Wednesday, March 28, 2012 4:44 PM/EST
By Cameron Sturdevant
"Data center trends for 2012 and beyond" was the subject of a Gartner Local Briefings gathering held in San Francisco. While the focus was on ways to stretch out the life of an existing data center, mobile computing, social applications and cloud computing couldn't help but be part of the discussion.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 2:30 PM/EST
By Cameron Sturdevant
The Open Data Center Alliance has updated the Input/Output (IO) usage model. To effectively use the updated RFP language, an IT manager will need to take a step back and figure out what network and storage IO looks like in the current, on-premise infrastructure.
Friday, March 09, 2012 6:12 PM/EST
By Cameron Sturdevant
The Open Data Center Alliance has added a simple RFP tool that should make it easier for IT managers to specify cloud computing requirements.
Tuesday, March 06, 2012 1:58 PM/EST
By Cameron Sturdevant
As cloud applications deluge end users with account credentials to remember and secure, SSO vendors are entering the fray with tools that promise to bring order to chaos while helping IT managers with compliance burdens.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 1:03 PM/EST
By Jason Brooks
This week's issue of eWEEK has me thinking about the desktop—about where it's been, where it's headed, and about what sorts of client devices are vying to knock our familiar desktops and notebooks off from their computing pedestals. First, there's...
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 1:46 PM/EST
By Andrew Garcia
While RIM promises that BlackBerry administrators will soon be able to separately manage personal and corporate data on BlackBerry smartphones through BlackBerry Bridge, I suspect a lack of supported devices will greatly hamper the ability to roll out the feature once it launches later this year.
Tuesday, January 04, 2011 2:45 PM/EST
By Jason Brooks
In our cover story in the January 3rd issue of eWEEK, Cameron Sturdevant took another crack at the topic of the consumerization of the enterprise, this time by drilling down on the integration issues involved in rolling out Twitter-style microblogging...
Friday, November 05, 2010 1:44 PM/EST
By P. J. Connolly
Apple announces the end of the line for Xserve, marking the company's latest failure to attract the attention of enterprise IT to its server-class hardware
Tuesday, October 12, 2010 1:43 PM/EST
By Andrew Garcia
In September, Unified Communications headset and accessory maker Plantronics released a study called “How We Work: Communication Trends of Business Professionals” looking at the ways business users’ communications habits have changed over the last five years. I agree with the...
Monday, September 27, 2010 4:56 PM/EST
By P. J. Connolly
Like my fellow members of the media, I may spend a lot of time writing about Apple, but it's not just about page views; I truly believe that consumer computing and enterprise IT are blurring the lines like never before.