Inside the BriefcaseTweet SOURCE: TechNewsWorld Amazon hasn’t said what it’s going to show the world on Wednesday, but expectations surrounding an Amazon tablet are sky-high. In what ways could Amazon make its device stand out from the crowd of other non-iPad tablets out there? Amazon’s talent in content delivery could play a key role, as could price […]
Featured ArticlesTweet SOURCE: TechNewsWorld Facebook users awoke recently to find their favorite social network has once again altered its layout, changing how the News Feed presents information about one’s friends. The changes were met with a note of exasperation by some users, which has come to be expected each time Facebook rolls out something new. This […]
Featured ArticlesTweet SOURCE: TechNewsWorld One of my favorite features is the “History” of various models. The second-generation Apple TV, for example, includes a paragraph that describes Steve Jobs announcing it in September of 2010 — a year ago! — and notes that it was about a quarter of the size of the original Apple TV and […]
Featured ArticlesEconomists and pundits have long feared the emergence of what they called “hollow corporations,” or businesses that don’t actually produce actual goods or services themselves, but instead act as brokers or intermediaries relying on networks of suppliers and partners. But now, thanks to technology, successful businesses surprisingly are often brokers of services, delivered via technology, from providers and on to consumers.
Tweet To those who whine “I don’t want Google/Microsoft/Apple/whoever to use my code!” — why not? Really, if you think they’re evil because they close off code, how are you any better by doing the same to them? (plus, whining is for kids). “But it conflicts with our anti-copyright anti-business agenda.” Put down the bong, […]
Featured ArticlesTweet Bruce Perens wrote several times that he had to check with the lawyers to see what the various terms of his open source covenant really mean. If this license is so complicated that he doesn’t understand it, shouldn’t it be fixed? And why would he be publicly advocating others use a license he doesn’t […]
Featured ArticlesBusiness analytics has been effective in decision-making for three of four enterprises, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek Research Services survey sponsored by SAS.
Tweet SOURCE: BBC News Each week we ask high-profile technology decision-makers three questions. This week it is John Engates, chief technology officer (CTO) of Rackspace. Rackspace is a global hosting and cloud computing specialist. Founded in 1998, the company has 152,000 customers. Net revenue for the second quarter of the year was $247.2m up 32% […]
Featured ArticlesTweet SOURCE: TechNewsWorld Certain schools are beginning programs in which students — sometimes particularly young ones — are given iPads for classwork. This has raised questions about whether something capable of games and entertainment will be an effective educational tool. A certain amount of goofing off is an inevitability for kids in classrooms. But iPads […]
Featured ArticlesTweet SOURCE: TechNewsWorld Different Linux distros build in favorite cleaning products. For instance, Ubuntu has Computer Janitor. CentOS, Fedora and Red Hat Linux use Yum Clean to remove cached package data. But BleachBit goes beyond such distro-specific cleaning services to accomplish a more complete spit-and-polish session to Linux’s file structure in any distro. Read More…
Featured ArticlesTweet SOURCE: TechNewsWorld Scientists have created a molecule-sized motor that runs on electricity, as opposed to similar-sized motors running on chemicals or light. The ability to control a single-molecule motor could lead to innovations in more precise medical and engineering technology and could lead to tinier, advanced digital devices. Many obstacles stand in the way […]
Featured ArticlesIn the high growth cloud services market, every advantage helps. Five key channel partner competencies help make them indispensable and highly profitable here. A new report from AMI-Partners shows that channel partners with one or more of the five competencies are expected to capture the lions’ share of this growth opportunity over the next two years.
Tweet SOURCE: TechNewsWorld Be aware of tricks: Vodafone will kick you into a higher per-MB rate if you exceed 25 MB in one day. However, T-Mobile will just give you an opportunity to buy another 20 MB bundle when you hit the limit. Warning: Be careful how much cash you initially load onto your SIM […]
Featured ArticlesHealth care is becoming the fastest-growing vertical for U.S. businesses, with (IAAS) (infrastructure as a service) leading the way, according to a new report by research firm In-Stat. IT spending in health care will grow 29 percent from 2010 to 2015, the company reports.
Tweet SOURCE: TechNewsWorld Let’s go 20 years in the future. Pretty much every electronic device can interact with your video SPEKZ, which can be anything from a pair of plain-jane NokiaSofts to the latest cool shades from Apple. Cars, streetlight surveillance cams, water meters, televisions, and even your clock radio are all talking to each […]
Featured ArticlesIt seems the problems around the management of unstructured data multiply at the same rate as the content that causes them. One of those problems is what a recent paper from Forrester describes as “untamed processes,” and suggests taking the big stick of dynamic case management to get them under control.
Tweet SOURCE: TechNewsWorld Microsoft allowed a brief glimpse at a tablet-like device recently at its TechEd conference in New Zealand. The tablet was reportedly running Windows 8 and packing a quad-core processor, which would make it a little more muscular than most tablets now on shelves. Microsoft has yet to enter the modern tablet market […]
Featured ArticlesTweet SOURCE: TechNews World HP’s TouchPad tablet never sold so well as when HP announced last week that it was ceasing production of the device. Consumers have cleaned out the market’s US$99-per-unit inventory of TouchPads. At a time when Apple’s (Nasdaq: AAPL) selling all the iPads it can mak and manufacturers are launching new Android […]
Featured ArticlesBusiness intelligence (BI) is becoming more essential for healthcare providers as they make critical decisions about accountable care organizations and how best to meet meaningful use requirements, according to new research from Orem, Utah-based KLAS.
Master data management seems to be worth the effort. A recent survey by the Aberdeen Group found that employees at organizations without MDM spend five times the amount of time searching for data as those who have MDM. Those with MDM also have more complete and on-time deliveries, a more accurate inventory and higher customer satisfaction than those without, the survey found.
Tweet SOURCE: TechNewsWorld Pharmaceutical company Shionogi suffered roughly $800,000 in damages after a disgruntled ex-employee deleted the contents of 15 virtual hosts in the IT system. The best way to prevent attacks like this is to have a proper log monitoring system, says HyTrust President Eric Chiu, though he acknowledged it would be difficult to […]
Featured ArticlesData management is likely to be revolutionised by unified storage solutions, according to an expert. Bob Plumridge, chairman of Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) Europe, said that the problem with conventional storage is that it is specific to an application, which was fine when data assets were small.
Tweet SOURCE: TechNewsWorld HP has cut development of webOS hardware like the Pre and TouchPad, effectively taking away the only home the mobile operating system has. With nothing else to run on and no other companies using it, the OS will linger on ice unless and until a buyer or licensee comes along. Meanwhile, Google […]
Featured ArticlesAfter the financial crisis and resultant Dodd-Frank Act regulatory landscape, banking business practices have evolved. Today banks are focused increasingly on wealth management and more prudent lending, which means they have had to reinvent some of their business processes as well.
Tweet With just a handful of popular Android apps dominating users’ attention, what’s a developer to do? It’s all about discovery, says Nielsen’s Don Kellogg. “How can you make it easy for people to find your app? How can you ignite positive word of mouth? How can app stores and other aggregators improve the consumer […]
Featured ArticlesCloud computing is poised to become one of the fundamental shifts in enterprise computing, similar to the PC revolution in the 1980s. At its most basic, cloud computing involves the sharing of computing resources — servers, storage, network hardware, applications and services — so that they can be used more efficiently. Instead of dedicating servers and storage devices to a particular application, where they may sit idle, cloud computing allows those resources to be used to run other applications.
Tweet Should Facebook be afraid of Anonymous? A message purportedly from a member of the group has threatened an attack on the social networking site for Nov. 5. Tweets from another Anonymous channel claim attacking Facebook wouldn’t be the group’s style. But if someone really did want to wallop Facebook, could it be done? Possibly […]
Featured ArticlesTweet Social Media is proving to be a more than essential tool in the growth and expansion of small businesses worldwide. The benefits are reflected not only in the increase in sales many SMBs are experiencing, but also in other facets of business. These include (but are not limited to) increasing positive brand awareness, improving your ranking […]
Tweet Technology analyst Scott Steinberg answers the question, “Why is it that privacy is not a huge topic in social media?” The recent launch of Google+, which offers users a convenient way of managing who gets to see what, addresses the social networking privacy issue to an extent. However, the vast majority of Facebook’s multitudes […]
Featured ArticlesIf there is one top-of-mind issue among CIOs today, it is Cloud computing. But how will it be positioned five years from now — as an innovation that brought about overriding change in the way IT delivers business service or, as some predict, something responsible for nothing more than incremental change to the familiar hosting arrangements and one that back in 2011 was wrapped in massive hype?
