The explosive growth of the tablet over the past year is well documented, but until recently, I never believed that tablets could eventually replace laptops altogether. Today however, in this cloud-computing era, I am starting to see why more and more people may eventually forego a laptop and use only two devices: a smartphone and a tablet. More...

There’s not much we can add to what has been said about Steve Jobs in the wake of his death at far too young an age. The impact he has had on the technology industry is almost immeasurable, and his life presents us all a valuable lesson.

If there is one take-away from Jobs’ biography, it is that he did not let failure define him. Apple certainly went through some tough times, and was essentially written off for many years by the industry (despite its uniquely passionate fans). For a lot of people, those tough times would have been enough to drive them out of the industry and into another line of work. More...

Last year at this time, we looked at how mobility and wireless technology was transforming business.  One year later, it is amazing how much (yet how little) has changed. Here is a fresh look at the 2011 modern mobile, enterprise workforce. More...

For the first time in history, the number of smartphones sold worldwide exceeded the number of PC sales in the fourth quarter of 2010: 100 million smartphones versus 92 million PCs.  In fact, smartphones grew 72 percent in 2010. Tablets are not far behind.  More than 17 million tablets were sold last year and Gartner forecasts 2011 tablet sales will reach almost 45 million.  That is a remarkable 164 percent growth rate. More...

At breakneck speeds, the enterprise world is changing. Consider the technology advances in just one year: new mobile devices and business applications, the social networking phenomena, the explosion of cloud computing, and the evolution of Unified Communications. Let's take a look at a few key business trends and the impact on enterprise IT: More...

As IT organizations across the country get to work in this new year, they may be seeing things change before their very eyes. There is a paradigm shift on the horizon, particularly relating to enterprise tablets, data and storage, the cloud, and non-traditional enterprise partners. More...