If there is a positive side to the recent East Coast earthquake, it is that most large businesses were not overly concerned about disaster recovery. Thanks to the cloud, off-site data centers, and disaster recovery preparedness, enterprises remained in good shape when it came to protecting their enterprise data in such a disaster. Says CIO.com, realistically, most businesses probably forgot about Tuesday's earthquake by the next morning. That is good news.More...

The paradigm shift is happening right before our eyes. The Consumerization of IT, as we’ve called it, is where technology originating in the consumer market integrates itself into the enterprise as employees bring these advances into the corporate work environment. We’ve sounded the alarms for security and compatibility. But maybe IT should be relieved and even thankful. It’s time to embrace this movement for an enterprise advantage. More...

Have you heard of Azumio? This company created a heart rate monitor app that resides on a smartphone. After more than eight million downloads and counting, what started as an idea just a few years ago turned into a bonanza as investors poured $2.5 million into the company for future development. More...

The abundance and velocity at which new technology is integrated into the enterprise ecosystem no doubt keeps the best of IT up at night. The reality seems like Mission Impossible, says NetworkWorld. The technology tsunami is creating an exacerbating security situation. As risks increase, how can enterprise IT prepare for the future? More...

NetworkWorld predicts 10 Technologies that will change the world. We’ve seen a glimpse of the future. Consider IBM’s Watson and you can see what is possible with a “human computer.” Some of these trends we see coming, and it is these very trends for which IT can prepare. More...

Last Friday, the Wall Street Journal captured my attention with the headline “Now, Even Granny’s Fuzzy Slippers are Texting You.”  What?  I had to read on.  The article pointed out a handful of new products that are leveraging embedded wireless data devices in a whole new way.  Yes, even slippers that “sense trouble” based upon how a person walks, falls, or “becomes wobbly,” sending a text message to the person’s caregiver, friend, or relative.  So what does this have to do with an enterprise? More...

Recently released findings from Infonetics Research shows 2010 was a breakout year for SIP Trunking. Infonetics and NoJitter released some telling statistics:

•    SIP Trunking revenue grew 143 percent in 2010
•    The VoIP services market reached almost $50 billion in 2010  (compared with $34.8 billion in 2008, a 43 percent increase over two years)
•    Managed IP PBX business VoIP service revenue is expected to more than double from 2010 to 2015
•    The fastest growing segments of the VoIP services market are SIP Trunking and hosted UC telephony
•    Adoption of SIP Trunking services grew 220 percent worldwide in 2010
•    SIP Trunking is in 75 percent of Fortune 1000 companies, as enterprises continue to complete their migrations More...

The enterprise office is evolving, and enterprise IT has a big role. In my previous post, we looked at how the physical workspace is changing to an open environment, promoting greater collaboration and productivity. Enterprise IT will be a big part of that transformation. Yet, workspace transformation alone will not singularly transform business. What will? Technology innovation and implementation.More...

Two transformations are happening in the enterprise office today that are changing employee behavior. One is a physical workspace transformation, and the other is technology innovation. In a two-part blog, we’ll explore both and their implications to enterprise IT. 

The Future Office – What will the physical workspace look like?
Most importantly, the future enterprise workspace will devote less space to individual work stations and create more community space for informal collaboration and real group work, says USNews. More...

Enterprise IT knows it’s coming: the tsunami of wireless data, video, and voice traffic. Cisco forecasts video to dominate IP traffic in the next few years. Today, companies are virtualizing data storage and moving as much of their business to IP as they can to help curtail the data deluge. On top of that, more employees work in a virtual or mobile environment, increasing the need for wireless communication. Enter 4G. More...