costs in the enterprise
- Are you an IT pro who's tired of rising mobile bills? Does incorporating personal smartphones under the enterprise security umbrella keep you up at night? Bob Tinker may have a solution. Tinker, chief executive of mobile enterprise solutions provider MobileIron, is...
- Tags: Virtualization, Mobile, Information Technology, Smart Phone, Enterprise, MobileIron, single-OS Strategy, Employee Self-service, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Advertising & Promotion, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Marketing, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-08-10
- Creating the Trusted, Dynamic Enterprise: An Enterprise Security Blueprint
- Securing communications for all voice and data applications as well as employee mobility is the key to supporting new business models and enabling a trusted dynamic enterprise that competes effectively in today's business environment. Rapid advances in communications technology have been accompanied by an equally rapid multiplication in security threats,...
- Tags: Enterprise Security, Enterprise, Security
- White papers 2009-07-30
- Sprint increases bet on prepaid; Buys Virgin Mobile USA
- Sprint Nextel on Tuesday said it acquired Virgin Mobile USA in a stock swap worth about $483 million. The move is designed to cement its growing position in prepaid calling plan market. Sprint already owns 13.1 percent of Virgin Mobile. In a statement, Sprint said it plans...
- Tags: Virgin Mobile, Virgin Mobile USA, Sprint Communications, Branding, Wireless And Mobility, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-07-28
- HP unveils financial planning and analysis solutions designed to both optimize and modernize IT operations
- LAS VEGAS -- Hewlett-Packard HP today unveiled its new HP Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) solutions, aimed at recession-beleaguered IT executives who need to cut costs, prepare for a service-based future, and run their departments like a business -- all at the same time. FP&A is part...
- Tags: Financial Planning, Hewlett-Packard Co., Financial, Information Technology, Analysis, FP&A, Business Leader, Strategy, Management, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2009-06-16
- Gauging the return on R&D: Do tech giants spend too much?
- Tech giants are spending heavily on research and development, but it's difficult to follow the bouncing return on investment ball. The research and development return topic was brought up by my ZDNet UK colleague Rupert Goodwins earlier this week. Rupert went on a tour of Microsoft Research...
- Tags: R&D, Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., IEEE Spectrum, Research & Development, Business Operations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-05-14
- Understanding The Critical Role Of Device Management And Security In Your Business' Mobile Strategy
- In January 2009, Sybase commissioned Forrester Consulting to assess the importance of mobile device management and, in particular, mobile security and the associated issues that keep CXOs up at night. While conducting in-depth interviews with 30 IT and telecom/network decision-makers at North American and Western European companies...
- Tags: Security, Mobile, Mobile Device, Firms, Advertising & Promotion, Wireless And Mobility, Marketing
- White papers 2009-05-01
- First impressions of the HP Pavilion dv2 and AMD's "not-for-netbooks" Neo
- HP's latest ultraportable, the Pavilion dv2, is now available. Announced at CES in January, the dv2 is notable because it is part of AMD's strategy to counter Intel Atom-based netbooks with ultraportables that are closer in price to netbooks, but offer features more like full-fledged notebooks. To...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., AMD Athlon, HP Pavilion, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Laptop Computer, Netbook, Dv2, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Desktops, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2009-04-07
- The downside to corporate wireless plans
- Guest post: When looking at corporate wireless plans, TechRepublic's Jay Rollins finds that the promise of pooled minutes, volume discounts, and a dedicated account manager may seem like Nirvana, but you’re giving something up. You can find more posts like this on TechRepublic's CIO for Hire blog. ...
- Tags: Customer Service, Verizon Communications Inc., AT&T Corp., Telecommunications, Wireless, 3G Card, Wireless Coverage, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-03-04
- Microsoft retail: Redmond start your copiers?
- Microsoft retail: Redmond start your copiers?they better get this rightif microsoft doesn't get this right, they will get an even more mud thrown at them and their image will be damaged beyond repair. vista has left a horrible taste in people mouth and crappy stores will only make it...
- Tags: Operating systems, Monitors & displays, Advertising & Promotion, vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, photocopier
- Discussion threads 2009-02-16
- Strategic Mobility Planning Positioning Your Organization for the Future
- This whitepaper presents the rationale and critical need for organizations, to develop a strategic mobility plan and provides an overview of Motorola's recommended process for development. As an innovator of wireless communications technology, it provided mobility advisory services that can help to develop a strategy that will directly support organization's...
- Tags: Mobility, Motorola Inc., Wireless And Mobility
- White papers 2009-01-15
- Nine Web sites IT pros should master in 2009
- At least, according to Carolyn Duffy Marsan, senior editor at Network World. Marsan writes up a list not for geeks but for decision-makers, with the following disclaimer: "Master these Web sites, and you’ll prove you can innovate during the most trying economic times. And you’ll do it more efficiently...
- Tags: Security, Google Inc., Web, Information Technology, VMware Inc., Twitter, VMware Communities Marsan, EMM Site, Ruby On Rails, Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Strategy, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Servers, Hardware, Management, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-01-12
- CES 2009: Recession could be good to us, AMD says [day 4]
- AMD's global VP of advanced marketing and prolific blogger Pat Moorhead sat down with me today to discuss AMD latest products and their plan for 2009, and according to Moorhead, "AMD is positioned well for this economy," referencing the company's new product focus with regard to the current recession. ...
- Tags: Recession, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Netbook, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-01-09
- Palm's CES news. Just in time or too late?
- Palm may be in a good position to generate some buzz at the Consumer Electronics Show - and a major announcement about its long-time-coming operating system, called Nova, could be the thing it needs to grab the spotlight. It shouldn't be too hard to make some noise at CES this...
- Tags: Consumer Electronics Show, Mobile, Palm Inc., Smart Phone, JIT, Smart Phones, Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Hardware, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-12-15
- AMD's Extreme Makeover: What the new roadmaps reveal
- Lost in all of the inaccurate commotion yesterday about AMD entering the netbook market were much broader changes in the company's product plans as it struggles to regain profitability and keep up with a deep-pocketed Intel. In the past year, AMD has announced plans to spin-off manufacturing, abandoned efforts to...
- Tags: Platform, Plan, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Chip, DDR3, Notebooks, Desktops, Processors, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- A New Management Strategy for Today's Definition of Work
- The world's workforce is more mobile than ever and experts report that the number of mobile workers is expected to continue to rise sharply. Preparing for this new wave of mobile workers - or Web commuters - with anytime, anywhere remote access to their office resources is key to finding...
- Tags: Strategy, Mobile, Citrix Systems Inc., Worker, Workforce, Recruitment & Selection, Workforce Management, Advertising & Promotion, Payroll Solutions, Human Resources, Marketing
- White papers 2008-11-12
- Managing and Rapid Provisioning With Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
- Companies of all sizes are working to control costs, ensure data security and protection, and enable workforce mobility, in increasingly complex and fragmented IT environments. It's an enormous challenge. Meet that challenge with a VMware VDI infrastructure. Built on an enterprise-proven platform running in 100 of the Fortune 100, VMware...
- Tags: Provisioning, Virtual Desktop, VMware Inc., EMC Corp., Workforce, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Desktops, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage
- Webcasts 2008-09-11
- School District Upgrades PCs to Keep Students Current on the Latest Technology
- Hoover City Schools makes it a priority to stay current with the latest software so that students are prepared for the next level of education and are familiar with the tools that drive today's business world. As part of that strategy, the school district has already deployed Windows Vista on...
- Tags: PC, School District, Student, Mobility, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software
- Case studies 2008-09-01
- About Atom: Intel's big plans for its little chip
- One of the bolder goals Intel set at IDF this week is that within a decade it wants ship 1 billion Intel-based mobile computing devices each year. That's a big bet when you consider Intel estimates there will be a total of 163 million notebooks shipped this year. ...
- Tags: Mobile, Intel Corp., Chip, Menlow, Moorestown, Advertising & Promotion, Processors, Marketing, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
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