Monthly Archives: June 2009
BMC Mainframe Push Helps Fuel Solid Growth
At a time when the global recession is hammering most of the IT sector, BMC Software just wrapped a fiscal year of record earnings...
Microsoft Hohm’s Goal Is a Greener Home
Microsoft is releasing the beta version of Hohm, a new Website that allows consumers to track their homes' energy consumption, with an eye toward...
Are Lenovo ThinkPad Laptops Still Best for the Enterprise?
Lenovo announced June 23 that it has launched a new notebook designed specifically for the enterprise. Dubbed the ThinkPad T400s, the notebook sports a...
Microsoft Shuts Off Access to Antivirus Beta
If you weren't among the throng yesterday to download the beta version of Microsoft Security Essentials antivirus application, you are officially out of luck...
Google Has No Plans to Offer Salesforce.com-Style Enterprise Apps, Exec Says
While Google has key programmers concentrating on hatching products like Google Wave and Google Voice, Google Apps has been a regular Steady Eddie of...
U.S. Defense Secretary Orders Creation of Cyber Command
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has ordered the creation of a Cyber Command to help secure the U.S. military's computer networks, according to...
7 Most Valued Vendor Certifications
Technical certifications are a major factor in end users' selection of solution and service providers. Channel Insider and Amazon Consulting asked more than 200...
Users Fuzzy Over What’s a Netbook
The target market for the current generation of netbooks is largely confused about how their new devices differ in functionality from traditional laptop computers....
Microsoft Antivirus App Not Exactly a Service
Microsoft flipped the switch and started distributing the beta version of Microsoft Security Essentials - a free antivirus application that succeeds Microsoft Windows Defender...
Why HP’s Web-Connected Printer Will Fail
Hewlett-Packard new Photosmart Premium with TouchSmart aims to decouple the printer from the personal computer and connecting it directly to the Internet. The idea...