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Featured Reports
CES 2012: VMware Shows Android-based Virtual Machines
January 09, 2012
VMware was at CES 2012 showing how its virtual machine platform for Android makes it possible for smartphone users to keep there personal and work lives separate without having to own two phones.
CES 2012: Use A Smartphone To Open Your Garage Door
January 09, 2012
By connecting a radio transmitter directly to a residential router, Liftmaster makes it possible to remote control garage doors and houselights from smartphones and tablets. Garage door openers? Yes. There's an app for that.
CES 2012: Boost Revs Design For iPhone Battery Cases
January 09, 2012
At CES 2012, Boost Case announced an $80 modular iPhone 4/4s case that the company says will double the average iPhone's battery life.
CES 2012: Boost Patents Modular iPhone 4 Battery Case
January 09, 2012
Boost Case is at CES in Las Vegas demonstrating its newest design for a modular battery extension case for the iPhone 4 and 4s. Boost says that with the case (which includes a 1900 mA battery), most users will get twice the daily battery life that they're used to getting.
CES 2012 Preview: 16 Hot Gadgets
January 07, 2012
Here's a sneak peek at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show's array of gadgets, from dream cameras to clever iPhone cases--and even a cycling computer that promises you a beach-ready body.
Intel's Vision: 2.5 Billion People Online By 2015
October 17, 2011
At Web 2.0 Summit 2011, Intel Data Center Group vice president and general manager Kirk Skaugen explained Intel's vision of adding a billion more people to the Internet -- many of them through embedded devices -- by the year 2015. Skaugen claims the current number of Internet users to be approximately 1.5 billion people.
Napster Co-Founder Sean Parker Discusses Music, Spotify, and AirTime
October 17, 2011
At Web 2 Summit 2011 in San Francisco, "former" Napster co-founder Sean Parker took the stage to be interviewed by Federated Media Publishing chairman John Battelle.
WhisperCore Mitigates Risks Of Android In Businesses
August 04, 2011
TechWebTV catches up with Whisper Systems' CTO and co-founder Moxie Marllinspike to discuss and demo WhisperCore -- a mobile security solution that brings BlackBerry-like centralized enterprise-grade security to Android devices.
Is Amazon Hiding A Tipping Point In Its New Tablet?
August 01, 2011
If and when Amazon releases an iPad-killer of a tablet, it won't be its industrial design or user interface that might tip the industry on its ear. If such a tablet is released, it's reliance on Amazon's Whispernet and the business model behind it could be a tipping point.
What Do You Think? Should Software Patents Be Abolished?
July 28, 2011
Now that the public radio show This American Life has tarred, feathered, and skewered software patents, it's time for you to chime in on the whether the patents could be stifling innovation.
Motorola Apparently Not Satisfied With Android
March 23, 2011
Between the dwindling opportunities for hardware differentiation in the smartphone and tablet markets, and the Windows-like commoditizing effect that Android is having across mobile device makers, Motorola Mobility (like its competitors) have few options but to build their own user experiences.
Okta Shows Single Sign-On Service For Cloud Apps
March 17, 2011
TechWebTV catches up with Okta at Cloud Connect 2011 to find out how the company is using its Active Directory-compliant single sign-on service to help enterprises easily give employees access to cloud services.
Headlines About Japan's Nuclear Crisis Could Be Way Overblown
March 15, 2011
An MIT research scientist has released a provocative essay that explains in layman's terms why not to be worried about the problems at Japan's nuclear reactors. The original version cited inaccuracies in media reports, but falls short of blaming the media for being sensationalist.
CA Shows Prowess Of Visio-Like Cloud Deployment And Management Tool
March 10, 2011
CA Technologies was one of the many systems providers on hand at Cloud Connect in Silicon Valley that were showing off point-and-click cloud provisioning and management tools.
Cisco Goes After 'Underserved' Mid-Market With VoIP Solution
March 07, 2011
Cisco has packaged the core technology behind its Unified Communications Manager portfolio for companies of 300 people or less.
Snom Intros VoIP Server Hardware, DECT Phones
March 02, 2011
At Enterprise Connect in Orlando, snom releases a turnkey hardware server to go with its snom ONE VoIP server software, potentially easing integration challenges for users preferring more of a complete system from a single vendor (see the video).
Under the Radar Conference To Prove (Again) Why CIOs Must Work With Startups
February 09, 2011
If you think it's too risky to do business with startups, think again. Some of the biggest brands in the world are placing their IT bets with startups and the Under the Radar conference is where they get to find and vet them.
Twitter-Like Activity Streams: The New Center Of Gravity For The Social Enterprise
November 04, 2010
Although many social enterprise solution providers are betting their R&D fortunes on Twitter and Facebook-like activity streams, will lack of standards hasten adoption?
How Google's Street View Saved My Dirty Underwear
October 22, 2010
Prior to the existence of Google's Street View, solving this "killer" problem in the matter of minutes that it was solved would not have been possible. Thank you Google.
Oops. They Virtualized It Again.
October 14, 2010
There once was a day when Interop was wall-to-wall hardware. But times-are-a-changing as that hardware gives way to software and that software can be delivered as a pre-configured virtual machine-based appliance.
Sagemcom To Show Virtualized Network Fax Solutions At Interop NYC
October 13, 2010
FoIP (Fax over IP) is the kissing cousin to VoIP and Sagemcom will be at Interop NYC showing off its FoIP-based network fax solution running on Cisco's AXP platform.
Interop In Advance: HyperCloud Claims To Overcome Server's Natural RAM Limits
October 11, 2010
Although it's relatively uncertified, a new type of RDIMM from Netlist targets memory bottlenecks, particularly in virtual machine-based consolidation exercises where a server's processors can support more VMs than its memory can.
The 4 C's Of Interop NYC: Cloud Computing, Consolidation, Consumerization, And CIOs
October 08, 2010
More than half of the Interop registrants surveyed anticipate that their IT budgets will get a much needed boost in 2012. So where will they be spending that money? Interop general manager Lenny Heymann tells InformationWeek that cloud and consolidation are on the top of the list which is why they're themes at this Fall's event.
Interop in Advance: Certeon Virtualizes WAN Optimization And Secure Tunnels
October 07, 2010
As datacenter consolidation and cloud computing threaten the performance of applications, WAN optimization solutions will being "going virtual" at Interop NYC in an effort to address myriad deployment scenarios.
JetBlue: Anatomy Of A Social Marketing Failure? Or Success?
September 24, 2010
To promote an All-You-Can-Fly-In-30-Days-For-$499 program, JetBlue attempted to disintermediate the traditional media and its own email marketing capability by relying solely on social media. But did it work?