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Windows 8 Is Too Much, Too Soon for Many Users November 24, 2012 
I have been taking a closer look at two of the brand-new technologies that are really shaking up the computer world. One is Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system with all those funky tiles. The other is the Lenovo Yoga 13 laptop. The changes are many. Some will think all this change is good, others will not.
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What Mitt Romney Could Have Learned from EMC's Joe Tucci November 19, 2012 
We've had a couple of weeks to think about the election outcome, and both sides are positioning the results around the issues. This has become so divisive that there is a significant move by Texas to exit the United States and become a country. I've spent some time looking at this, and the real reason the Republicans lost is that the Democrats made better use of data analytics.
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The AT&T of Tomorrow November 15, 2012 
Last week, AT&T held a meeting for investment analysts. It will increase capital spending by about 16 percent to $22 billion a year over the next three years to upgrade its wireless and wireline networks. This would be a perfect advertising campaign. AT&T should consider creating an entire marketing and advertising campaign around these expansion and update plans.
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Open Source Could Clean Up US Elections November 13, 2012 
It's obvious from the latest U.S. election that our voting system could use some improvement in terms of both enabling and supporting voters and efficiently tallying and verifying a trusted result. Open source offers the technology, as well as the culture and community, to address these challenges, and it may be among the best solutions.
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The Magical Xbox Tablet November 12, 2012 
One of the most interesting rumors floating around last week was that Microsoft was working on a small form factor tablet that will be focused on gaming and branded Xbox. This could be a very interesting tablet, especially coupled with the initial success of the Surface tablet. This is becoming a family.
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Channeling New Cloud Opportunities November 09, 2012 
THINKstrategies, the Cloud Computing Showplace, and Rising Tide Media hosted our second annual Cloud Channel Summit earlier this week, giving executives from
leading cloud and channel companies a peer-to-peer networking forum where they could share perspectives on how to forge successful partnerships to capitalize on the unprecedented opportunities created by the cloud.
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US Is King of the 4G World November 08, 2012 
Perhaps the United States was not the first to get into the 4G LTE wireless data game, but today it may be the most aggressive in rolling it out. The U.S. has more miles of network, more devices, and more subscribers than any other place on Earth.
If you listen to the advertising, it seems every carrier offers 4G, and every customer uses it. Do you? If so, great. If not, when?
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AMD ARMs for Data Center Brawl November 06, 2012 
The success of ARM-based processors in mobile phones and tablets has had a tectonic
effect across numerous IT markets, but one of their most intriguing opportunities is
in data centers. It seems contradictory that a CPU architecture designed for power
efficiency and lightweight applications would be considered for compute-intensive
environments.
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Apple, Microsoft and Google Play High-Stakes Musical Chairs November 05, 2012 
The last decade seemed to be about the decline of Microsoft, the dominance of Apple, and the emergence of Google. This decade, Microsoft seems to be trending up, Apple looks increasingly at risk, and Google looks more and more like the Microsoft of 10 years ago. It is almost as if the companies have shuffled and changed chairs.
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Verizon's New Ad Campaign Is a Load of Half-Truths November 01, 2012 
Why is Verizon Wireless telling half-truths in its latest advertising campaign? It does make the company look better than its competitors, but here's the problem: When customers realize what they're led to believe is only a half-truth, they will be very upset with Verizon. So why risk that damage to the brand and the customer relationship?
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Elevating Ive Is the Smartest Move Cook's Made Yet November 01, 2012 
When Apple announced its executive shakeup this week, there was plenty of news to chew on and make you wonder what happened behind the scenes and why. At the top of the attention list, Scott Forstall, the iOS software group leader, was fired by Apple CEO Tim Cook. What? The head of the operating system of the most wildly acclaimed smartphone of all time -- let go?
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Microsoft Boxes Apple's Ears With Surface Tablet October 29, 2012 
You really don't get a sense of just how limited the iPad is until you actually explore the Surface tablet that Microsoft released last week. It is like the designers sat down over beers and argued over every single shortcoming they found in the iPad and then built into Surface just the right features to make the iPad look inadequate.
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Apple's Biggest Threat: Killer Advertising October 25, 2012 
While Apple crafts consumer gadgets of incredible beauty, built to look good on the outside and the inside -- even when Apple tries to fuse the case so the components can never be seen by mere mortals -- the hardware is not Apple's biggest weapon. The MacBook Air, the MacBook Pro with Retina display, the iMac, the iPad and new iPad mini -- not even the wildly popular iPhone is the most devastating weapon in Apple's arsenal.
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Foreigners Gobbling Up American Pie October 25, 2012 
If Sprint Nextel closes its deal with Japan-based Softbank, then more of the good old-fashioned American wireless telephone industry will be subject to foreign control -- three out of the top four wireless carriers in the U.S., in fact, will have their headquarters overseas. Is that a good thing or bad thing? It's all about branding.
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Dell's Percolating Enterprise IT Evolution October 24, 2012 
The organisms that survive longest are those that most successfully adapt to shifting environments and circumstances. That's a core concept behind the evolution of biological entities, and it also applies directly to business organizations, including IT vendors. Supporting evidence, both historical and contemporary, is abundant.
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Corporate Migration to Windows 8: A Long, Slow Slog October 23, 2012 
To say that Microsoft has a lot riding on its imminent Windows 8 launch is to have a magnificent grasp of the obvious. By now, most of us have heard the reports that Microsoft will spend a whopping $1.5 to $1.8 billion in an all-out Windows 8 and Windows 8 RT Surface tablet marketing blitz.
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Windows 8 vs. iPad Mini: Smackdown of the Decade? October 22, 2012 
There is probably no battle we will see that will better define the futures of the new post Steve Jobs Apple and Steve Ballmer's revitalized Microsoft than this week's dueling launches. Apple is defined as the company that focuses tightly and drives people to its products, while Microsoft's strength is in the breadth of partners that collectively have the power to obliterate all challengers.
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Crystal Ball Gazing: Amazon and 3D Printing October 18, 2012 
The extent of Amazon's product offerings is quite breathtaking. Consider that it is not only a powerhouse in book retailing; it also is selling such things as consumer electronics, retail goods, computer services and digital content. Its computer infrastructure is so substantial that it is currently renting it to companies of all sizes on a worldwide basis.
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Lenovo's at the Top of the PC Heap - but the Ground Is Shaking October 18, 2012 
The global PC market has a new leader. Lenovo has quietly been fighting and winning and is now officially No.1 in the PC industry, edging out HP. You would think things look great for Lenovo. This is a big victory, right? The problem is the traditional PC industry is transforming itself. Can Lenovo remain No. 1 with smartphones and tablet computers changing and expanding this business?
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Software Patents Shrugged October 16, 2012 
In the latest film installment of Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, the government has taken the drastic step of seizing all patents, as well as copyrights, for the public good, under the so-called Fair Share Act. Although the U.S. government has not officially taken such a drastic step, some economists and advisors have recently advocated the abrogation of patent rights for software.
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