Year: 2009
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Nokia to Roll Out Just One Linux Phone in 2010
Categories: News and Trends(Reuters) – Nokia Oyj plans to install Linux software on just one new smartphone next year, a source told Reuters on Monday, dampening prospects of a quick makeover of the Finnish group’s struggling product line-up. But a spokesman said the world’s biggest handset maker had no plans to sell its manufacturing plants, clarifying earlier comments… Read more
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IT Decision Makers Top 2010 Priority: Managing Costs
Categories: News and TrendsIT organizations say they are more optimistic about their prospects for 2010, but when it comes to spending money, the refrain might as well be: “You first.” Managing costs ranked as the top focus of IT organizations in 2010, ahead of improving customer service, according to the third annual Year-In-Review survey from CDW. About half… Read more
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Business Opportunities and Threats in the Technology Cloud
Cloud computing threatens to disrupt many of the business models around the IT industry as traditional desktops and client computing are transformed into something different. But don’t expect big enterprises to make the move right away. That’s because it’s harder for big companies with their investments in legacy IT to make a quick switch to… Read more
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Handling Deadbeat Cloud Computing Customers
Over dinner last night in Manhattan, my friend Christian Renaud recounted a horror story in mobility: his iPhone service was shut off while he was traveling in Spain and Portugal. The reason wasn’t because he didn’t pay his bill, but rather he had exceeded his data limit – not once, but twice. Renaud is the… Read more
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Selling IT To Tomorrow’s Startup
What’s the startup of the future going to look like in the post-recession economy? Some VARs think that more companies will be looking to what amounts to an infrastructure-as-a-service model. Rather than pay for all the equipment as a capital expense, burning their scarce startup money, companies may instead choose to outsource all of that,… Read more
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PC Build Forecast Tempered
Categories: News and TrendsJust when you thought it was safe to let yourself bask in the hope of an economic recovery, think again. After raising its month-ago forecast of PC builds to one that predicted 5 percent growth quarter over quarter, FBR Research is now lowering that forecast, predicting instead a decline of 1.5 percent in PC builds… Read more