Business and IT Leaders Must Think Differently

One of the remarkable things about today’s smartphones and tablets is the extent to which they disintermediate and disintegrate longstanding tools and industries. We used to rely on a spate of separate devices: a camera, digital audio recorder, landline phone, video camera, DVD player, MP3 player and various remote controls. All are gone or rapidly…

Enterprise Mobility: The Future is Now

by Brian Duckering of Symantec Throughout the modern history of business, there have been countless technological innovations that have improved the way companies work. However, a few stand out from the rest in their capacity to disrupt the status quo. Perhaps the most obvious recent examples of such technological advances are the PC and the…

The Top 20 Technology Driven Trends for 2012

No matter what industry you’re in, your company can’t survive without technology. And these days, even non-technical employees know that technology goes way beyond desktop computers and networks. From smart phones and tablet computers to mobile apps and cloud-based technology, there’s a plethora of technological advancements to not only keep track of, but also to…

The Market Moves

by Ernie von Simson Apple’s integrated business model is rattling last year’s IT leaders just as minicomputer companies were rattled and ultimately destroyed by the PC and the PC’s “layered” business model two decades ago. When the market moves, even the soundest business strategy cannot withstand such shock waves. And the market is obviously moving…

10 Reasons Tablets Work in Your Technology Strategy

Credit the iPad with this: it has triggered a huge hunger for tablets inside corporate America and, guess what, you cannot ignore this, not now. With Apple selling 3.3 million iPads in just its most recent quarter, suddenly tablet mania has hit the nation. “IT has lost control,” said Patrick Sweeney, vice president of product…