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The White House photo of the day for 31 Jan 2012 is one to remember. It shows proof positive that the megatrend towards a consumerization of IT is not only unstoppable, but is changing enterprises everywhere in very positive ways. The photo, shown below, shows two iPad's in use, one each for the President and for Robert Cardillo, Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Intelligence Integration. Cardillo is reviewing several key items from the … [Read more...]
Apple Inc just had their first $40B quarter ever - to the tune of $46B dollars in revenue. They sold 37M iPhones, 15M iPads and 15M iPods. Additionally, they sold 5M Mac computers. These numbers are ridiculous. Right now Apple is stacking away a ton of cash - so much so that it makes the $100M they wasted on a spurious lawsuit against HTC merely a drop in the bucket. These numbers are astounding - but are actually not surprising. In this quarter, … [Read more...]
Ryan Kamauff introduced Google Currents to our readers, calling it "one of the best designed apps I have ever seen." I have to agree, they have done a good job with this, producing something that works on Android and iOS and works well for both those communities. Currents also works well for producers of content. Producers can easily configure the backend of the app to distribute content in ways that are easy for readers to find what interests … [Read more...]
Since @BobGourley won't send me to CES, I have to constantly monitor my Twitter feed and all of the technology sites. But, we have curated what we believe are the top stories (and will keep updating) to provide you with what you need to know about CES 2012. CES is getting smaller and less important - but that does not mean I'm going to ignore it. The absence of Apple's real presence is (not their 250 skulking ninja scouts) means that Android … [Read more...]
We've recently heard a few big announcements for mobile computing in the military, which has long been blocked by security issues. First, the US Defense Information Systems Agency approved Dell Android 2.2 for use on Department of Defense networks with a few notable limitations. DoD users won't be able to access either classified data or the Android app store. Currently only one device, the Dell Venue smartphone, runs Dell Android 2.2, so the benefits … [Read more...]
2011 Was definitely the year of mobile and gadget explosion. Our favorite devices became more capable, widespread and cheaper than ever. WiMax fell by the wayside as LTE and HSPDA+ protocols replaced them – the latter just a placeholder until LTE networks could be rolled out. We got some awesome new tablets, some great updates to our favorite mobile OS's and killer new smartphones. We found that cable cutting is possible -- just not if you're a sports … [Read more...]
I just returned from a meeting at Fixmo where I had an opportunity to talk with Fixmo CEO Rick Segal and other members of his key leadership team. I am enthused to be on the Fixmo advisory board because they are bringing such virtuous capabilities to enterprise and home users. We will be providing more info on Fixmo as they roll out new capabilities we believe you should be aware of. But with this post I want to summarize an interesting piece by … [Read more...]
Welcome and Happy Holidays! We here at CTOvision wanted to provide some of our favorite gadgets as suggestions for presents. While this is a little late, there's always Amazon Prime (or Gizmodo's final ship dates here). We tried to put together the devices that we think are the best in their class, while highlighting some technologies for certain "stereotypes" in your lives! Tablet: Transformer Prime/iPad2 32GB ($500, $550). The Prime (our … [Read more...]
I recently wrote an article examining the basic offerings of Apple, Google, and Amazon, and hypothesized that they were all building ecosystems to get consumers locked in to one ecosystem or another. Here is another post in that series, this time looking at the Apple ecosystem. Apple's Offerings Apple has some of the most innovative and sought after consumer products on the market right now. You likely don't know many people that don't own or … [Read more...]
Mobile computing, primarily smartphones and tablets, is one of the most disruptive technologies today. Increasingly sophisticated portable personal computers are providing unprecedented opportunities to work from anywhere and access solutions wherever and whenever they are needed, leading to great productivity gains. Yet mobile computing in the enterprise also brings security risks by introducing many new attack vectors such as outside … [Read more...]