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'Hyperconnected' users growing

A new wave of information workers are using multiple devices and applications, meaning that CIOs must begin making plans to accommodate this next-generation workforce. A worldwide study done for Read more...

Gates: Windows 7 will 'take less memory, be more efficient'

Bill Gates has inadvertently confirmed that Microsoft is hard at work tweaking the next iteration of Windows - or Windows 7, to be more efficient where power and memory utilization is concerned.

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Power grid peril

Where would we be without electricity? Nowhere. While computers today are able to connect to the web via WiFi, at the end of the day the battery needs to be charged with--you get it, electricity. But Read more...

Overstating the flatness of international commerce

According to Pankaj Ghemawat, professor of global strategy at IESE Business School in Barcelona and professor of business administration at Harvard Business School, globalization is a major economic Read more...

Mobility: Balancing functionality with security

Companies are beginning to swap traditional desktop configurations in favor of centralizing desktop applications in a secure datacenter, thanks to more reliable and robust security offerings. Read more...

Bluetooth gadgets ship 10M each month

Bluetooth technology is one of those haggard hyped solutions that comes and goes off the radar, but it's quietly taking root with 10 million enabled devices shipping each month. Why? It provides Read more...

Why downtime isn't necessarily a bad thing

There's no doubt that connectivity and mobile computing boost productivity but in pushing a 24x7 online work effort, companies may distort the critical work-life balance that employees are Read more...

The need for a better work-life balance in IT

The ability of today's IT teams to stay connected, react in real-time to issues and support needs and literally be on call whenever and wherever they may be is a wonderful thing for companies. But Read more...