John Casaretto
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Forget About Office for iPads
There’s been a lot of people expecting an Office 2013 for iPad announcement for some time. Then came the revenue standoff for Office 365 on iPad devices, where Apple wanted a significant share of the product’s revenues and came at odds with Microsoft which justifiably would not relent. Many have been stood by expecting the ...
Top Security Tech Trends Reach the SMB Market
Today’s Small Businesses have a number of technical challenges ahead of them. They are faced with emerging enabling technologies that are able to rapidly serve a number of business needs in an efficient manner. At the same time, those same technologies can offer so many choices that it can get quite complicated. Everything from SaaS, ...
Big Challenge for BlackBerry 10 in the Enterprise
The BlackBerry 10 announcement came in at about a week ago. We all know the challenges they face, the execution that is going to be required, and the pressure they must be under – one of the most underplayed aspects of BlackBerry’s fortunes is the enterprise, which was once one of their most reliable key ...
Druva Boosts its Endpoint Protection Platform with inSync Private Cloud Option
Sunnyvale-based Druva has launched a new private cloud product that is aimed at risks associated with BYOD and mobile devices while introducing a number of new features. The private cloud product option is designed to protect and control data on the exploding number of mobile devices coming into the enterprise from one central management point, ...
HP Announces Security Breach Management Solution for the Enterprise
Growing up towards the end of the cold war, as school children we would regularly do “duck and cover” drills. You know, in preparation for an event such as nuclear detonation or fallout – we would practice ducking underneath our sturdy desks and cover our heads just to protect ourselves. In the enterprise, you could ...
Amazon Web Services Faces Steep Security Challenges in the Enterprise
As Amazon’s Web Services makes its move into the enterprise, one of the biggest obstacles they face will be in the world of security. The stakes are huge in a mission-critical enterprise environment, the elements of risk, security, and compliance have formed a significant barrier to public cloud adoption. Tactical, strategic, and security professionals throughout the industry are ...
Apple Falls Again – How to Turn it Around
Apple is taking another double-digit fall so far on Wall St. today and it is not clear what can ease this precipitous fall any time soon. For the last 12 months Apple has enjoyed the title of the world’s most valuable company, but it has now slipped below energy giant Exxon Mobil Corporation. The market ...
Losing that Apple Magic – Wall St. Sours on Apple
Apple took an after-hours beating after earnings reports for the first quarter emerged yesterday. A ten percent drop in late trading can only be described as a beating. When trading opens on Thursday it could actually get worse. Now, $13.1 Billion in profit and revenues of $54.1 Billion are not bad numbers, nor is the ...
Microsoft Earnings Big on Windows 8 and Super Bowl Strategy
On the eve of Microsoft’s possibly most significant earnings reports in recent history, eyes are fixed are on the Redmond giant. The recent announcement of pricing and availability of their tablet product – the Surface Pro is no coincidence, regardless of the earnings outcome this announcement will be a positive prospect. Most importantly, the earnings ...
Google Gets Evil on Microsoft
The battle between Google vs. Microsoft just keeps getting uglier. The stakes are high and the disputed territory covers mobility, services, and it is looking like it includes anything that touches the enterprise. A number of recent stories are putting this competition front and center repeatedly. Cutting off ActiveSync One of the biggest stories out ...