Don Reisinger

Apple’s iCloud was announced at the company’s Worldwide Developers Conference on June 6. The platform, which will be available in fall 2011, is designed to allows users to store content in the cloud as well as sync important data across iOS-based devices, Macs, and PCs. To say that it’s the latest and most important launch […]

Big, Bad Six Out of all the alleged cases of corporate software piracy in the U.S. in 2010, 49.3 percent originated in these six states: CaliforniaFlorida Illinois MichiganNew YorkTexas

When you’re ready to get new smartphones for your employees, chances are you’ll look first RIM’s BlackBerry devices. After all, those are the smartphones that you have been using for quite some time, and they deliver all the features you’re looking for from an IT perspective, including solid e-mail, a host of security features, and […]

In the world of social networking, Facebook and Twitter get most of the attention from CIOs — and not much of it positive. With hundreds of millions of users, these are the social media sites you probably worry most about your employees using in inappropriate ways. In contrast, LinkedIn — with more than 100 million […]

At its Google I/O 2011 developers conference in San Francisco May 10-11, Google unveiled two new Chromebooks from Samsung and Acer. The netbooks, which will be available for customers to order on June 15, run Google’s cloud-based operating system Chrome OS. Now that Google and its vendor partners have taken the wraps off their upcoming […]

A total of 84 Microsoft Office vulnerabilities appeared in the 2010 Security Bulletins. All 84 met BeyondTrust’s criteria to be mitigated by removing administrator rights.

In the enterprise, mobile computing is a hot-button issue. Companies around the world are trying to determine which devices — tablets, smartphones, notebooks, or netbooks — are best to put in the hands of their employees. Tablets, particularly the Apple iPad, get all the attention today. In fact, worldwide sales of tablets are expected to […]

A number of recent research reports have been sounding the death knell for the desktop computer, predicting that it will be phased out in favor of notebooks and even tablets.  However, there are plenty of organizations that still rely on the computing power of desktops, and computer makers are continuing to innovate with new features. […]

52 percent 52 percent of U.S. CFO surveyed blame their firm’s IT function for being “out of date and inflexible” when they experience less-than-ideal finance functions.

Scalable & Flexible”Improved scalability/flexibility of service” is the most important option among the majority of respondents when it comes to switching to a new WAN/MAN service.

Chances are, your company is chock-a-block with outdated PCs running Windows XP. For years now, your employees have made do with these as you waited for Microsoft to offer an operating system suited to your real-life business needs. Of course, sticking with Windows XP for so long made sense. When Microsoft launched Windows Vista, CIOs […]

Apple’s iPad was the unchallenged leader in the tablet space for 2010, but that’s changing this year as the tablet market heats up. There are a number of contenders about to enter the ring. If you’re thinking seriously about bringing tablets to your company’s employees this year, your options include iPad, Research In Motion BlackBerry […]