Posted by Clint Boulton on November 7, 2009 12:01 AM in Hello, Android, Google Strategy

Google started promoting the new Motorola Droid, which launched today from Verizon Wireless and is available for purchase at Best Buy. Is this an ad? Definitely. Google has high hopes for the Droid, the first phone to feature its Android 2.0 operating system build and feature the Google Maps Navigation GPS service.
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Posted by Nicholas Kolakowski on November 6, 2009 4:57 PM in Corporate, Desktop & Mobile, Windows 7

Microsoft's much-rumored Courier tablet, slides and video of which leaked online this week, suggest that Redmond could be preparing a robust competitor in the tablet PC market. Scuttlebutt suggests that the Courier will run on Windows 7 and Microsoft-engineered hardware. Microsoft could potentially intend the Courier as a competitor to Apple's own (alleged) Tablet PC, which some analysts have predicted will roll out sometime in 2010.
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Posted by Brian Prince on November 6, 2009 3:32 PM in Exploits and Attacks, Flaws, Vulnerability Research, Web 2.0

A new attack outlined at the ToorCon conference in October allows attackers to use vulnerabilities on Website subdomains to reach the parent domain.
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Posted by Jim Rapoza on November 6, 2009 1:18 PM in Desktops and Notebooks, Weekend

Right now many companies are looking to go green, and while some are doing it out of a feeling of environmental responsibility, there are many that are doing it mainly in the hope of saving some green.

This has led many businesses to look for more efficient server room hardware, desktops and office environmental systems. But what about your computer monitors? Like TVs, monitors can often be energy hogs.

Not surprisingly, vendors have started to introduce green computer monitors, and I recently had the chance to test out a new one from NEC.
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Posted by Chris Gonsalves on November 6, 2009 12:03 PM in Energy Management, Networks, Telcos

The clamor for improving efficiency and reducing power consumption for telecoms is the driver behind a new set of solutions from Nokia Siemens.
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Posted by Eileen Feretic on November 6, 2009 9:45 AM in Culture, The Web

By Eileen Feretic The great thing about the Web is that we can get information on any topic, any time, from anywhere there's online access. The frustrating thing about the Web is that the information may be incomplete, inaccurate, incendiary...
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Posted by Larry Walsh on November 6, 2009 8:12 AM in Project Nimbus

The collaborative between Channel Insider and HTG Peer Groups released the first product of its effort - a report on due diligence best practices in forming partnerships in cloud computing.
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Posted by Clint Boulton on November 6, 2009 8:07 AM in Evil Google, Sidewiki

Reframe It believes Google's Sidewiki looks and feels a little too much like its own Web annotation service. While the similarities on the hood of both apps are hard to ignore, Google would likely argue that the ranking technology under its hood is where the real differences lie. What do you think?
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Posted by Larry Walsh on November 6, 2009 6:58 AM in Analysis, Cloud Computing Security, Internet Threats & Security, Managed Security Services, New Products

The security and storage software company is rapidly adding hardware solutions to its portfolio through a joint venture with China’s Huawei. CEO Enrique Salem tells partners that a flurry of appliance-based products will come to market over the next 24 months.
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Posted by Simplify PC Solutions Blog Team on November 6, 2009 2:45 AM in Windows 7

Good news for those who like to read, those interested in learning about Windows 7, and those who like free stuff: Microsoft Press is offering 10 free chapters from five different books about Windows 7. Here's the complete rundown of...
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Posted by Judy Mottl on November 5, 2009 12:40 PM in Administration, Database, ROI

Virtualization is primed to move into the database environment. Are you ready?
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Posted by Chris Gonsalves on November 5, 2009 12:20 PM in Data Centers, Energy Management, UPS

The power vendors are clearly honing their chops to wring out every bit of efficiency and bolster their gear with more impressive power management capabilities.
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Posted by Judy Mottl on November 5, 2009 12:15 PM in Administration, Database, ROI

In the next five years, 87 percent of high-growth CIOs expect to seek customers’ active input and interaction, compared to 70 percent of low-growth CIOs. That's why the database is a critical business component today.
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Posted by Matthew Hines on November 5, 2009 7:24 AM in Blended attack, Exploits and Attacks, Google, Malware, Online malware, Phishing and Fraud, Rogue AV, SEO, Search, Social engineering, Trojan attacks, Virus and Spyware

Attackers are now working to tailor new threats to online news trends on a daily basis using indicators including Google Trends.
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Posted by Simplify PC Solutions Blog Team on November 5, 2009 2:10 AM in Security, Windows 7

Maybe it's just the jet-lag talking (we've been traveling all day), but this is the funniest thing we've heard in weeks: At least one researcher thinks Windows 7's revamped User Account Control (UAC) has been "neutered" and should be set...
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Posted by Clint Boulton on November 5, 2009 2:00 AM in Data Retention Policy, Privacy

Google made another move to assuage the concerns of privacy critics Nov. 5, with the Google Dashboard, which provides a summary of the application data associated with Google accounts. This is a fine feature, particularly for folks like yours truly who use a swath of Google Web services and want a faster way to manage them.
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Posted by Nicholas Kolakowski on November 4, 2009 5:27 PM in Advertising & Search, Corporate, Web Services & Browser

Microsoft rolled out a revised version of its MSN home page on Nov. 4, embracing in the process the same ethos of personalization and streamlining that governed Yahoo's own home page redesign in September. Microsoft also cut down on the number of hyperlinks and seeded the interface with in-line connections to Twitter and Facebook.
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Posted by Stephen Wellman on November 4, 2009 3:26 PM in BlackBerry, CIO Mobility, Health Care Mobility, Mobile Applications, Mobile Device Management, Mobile Strategy, Mobile Web, Vertical Markets, Windows Mobile, iPhone

As we near the end of 2009, it's time for IT pundits, including yours truly, to put on our Carnac hats and take a crack at predicting the year ahead. In an attempt to give CIOs and senior IT managers...
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Posted by Chris Gonsalves on November 4, 2009 2:45 PM in Data Centers, Green Computing

Solution providers are bound to be curious about the potential energy cost savings and efficiency gains of cloud computing and customers are sure to ask as well.
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Posted by Judy Mottl on November 4, 2009 12:05 PM in Database, IBM, ROI

Change isn't easy sometimes, but it is necessary in a competitive marketplace.
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Posted by Ed Cone on November 4, 2009 11:31 AM in Culture, Security, The Web

One of the first things I noticed upon checking into my hotel in Beijing in late October was that my personal blog was inaccessible. I was blocked by the Great Firewall of China. It's not that the Chinese government finds...
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Posted by Ed Cone on November 4, 2009 10:22 AM in CIO, Culture, Strategy, The Industry

The panel I moderated at the Sino-American CIO Summit included senior executives from the Bank of Shangai, Bayer, Johnson & Johnson, World Wildlife Fund, and Microsoft. Unless the simultaneous translation was way off and the panelists were in fact mocking...
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Posted by Stephen Wellman on November 4, 2009 8:46 AM in BlackBerry, CIO Mobility, Health Care Mobility, Mobile Applications, Mobile Device Management, Mobile Strategy, Mobile Web, Vertical Markets, Windows Mobile, iPhone

According to a new report from ABI Research, the iPhone has created the expectation among consumers that all smartphones have to be, well, smarter. That is, they need to offer better functionality. Guess what, IT managers, that means your enterprise's...
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Posted by Stephen Wellman on November 4, 2009 8:30 AM in BlackBerry, CIO Mobility, Health Care Mobility, Mobile Applications, Mobile Strategy, Mobile Web, Vertical Markets, Windows Mobile, iPhone

For today's blog post I interviewed Maribel Lopez, founder and CEO of Lopez Research and formerly of Forrester. We talked about the evolution of mobile device management and the broader changes it portends for enterprise mobility. Please, check out our...
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Posted by Chris Gonsalves on November 4, 2009 8:05 AM in Data Centers, Government, Power Supplies

If you sell to the government, or to any customer who then contracts with the government, take heed: TAA compliance is more important than ever.
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Posted by Larry Walsh on November 4, 2009 7:59 AM in Business Models, Microsoft, SMB Marketplace

The alliance will set up Network Management Group, Inc. as a master VAR of Zlago's cloud-based Microsoft and business apps that will enable solution providers to target the accounting vertical.
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Posted by Larry Walsh on November 4, 2009 7:25 AM in Physical Security

While evangelists have long predicted the convergence of digital and logical security technology, market forces and innovations are pushing solution providers together in partnerships from these domains to make convergence happen.
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Posted by Matthew Hines on November 4, 2009 7:25 AM in AV tools, Backdoor, Blended attack, Browsers, Exploits and Attacks, Facebook, Malware, Microsoft Windows, Online malware, Phishing and Fraud, Rogue AV, Social engineering, Trojan attacks, Virus and Spyware

The Facebook phishing campaign landing in your in-box is more than just a social networking password thieving scheme, according to researchers with McAfee.
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Posted by Donald Sears on November 3, 2009 6:16 PM in Employment Economics

A mix of rural offices in the United States and offshore help outsourcing companies keep their labor costs in check.
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Posted by Brian Prince on November 3, 2009 5:54 PM in Apple, Backdoor, Flaws, Vulnerability Research

A Dutch teenager has backed away from plans to extort users of jail-broken iPhones in Netherlands. The teen had compromised the phones via the default root password.
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Posted by Nicholas Kolakowski on November 3, 2009 5:12 PM in Corporate, Web Services & Browser, Windows 7

Microsoft executive Eric Ligman responded in a new Microsoft SMB Community Blog posting to criticism from the Windows community, after he suggested last week that using Windows 7 upgrade discs to install a full version of the operating system on a blank hard drive was ultimately an illegal "hack." Ligman's new missive suggests some commenters to the original post were making pre-determined conclusions about some of his words.
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Posted by Clint Boulton on November 3, 2009 4:38 PM in Evil Google, Google Strategy

Bloggers and reporters are reviewing Ken Auletta's new book, "Googled: The End of the World as We Know It," in which the New Yorker writer notes that Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Google co-founder Larry Page considered buying The New York Times. Evil alert!
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Posted by Simplify PC Solutions Blog Team on November 3, 2009 4:26 PM in Simplified Solutions, Windows Server 2008

Here's a little-known fact about Windows Server 2008 R2: a new kind of account makes it easier to handle endpoint administration of service accounts. That's the scoop from ZDNet Asia's Rick Vanover, who explains how managing service accounts is easier...
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Posted by Jack Gold on November 3, 2009 3:45 PM in BlackBerry, CIO Mobility, Mobile Applications, Mobile Device Management, Mobile Strategy, Mobile Web, Windows Mobile, iPhone

There's a major battle brewing in the Mobile Browser wars (browsers on smartphones and MIDs). However the battle is all but over. And it has ramifications beyond just the browser. The major smartphone vendors are aligning behind their favorite web-engines...
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Posted by Judy Mottl on November 3, 2009 10:41 AM in Administration, Database, IBM, Storage

Lots of way to keep up on what's happening in the world of System X and BladeCenter.
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