Essex urges residents to sign up for CodeRED system
Voters approved spending up to $5,000 on a mass notification system to notify residents of emergency situations or important municipal announcements via mass phone calls, texts, and e-mails. More...
5 most surprising things about cloud computing in 2010
That doesn't mean the people running the servers don't have to know their business, according to Bob Laliberte, analyst at the Enterprise Strategy Group. More...
Android programming's ups and downs
newsmaker James Steele and Nelson To, authors of a new book on Android programming, know a thing or two about Google's mobile OS--including the bright side of fragmentation. More...
We're dog-fooding the cloud
I first spoke with Tony Scott in 2003 when he was CTO of General Motors. Then, the obsession of the day was Web services, which Scott wryly called "an excuse to get people to talk at the same time" about business processes, a role many grand IT initiatives fill. More...
Time Warner Cable "putting public safety in jeopardy"
Intrado: I'm calling from Intrado, a call center for Time Warner Cable, I have a subscriber on the line that dialed 911. They're trying to get through to you, they have a medical emergency. More...
Potential 5% Upside / Downside for Salesforce.com's CRM Market Share
We believe that Salesforce. com will benefit from the fast growth of cloud computing CRM software market. The favorable factors for this tremendous growth are speed and ease of implementation and low total cost of ownership. More...
Why Midsize Companies Are Set to Lead Economic Growth
After near three years of belt tightening, businesses are when all is said and done refocusing on growth. A recent study of CFOs found that more than half are more optimistic about the U. More...
Skype Banned in China? Not So Fast
Media reports over the past week have raised that prospect in relation to a government clampdown on “illegal” voice-over-Internet-protocol, or VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol), telephone services. More...
Digium® Sees Continued Growth of its Switchvox® Unified Communications Solution in 2010
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - Digium®, Inc. , the Asterisk® Company, today announced that Switchvox, the company's turnkey voice over IP unified communications solution designed for small- to mid-sized businesses, grew more than 30 percent in 2010, making it the company's fastest growing solution. More...
Top ten tech rumours that might come true in 2011
This year there has been a heavy focus on cloud computing as definitions have in short come to light and interest has grown massively in the enabling technologies. More...