CIO Insight Staff

Consumers will spend $2.1 trillion on technology products and services this year, and that number will only grow faster over the next several years, according to analysts with market research firm Gartner. The $2.1 trillion–which covers everything from mobile phones, tablets and smart devices to the services that enables these devices to connect to networks–is […]

LAS VEGAS — Microsoft’s Windows 8 is not yet generally available — the operating system officially lands on store shelves Oct. 26 — but that’s not stopping security researchers from trying to find flaws in the OS. However, hackers who have had an easy time with Windows might find some new security features hard to […]

SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) and the National Basketball Association (NBA) announced that the league has selected the SAP HANA platform to develop a new statistical experience for its fans on NBA.com. The HANA-based real-time data platform will enable the league to bring virtually unlimited amounts of official NBA statistical information directly to fans’ fingertips on […]

The distribution of unwelcome or dangerous e-mails was on the rise again in the first half of 2012, despite the fact that numerous spam-sending botnets have been shut down in the past two years, according to the results of analyses by the research team at German e-mail security specialist Eleven. The report indicated there was […]

Apple’s OS X Mountain Lion is finally available after months of anticipation. Now, those who have been chomping at the bit to get their hands on the software will finally be able to do so. And for those who aren’t sure, they might be able to take the software for a spin to find out […]

The New York Times stopped supporting its app for BlackBerry, as well as its DealBook BlackBerry Reader, July 23. Adding insult to injury, the newspaper added its very brief announcement that it was also stopping support for its app for Palm Pre a device most consider to be long dead. "We’ve made the decision to […]

Google "has agreed to the outlines of a settlement" with the European Union to finally end an ongoing EU investigation into alleged anticompetitive behaviors by the search giant in the European marketplace, according to a report by The Financial Times (FT). Under the settlement, Google would not be hit with formal antitrust charges by the […]

IDC has released results of a study indicating that long-term, moving workloads to Amazon Web Services (AWS) pays off big-time for some — to the tune of an average five-year return on investment of 626 percent and a cumulative savings of $2.5 million per application. Although AWS commissioned IDC to analyze the long-term implications of […]

Apple reported in its fiscal third-quarter earnings statement July 24 that it brought in a record $35 billion and profited $8.8 billion, but hints of a sales slowdown of its iPhon’s next quarter raised red flags among Wall Street analysts. The quarterly profit worked out to a healthy $9.32 a share, but another fly in […]

IT departments are concerned about the privacy of their personal information if mobile device management (MDM) software were installed on smartphones or tablets they brought from home to use at work, according to the results of a survey of 335 IT professionals sponsored by MokaFive and conducted through an independent survey firm. The findings highlight […]

Applications developers are focused on creating mobile applications for the enterprise with Apple set to take the lead, according to the 2Q 2012 Mobile Developer Survey of 3,500 Appcelerator developers from around the world, conducted in partnership with IT research firm IDC. Developers also are interested in Microsoft’s Windows 8 platform, with cloud services playing […]

Black Hat USA, the annual convention for security researchers now in its 15th year, began July 21 with training sessions, and will continue until Thursday, July 26. This year’s conference is expected to draw some 6,500 attendees and feature 82 sessions across nine different tracks. It will also include the release of 36 tools, 17 […]