Top 13 Security Trends to Watch in 2012

The security challenges facing businesses and consumers in 2012, will begin to merge as “always-on, always-connected” gives way to “hyperconneted” — a world where mobile devices double as everything from ATMs to heart-rate monitors, credit cards and network access endpoints. “The proliferation of Internet connectivity, mobile devices and Web applications are helping to enrich lives…

Net Neutrality – Will the FCC Get It Right?

The Net neutrality debate boils down to an age-old argument: what constitutes a free market? Do those who have paid hard cash control that which they paid for? Or, should a free market ensure and enable competition in order to provoke innovation and lower prices for all? This is the essence of the Net neutrality…

Smart Grid – Promises and Pitfalls for IT

There may be much ado about smart grids these days but the upshot is there’s a lot left to do. Certainly the federal government is backing the effort whole-hog and major players of the Utilities Telecom Council (UTC) and Verizon-ilk are burning the midnight oil to bring home that bacon. That’s not to say that…

What CIOs Need to Know About the Cloud

The market for managed cloud services is predicted to grow at a rapid rate: Researcher Forrester predicts the cloud market hitting $217 billion by 2014, while IDC is also seeing strong interest in the cloud, reaching into the billions of dollars in spending by the same year. Of course, as enterprises move toward cloud services,…

Are Stress Fractures Threatening the Internet?

Given that the Internet has become the cornerstone for businesses large and small, there is little wonder that any perceived threat to it is due cause for alarm. Now that worldwide demand for this all important resource is rocketing skyward, businesses are beginning to wonder if the Internet can withstand the g-forces. A recent study…

Soft Economy Will Drive New Technologies

Hammered by the global recession, players in the IT industry will have to undergo radical changes to simply survive, according to research firm IDC. But that’s not bad news for everyone. Enterprises and small to midsized businesses (SMBs) may be poised reap the benefits of a transforming IT industry — in the form of new…

Touch-screen BlackBerry Coming This Fall

Research In Motion (RIM) will roll out a touch-screen model of its BlackBerry smartphone later this fall, thrusting it into direct competition with Apple’s popular iPhone. RIM said on Wednesday the BlackBerry Storm will be available exclusively to Verizon Wireless subscribers in the U.S. and Vodafone subscribers in Europe, India, Australia and New Zealand. RIM’s…

RIM to Launch Touchscreen BlackBerry ‘Soon’: Verizon

Research In Motion (RIM) is preparing to launch the long anticipated touch-screen version of its BlackBerry smartphone, according to an official promotion e-mail from U.S. carrier Verizon Wireless. The device will be known as the BlackBerry Storm 9530 and will feature “global capabilities”, Verizon said, without providing specifics. It also did not give an exact…