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Why iPhone Sales Will Own Q4 August 25, 2011 
As we head into the back-to-school season and gear up for Fall and the holidays, there is a perfect storm of Apple action coming together. And there's so much there, all at once, that it might even be enough to drown out the flood of Android smartphones -- for a while, at least. Back in February of this year, Apple started shaking up its iPhone rollout pattern when it started offering the iPhone 4 on Verizon.
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If HP Sells, Who's Buying? August 19, 2011 
HP on Thursday shared some eyebrow-raising news regarding its operations, essentially proposing to reposition itself to solely focus on the enterprise market. Briefly, it plans to shutter development of hardware for webOS devices, acquire Autonomy, and either spin off or sell its PC division.
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HP Strips Some Gears With Strategic Shift August 19, 2011 
HP revealed plans for major strategic changes Thursday that would orient the company more directly toward the enterprise market. It's considering a spinoff or sale of its PC division, shuttering development of hardware for webOS devices and cutting its future outlook. The tech company also revealed it's in talks to acquire analytics software company Autonomy.
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Bold's Audacious Price May Repel All but True BlackBerry Believers August 18, 2011 
T-Mobile isn't letting all the other wireless providers have all the fun with the new BlackBerry devices rolling out this month . On Wednesday, the company announced it'll provide Research In Motion's BlackBerry Bold 9900 for a cool $299.99 -- after a $50 mail-in rebate and a two-year contract agreement.
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MDM and the Next-Gen Green Data Center August 17, 2011 
Does "green data center" refer to having more greenery around your data center site? No, definitely not. It means reducing your carbon footprint by making effective usage of the core center of your organization -- your "information assets." Being green requires an end-to-end, integrated view of the data center.
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Google's Motorola Marriage to Come With Big Patent Dowry August 15, 2011 
Google announced Monday it intends to purchase Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion, pursuant to regulatory approval. That price is a premium of 63 percent over the closing price of Motorola Mobility shares on Friday. The deal was unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both companies. The news sent Motorola Mobility stock prices soaring over 55 percent by the afternoon.
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Cisco Comes Roaring Back August 11, 2011 
Cisco's efforts to revamp its business -- cutting jobs and shaving $1 billion from expenses -- seems to be paying off. After three disappointing quarters, the company wowed the street with its fourth-quarter performance, delivering $11.2 billion in sales, exceeding Wall Street's forecast of $10.98 billion.
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Nokia Goes All In With Windows Phone in North America August 10, 2011 
Nokia revealed a bold move Wednesday as it announced its North American operations will stop selling cellphones based on its Symbian operating system and introduce from now on only smartphones based on Microsoft Windows Phone 7. The head of Nokia's U.S. subsidiary, Chris Weber, broke the news in an interview.
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TouchPad's Weekend Blowout Sale: Make It Permanent? August 08, 2011 
Shoppers for HP's TouchPad tablet were treated to a special bargain over the weekend -- after coupons and promotions, the 16 GB tablet was available for $299, a $200 drop from its original price. The price cut came relatively early in the device's life on the market.The TouchPad debuted in June to a largely chilly response.
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The Greening of Government IT August 02, 2011 
The U.S. government is actively pursuing a major shift in information technology operations that emphasizes the use of cloud technology. While this effort eventually may reduce the amount of "on-site" electronic equipment used by federal agencies, other forces are at work that will keep the government's demand for electronic devices and components at a high level.
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Fulcrum Microsystems - Levering Up Intel's Cloud Ambitions July 26, 2011 
Intel's recently announced plans to acquire Fulcrum Microsystems, a privately held fabless Ethernet semiconductor company, may seem counterintuitive to some. Founded in 1999, Fulcrum develops integrated, standards-based 10- and 40-GbE switch silicon designed to deliver low latency and workload-balancing capabilities, along with superior network speeds. What does any of this have to do with Intel?
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Money Crunch Will Change the Way Federal Agencies Acquire IT July 19, 2011 
Federal agencies will be much more careful in how they spend taxpayer funds for information technology in the future. Proposed budget cuts and a new White House initiative designed to cut $6 billion in professional services contracting underscore a significant change in IT procurement.
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Investors Sweat Devices and Marketing at RIM Shareholder Conclave July 13, 2011
Executives of BlackBerry handheld device maker Research In Motion went into its annual shareholder meeting in Toronto Tuesday expecting a mauling, but ended up with a gumming instead. Company co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis apparently faced relatively mild questioning and comments about their strategy going forward.
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Federal IT Spending Cautiously Creeps Upward July 13, 2011 
As Washington hunkers down for an era of tight federal budgets, information technology vendors can take some comfort in a projected modest rate of growth in federal IT investments. Between 2011 and 2016, federal spending for IT should grow by 12 percent, in total, for an average compound annual rate of growth of about 1.7 percent.
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The Next iPhone: Is Apple Mulling a Double-Down? June 29, 2011 
This year's WWDC came and went without the appearance of a new iPhone, breaking with years of tradition. This disruption to Apple's established released cycle, combined with other factors, may be upsetting some portfolios. "People are concerned about Apple's growth peaking, Steve Jobs' health and the delayed launch of the new iPhone," Brian Marshall, an analyst at Gleacher, told MacNewsWorld.
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Federal Wireless Purchasing Needs More Connections June 21, 2011 
The mushrooming use of wireless devices by the general public has spilled over to the federal government as agencies try to match their employees' personal use of mobile equipment with similar devices for use on the job. An emerging issue in federal mobile media use is that there is no overall government acquisition mechanism for acquiring wireless capabilities in any rational fashion.
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HP vs. Oracle: A Perspective on an Ugly Divorce June 20, 2011 
I know a lot of folks are struggling with what is going on between HP and Oracle, and I think I have an analogy that works. Imagine, if you will, what appears to be the perfect couple. They like similar things, and they each have skills that complement the other's. In other words, they are more than a couple. They are a team.
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HP Moves to Force Itanium Down Oracle's Throat June 09, 2011 
Oracle's March announcement that it will discontinue developing software for Intel's Itanium platform has reportedly compelled HP to send the software company a letter demanding Oracle reverse its decision, threatening legal consequences if it doesn't comply. HP officials believe Oracle's decision violates contractual agreements and would be detrimental to shared customers of the company.
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Matchmaker Microsoft Wants Tablet Hardware Makers to Couple Up June 01, 2011 
It seems Microsoft doesn't want to take any chances with rollouts of future Windows tablets. The company is reportedly asking a special favor of each chip maker with which it will be working on tablets. It wants the chip suppliers to each partner with one -- or possibly two, according to some accounts -- hardware maker, to which it will supply its chips.
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Dell's XPS 15z: Making a Case to a Prosumer Market May 31, 2011 
As mobile computing has evolved from the exception to the norm, many vendors have attempted to imbue their products with a certain high-end cachet. Some succeeded beyond measure and expectation, even with devices that were initially technologically flawed. Others have developed products which initially seemed destined for commercial success but were abandoned in a matter of weeks.
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