Nicholas Kolakowski

10 iPhone Apps That Make Enterprise Life Easier by Nicholas Kolakowski Name: Citrix Receiver for iPhoneCost: N/AThis application, still in development—according to a Citrix Systems Web site, it should be available in the first half of 2009—will allow users to connect to their enterprise applications using an iPhone-based Citrix XenApp platform. Citrix predicts that the […]

Google CEO Eric Schmidt launched into a wide-ranging presentation during the Morgan Stanley Technology Conference in San Francisco on March 3, covering everything from how Google is dealing with the current economy to the rise of mininotebooks, known popularly as netbooks. Given how the current recession seems to be on the forefront of every company’s […]

Facebook announced on March 4 the launch of new profiles for public figures and organizations. Such profile pages might belong to large companies or famous politicians, but will function like the user pages already present on the site. These new profiles will let their administrators post status updates, videos and photos, as well as provide […]

Microsoft is rolling out a broad-based strategy for hosting providers, including the introduction of its Dynamic Data Center Tool Kit, which allows for the building and launching of managed services powered by Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V and Microsoft System Center.The announcements were made during the Microsoft Hosting Summit, held March 3 to 5 in […]

Google announced on its official blog that it was expanding its instant-messaging system from Gmail to iGoogle, which allows users to create customizable start pages. iGoogle is Google’s competitor to services, such as Yahoo’s My Yahoo, that also allow start-page personalization. Users will be able to chat with those who don’t have a Gmail address, […]

Advanced Micro Devices and Nvidia each announced a number of new graphics processing units during the CeBIT 2009 conference in Europe March 3, as the two companies look to maintain their positions in the increasingly competitive graphics market. For its part, AMD released two new 40-nanometer graphics processors, the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4860 and […]

Apple announced on March 3 a new Mac Pro that utilizes Intel “Nehalem” Xeon processors, along with updates to its iMac and Mac mini desktop lines. The quad-core Mac Pro, with a starting retail price of $2,499, features one 2.66 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 3500 series processor of L3 cache. It also features 3GB of […]

Dell unveiled two new data center rack enclosures, the Dell PowerEdge 4220 and PowerEdge 2420, designed to support the Dell portfolio of servers and storage systems. The company also announced that its data center consulting practice will henceforth utilize Future Facilities 6SigmaDC software suite to help customers maximize data center space utilization and energy efficiency, […]

Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz engaged in a broad-based discussion about her company during the Morgan Stanley Technology Conference in San Francisco on March 3, terming any negotiations with Microsoft over search as private and citing-in a lighter moment-her preference for Google Maps. With regard to the seemingly never-ending drama between Microsoft and Yahoo over the […]

Apple on March 3 announced upgrades to its AirPort Extreme 802.11n Wi-Fi Base Station and Time Capsule wireless hard drive, as part of a big day of rollouts that also saw it issue a handful of new Macs.The AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule will now include dual-band Wi-Fi broadcasting on both 2.4GHz and 5GHz frequencies. […]