David Needle

Even with numerous high-speed providers and the promise of billions of dollars for broadband from the U.S. government, Google’s proposal to get into the high-speed Internet business has proven exceptionally popular. So how many cities and communities have asked for Google to hook them up to the Internet? Enterprise Networking Planet knows. Google’s ambitious plan […]

If the next wave of Internet growth is to come in the form of mobile devices, it stands to reason that handset makers will be competing on the strength of their Web interfaces. In that spirit, Nokia has announced the acquisition of Novarra, a privately held firm specializing in mobile browser technology that it markets […]

Road warriors have always wanted a lighter, more versatile alternative to their laptops. Tablet PCs have tried and failed, while smartphones are doing a slightly better job of offering some of the functionality normally reserved for a laptop. But now, with the iPad launch looming, the tablet often called an oversized iPhone is being looked […]

Sybase has made quite a transition from enterprise database vendor to mobile database vendor over the years. As it grows in that space, that means broadening the product offerings to add new features and functionality that enterprise vendors use all the time, such as analytics for network optimization. Enterprise Networking Planet gets the story. Sybase […]

Google appears to be giving up on the search engine business in China, but Google is a diversified company now with a lot more than just search. What becomes of its other offerings in China, such as applications, and for that matter, what are the companies that depend on things like Google Apps thinking right […]

Google is not backing down from its efforts to provide uncensored search results in China and has begun offering them via clever workaround. Datamation reports on the fallout from Google’s decision to offer uncensored results and what it could mean to its business interests there including Android for mobile devices. Someone at Google must be […]

IBM is finding itself again in the cross-hairs of antitrust regulators now that a small firm has filed a formal complaint against the tech giant this week — legal woes compounded by new signs that a former IBM exec would plead guilty in a massive insider-trading scandal. Datamation has the story. The antitrust charges mark […]

It’s hard to argue with the success of Apple’s App Store for the iPhone. But what works in the consumer market doesn’t always translate to the enterprise. Businesses can distribute their in-house apps via a dedicated server, or they can take to the cloud with a new service from Ondeego. The firm this week launched […]

Open source may be winning plenty of converts. But even one major backer of open source readily admits that IT decision-makers shouldn’t get complacent. That’s because even though open source has plenty of advantages for the enterprise, it still needs to be put through the wringer to see it if meets the same criteria you’d […]

March Madness is well underway, which is great news for fans of college hoops but can be a perennial nightmare for IT staff, with the threat of misused company resources, hogged network connections, and hours spent watching video and scores when there’s work to be done. Datamation has a report on what’s really at stake […]

It looks like neither side is going to give in the battle of wills and words between Google and China. So how long before Google makes good on its promise and pulls up stakes and departs the Middle Kingdom? Not long, perhaps as soon as next month. eSecurity Planet has the dates and details. Google […]

Pundits have been predicting a merger of TV and the Internet for years. And there have in fact been many attempts to get it right including Microsoft’s ill-fated WebTV. Today a number of companies, including Apple and Yahoo, have offerings that connect TV viewers with Internet content. Now Datamation reports on a major tech partnership […]