Eric Lundquist

Ah, a new year. This year Im not going to CES, but eWeek has enough editors and reporters at the Las Vegas event to give the show a good going over. Check out eweek.com for ongoing coverage. So, what am I missing? In particular, what are you missing? If you are looking for bigger televisions, […]

This is great. Not only is this year’s Consumer Electronics Show being reported, blogged and pod/video cast in extremis, even the vendors and keynoters are cooperating in my desire to cover the show this week without being there by the keynoters (so far) saying essentially the same things I’ve heard over the years at past […]

This is great. Not only is this years Consumer Electronics Show being reported, blogged and pod/video cast in extremis, even the vendors and keynoters are cooperating in my desire to cover the show this week without being there by the keynoters (so far) saying essentially the same things Ive heard over the years at past […]

Ah, a new year. This year I’m not going to CES, but eWeek has enough editors and reporters at the Las Vegas event to give the show a good going over. Check out our web site for ongoing coverage. So, what am I missing? In particular, what are you missing? If you are looking for […]

The week in review: the best and worst of the week just passed in technology: Friday, January 05, 2007 Good: What’s good for Cisco is good for Cisco. Cisco’s $830 million of the spam and email filtering company was a much needed move for Cisco’s plans to evolve into a true platform company. Spam and […]

Good: Whats good for Cisco is good for Cisco. Ciscos $830 million of the spam and e-mail filtering company was a much needed move for Ciscos plans to evolve into a true platform company. Spam and e-mail abuse has moved from being rare, to being a pain to now being capable of bringing a companys […]

Who were the top technology users in 2006? Too often, picking the best CIO, chief technology officer or user (whatever the title) becomes a popularity contest. You end up finding a company that showed a lot of growth during the year and then picking the CIO from that company. But as much as wed like […]

Let’s see if we can sort this out. IBM and Yahoo are teaming up to undermine the one box that Google would like to sell to businesses. Microsoft and HP are teaming up to sell you pre-packaged “People Ready” apps in a box to counter IBM’s Global Services. And Cisco, which rose to fame and […]

This is prediction season and Gartner—which holds one of the top spots in the prediction business—has passed along the companys key expectations. I include these predictions verbatim from Gartner and follow each with a short comment from yours truly. 1. Through 2009, market share for the top 10 IT outsourcers will decline to 40.0 percent […]

The Next Big Social Network Here’s what’s wrong with the current spate of social networks. They are too easy for everyone to join, they make it too easy to know too much about you and they are being taken over by big corporate entities. I should also add that they provide way too much ego […]

Gartner’s Ten Key Predictions For 2007 Along with a short commentary by Lundquist This is prediction season and Gartner – which holds one of the top spots in the prediction business – has passed along the company’s key expectations. I’m going to include them verbatim from Gartner and follow each with a short comment from […]

Deal of the week: Laptop Computer for $25,000 Not only do you get to spend $25,000 for an old (and stolen) laptop, you also get to hire a consultant and spend your holiday season basking in an embarrassing limelight. The financial consulting firm Ameriprise has reportedly reached an agreement with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts relating […]