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IBM Ratchets Up Power for the Enterprise October 13, 2012 
In commercial IT, "enterprise systems" have long been defined as the technologies that provide large organizations the highest levels of compute performance and critical attributes such as reliability, availability and scalability. But enterprise IT infrastructures have never been about technology alone.
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House C'tee's 'Don't Buy From Huawei' Report May Fall on Deaf Ears October 08, 2012 
The U.S. House Intelligence Committee is warning American companies not to purchase equipment from Chinese manufacturers ZTE or Huawei. It has published a report stating that these two major Chinese telecommunications firms could constitute a national security risk. The report was authored by Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., the chairman of the committee, and Rep. Charles Albert "Dutch" Ruppersberger, D-Md., ranking member.
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T-Mobile Sells Off Towers to Feed its 4G Needs September 28, 2012 
Crown Castle International is acquiring rights to operate 7,200 of T-Mobile's cellular towers in a $2.4 billion deal that will give the carrier's owner, Deutsche Telekom, cash to expand its 4G LTE network in the U.S. The deal will allow Crown Castle to operate T-Mobile's towers for 28 years. Both companies expressed satisfaction with the sale, with T-Mobile announcing the cash would help fulfill its "Challenger" strategy.
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Dell Takes the Long View With Hyper Scale Computing September 25, 2012 
Technologically inclined businesses and other organizations have long enjoyed what I
call IT "trickle down": Continuing, rapid development results in the mainstreaming
of hardware, software and services that were originally unthinkably expensive and
specialized. This doesn't mean that higher-end products ever disappear. In fact,
the baseline performance of enterprise solutions typically ratchets ever upward.
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Oracle's Short-Term Software Gains May Have Long-Term Costs September 24, 2012 
Oracle reported earnings for its first fiscal quarter in 2013 last week, telling a tale of two product lines: Its software operations fared respectably, while its hardware slumped dramatically. Hardware systems product revenue was down 24 percent. "These are tough times, and companies are still not investing heavily in capital equipment," noted tech analyst Laura DiDio.
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White House May Try Cybersecurity End Run September 21, 2012 
The White House is close to completing an executive order on cybersecurity, Homeland Security secretary Janet Napolitano has reportedly stated. This order aims to protect the United States' critical infrastructure -- our electric grid, water systems and transportation networks -- from cyberattacks. More than 90 percent of the United States' critical infrastructure is in the hands of the private sector.
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Mobile CRM's Golden B2B Side September 18, 2012 
Without a doubt, mobile CRM has become a must-have deployment in the B2C world. Expect that trend to move into the B2B community for similar reasons: The devices are becoming ever more equipped to serve multiple needs, and their uses can soothe a lot of pain points. B2B, more so than B2C, is highly sensitive to screen size and quality.
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Mobile CRM's Tricky Back End September 11, 2012 
Want to extend your company's CRM presence in the mobile world easily and effortlessly? Vendors are lining up to help -- at least with the first part of that sentence. Sales, service and marketing are all categories in which vendors are actively rolling out products aimed at the mobile space. Whether their deployment, though, is "easy and effortless" is an open question.
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Time Warner Pours $25M Into NYC Fiber Project August 29, 2012 
Time Warner Cable is investing $25 million in its fiber-optic network in certain parts of New York City. The goal is to provide faster Internet access, similar to Google's project in Kansas City, Mo., and Kansas City, Kan. Unlike Google, though, Time Warner Cable is primarily interested in targeting a specific constituency: business users that are heavy consumers of data.
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New vCloud 5.1 Brings Data Centers Into the Virtual Fold August 28, 2012 
VMware has launched what it claims is the first solution to deliver what it calls the "software-defined data center" -- its vCloud Suite 5.1. This integrates the company's virtualization, cloud infrastructure and management portfolio into one bundle. It lets users set up their own virtual data centers, consisting of virtual compute, storage, networking and security resources.
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Big Blue Rolls Out Brand New Big Iron August 28, 2012 
While consumers await the release of Windows 8 and the expected announcement of Apple's iPhone 5, former desktop leader IBM announced on Tuesday the release of a new line of mainframe computers. The new ZEnterprise EC12 was designed to handle the latest computing chores, including data center consolidation and cloud computing.
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Twitter Perches on Linux Foundation's Shoulder August 28, 2012 
Twitter on Tuesday joined the Linux Foundation. However, the move comes just days after Twitter removed its find-friends feature from blogging service Tumblr. Twitter had earlier done the same to Instagram, and has imposed new restrictions on developers.
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Federal Budget Watchers Zoom In on Cloud Spending Plans August 24, 2012 
It seems so easy and so simple. Federal agencies should put most of their efforts into their missions and use management tools which enable them to meet mission goals. One such tool is cloud technology -- an "on demand" option for information technology services. In concept, the simplicity of using on-demand IT pretty much the way water comes from a tap is appealing.
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HP Bleeds Billions in Q3 Due to Whopping Write-Down August 23, 2012 
HP posted numbers Wednesday for what was the worst financial quarter in the company's long history. It reported an $8.86 billion loss for its third fiscal quarter, which ended July 31. In the last three months, it took in a net revenue of $29.7 billion, down 5 percent year over year and down 2 percent when adjusted for the effects of currency.
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Investors Wince at Dell's Painful Transformation August 22, 2012 
Dell announced an 18 percent drop in profit for its fiscal second quarter on Tuesday and warned that PC sales could continue to decline in the second half of the year. The company is in the midst of a transformation that will switch its focus from consumer PCs toward enterprise and commerce customers as increased competition from rival PC and mobile device makers saturate the market.
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Barnes & Noble Carves Nook Niche in UK August 20, 2012 
Today in international tech news: Barnes & Noble will take Nook overseas for the first time. Also: In Asia, an underwater cable stretching nearly 5,000 miles becomes operational; Korea has a huge second quarter for TV sales; McDonald's gets into the pay-with-your-smartphone business; Netflix gets 1 million users in the UK and Ireland -- but is still losing $100 million overseas each quarter.
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AAPL Investors Hold Hands Out for Long-Awaited Dividend August 15, 2012 
Apple shareholders will be paid a dividend on Thursday as part of the company's $10 billion share buyback program announced in March. Starting on Aug. 16, shareholders of record will receive $2.65 per share each quarter. When it announced the dividend, Apple was coming off a quarter that blew away Wall Street expectations.
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Acer's Anger Rises to the Surface August 07, 2012 
Acer Chairman and CEO JT Wang has lashed out at Microsoft over the software giant's plans to launch its own Surface tablets in October. Microsoft should think twice before going forward with the tablet, as the move would be detrimental for the worldwide PC ecosystem, Wang said during an interview.
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HTC Sputters in Global Smartphone Race August 06, 2012 
Even with the launch of new products, HTC's second quarter fiscal results came in lower than expected, with revenue down on the year and a sober outlook going forward. The smartphone maker launched new lines, including the HTC One series, Desire series, EVO 4G LTE and Droid Incredible 4G LTE, as well as a wireless digital content program called "HTC Connect."
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Bringing Sexy Back to Hardware July 18, 2012 
Is hardware becoming sexy again? Why? I noticed an article in The New York Times the other day covering Eric Schmidt's announcement of Google's new gadgets, including a home entertainment device and a tablet. There's history here. Schmidt was CEO of Google, of course, before turning over that job to cofounder Larry Page, but he was also a longtime confidant of Steve Jobs.
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