Gmail overhaul aimed at luring businesses away from Microsoft
Google has unveiled its first Gmail redesign since 2013, capping what the company says was an expensive overhaul two years in the making.
Google has unveiled its first Gmail redesign since 2013, capping what the company says was an expensive overhaul two years in the making.
Australians were hit on 31 May by outages that affected the operation of certain Microsoft Office 365 services, including Outlook.
As budgets are locked in for 2012 it's time to aggressively expand <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/server.html">server</a> <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/102510-burning-questions-virtualization-storage.html">virtualization</a>, and for those who have been held back by cost, to consider <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2011/120511-cloud-companies.html">virtual desktops</a>.
The mobile user interface is set for a range of changes in the next 12-24 months, creating new modes for users to interact with their devices, and with other devices nearby and network-based services.
The rapid adoption of the newest mobile devices -- especially the <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2009/060309-apple-quiz.html">Apple</a> <a href="https://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2010/120101-iphone-quiz.html">iPhone</a> and <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/111910-apple-ipad-resources.html">iPad</a> and the Google <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/110910-google-android-useful-resources-smartphones.html">Android</a>-based equivalents -- will be a huge disruptive force in enterprise <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/security.html">security</a> next year. Not only will there be pressure to decide how to protect and manage these devices, which are growing as malware targets, the complexity of this task is magnified many times over because companies are allowing employees to use their own personal <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2010/061510-smartphone-history.html">smartphones</a> and tablets for business purposes -- what's sometime called "bring your own device" (BYOD).
The Bureau of Labor Statistics paints a dark picture of the IT job market, but theres a bright spot -- CIOs are hiring more skilled IT contractors.