VMware Co-founder Joins Google’s Board
Diane Greene, who helped co-founding virtualization giant VMware in 1998 and served as the company’s CEO for the next decade, has joined Google’s board of directors. Greene has been selected to fill the 10th…
Ultrabooks are a Rising Trend, but Where’s Consumer Interest?
By Saroj Kar
If 2011 was the year of smartphones, driven by iPhone and new Android devices, and tablets, which have revolutionized the market, 2012 will be the “years of the Ultrabooks.” In addition to the smartphone…
See the Future through Big Data
There’s no way anyone can tell what will happen in the future. However, it’s not impossible to throw educated guesses based on facts using various tools such as big data. In fact, interpreting data…
Compellent Co-Founder Phil Soran is Leaving Dell
CEO Phil Soran, co-founder and CEO of storage company Compellent, said in a keynote during the London-based Dell Storage Forum that he will be stepping down from his position on March 31. Soran founded…
Nokia’s CEO Stephen Elop is Talking about Community? Oh Man, Get This Guy to Monki Gras!
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…
2012Watch: Jeff Bezos is Looking Cooler, and Amazon is Getting Hotter
By Tom Foremski
I had the great pleasure of meeting Jeff Bezos a few years ago (right, with Matt Greeley CEO of BrightIdea) and I was very impressed. It was a casual conversation but surprisingly striking in…
PC Sales Slip Spares Apple, HP and Dell Diversify
By Isha Suri
With the evolution of mobile devices, tablets and smartphones, the demand for personal computers has been shrinking the past few years. But it seems that last year heart breaking, as 2011 is considered the second…
The Hacker Food Chain: From Script Kiddies to Black Ops
Cyber threats are rapidly turning into a bigger and bigger issue as individuals and entities with malicious intents seek to exploit the even faster growing dependency of modern society on tech. Such incidents also…
An Inside Look at Intel’s Social Media Tracking Technology in Action
By Tom Foremski
Above, is a demonstration of how Intel, the world’s largest chip maker, uses a proprietary monitoring technology called “Social Cockpit” to analyze the flood of social media buzz generated by the massive Consumer Electronics…
New Mediia Minute: CES 2012 Outlook Connected TVs on Pace for Big Year
The annual Consumer Electronics show has kicked off this week in Las Vegas, with gadgets and TV galore. CE makers from Samsung to LG are rolling out new connected TV partnerships, as these smart…