CIO Insight Staff

Apple ruled the smartphone roost during the first quarter, but Samsung overtook Nokia in the overall mobile phone market, ending Nokia’s 14-year run as the global leader. Samsung shipped 92 million cell phones during the first quarter, according to IHS iSuppli, compared with Nokia’s 83 million units. Apple, meanwhile, shipped 35 million iPhones, compared with […]

Enterasys Networks in June will roll out a network solution designed to enable businesses, hospitals and educational institutions to more easily and securely address the growing trend of bring your own device (BYOD). Enterasys’ Mobile IAM product, which will be available in either a hardware appliance or for virtualized environments that run VMware’s ESX server, […]

The philosopher Confucius once said, "Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life." In order to help IT professionals achieve this level of happiness, Path.To launched an online job service that includes a compatibility score to connect the right talent with the right jobs. Currently available […]

While bring-your-own-device programs continue to grow and find favor among businesses of all sizes, issues like security still remain, according to a survey by Mimecast, a supplier of cloud-based email archiving, continuity and security for Microsoft Exchange and Office 365. The survey of 500 IT professionals and administrators suggests BYOD programs are still a hotly […]

The House of Representatives passed the controversial CISPA cyber-threat bill late April 26, despite worries from civil liberties advocates that it threatens the privacy of Internet users and threats from the Obama Administration to veto it. The House was expected to debate CISPA–Cyber-Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act–April 26 and vote on it the following day. […]

Within a few weeks’ time, massive health care breaches have been made public at Emory Healthcare in Atlanta, the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS) and the Utah Department of Health, showing a need for health care organizations to boost their security budgets, according to Judy Hanover, research director at IDC Health […]

It might have taken awhile, but finally, Google Drive has launched. Google has been talking about its intention to introduce a cloud storage service for at least six years. And rumors about the imminent release of a storage solution to take on companies like Box and Dropbox started percolating vigorously in the past few weeks. […]

Apple is at least a decade behind Microsoft when it comes to dealing with malware attacks and security, and the recent Flashback attack on Macs only highlights the problems facing the systems maker, according to the founder of security software vendor Kaspersky Lab. In an interview with Computer Business Review at the Info Security 2012 […]

Facebook officials are launching a site on their social network aimed at making their 900 million-plus users and their systems more secure. Facebook, in partnership with Microsoft, McAfee, Symantec, Trend Micro and Sophos, on April 25 announced the Antivirus Marketplace, where users can download free six-month licenses or full versions of the companies anti-malware software […]

IBM has launched an aggressive strategy for its PowerLinux systems with three solutions to focus on big data, industry apps and open-source infrastructure services. Big Blue introduced new Power Systems and PureFlex System offerings to help customers exploit the cost efficiency of Linux and virtualization for business-critical workloads. IBM PowerLinux Solutions offer deep integration of […]

It’s hard to believe that Apple was slumping so badly 16 years ago that it almost was sold to Sun Microsystems for $6 per share. But Steve Jobs returned, the company came out with all those iGadgets, and history was changed. Those dark days of 1996 are especially difficult to fathom when one examines the […]

It only took Google six or so years to get its long-anticipated GDrive cloud storage service out the door and into general circulation, but it finally did happen on April 24. What a relief. Now we can stop talking about the "planned" cloud service and just call it "Google’s cloud storage service." To its credit, […]