Features

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  Defining 'big data' depends on who's doing the defining

  Big data is an IT buzzword nowadays, but what does it really mean? When does data become big?

  By Brandon Butler | 10 May, 2012 20:41

  Tags: IDC, hardware systems, Data Center, Configuration / maintenance, Big Data, Amazon Web Services

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  Today, printers. Tomorrow, 'integrated peripherals'?

  Out went 42 aging black and white copiers with interface boxes that let them serve as printers. In went 42 new networked multi-function printers (MFPs) that could do color printing and copying and scan directly to e-mail, fax or files. And the owner, the Park Hill School District in Kansas City, MO, saves $19,000 yearly.

  By Lamont Wood | 08 May, 2012 20:56

  Tags: roi, it strategy, it management, hardware systems, hardware, Gartner

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  Smartphone screens are getting bigger

  Smartphone screens are getting larger, although vendors will likely continue to offer many sizes to woo a wide variety of users.

  By Matt Hamblen | 03 May, 2012 20:11

  Tags: smartphones, Motorola, Mobile and Wireless, htc, hardware systems, hardware, consumer electronics, at&t, Apple

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  Analysis: Why Linux is a desktop flop

  It's free, easier to use than ever, IT staffers know it and love it, and it has fewer viruses and Trojans than Windows.

  By Maria Korolov | 30 April, 2012 21:28

  Tags: Android, Configuration / maintenance, consumer electronics, Data Center, desktop, desktop pcs, Gartner, hardware systems, IDC, Linux, open source, operating systems, smartphones, software

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  The future of the $200 tablet

  Spending $150 to $200 on a tablet won't get you much these days: In most cases, you're looking at an off-brand Android product with a single-core processor, barely any RAM and a low-resolution, low-quality display. Depending on the device, you might not even have access to Google's app market or other basic services -- and while that approach may work with retailer-backed, limited-use products like Amazon's Kindle Fire, when it comes to more traditional Androidtablets, it doesn't usually lead to the best user experience.

  By JR Raphael | 26 April, 2012 21:18

  Tags: Google, hardware, hardware systems, Mobile and Wireless

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  From IT to ET: Cloud, consumerisation, and the next wave of IT transformation

  IT as we know it is over.

  By Johna Till Johnson | 23 April, 2012 21:32

  Tags: cloud computing, Configuration/maintenance, consumerization, Data Center, hardware systems, Harvard Business Review, infrastructure management, internet, mainframe, management, Nemertes Research, networking, Nicholas Carr, outsourcing, services, wireless

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  BYOD battle: A tale of two opposing IT viewpoints

  EdSouth is a bank holding company active in the student-loan arena, and Arrow Container Corp. manufactures cartons and containers. Their ideas about letting employees use their own mobile devices at work for business — what's often called "Bring Your Own Device" (BYOD) — couldn't be more different.

  By Ellen Messmer | 19 April, 2012 20:33

  Tags: Android, Apple, Apple iOS; Android; iPhone; Pad, at&t, AT&T Enterproid Divide, Configuration / maintenance, consumer electronics, Data Center, hardware systems, iPhone, networking, pc, smartphones, wireless

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  Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) review: A nice price, but where's the 'wow'?

  Android devices - both smartphones and tablets - are getting increasingly affordable. With its new Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) tablet, Samsung is obviously hoping to claim its piece of the budget-price pie.

  By JR Raphael | 12 April, 2012 09:18

  Tags: Emerging Technologies, hardware, hardware systems, mobile, Mobile and Wireless, Mobile OSes

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  Mobile apps: The IT pro's new power tools

  Think the mobile revolution is all about word games and social networking apps? Think again. Heavy-duty apps for IT pros have arrived on mobile platforms and they're quickly changing the face of IT systems management.

  By Robert L. Scheier | 12 March, 2012 21:07

  Tags: Android, applications, Blackberry, Data Center, hardware systems, iOS, iPad, iPhone, it management, it strategy, mobile, mobile apps, Mobile OSes, mobile technology, Mobile Tools, smartphones, software, tablets, tech support, Telecommunication

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  The industrial robot revolution

  One small step for man, a giant leap for robot-kind.

  By Sandra Gittlen | 20 February, 2012 22:25

  Tags: Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, hardware systems, health care, industry verticals, manufacturing, NASA, robots

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  Analysis: Will this be the year of Apple in the enterprise?

  Apple has never been considered an enterprise technology company, but it owns a significant share of the mobile enterprise market, largely due to the success of the iPhone, iPad and MacBook Air.

  By Ryan Faas | 01 February, 2012 02:49

  Tags: Apple, hardware systems, Mac OS, operating systems, software

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  In depth: Apple's new vision of education

  Apple has made it clear that one of the next industries it hopes to disrupt and reinvent is education. It's an arena the company has a long history of working with: schools have been one of Apple's biggest market since the days of the Apple II.

  By Ryan Faas | 24 January, 2012 02:35

  Tags: Apple, hardware systems, iPad, tablets

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  Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime: The Rolls-Royce of Android tablets

  Watch out, Android tablets: There's a new king in town.

  By JR Raphael | 03 December, 2011 10:56

  Tags: Asustek Computer, hardware systems, tablets

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  Technology argument 5: iPad vs. everything else

  We debated whether to call this piece "iPad vs. Motorola Xoom" or "iPad vs. Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1" or whatever the Android tablet du jour is. But really it's still "iPad vs Everything Else."

  By John Cox | 02 November, 2011 21:33

  Tags: Android tablets, Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, Google, hardware systems, ipad3, Motorola, networking, Palm, pc, tablets, wireless

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  Insight: Why Microsoft's vision of the future will really happen

  Microsoft released a video in 2008 and another one this week that together predict the sleek, wireless, connected gadgets we'll all enjoy by the year 2019.

  By Mike Elgan | 01 November, 2011 02:32

  Tags: consumer electronics, hardware systems, Microsoft