IBM is set to launch IBM Docs as part a collaborative service similar to Google Apps that it is calling the IBM SmartCloud for Social Business. As part of the effort, IBM is placing its LotusLive services under the SmartCloud name, which now encompasses IBM’s “smarter commerce,” brand, analytics and industry specific solutions such as ...

Look sat the size of a smartphone compared to the orignal cell phones. Really, it is size that matters. These days we have wafer thin tablets and Ultrabooks. Now can you imagine what things will look like when storage fits on arrays the size of atoms? That reality is not so far off. As reported ...

Verizon Wireless plans to strip Android tablets of GMail and other apps and replace with a private app store that customers can use to deploy pre-approved apps. IT shops everywhere find more of their time gets spent pre-configuring the tablets that people bring to work.  Often, the executives need help getting email set up, security ...

At CES this week, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop said this about the new Lumia smartphone:  “We believe the industry has shifted form a battle of devices to a war of ecosystems. Across our portfolio Lumia is engaged in the heart of our strategy, and our need to engage with this war of ecosystems. Where clearly, ...

I at first had this idea for a post about why the Ultrabook will become an enterprise favorite. I wrote down five reasons in less than 15 minutes. Man, this post was going to be easy. Here they are: The Right Combo the Post-PC Era: The Ultrabook carries on the Microsoft-Intel tradition. It sports an ...

Consulting firms are cashing in as networks get more complex with the advent of mobile, video and cloud services. IDC estimates that service firms will attribute a whopping 40% of revenues to consulting activities around networking. The types of consulting to come will cover architectural design, business process consulting and network strategy and planning. IDC ...

The reduced technical complexity in a camera, ultrabook or smartphone means stripping out mechanics. These stripped down gadgets are for the most part connected devices with a simple UI  that people can touch and swipe. They require a long battery life so people may use them wherever they go. These are devices that can hold ...

Steve Ballmer just finished his last keynote by announcing that Windows 8 will launch in late February with the full Metro user interface and integrations with Kinect, available February 1. “Metro will drive the new magic across all the user experiences,” Ballmer said. For Microsoft, Metro means 1+1=3. And to make his point, Ballmer exclaimed: “Metro, ...

First we had Rackspace and NASA form OpenStack. Then we started to see companies like Cisco and Citrix join in. They were followed by companies like HP which made its entrance this summer. And today marks the  most important news in months as AT&T has announced at its developer summit that it is the first ...

We don’t know what Canonical will launch next week at CES. For its part, Canonical is saying that it will show the latest in desktop, cloud and demonstrations on Ubuntu One, plus an exclusive Ubuntu concept design which will be announced during the show. My bet: Canonical is leveraging its Unity UI to work as a ...