Category: Analysis

During the first quarter of 2014 there were 42 million US households with a TV connected to the internet, either via a video game console, Blu-ray disc player, streaming media player or the TV itself. According to the NPD Connected Intelligence Connected Home Report, between Q1 2013 and Q1 2014 the number of homes with a TV connected to the internet grew by six million. The vast majority of this increase was driven by growth in the number of homes with Connected TVs and streaming media players. For the first time,…

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The brutal tech truth that links the problems of Rackspace, Dell, HP, IBM, Oracle, SAP, others Analysis What do all ailing enterprise IT companies have in common? Trouble in their core businesses due to the rise of cloud computing. The repercussions that the technology is having on the IT business are all around us, and its effects on the industry are as inevitable as gravity on a dropped bowling ball. Cloud computing’s rise spells trouble for any traditional Western IT company you care to name, and has already started to bite…

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Which is the most secure Web browser? Google Chrome? Mozilla Firefox? Microsoft’s Internet Explorer? It’s a simple question—but the answer is a bit complicated. In a Fall 2013 poll, security-conscious browser users overwhelmingly voted Firefox as the most secure. But during the annual Pwn2own hacking contest in March 2014, Firefox was exploited four times with zero-day attacks, making it one of the least secure browsers. To complicate matters further, a 2013 comparative analysis of five popular Web browsers by NSS Labs found that Internet Explorer outperformed its competitors. Even so, the NSS Labs research…

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According to the just released International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Black Book (Document # 248617), worldwide IT spending will increase by 4.1% in constant currency this year, down from IDC’s previous forecast of 4.6% and also down from last year’s growth of 4.5%.  According to the new report, IT spending has been volatile since the beginning of the year, with macroeconomic wild cards including the crisis in Ukraine and the slowdown in China adding to the general sense of uncertainty which continues to impact business confidence and investment. Pent-up demand should, however, drive…

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Two unrelated but insight-producing experiences came together for me during a recent spring break vacation with my family in Florida. First was my daily visit to my favorite eatery, the SUGARCANE raw bar grill. The waiters have come to know my preferences, including my favorite table, drink and time of arrival. During spring break, they took it to another level. I showed up at the usual time and saw my favorite drink and soup served at my favorite table prior to my arrival. This kind of service is going beyond…

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Check Point 2014 Security Report Details Threat Trends Pulled From Over 9,000 Security Gateways Deployed Across Enterprise Organizations Globally San Carlos, CA – Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today issued its 2014 Security Report, the company’s second annual report uncovering the major threat trends that impacted organizations across the world. For a full copy of this year’s Security Report, visit: http://www.checkpoint.com/securityreport. In a world of ever-changing cyber threats, organizations must understand the nature of the latest exploits, and how their networks are potentially impacted.…

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During my visits with customers talking about end user computing (EUC) we will inevitably talk about Bring Your Own Device (BYOD).  BYOD is the idea that you can allow your user community (whether all or some subset), to bring their OWN device for use at the workplace.  For example, EMC issued me a laptop and a mobile device, nevertheless, I also have my personal Kindle Fire HDX and the Dell Venue Pro 8 that I am writing this article on right now.  Those personal devices have access to EMC email and…

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Pizza Hut has seen sales from mobile devices grow 4,000 percent in the past three years. It now lets customers order from the Internet and six types of devices, with more options on the way. Here’s how one of the nation’s best known franchises stays atop evolving tech trends to capture new customers. Pizza Hut passed the $6 billion mark in all-time digital sales in 2013, just four years after the company introduced its first mobile app in 2009, and it continues to push hard in the mobile arena to keep up…

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Knowing how different apps can fit in a cloud environment can help IT leaders make informed decisions. As they consider ways to take advantage of the many benefits of cloud computing, IT managers should consider the suitability of specific types of applications for the cloud. Here are different type of apps and how they may fit in the cloud. Software Development, Testing and Quality Assurance Entities with active internal software development teams can benefit substantially from the cloud. Developers and quality assurance testers often need significant computing capacity for relatively…

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…and What’s happening at EMC World Global business is in a mega shift as their business lines envelope the global, mobile consumer with data rich offerings; as their operations eagerly vet out cloud as a platform for agility while hoping it delivers a better cost model for IT. We’re in a waiting game of sorts as companies test this out. SAP, as the current reigning champion of global business apps, is in the middle of this conversation in a large number of the companies who are working to evolve. We…

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