For the past decade, enterprises have wanted to see more hybrid phones, those that do both cellular and WiFi. While we have been able to demonstrate this approach ad nauseam in the labs, the challenge has been in providing enterprise-class feature/functionality using the technology. My Sprint EVO does both 3G/4G cellular and WiFi, but while I have had Skype client on this phone for a while, I haven’t used it. Let me remedy that… More...

On November 9th, the world celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Let’s look astoundingly at how our world has changed since 1989. We are communicating in ways never before imagined. To experience this in our lifetime is remarkable. To think about bandwidth and network requirements to meet our insatiable demand for voice, data, video, and the web, is mind-boggling. Remarkably, as far as these technologies advance us, some parts of the world still face hurdles to be a part of this communication phenomenon. More...

It’s no surprise that the economy and cloud computing were key discussion points within many sessions and on the exhibit floor at last week’s Gartner IT Expo in Orlando. As usual, the event provided a great opportunity to talk with a significant number of CIOs about their challenges and successes and learn about the latest developments within the IT industry.More...

WiFi is and has been a powerful tool, one that has allowed millions of employees to shed wires and work wherever it’s most convenient. Airports, coffee shops, hotels, living rooms, you name it, and it has changed how many of us work. Pop open your computer and in an instant you’re connected to the Internet or the corporate network. The productivity boost this has enabled is immeasurable. More...