Tim Scannell

Sybase today released a mobility roadmap that packs all of its e-mail, device management and security applications into one strategic suitcase for mobile-minded enterprises. You may have to wait a bit before hitting the road with this luggage, however, since applications specifically designed for the Information Anywhere Suite will only start to trickle in over […]

As city-wide wireless networks spread and the volume of e-mail increases, in-your-face browser-based messaging may be the best way to get your marketing or critical message to users. Zach Britton, founder and CEO of messaging solutions provider Front Porch, is hoping an expected surge in municipal Wi-Fi deployments will provide just the right light to […]

Being first in line is not always a good thing, especially when it comes to technology that is not quite ready for prime time. It’s a lesson manufacturers of devices based on early versions of the 802.11n specification are learning the hard way as negative reports trickle in on these pumped-up Wi-Fi systems. Concerns include […]

Accounts receivable spreadsheet? Check. Customer PowerPoint presentation? Check. Video and photos from last vacation? Double-check. Road warriors and others who spend time traveling on airplanes already know this as they catch a quick glimpse of computer screens during bi-coastal legs stretches. Now, there is research to back it up: business executives are socking away more […]

Don’t expect Harvard University Law School to slam its gavel and prohibit the use of wireless Internet access and laptops in classrooms. But instructors at the elite school are deciding on a case-by-case basis whether to exile computers or pull the wireless plug after the bell rings. “So far as I know, there is no […]

You know the dreaded words that follow the blue screen of death: Did you back up? According to stats from Ferris Research and Gartner, you probably didn’t. They say less than 3 percent of home computers are backed up on a daily basis. “Most backup technologies are way too complicated and way too expensive for […]

Average small-to-medium-sized business (SMB) users spend almost 13 minutes a day filtering spam and other flotsam from their e-mail each day. This can add up to some real money when you multiply that by the number of employees in an organization, and it can be dangerous if some of the spam contain viruses or harmful […]

HP extended its ProCurve networking family by adding unified access control and management across wired and wireless systems. The ProCurve Wireless Edge Services xl Module adds integrated wireless services to the ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series products, including centrally managed security access control policies and configuration details. The company also introduced a new series of dual-radio […]

Can a small-town David eventually power an industry Goliath? MTI Micro Fuel Cells thinks so, and made a pact with Samsung Electronics to develop micro fuel cells for mobile systems. Financial terms of the deal were undisclosed. Under terms of the deal, MTI, developer of Mobion micro fuel cell technology, will work with Samsung to […]

HP extended its ProCurve networking family by adding unified access control and management across wired and wireless systems. The ProCurve Wireless Edge Services xl Module adds integrated wireless services to the ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series products, including centrally managed security access control policies and configuration details. The company also introduced a new series of dual-radio […]

Cellular has always been a technology on the outside looking in when it comes to in-building wireless data applications. They may be coming in from the cold. Wireless carriers and service providers are pushing hard for cellular to come in from the cold and snatch a piece of the in-building business from Wi-Fi with claims […]

Small and medium-size businesses face the same problem as inner-city apartment dwellers: an increasing amount of “stuff” and no place to put it. Big Blue may not be in the business of building closets, but it does have a solution for SMBs who have hit the data storage wall. The company today unveiled the DS4700 […]