Andy Patrizio

Oracle’s earnings will be the last major report of this calendar quarter, or the first of the next quarter, depending on how you want to look at it. Being an enterprise firm, Oracle’s business runs differently than more consumer-oriented companies, and thus has different revenue patterns. It is also the first quarter since the acquisition […]

In the race to 4G, most of the big carrier have opted for the LTE standard. But not Clearwire. The provider, which is supported by Sprint and a host of tech companies, has introduced the world to its first 4G handset, and dropped word about the next phase of its network expansion. Enterprise Mobile Today […]

When it comes to energy efficiency, public utilities want the same thing as consumers and businesses –- more. Datamation reports on the latest effort by IBM and eMeter that’s designed to let mid-sized electric, gas and water utilities use a a smart grid to manage power. IBM has teamed with eMeter to provide ready-made systems […]

In the wireless industry, carriers have been talking loudly about their plans for 4G networks, but according to iSuppli, the sluggish economy has prompted some to scale back on their upgrade schedules. The firm found that instead, carriers are focusing their current investments in upgrading the current 3G networks. Enterprise Mobile Today has the story […]

It appears that PC component makers have take the lessons from the dot-com bust to heart. After the tech economy collapsed on itself a decade ago, many firms were left with swollen inventories of equipment that would soon become obsolete. Determined not to make the same mistakes again, many hardware suppliers have kept a tight […]

The market for tablet computers has been relatively sleepy until Apple’s big iPad announcement. Despite the hype, it’s not clear how big a market there is for tablets and which parts of the consumer and business segments will be most likely to open up their wallets to buy one. HardwareCentral has the story on the […]

So, you want a spiffy new iPad but don’t have the spare $499 or more? No worries, just get to ripping those CDs sitting on the shelf and trade them in. A firm called iPodMeister has, for some time, taken large CD libraries in return for an iPod. They claim that their business model works […]

The Apple iPad is now open to application creators, with Apple giving developers a narrow window to submit their iPad apps for possible inclusion in the App Store before the product hits store shelves. With such a short deadline, would-be iPad app developers certainly have their work cut out for them. And working under the […]

In the cut-throat competitive world of computer manufacturing and sales, every penny counts. But it’s more than pennies Dell is going after in a lawsuit against six major LCD makers. Hardware Central details the charges in Dell’s lawsuit which covers billions of dollars in purchases its made over several years. Dell has filed a lawsuit […]

Droid owners looking forward to an operating system upgrade will just have to be patient. Apparently, Motorola has opted to postpone the upgrade to the Android 2.1 operating system for its popular Droid device, with reports variously suggesting security issues or problem with Motorola’s distribution vendor. In any case, it now appears that Motorola has […]

Virtualization has been seen as a panacea for a slew of ills affecting the enterprise ranging from improving server utilization to helping IT better manage individual workstations. But virtualization may not be all it’s cracked up to be — at least, in the ways industry researcher Gartner sees it being implemented. A study by the […]

Score another one for David over Goliath. In this case, a small Oregon telco equipment provider called Integra Telecom has bested giant Google. Google’s request for a trademark for its Nexus One smart phone has been denied because Integra already has a similar mark. So what does Google do now? Datamation takes a look. Google […]