Study: IT jobs will drop in 2009
US CIOs plan sharp reductions in contract staff, professional services, and hardware -- and almost no investment in cloud computing.
Stories by Ephraim Schwartz
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The dangers of cloud computing
The idea of cloud computing -- designed around an architecture whose natural state is a shared pool outside the enterprise -- has gained momentum in recent months as a way to reduce cost and improve IT flexibility. But the use of cloud computing also carries with it security risks, including perils related to compliance, availability, and data integrity.
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IBM, Acrobat offer response to Google Apps and Office
The official rollout on Tuesday of IBM's Lotus Symphony suite of productivity applications along with the launch yesterday of the official beta version of Acrobat.com from Adobe has all the experts asking the same well-worn questions: Now that Adobe, IBM, and Google all have skin in this game, is Microsoft Office under siege yet? And which online offering comes closest to being a viable alternative?
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Microsoft multi-tenancy claims for Dynamics CRM in doubt
With the announcement on Tuesday that Microsoft will open its datacenters for hosting of its Dynamics CRM solution, the obvious conclusion might be that Salesforce.com will have a major competitor to contend with.
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Miami-Dade pinches PC power consumption
If one of the underlying tenets of thinking ecologically is to conserve resources, then Miami-Dade County Public Schools is thinking green two times over.
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The iPhone video threat: Can networks keep up?
Be careful what you wish for. The iPhone has realized the old promise of the mobile Web. But it's not clear whether the wireless networks can handle the load.
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SaaS favors Google over Salesforce
To say that strategy and technology are finally becoming interlinked in business is pure BS.
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IEEE task force approves power boost over Ethernet
Convergence took on a new meaning last week when the IEEE 802.3at task force approved the third draft of the PoE (Power over Ethernet) Plus specification, which will converge power lines with Ethernet over an Ethernet cable.
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A step closer to the integrated cloud
If there's any suspicion that cloud computing is just about building "best of breed" stand-alone application silos on the Web, the recent move by ZoHo may show that cloud computing is finally moving to a more integrated approach.
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Microsoft OOXML SDK renews standards debate
With the non-decision from the ISO standards body last month on whether or not to adopt Microsoft OOXML (Open Office XML) file format as an industry standard and Microsoft's decision to release the OOXML SDK next month, the discussions over whether or not OOXML is worthy of being a standard is expected to become heated once again.
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Microsoft, Nortel announce new UC solutions
Microsoft and Nortel continued their partnership in the unified communications space on Tuesday with the announcement of four new joint UC solutions.
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Experts doubt Android's write once, run many potential
Along with the unveiling of prototype handsets using Google's Android mobile application development platform at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, came the promise -- one more time -- of write once, run anywhere.
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Demo presenters bet on predictive capabilities
The uncertain prediction market will get a new player this week when Hubdub introduces a combination news aggregation and predictive platform at the semi-annual Demo conference in California.
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Avaya announces SIP-enabled handsets
The IP wars continue this week with Avaya, now a privately-held rather than public company, announcing Avaya Communications Manager 5.0 and new customer service solutions, including a SIP-enabled handset for CSRs (Customer Service Representatives) Communications Manager 5.0 is a full upgrade rather than a point upgrade to Avaya's main telephony and communications platform. The new version takes the technology from IP to SIP and adds a number of new capabilities.
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The real lowdown on XP license deadlines
With the first end date deadline for the general availability of Windows XP just six months away, June 30, 2008, there are a number of XP licensing questions that are still on the minds of internal licensing desk managers and enterprise IT departments.
