Stan Gibson

Cloud computing may be the next big thing, but it didn’t happen overnight. Its genealogy goes all the way back to time-sharing, a practice dating to the 1960s in which a mainframe computer was accessed simultaneously by multiple terminal users in different locations via telephone lines. Cloud computing also resembles the ASP (application service provider) […]

As the economy goes, so goes IT. Right now, the lackluster economy-made darker by the recent collapse of Lehman Brothers and the acquisition of one-time powerhouse Merrill Lynch by Bank of America-is casting a pall over 2009 IT budget planning. Even so, some experts say the second half of 2009 could see a return to […]

John D. Rockefeller. Henry Ford. Andrew Carnegie. Bill Gates. Few today would dispute that Gates is on a par with the great business figures of history. His genius melds deep technical knowledge, strategic business thinking and the force of personality that only a few figures have ever commanded–and to which none of his peers has […]

One organization’s story tells in microcosm the multifaceted tale of mobile application development. For reasons that stem from its egalitarian academic culture, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has determined to support a number of different mobile devices for use by its students, faculty and staff. “We cannot force people to use one platform,” said Andrew […]

Enterprise workers of all ranks seldom leave the office these days without a mobile device in hand. But despite their ubiquity, mobile devices often are used to only a fraction of their capability, thanks to the absence of an industry-standard platform for application development. That state of affairs is leading many enterprises to settle for […]