David Needle

Whether any of the many contenders to become “Facebook for the enterprise” ever succeed, it’s clear that social media is finding a home in large corporations and organizations. The benefits of improved collaboration are only one of the many benefits. As eCRM Guide reports, Gartner sees strong growth ahead for social media in 2011 as […]

Was Oracle’s $7 billion purchase of Sun Microsystems a mistake? There were plenty of critics of the deal last year when Oracle first bid for the venerable Silicon Valley firm. And while the jury is still out, Oracle’s impressed many with its systems approach and pruning of Sun’s unprofitable product lines. But as a systems […]

For more on cloud computing and the enterprise, visit Internet.com’s new cloud computing site. As more companies explore the option of tapping private and public clouds, managing the various services can be problematic. In fact, hosting provider Rackspace says we’ve reached a point where some companies face “cloud chaos.” As ServerWatch reports, Rackspace’s purchase of […]

Computing heavyweight Oracle turned in a strong financial performance for the second quarter, reporting profits that handily topped analysts’ expectations. Buoyed by a 21 percent increase in software licenses, Oracle’s overall revenue for the period checked in at $8.6 billion. The firm also reported a strong performance in its hardware division. Oracle President Mark Hurd […]

Apple CEO Steve Jobs had tipped his hand that an app store for the company’s Mac line of computers was on the horizon in October, but he didn’t say when. Now, the suspense is over. Apple has set a date of Jan. 6 for the launch of the Mac App Store, which will compile new […]

Most users may not give a lot of thought to the browser they use as long as it gets them where they want to go on the Web. But after years of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer thoroughly dominating the browser scene, the release of innovative new browsers has led a growing number of users to experiment […]

Tech firms are always looking for new markets, which means both introducing new products and expansion into new geographies. Technology can help these efforts, but not every company has the right infrastructure, investment strategy and grasp of its “competitive essence” to follow through. As CIO Update reports, research firm Accenture surveyed COOs at tech firms […]

Who ya going to call? That question, made famous by the Ghost Busters movie back in 1984, has long been a sticking point for IT managers saddled with managing hardware and software from different vendors. The issue is that as the inevitable problems crop up it’s not always clear which vendor is at fault, e.g. […]

Mobile vendors are enjoying unprecedented sales levels on both the consumer and enterprise side. The big plus for users, is more flexible access to applications and services from anywhere they can make an Internet connection to. For IT departments the trend is not necessarily great news, as these new devices bring with them new deployment, […]

Will there ever be such a thing as a truly paperless office? For decades, digital soothsayers have been predicting that businesses would eventually phase out the use of paper in their day-to-day operations as electronic devices become the singular conduit of information, and yet paper consumption has remained high. But that could be changing, according […]

From dancing babies to political satire, YouTube has long been home to a staggeringly wide range of videos from the goofy to the instructional. Though known mainly for consumer-related content, businesses big and small have used YouTube for things like executive speeches and training purposes. But for its first several years, YouTube put limits on […]

The popularity of social networks aside, email remains the lifeblood of many an enterprise user, whether it’s waiting to hear back from a client or an attachment with the latest production figures for a hot new release. But email isn’t always available 24/7. Microsoft Exchange Server requires scheduled maintenance and there are technical glitches that […]