For small and mid-size businesses (SMBs) Appliance-based Software Delivery (AbSD) is the best delivery than that of Software as a Service (SaaS), which presents too many problems, said KACE in a study. Reliability, performance, security, loss of control over data and high costs...

Certified Wireless universal serial bus (W-USB) and ultrawideband (UWB) Bluetooth offer differing opportunities for vendors aiming at mass markets for devices using short-range connectivity. This topic on which application protocols that will run over WiMedia...

The plan to develop a 100 dollar laptop for distribution to schoolchildren in developing countries has been rejected by India as the nation feels the product would not benefit the kids as they can do better with the funds being spent on more classrooms and teachers rather than 'fancy toys' ...

Threatened by falling income from traditional phone service, more and more service providers are looking to voice over IP (VoIP) to help them beef up revenue generation, says Infonetics Research in a new study, 'Service Provider Plans for Next Gen Voice & IMS...

"The IT organization has been incapable of communicating IT's business impact to business executives. That is, other than IT's cost, the IT organization has not credibly communicated the impact and value of what they do to the business...

IBM has emerged as the market leader in the small and medium business and mid-market segment for IT computing, revealed the results of Yankee Group’s scorecard on vendors of SMBs and IT computing products and services. IBM was followed bye a tie between Dell and HP...

Users of PayPal and eBay are the main targets of more than 75 percent of all email phising, revealed a recent research by information technology security firm Sophos. Phising emails point recipients to a bogus web site that look like the real PayPal or the eBay site. By misdirecting the users to the forged web site...

A new version of JotSpot Wiki software is out in the market which claim to be a better platform than the traditional wikis, which allows users to collaborate on only one kind of information. The JotSpot 2.0 will give freedom to users to collaborate on a variety of information types...

For the third year in a row, telecom service providers worldwide increased their capital expenditures, albeit slightly, and will continue to do so for the next 3 years, says analyst firm Infonetics Research. Service provider capex worldwide is...

In developing countries, the penetration and impact of wireless mesh network is even more significant than in developed countries. Wireless mesh is decentralised, relatively inexpensive, and very reliable and resilient, as each node need only...

Many buyers of outsourced services are approaching the contract negotiation process without a full understanding of the issues that negatively impact their bottom lines, according to a new white paper by TPI. As a result, companies which fail...

India’s expenditure on IT in the Public Sector will be the fastest growing in Asia with an expected growth to USD 2.9 billion in 2009 from USD 1.4 billion in 2005, said Springboard research. The growth rate beats China...

Biometric security systems, using fingerprints, iris scan and facial recognition, are still concentrated to a small population. Biometrics-based security systems have been suggested as a practical solution...

Is the death knell being sounded for IT out sourcing? "The boom years for growth have come and gone," says Tom Weakland. "This should serve as a wake-up call for outsourcing providers...

The Worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) industry is accelerating in the Asia Pacific region, but technology and business uncertainties remain, reports In-Stat...

Blogging has attracted several writers to share their views without any restrictions, rules or geographically boundaries. As the appeal for popularity fot blogging grew, there was many...

Bluetooth penetration today is seen not only in mobile phones but it has been increasingly used as accessories and in other devices. Experts predict that Bluetooth chips, which transmit over a range of about 30 feet, will replace the use of cable to connect devices...

A record-breaking 92 Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) contracts have been signed during the first half of 2006, taking the global outsourcing market slightly ahead of this time last year in terms of awarded total contract value (TCV). This marks an...

As enterprises today have more access to information, the need for proper storage management is the prime concern for the enterprises. It is important that the large number of data stored in the server for a longer...

Offshoring is a growing phenomenon. But it has received as much criticism as positive responses. While one the one side the opponents of offshoring say that it disrupts distribution of communication paths, and violate human rights; the supporter...