Author: enews

It took some time and considerable internal effort, but SAP says it has made good on a pledge to simplify its software pricing and licensing model. SAP customers for years have said the company’s pricing is too complex. In October 2012, then co-CEO Jim Hagemann Snabe told IDG News Service the company had heard customers’ concerns and was working on a fix. Nearly two years later, SAP has made a series of changes to pricing and licensing, with a final phase completed in July, said Joe LaRosa, vice president of global pricing and…

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Apple co-founder Steve Jobs loved to walk around his neighborhood in Palo Alto, California. And after his pride and joy, the iPhone, was born, he naturally took it along with him on walks. The first iPhone had a lousy, sluggish, cellular-data network, but it also had a much faster data option: Wi-Fi. It even had a feature (still present, but much less touted) that popped up a list of nearby Wi-Fi networks on the screen, so you could always find one in range. But, he once told me, there was…

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Mobile malware continues to proliferate, particularly on Android devices. These four steps help counter the threat. It often happens without you knowing. Malware takes over your smartphone or tablet, exploiting vulnerabilities and trolling for information. Perhaps the processing speed on your smartphone slows down. Or a preview of a text message that you didn’t write temporarily pops up on your screen. These and other clues lead you to become suspicious that someone has access to your device and data. Fake ID on Android The recent disclosure of a new Fake ID malware…

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Mark Samuels ponders what the latest job title du jour means for those currently tasked with their firm’s digital strategy If you think the position of chief digital officer (CDO) is pointless, then another job title has emerged that takes superfluous senior IT roles to a whole new level. All hail the head of the Internet of Things (IoT), a new executive position for the technology industry’s latest trend. The concept of IoT refers to the interconnection of internet-enabled objects and devices – and research suggests the trend is going…

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Cloud computing is still too risky for CIOs to gamble on putting all enterprise applications out there. Although more and more organisations are experimenting with cloud-based applications, tech chiefs remain extremely cautious about putting mission-critical applications into the cloud, citing security, cost and reliability among their key considerations. 92 percent say ‘no’ When asked “Is it now a realistic possibility to run all the applications a business needs through the cloud?” the ZDNet/TechRepublic CIO Jury of tech decision makers responded with resounding ‘no’ by a margin of 11 to one.…

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