How should IT professionals respond to the pressure to allow users to bring their own technology into the enterprise? What are the benefits? What are the risks? And what are the hottest gadgets?
It is nearly impossible to separate the drop in the stock price of Apple and its significance in the phase of the product cycle for the giant. Since the iPhone 5 was released, the stock market assigned a value of … Continue reading
There are Apple fanbois. And there are Android fanbois, mostly around the Samsung Galaxy. Don’t get me wrong, both the iPhone and the Galaxy are good devices. But they’re also both maxed out. Several years ago I conducted research into … Continue reading
If you did a public opinion poll in enterprises on the subject of “bring your own device”, you’d find two very different results. Users, by and large, are in favour. IT professionals, by and large, are not. (Of course, when … Continue reading
Why CIOs should make users feel ‘the presence of repair’ Continue reading
With the Nexus 4 now feeling like a distant memory, rumors are surfacing that a Nexus 5 will be launched. As readers will recall, Nexus 4 shifts the choice to consumers. Selling for US $299 and reportedly heavily subsidized, the … Continue reading
Samsung will be announcing the specifications for S4, the Samsung III successor, on pi day, or March 14, 2013. Early leaks suggest that the phone will have the following: 5-inch display 1080p resolution on OLED display 2GB memory 13MP camera … Continue reading
It’s not generally available yet in the American market. Basically, to this point, Canadians, British and some Asian customers have access to Blackberry’s new Z10 touch smartphone. But it’s been selling well: 800,000 activations in the first month, with limited … Continue reading
A few days ago I ran into an article about the possibility of Apple developing an iWatch…….a watch that even includes curved glass. One of the articles is here. There are even pictures of possible iWatches – here’s one from … Continue reading
Last week, the post about a shift in technology could not have been better exemplified by the transition of Blackberry. When the mobile market shifted assuredly since the introduction of the Apple iPhone, Blackberry did not make the needed transition … Continue reading
With public shipment of the first models in the new BB10 family of products from Blackberry (formerly Research in Motion), Canadians who worried about the future of the country’s high tech sector can breathe a little easier. Technically, the products … Continue reading
Fifty years ago this blog’s title would have been pretty meaningless to most people, including me. Today it clearly means a very small hand held refrigerator that can communicate over the Internet and would fit into your pocket, right? Well, its … Continue reading
BYOD is just the beginning. Use it as a catalyst to drive innovation Continue reading
In IT, we get used to thinking of our initiatives as big. Projects take time. Infrastructure change is complex. Many IT organizations overlook, therefore, the opportunities they have to make a difference with small things. This may seem like small … Continue reading
Recently there has been quite a bit of news about the recent discovery of security issues with Java. For example, Toronto’s Globe and Mail reported on it here. Then, there were articles reporting on the fact that Oracle had issued … Continue reading
