Cameron Sturdevant

Lenovo’s W701ds and W510 mobile workstations gain Intel Core i7 processors and top-of-the-line Nvidia graphic chipsets to propel compute-intensive workloads that must be processed on location, wherever that may be. The ThinkPad W701ds has a second display that slides out from the lid and comes with plenty of external ports to handle additional monitors and […]

JAMF Software’s changes to Casper Suite bring Mac systems under central control. The Mac management suite gives IT managers the ability to keep Mac systems up-to-date while also tracking inventory and license compliance. Read my full review at eweek.com.

The 2009 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report offers insider knowledge based on forensic investigations of 90 confirmed breaches in 2008. Now anyone with an hour to spare can look over a beta version of the framework used to collect the data. IT managers and business executives alike can use the newly released Verizon Incident Sharing […]

Opera Beta Bulks Up on Private Browsing Opera Beta Bulks Up on Private BrowsingBy Cameron Sturdevant Welcome to the Beta The Opera 10.50 beta for Mac OS X was released on Feb. 25, advancing the underlying product with new features. Two-Finger Swipe The Opera beta incorporates multitouch trackpad support. I’m shown here navigating eWEEK.com using […]

In a virtual desktop deployment, the connection broker is the component that brings users and back-end resources together. It is a part of VMware, Citrix and Microsoft virtual desktop infrastructure implementations. But what happens in organizations with really large numbers of virtual desktops available from one or more of these competitive vendors? One answer is […]

So-called “fat clients” are here for the foreseeable future. But is it possible-and cost-effective-for organizations to transition from far-flung and historically hard-to-maintain desktops to virtual desktops stored in a central data center? The technology is advancing that enables once-powerful and now-weak desktop systems to be repurposed to host virtual desktop systems running modern operating systems. […]

Leostream Tames VDI Connection By Cameron Sturdevant Leostream Connection Broker The Connection Broker is the heart of the Leostream offering and is seen here running as a virtual machine in my VMware vSphere 4 infrastructure. More granular administration Administration is more fine grained in this version of the Connection Broker. Here you see the creation […]

The Couchlet Strikes Again by Cameron Sturdevantillustrated by Brian Moore Food Finder, Part 1 JC and I had a fairly extensive discussion of grocery shopping enhanced by the couchlet. Probably the biggest reason to add a camera to the couchlet is so that it can read bar codes. I want the ability to add items […]

SAN FRANCISCO-The dearth of Apple hardware and creative application announcements at Macworld, held here Feb. 9 to 13, was strangely filled in by a growing number of bread-and-butter business tools designed to help IT managers corral the Macs that make it into the enterprise. To begin with, IBM has joined the now 2-year-old Enterprise Desktop […]

Apple in the Enterprise Bobs to the Surface at Macworld by Cameron Sturdevant Enterprise Desktop Alliance Formed in Spring 2008, the Enterprise Desktop Alliance is a collaborative effort among Absolute Software, Centrify, Group Logic, Web Help Desk and as of Feb. 10 IBM to corral Macs in the enterprise management environment. JAMF Casper JAMF Software […]

Lenovo RD210 Server Shoulders Burden in 1U Ranks by Cameron Sturdevant Intergrated Management Module The IMM makes it easy to track server performance and even predict component failure so repairs can be made before productivity is impaired. Lenovo ThinkServer RD210 The ThinkServer RD210 is a rack-mount workhorse with a sufficient capacity and management tools to […]

I create, store and transmit a lot of corporate data over Internet services that are outside the control of my company. A large part of this data activity happens as a result of social networking applications that are tied specifically to me as a private Internet citizen. Managing the boundaries, practices, policies and technology associated […]