Judy Mottl

Jim Balsille, and likely his top sales team, must have been suffering some serious palipitations last week when a tech news site ran a big headline, and big story, about how a big Research in Motion (RIM) customer was considering switching off the BlackBerry platform for Apple’s new iPhone. A tech leader at HSBC, the […]

Will Google’s Android smartphone be T-Mobile’s “Phone” and help the struggling wireless carrier regain much-needed market share and subscriber traction? No one can know that answer or answers to other questions about the open source device’s features, until Google’s first handset arrives at year’s end. But one industry analyst said the HTC handset has the […]

Add NetApp to the list of enterprise technology companies who say the current macroeconomic climate isn’t holding them back — a list that suggests the slowdown isn’t hitting the storage space as much as other IT sectors. During its earnings report yesterday, NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) said it continues to see increasing revenue in the quarter […]

Yes, Virginia, the iPhone is ready for the enterprise. Just barely, that is, as there’s still room for improvement on everything from application support to security to calendar access. Yet Apple’s latest handset is now viewed as a legitimate enterprise mobile device, according to a new Gartner report. “It’s acceptable for enterprise use if the […]

In its quest to sell small to midsized businesses (SMB) on unified communications (UC) services, Nortel Networks announced today it is acquiring VoIP and UC software maker Pingtel for an undisclosed amount. Nortel, which for more than a year had been licensing Pingtel’s open source technology for its own products, said the purchase would give […]

Rural wireless carrier Leap Wireless (NASDAQ: LEAP) is petitioning the Federal Communications Commission to deny Verizon Wireless’ proposed acquisition of Alltel, claiming it would negatively impact its subscribers and give Verizon Wireless a “massive” amount of spectrum. The San Diego-based carrier filed two petitions on Monday, the deadline for comment on the proposal and said […]

As I wrote awhile back, LTO tape isn’t dead and it’s not even close to dying. It’s a valuable part of many an enterprise’s storage infrastructure, especially the mid tier and smaller company. But like every technology it has its drawbacks — despite some vendors’ claims that no storage technology has drawbacks. One beauty of […]

Motorola may have finally turned the corner on its decline in mobile devices and Research In Motion’s BlackBerry now represents one in every 10 smartphones sold in the United States, according to a report released today from Strategy Analytics. Mobile-phone shipments for the U.S. market grew 5.3 percent annually year over year in the second […]

IBM (NYSE: IBM) continues sounding the charge on bringing its enterprise software to mobile users, today introducing several new offerings as well as partnerships with carriers AT&T (NYSE: T) and Sprint (NYSE: S) to extend its Rational, Lotus and Domino applications to wireless devices. Products include Rational Host Access Transformation Services (HATS), an application that […]

In the competitive race to build subscriber base, leading wireless carriers are all on the same quest to lower customer turnover but are using different strategies to achieve their goal. As Gartner analyst Phillip Redman points out, subscribers leave when network coverage isn’t adequate or when pricing is more compelling with another carrier or if […]

Given how cheap storage has become, it’s understandable enterprises are expanding arrays to house growing data. But stocking up on hardware and software to hold more and more information is a costly misstep, according to a Gartner report released today. New regulations and legal concerns are likely prompting IT to keep every bit and byte […]

Source: Delta Right now a few places still exist where mobile warriors can’t power up a laptop to flick off a few e-mails or send a quick message about a valuable client request. Think emergency rooms, a subway platform or that two-hour flight for an early morning meeting. But the latter could come off the […]