David Needle

Apple’s been a roll ever since shaking up the smartphone market with the debut of the iPhone over three years ago. Then came the iPad, this year’s smash encore. As a report in Enterprise Mobile Today shows, Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs is well aware of competitive threats, but he also is very confident in his […]

The good news keeps rolling in for Apple. The firm’s winning streak continued today with its third-quarter earnings report, posting record revenue of $20.3 billion, and a profit of $4.3 billion. Those numbers owe to booming sales from Apple’s iPad, iPhone and Mac lines, and CEO Steve Jobs promises “a few surprises left for the […]

What’s next for the iPhone? In the three years since Apple’s iconic device made its debut, it’s quickly attracted a host of competitors, scrambling to match its sharp design, ease of use and hugely popular App Store model. Yahoo got on the iPhone bandwagon early and, as Enterprise Mobile Today reports, continues to develop and […]

How well is your website performing? If there are problems, you’ll eventually hear about them and then go through what can be an arduous process of identifying the root cause(s). Enterprise Networking Planet details a new service from Compuware that promises to give IT insight into a site’s performance, both in the data center and […]

HP’s decision to hire ousted SAP CEO Leo Apotheker to fill the top spot in the wake of Mark Hurd’s dismissal left more than a few industry observers scratching their heads. New York Times columnist Joe Nocera was one of them. Nocera took aim at Apotheker’s role in a scandal involving the now-defunct SAP subsidiary […]

Elance reported continued strong demand in IT hiring at its cloud-based job site, which caters to companies looking to hire contract workers for online projects. In a report released this week, Elance said it posted 98,032 new jobs in Q3, earning the online professionals who took those jobs $24.5 million over the quarter — up […]

Conference goers are well familiar with the sight of a bored event staffer collecting survey result forms at the end of a session. But what if attendees could comment on a session in real-time from their mobile devices? That’s just one of the features included in the latest version of Certain Software’s Certain Meetings 6.0 […]

The IT landscape is in the midst of a profound and far-reaching change, according to a new survey of developers and specialists around the world. In its 2010 Tech Trends survey, IBM’s developerWorks division found that IT pros are bullish on mobile apps and the cloud. Specifically, 55 percent of respondents expressed the believe that […]

What’s next in mobile? Mobile vendors are bringing out new devices with increasingly regularity, but Verizon’s doing something that promises to change the mobile experience across a wide range of devices. As CIO Update reports, Verizon is stepping up its plans for the nationwide rollout of 4G LTE service for high speed mobile communications. And […]

Android, Google’s open source operating system, is making waves in the mobile space. As Enterprise Mobile Today reports, Android beat out Apple and RIM in the latest monthly stats from Nielsen. No one can say for sure if Android will maintain or grow its lead, but the mobile platform has one thing going for it, […]

As computing becomes more visual – images, video, animation – the need for speed has never been greater. Another key trend is mobility; increasingly, computer users are turning to notebooks and mobile devices to stay connected and get work done. But fast graphics performance on notebooks typically comes at the cost of a dip in […]

Business intelligence software can be extremely valuable to enterprises that need to effectively, and quickly tap growing repositories of data on customers, suppliers, competitors and their own companies. But it often takes a high level of expertise to make effective use of the latest BI offerings. As eCRM Guide reports, enterprise search vendor Endeca Technologies […]