News, analysis and context on enterprise technology for the CTO
Samsung released their 5.3 inch behemoth to some amount of fanfare last year. The huge screen, inclusion of a stylus and relative scarcity created a decent amount of news - but then nothing. I recently picked up a Galaxy Note International Edition and wanted to review it for all you out there. The Note is unlike any Android device you've seen - it is broad and tall, yet seems impossibly thin. It is powered by a huge 2500mAH battery, has a stellar … [Read more...]
My friend Peter Thorp has a way of sensing great technologies and then helping teach others of the relevance of those to enterprise missions. He did that with amazing firms like Netscape and Opsware and has been key in teaching many of us about dozens of other incredible capabilities. For the last year he has been telling a few of us about a story that can now be broadly shared. His latest project is leading all federal activities of a firm called … [Read more...]
GSA provides many services to federal users, including communications services. They help agencies tap into the best communications industry can offer and does that in ways that can enhance security. One key method is MTIPS, which stands for Managed Trusted Internet Protocol Services (MTIPS). This is a way to help agencies improve their online security with TIC-compliance managed security services. The MTIPS solution complies with OMB's guidance on … [Read more...]
Apple just released the details on the iPhone 4S, for those expecting the 5, they were extremely underwhelmed, and Apple's stock has taken a bit of a tumble. The updates were all internal and all on the back-end. This has made quite a few people upset (mostly because they were hoping for the iPhone 5) but the device is in fact a good deal more powerful. If you've read this blog often, you know I'm not a big Apple fan. While they do make solid … [Read more...]
Verizon Wireless (VZW) stated that their operating revenues in Q2 were up to $27.5B. They claim to have 2.2M new additions - I was even one of them. But while they are attributing these newcomers to the iPhone and their stable of LTE devices, I believe a majority switched for another reason. It was widely published that VZW was going to drop their unlimited data plans and switch to tiered plans only. These tiered plans come with prohibitive costs … [Read more...]
AT&T recently released their Femtocell. This device plugs into your home (or small office) network, and uses your current ISP to provide strong cell coverage. Currently, AT&T and Sprint are the only networks with full on femtocells. T-Mobile has their "Hotspot @ Home" which enables Wi-Fi phones to have better calling via your broadband internet, but is not an actual cell tower. AT&T's offering enables voice and data over the cell … [Read more...]
CIO magazine recently published a great review of laptop technologies titled "Meet the Laptop You'l Use in 2015" (available here: article). With this post I'll provide a review of that article and insert some thoughts from a technology early adopter and disruptive IT analyst. First some concepts from the CIO Magazine article: The Slider Much like a sliding cellphone, this laptop is two OLED (organic light emitting diode) displays that slide … [Read more...]