At support software company Bomgar, executives admit their products didn't support Macs very well just a few years ago. But that's been changing over the last 12 months, and last week Bomgar released the latest version of its appliance-based, remote desktop support software with beefed-up Mac features.
Pascal-Louis Perez tapped cloud services when he became CTO of startup kaChing.com, a website that helps retail investors make better trades. Soon after, his cloud service provider, Xignite, which streams financial market data to kaChing.com, began delivering spotty service.
Nearly a third of tech's power usage comes from PCs and peripherals, according to a new Gartner report. How can companies stem this power flow? CIOs can follow a few simple rules for saving energy and reducing costs. For starters, they need to avoid falling for some of the power-saving myths swirling around PCs.<br/>
CIO Roxanne Reynolds-Lair of The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising wanted to bring both Macs and Windows to her college's students, administrative employees and teachers. She bought a MacBook Pro and tested new-fangled desktop virtualization software that allows her to run both Windows and OS X on a single machine.
Even as Apple readies new computers, companies continue to face daunting challenges supporting popular MacBooks, iMacs and Mac Pros.
Forget "doing more with less" -- that's the IT mantra of yesteryear. Now IT departments are making better use of their resources, and though they're not necessarily doing more things, they are going about their tasks differently, according to findings from a Gartner survey released today. "They're working smarter, not harder," says analyst Mark McDonald.
Certifying skills is gaining ground in IT circles even as CIOs debate whether certifications are worth the paper they are printed on
The desire for high-availability networks doesn't mean you live in fantasyland. In the new world of e-commerce, reliability is a constant concern