CIO Insight Staff

Web security firm Sophos has posted an open letter to Facebook taking the social networking giant to task for its ongoing safety and privacy issues. Sophos security experts outlined three steps Facebook should take to better protect its users and improve overall data security in a post on the company’s Naked Security blog. Facebook needs […]

IBM recently announced new workload-optimized Power7 systems, including delivering increased performance to the Power 750 — the same server used in Watson, IBM’s Jeopardy!-winning computer system. Unveiled on April 12, the new Power blades and upgraded Power servers are built to manage some of the world’s most demanding emerging applications, used in healthcare management, financial […]

Microsoft has introduced the public beta of its Office 365, the company’s cloud-productivity offering and current best chance for driving back the threat presented by Google Apps and similar platforms. Microsoft has a habit of launching large-scale betas for its products, the better to apparently weed out bugs and other issues ahead of the general […]

Global tablet revenues are now expected to reach $49 billion by 2015, according to an April 19 report from Strategy Analytics. Up from zilch in 2009, 2015 global revenues from the Apple iPad and its legion of followers, said the research firm, "will exceed those of every consumer electronics category except TVs and PCs by […]

Anyone with questions about why Intel and Advanced Micro Devices are looking to expand into the tablet and smartphone markets need only look at the most recent data on the global PC space. Market research firms Gartner and IDC reported April 13 that the worldwide PC market in the first quarter saw its first year-over-year […]

Unexpected shocks that roiled global markets also took their toll in the latest CompTIA IT Industry Business Confidence Index, but IT industry executives still expect business conditions to improve and sales growth to resume in 2011. The index, based on a 100-point scale, fell by 5.1 points in the second quarter to 54.9. The results […]

It’s pretty well-known by now that Dell is determined to change its whole approach to providing IT products and services. But its evolution in the last five years–and especially in the last 18 to 24 months–has been nothing short of stunning. The company that originally was called PC’s Unlimited (pictured) and that made its mark […]

Dell has rolled out its Mobile Clinical Computing platform, which runs Meditech’s electronic health record applications, as well as VMware’s Sphere and View virtual desktop infrastructure. Dell will provide hardware such as laptops or tablets for the MCC platform, while its partners provide the software, virtualization and security technology. Meditech has about a 30 percent […]

LAS VEGAS – IBM announced a new global consulting and services practice to help companies improve the performance of core business processes such as marketing, human resources and finance, as well as industry-specific processes such as insurance claims, campaign management and compliance. Announced at the IBM Impact 2011 conference here, the new IBM Business Process […]

Cisco Systems is opening a new data center that is going to take on multiple roles for the networking giant, from acting as a showcase for its wide-ranging data center technologies to driving down costs through its multiple environmentally-friendly features. The facility, which officially opened April 15 in Allen, Texas, will serve as a key […]

Toshiba’s business laptop customers have been asking for lighter machines and more robust battery life without a sacrifice to performance, according to the company, and on April 12 it delivered, with thinnest-ever versions of its Tecra and Portégé laptops. The company introduced an ultraportable Portégé R830, a Tecra R840–25 percent thinner and 20 percent lighter […]

The worldwide PC market, affected by media tablet sales among other factors, suffered its first year-over-year decline in six quarters, according to preliminary estimates from research firms Gartner and IDC. In figures released April 13, both firms said they overestimated sales in their forecasts, expecting even modest growth. However, worldwide shipments reached 84.3 million units […]