Monthly Archives: October 2013
BlackBerry Pleads With Customers, Partners for Patience, Confidence
The full-page advertisement on page A5 of the Oct. 15 issue of The Washington Post tells an important story about BlackBerry and its desire...
CIOs for U.S. States Share Ideas on Innovation, Changing IT
PHILADELPHIA—Changing roles for CIOs are not just occurring in private and public companies, but also for CIOs who build and run technology systems for...
MIT Emtech Conference Puts Spotlight on Innovative, Young Entrepreneurs
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s EmTech conference mixes (as its name states) discussions of emerging technologies and awards for young entrepreneurs developing innovative companies...
Alcatel-Lucent CEO: Without Job Cuts, Company Could ‘Disappear’
Alcatel-Lucent’s plan to cut another 10,000 jobs is touching off worker protests in France while the embattled company’s CEO argues that without substantial expense...
Broadcom, ARM Partner on Networking Chip
Broadcom officials are promising server-class, 64-bit chips based on the ARM architecture that will be aimed at networking infrastructure, as well as communications, big...
Microsoft Backs Mobile Startup SkyGiraffe
Microsoft has its sights on enterprise mobility with offerings like the Surface slate, Windows Phone 8 and the tablet-friendly Windows 8.1 operating system. Now,...
Rugged Getac Tablet, Convertible Are Industry’s Thinnest, Lightest
Rugged laptops never fail to impress when it comes to party tricks. Manufacturers love to show them being dipped into fish tanks or closed...
Why WordPress Updates Matter
Hacking Websites today isn't nearly as hard as it once was. The open-source WordPress content management system powers more than 71 million Websites, and...
OpenStack Demand Is High as Havana Debut Nears: Report
The open-source OpenStack cloud platform has the support of many of the world's leading IT vendors, including IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Intel, AT&T, Cisco and...
Apple Hires Burberry CEO to Lead Retail Division
Consumer electronics giant Apple announced it is bringing Angela Ahrendts, CEO of luxury clothing brand Burberry, onboard next spring in a newly created position,...