At its annual 2011 developer conference, Google announced it had developed Android@Home. The technology was designed to connect household appliances, making nearly everything in your home controllable by your smartphone. It made news — not because it was a new idea, but because it supported an old one: The Internet of Things was one step closer to becoming reality. John Horn Views 2968Likes 0
Why Application Operations are Needed in the Dynamic Data Center and the Cloud
Massive changes are occurring as to how applications are built, deployed and run, requiring a closer look at application operations. The benefits of these changes are: a) Dramatically increased responsiveness to the business (business agility). b) Increased operational flexibility, and c) Reduced operating costs. Steve Pessah Views 3270Likes 0
6 Tips to Prepare for Enterprise Mobility
Application portfolio managers and business analysts in an IT environment are being asked to redesign business processes to take advantage of the capabilities provided by mobile applications and devices. However, despite pressure from line-of-business managers for new strategies and approaches to traditional business issues, projects leveraging mobile capabilities can become overly complex, lengthy, and expensive. Glenn Johnson Views 2917Likes 0
Maintaining Web Security in a World of Hackers
The vast majority of Internet users have shared personal information such as credit card numbers and routing numbers at some point in their online lives. These sales account for a large portion of profits in nearly every industry imaginable, with eMarketer estimating total online sales of $259 billion in 2013. Cherie Nelson Views 4831Likes 0
Cable vs Wireless: Telecommunication Standoff
Telecommunications is the future; it enables millions of people to connect all over the world within seconds. It also offers development, improvement, and relatively inexpensive availability. People are looking out for what is better, what can offer me them the most, and what can offer them the future. Cable vs wireless, here are the pros and cons of each: Akash Valand Views 2723Likes 0
DaaS: Goodbye to the Enterprise Desktop PC?
The days of the enterprise desktop may be numbered. Traditional desktop deployments, with hundreds or thousands of mid-spec PCs running a usually outdated version of Microsoft Windows, are being displaced by DaaS (Desktop-as-a-Service) solutions that lower the burden of IT management. Ted Navarro Views 2923Likes 0
The Death of the Tech Industry?
Technology has flourished as an industry by creating substitutes for human processes and even for itself. Increasing compute power, storage and bandwidth has helped us to automate, accelerate and connect ever faster with increasing richness and context. Telecoms and then mobile phones replaced mail and in person meetings. Mainframes and PC’s replaced manual computations. Sandhya Venkatachalam Views 2570Likes 0
Tracking News: Beyond the US Filter
Bing, Google, Yahoo, and dozens of other US-centric services provide news to millions of Web users. The shift from desktop computers to mobile devices has forced changes upon the online news providers. The headlines and text of the old-school news Web sites has given way to flashy new services. These range from Flipboard, Pulse, and now the social media giant Facebook. The presentation of information is bite-sized and colorful like Skittles. Perfect for the on-the-run, super…
How Desktop Virtualization Enhances IT Capabilities
Virtualization of desktop computing capabilities is helping to make IT more of an asset for businesses and in many cases, enhances the capacities of individual employees within an enterprise context. Let’s take a look at how and why these advantages are important. Amanda Walters Views 2677Likes 0
