Monthly Archives: November 2008
Will Microsoft Online Services Cannibalize On-Premises Exchange, SharePoint?
Microsoft on Nov. 17 formally launched Exchange Online and SharePoint Online, Web-based versions of its productivity and collaboration software applications, providing two more logs...
Can Google’s SearchWiki Help SMBs?
Google's SearchWiki tools are already generating an awful lot of buzz on the Internet, but can this new functionality benefit the midmarket business owner?...
Botnet Operators Likely to Change Tactics in Wake of McColo, Intercage ISP Shutdowns
Between the shutdown of Web hosting company McColo Nov. 11 and the death of ISP Intercage, aka Atrivo, in September, we may be entering...
Survey: Spring Framework Adoption Soars
A recent Evans Data survey shows that adoption of the Spring Framework has grown substantially and continues to grow rapidly.According to the Evans Data...
Google’s SearchWiki Set for Rollout
After some bucket-testing flirtations with the public, Google has taken SearchWiki live.SearchWiki is a utility in the Google search user interface that lets users...
Samsung First Out of the Gate with 256GB SSDs for Laptops
We received a tip last night, Nov. 19, that Samsung has started mass-producing 256GB solid-state drives for use in notebooks and desktop PCs. That...
That elusive IT budget goes real-time
I spent a couple days down South this week including stops in Atlanta where I moderated a series of presentations on enterprise technology and...
Will It Be a Black Monday for Malware?
Desktop anti-virus and management applications provider PC Tools, acquired by Symantec in August, is predicting that Nov. 24 will repeat as the annual high-water...
IBM Researchers Look to Build ‘Global Brain’ Computer
While a computer with artificial intelligence such as HAL of "2001: A Space Odyssey" remains the stuff of science fiction, IBM researchers are looking...
How to Stay Successful and Sane in Today’s Uncertain Economy
Some years back I wrote a pretty well-received book titled "The Flexible Enterprise," which was all about how businesses can manage and thrive in...