Google's launch today of Chrome for Android may be a move to accelerate the pace of browser updates, an analyst said.

Change can often be slow. It took many years for the Mac to begin to even threaten the PC in the enterprise. It is still a slow process, but Apple is making up ground on Microsoft.

Apple has claimed titles as the world's and the US' top seller of smartphones in the last quarter, according to analysts.

Symantec on Monday unveiled new versions of its flagship NetBackup enterprise-class and Backup Exec midrange backup applications -- Backup Exec 2012 and NetBackup v7.5.

Apple is now the third largest vendor of mobile phones in the world, with the iPhone accounting for 8.7 percent of all handset shipments in the final quarter of 2011.

Amid renewed reports of poor working conditions at factories making Apple products in China, it's unclear whether customers will demand change.

Apple sold more iPad tablets last quarter than any single PC maker sold personal computers.

In a move to broaden its offerings for the growing network intelligence and diagnostics market, telecom equipment manufacturer Net Optics recently announced the acquisition of network analytics software provider nMetric.

Market research firm IDC makes a number of tech-related predictions near the end of every calendar year, but its prognostications for 2011 may well be among the company's most dramatic yet.

I came across a link to a new report from IDC called the "2010 Digital Universe Study".

It’s not new technology, but to SMBs, virtualisation can still be a scary unknown quantity. MATTHEW SAINSBURY investigates ways partners and vendors can allay those fears to the profit of everyone.

A venerable New Year's tradition in the tech world entails trotting out year-old predictions by analyst shops and laughing at their off-base prognostications. But here's a surprise: The two biggest analyst firms still standing -- Gartner and IDC -- did a pretty good job a year ago forecasting the shape of IT in 2009, as did the smaller Forrester Research and 451 Group.

Mobility has become the dream for corporates both large and small, and an opportunity for the channel to tackle. But presenting a comprehensive mobility solution is a significant technology and business challenge. GEORGINA SWAN reports.