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  • Riverbed upgrades 'edge virtual server infrastructure'

    By Colin Neagle | 02 February, 2012 07:19

    Riverbed today announced the release of updates to its Steelhead network performance products as well as its Granite product line, which is based on the edge virtual server infrastructure approach that Riverbed is pushing. Whereas the former aims to boost network performance for the customers that are concerned about application delivery, the latter may attract more attention from the infrastructure management industry.

  • Apple breaks Microsoft's 'lock' on enterprise workers, argues analyst

    By Gregg Keizer | 27 January, 2012 08:27

    The iPhone may have opened the door for Apple in the enterprise, but it was the one-two punch of the iPad and revamped MacBook Air in 2010 that really did the trick, an analyst said today.

  • In focus: Mac attack - the big switch is on

    By Maria Korolov | 16 January, 2012 22:32

    Over the years, Apple has earned a less-than-stellar reputation among purchasers of enterprise desktops. Macs were seen as overpriced to begin with. And Apple didn't offer huge discounts for bulk purchases, like the PC makers. Plus, Macs didn't come with the ecosystem of integrated productivity and management apps that are taken for granted in the Windows world.

  • More businesses will choose Mac over Windows: Report

    By Angela West | 11 January, 2012 09:19

    While Windows-based PCs are expected to continue dominating the workplace through 2013, Apple products will "storm the corporate hardware market", according to Forrester Research. And the push will largely come from the bottom up rather than top-down, eroding market share from Windows PCs.

  • Apple enterprise sales of Macs, iPads to jump 58% this year

    By Gregg Keizer | 11 January, 2012 06:01

    Apple will sell an estimated $19 billion in Macs and iPads to enterprises in 2012, a 58% jump over the year before, a research analyst said today.

  • Enterprise smartphone and tablet incursion to grow in 2012

    By Brad Reed | 23 December, 2011 22:29

    Workers bringing their own devices to work was one of the biggest challenges IT departments faced in 2011... and in 2010... and in 2009 as well. And guess what? It's going to be one of the biggest challenges in 2012 too.

  • Forrester: As SaaS matures, buyers face new considerations

    By Chris Kanaracus | 03 December, 2011 05:18

    As SaaS (software as a service) gains in maturity and popularity, enterprise IT buyers will have to grapple with a new set of questions and considerations when purchasing it, according to a new Forrester Research report.

  • Forrester: Enterprise social software to become a $6.4 billion market in 2016

    By Juan Carlos Perez | 03 December, 2011 04:04

    Enterprise social collaboration software, which offer Facebook and Twitter-like capabilities adapted for workplaces, will grow strongly in the coming years, eclipsing demand for more traditional communications and collaboration products, according to a new study from Forrester Research.

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