Tech Experts See Bright Future in the Cloud

The PC of the future will be very different from the computers that have come to dominate so many desktops in the home and office today, according to a broad survey of 895 tech experts by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project and Elon University’s Imagining the Internet Center. By 2020 the…

iPad for the Enterprise – Is There a Fit?

It wasn’t until a year after Apple unveiled the iPhone in 2007 for consumers that it started talking seriously about promoting the device to businesses after it added software support for Microsoft Exchange as well as security features favored by IT. Consumers are still Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) prime focus, but a growing ecosystem of software…

10 Reasons to Nix the iPad in Your IT Strategy

Brace yourself. Before the month is out, they will be knocking at your door, insisting that Apple’s iPad tablet―for sale on or about April 3 (pre-orders started March 12 at 5:30 pm PST)―is just the gadget that will solve a multitude of IT problems while, simultaneously, giving your IT strategy a leg up . It…

IT Staffing – Jobs Report Shows Android, iPad Skills in Demand

That didn’t take long. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has yet to ship its much-hyped iPad tablet, but Elance has reported there’s already demand for iPad application developers ahead of next month’s launch. The iPad rode of a broader wave of demand for mobile tech skills at the online contract services site. While Web development continues to…