Mobile Computing
In this article, Ian Kilpatrick, chairman of Wick Hill Group, gives his top five IT trends for 2013. 1. BYOD BYOD was arguably the biggest buzz word of 2012 and is now an unstoppable, user-driven wave which will continue to make a major impact on the IT world in 2013 and beyond. Smartphones, tablets and … Read more
FinancialForce.com, the cloud applications company, today announced it has launched a new mobile app on salesforce.com’s AppExchange Mobile, extending the marketplace built for the social enterprise. FinancialForce Timecards for the iPhone is among the first apps to leverage AppExchange Mobile, tapping into the power of the proven Force.com platform, salesforce.com’s social enterprise platform for employee … Read more
The top 10 IT trends and technologies that, according to Gartner, are going to be most important for you in 2012-2015, include: (click image to download larger chart) STRATEGIC IT Technologies – in Detail 1. Media Tablets and Beyond. Choose between various form factors when it comes to mobile computing. No single platform, … Read more
AbiResearch today released new research findings today, in a report called “Media Tablets Cannibalizing Netbook Spend with 75% Share of US Ultra-Mobile Device* Shipments in 2011” Ultra-mobile devices (UMD) are mobile computing devices on a continuum, bordered by laptop PCs and smart phones. This market has 4 segments: ultra-mobile PCs (UMPCs), mobile Internet devices … Read more
Ye Olde debate on whether companies should issue all IT equipment including laptops, tablets or mobile devices is an everlasting argument. Perhaps employees should use their own personal device, and charge back the company a fixed sum on a monthly basis? I know many procurement departments who would be thrilled with this idea with less … Read more
Highly Secure and Mobile Access to Virtual Desktops and Enterprise Applications Further extending its comprehensive desktop virtualization portfolio,Oracle today announced Oracle Virtual Desktop Client App for iPad is now available on the App Store. Oracle Virtual Desktop Client App enables users secure access to virtual desktops managed by Oracle’s Sun Ray Software and Oracle Virtual … Read more
The Cloud world is getting saturated with online Cloud Services. You can use Google Docs, Microsoft Azure, or even Drop Box and Box.net just to name a few. You can even be creative and use a WordPress.com account for several Gb of free storage (i.e. poor man’s hot link solution). You can buy backup or … Read more
Truth is stranger than fiction. I’ve been using Google Docs for years, and I love it. I never have to worry about my 2 biggest pet peeves in document collaboration: (1) sending HUGE attachments by email and (2) version control of multiple edits by multiple people. But the problem is I can’t convince people to … Read more
One of the final frontiers missing in the Cloud world of Saas, Paas and Iaas is Desktop Virtualization as a Service (Daas). Yes, I am referring to VDI, or the virtual desktop infrastructure. The obvious applications that has already been “webalized” are E-mail, CRM or project management, just to name a few . But what … Read more
After reading literally hundreds of articles on the Top 10 reviews of 2010 and Analysts forecasts for 2011, I am surprised no on has mentioned IPv4 running out. See The Next Y2K Project: The End of IPv4 Yes, with 4.3 billion addresses (some are reserved), we are going to run out. As of January 4, … Read more