Today, we discuss combining some major efforts in IT administration and deployment in order to both cut costs in the near term and also to put in place greater efficiencies, agility, enterprise business benefits, and long-term cost benefits. We're going

It is the dream for consumers who are tired of lusting after shiny new smartphones that belong to somebody else's carrier; the ability to buy any feature-rich phone from any device maker and tie it to any wireless provider they

Google's Chrome OS may still be vaporware, but its announcement has set off reverberations in the blogosphere as strong as any produced by much weightier matter. Indeed, ever since the official announcement nearly two weeks ago, countless conversations have scrutinized

This is the marketing resource management world: There are the enterprise-oriented types of platforms that can handle robust applications. Their downside is that they require consultants to manage their difficult implementations and dedicated personnel for their ongoing use. Then there

In 1895, during the era of Horatio Alger, an obscure poet named Sam Walter Foss published "Calf-Path." It's about men following the road of least resistance and what we call today "thinking outside the box." "For men are prone to

The hotel review may sound too good -- citing obscure details like the type of faucets -- or perhaps one stands out as the only negative rating of an otherwise popular location. The influential travel Web site TripAdvisor has been

Netbooks are apparently surging in popularity. Some of the more recent data suggests that some 30 million netbooks will be sold this year. That's a fair amount of hardware. Clearly, people are hot for netbooks. I just don't see why.Netbooks

Most UK music fans are still content buying a CD rather than downloading songs, according to research by The Leading Question and Music Ally.Despite data indicating digital music will soon make CDs obsolete, the report found 73 percent of music

Recently Facebook engineer tweeted a test message from a mysterious Twitter app called "Penguin FB" which resides on Facebook's development servers. Now the question is, what exactly is Penguin FB?Do you think Twitter is building an official Twitter app? .The

The days of YouTube representing a financial black hole may soon come to an end. Several of Google's execs have indicated that the video-sharing site is on track to start making more money than its operations consume.Google's CFO, Patrick Pichette,

Microsoft and Yahoo are close to reaching a deal on search and online advertising after more than a year and a half of negotiations.A number of reports have surfaced indicating a Microsoft partnership with Yahoo on search is "."Steve BallmerIn

Facebook announced today that it has taken additional measures to help users whose accounts have been hacked or used to send spam.The company says the vast majority of its users have never experienced a security problem but it wants to

At the moment, there are exactly 725 alternatives available in the Google Docs Template Gallery, and that's a rather large number. But if you check back at this time next week, there are liable to be a whole lot more,

Health issues are highly personal. Some folks, for example, are scared of living for years on end without control of their bodies. Others are terrified that a plug will get pulled moments before they make a total recovery. And a

If the latest reports and rumors are true, Microsoft and Yahoo are (once again) about to enter a partnership. So this afternoon, Hitwise's Bill Tancer looked at whether they'll make more of a natural fit or an odd couple.Specifically, analyzed

Trends in the number of weekly searches on terms related to the Palm Pre indicate that the "Now Network" advertising campaign by Sprint during the second half of May helped create early interest in the device, according to comScore.The number

U.S. video game sales of hardware, software and accessories declined 31 percent in June to $1.17 billion, according to the NPD Group.The year-over-year decline was the sharpest since a 41 percent drop in September 2000. "This is one of the

Click Forensics has introduced a new tool to help marketers combat click fraud.The new tool is called "Block List" which provides ad networks with a continually updated list of visitor IP addresses and publishers known to generate online click fraud.

Following Twitter's recent problems, identity verification is at the forefront of everyone's mind, and Adobe launched a new program this morning that may play an interesting role in the field. The Adobe Approved Trust List aims to make digital signatures

Recently during his Worldwide Partner Conference keynote Kevin Turner, Microsoft's COO, informed partners of an interesting development. Apparently Apple has taken notice of Microsoft's Laptop Hunter ads... and really don't like them.Apple doesn't like them to the tune of having