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Earlier this week, thanks to the iPad, Apple overtook HP as the biggest vendor of mobile computers. Challenging HP, one of the largest vendors of both consumer and enterprise

Constellation Research CEO and principal analyst R "Ray" Wang recently gave a talk called "Why Enterprise Software Sucks and How Disruptive Technologies Converge to Change This" at the AMPLIFYfestival.

Rhomobile announced today the new version of its enterprise-focused smartphone app development framework: Rhodes 2.0. Developers can use the now-free Rhodes 2.0 to build native yet cross-platform apps for

Microsoft Office 365, the cloud-based service from Microsoft (read our take on it here), already supports Outlook/Exchange, SharePoint, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Lync. We've reported that BlackBerry Enterprise Server

Microsoft has said that iPad-style tablets, generally referred to as "slates," that run Windows won't arrive until the next version of Windows arrives in 2012. This big beast of

Somewhat overshadowed by today's news that Skype is partnering with Facebook comes a long expected announcement from the VOIP company: it is also partnering with telephony company Avaya to

According to a new report from Forrester, Windows 7 is now in use on 20% of corporate desktops as of March 2011. Windows XP still holds on to 59.9%

The returns on investment for social technologies is often what stumps people. But measuring the ROI of these technologies has to be done in order to get some understanding of

VMware announced today that it will acquire Socialcast, an enterprise microblogging and social network software-as-a-service. The move expands VMware's software-as-a-service portfolio, which also includes Zimbra, Mozy and SlideRocket. VMware

Adoption remains a hot topic for everyone implementing social media in the enterprise. Getting people to actually use the tools once they've been purchased can be a bigger challenge

Roambi announced a pro version of its iPhone application this week that syncs with Salesforce.com and other cloud-based services or on-premsie sales environments. It's a visualization application, providing mobile workers

Socialtext just released version 4.5.2 of its enterprise social media suite to hosted customers. The new version features several new features including an OpenSocial widget builder for both developers

The number of documents produced in the enterprise grows at a breakneck pace, and enterprise search functionality has to scale fast in order to keep up. The latest incarnation of

Windows 8 will come in two major varieties: a "traditional" version with legacy application support, and an ARM version that will not support legacy applications. The Windows 8 traditional

Earlier today we told you about how the Hadoop business is heating up. Hadoop isn't a database, but Hbase and its alternatives are a core part of the platform.

In a new report issued on the first of the month, Forrester Research has asserted the importance of enterprise platforms for governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC). Pointing to big

Google Apps is offering migration for Microsoft Exchange. The service is free with Google Apps Premiere or Google Apps Education. Last July, Google Apps began offering migration from IBM's Lotus

It's really about speed these days. And data. And the right infrastructure so the data can all flow and keep the business running smoothly. The Critical Importance of the New

We covered the emerging trend of gamification - the application of game mechanics outside of games - in November. A few enterprise vendors, such as Moxie and Rypple, are

How do you connect to Twitter and understand its value and performance? That's part of the challenge for any enterprise considering how to adopt social technologies to connect with customers.

A survey by AIIM (Association for Information and Image Management) found that although Microsoft SharePoint is being rapidly adopted by the enterprise, at least half of the enterprises polled

The real-time web is proving itself disruptive in the enterprise space. But it's not viable unless users may utilize technologies like live editing or voice collaboration on top of a

Cisco announced today that collaboration tools vendor Versly.com is now part of its ever-growing family. Versly hasn't yet had a real product, but you can apply for a chance to

In the past seven weeks, more than 2 million people have downloaded the beta for Microsoft Office 2010. That's a whopping 40,000 downloads per day. It's a record breaking pace,

We told you earlier today about IBM's strategy of targeting developers with its new enterprise 2.0/social business platform. Part of IBM's strategy is to emphasize open standards such as