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  • Cloud, Big Data, Virtualization Driving Enterprise Linux Growth

    Linux is poised for continued growth among new and existing users thanks to lower total cost of ownership, technical features and security, among other reasons, according a recent Linux Foundation survey. The January 2012 report from the Linux Foundation and Yeoman Technology Group titled "Linux Adoption Trends 2012: A Survey of Enterprise End Users" claims…

  • Polycom Releases Product Updates, Partners With IBM

    ORLANDO, Fla.–At Lotusphere, videoconferencing and unified communications developer Polycom unveiled product updates and a partnership with IBM designed to bolster its social business strategy and simplify enterprises integration of video, as well as a new video-as-a-service cloud offering. “We’re observing that video is becoming more pervasive. It’s really gone far beyond what you may expect…

  • Motorola Xoom Getting Ice Cream Sandwich Upgrade

    One week after attendees of the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show searched high and low for tablets based on Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system, Motorola Mobility (NYSE:MMI) said its Xoom WiFi model would begin getting the ICS upgrade. The ICS upgrade will begin rolling out in phases over the air in the…

  • IT Priorities Multiply as Budgets Stagnate: Gartner

    IT organizations will have to deliver on multiple priorities without an increase in their IT budget, as CIO IT budgets are expected to be flat, increasing just 0.5 percent, with declining IT budgets in North America and Europe, according to a global survey of CIOs by tech industry research firm Gartner’s Executive Programs. Forty-six percent…

  • Social Networking Application Usage Grows Among Employees: Report

    There is explosive growth in global social networking and browser-based file sharing on corporate networks, with a 300 percent increase in active social networking (e.g., posting, applications) compared with activity during the same period in the latter half of 2010, according to research published by Palo Alto Networks. The Networks Application Usage and Risk report…

  • Rail Bandit, $4.99

    Rail Bandit, $4.99 http://www.railbandit.com/A must for metro area commuters, RailBandit includes schedule information for major rail lines from Amtrak, BART, MBTA, SEPTA, Chicago Metra, NJ Transit, MTA Metro North, the Long Island Railroad and more. Versions 2.4 and up include info on delays, service advisories and track information where available.iPhone, Android, Blackberry Waze, Free http://www.waze.comIf…

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