Technology News: Core Services

Friday - June 26, 2009

Three months after unveiling its Google Voice application, Google unveiled a limited public roll-out on Thursday. The application's home site says the tool is available by invitation only. Anyone can sign up for an invitation, though they must then wait for a go-ahead from Google. Google has added several features to the application since March. It's not yet clear how Google will monetize the service, but there has been speculation that Google might sell ads. Asking for an invitation to participate in the limited roll-out is easy, though it appears one will have to wait on Google. [More...]

Citrix Online Brings SMBs Into the Virtual Meeting Room

Monday - June 15, 2009

The economy is still broken, and businesses are scampering to save money and entice back lost customers. Don't remind Brett Caine, though. As president of Citrix Online, he's too busy growing the company's customer base into a $100 million business that a few years ago didn't exist. As a young startup in 1997, Expertcity was a provider of Web-based desktop access and help-desk services. [More...]

Google Edges Deeper Onto MS Turf With Outlook Plug-In

Wednesday - June 10, 2009

Google released on Tuesday a plug-in to its Google Apps arsenal that could be the last push needed to nudge some businesses into fully adopting its cloud computing services. The product, Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook, works with the Premier version of Google apps, which costs $50 per business user per year, as well as the free educational version, which is limited to 50 user accounts. [More...]

Windows XP: The Legacy Lives On

Thursday - June 4, 2009

The end of mainstream support by Microsoft for Windows XP ended on April 14. That deadline came and left with barely an audible groan from the minions of enterprise, small business and consumer users of the decade-old operating system. The steadfast legions of corporate Windows XP users are not facing any dire consequences for not migrating to Windows Vista, however. [More...]

Google Unleashes Web App Tidal Wave

Friday - May 29, 2009

The same developers who gave you Google Maps now think they've come up with the single best way for users to navigate all the communication and collaboration tools they currently use on a computer. Judging from some early tech press/blogger reaction Google Wave may indeed have the ability to take on not only the most popular office applications but also the hottest social networks. [More...]

Data Security's $64 Billion Question: Who Are You?

Thursday - May 28, 2009

In today's Internet-driven world of business, customer data -- traditionally the lifeblood of any enterprise -- takes on a new and frightening importance. On the one hand, businesses have to provide partners, staff and contractors access to data; on the other, they have to ensure that data does not get lost by accident -- or stolen. [More...]

Court Rules White House Can Keep Email Secrets

Wednesday - May 20, 2009

A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the office that has records about millions of possibly missing emails from the Bush White House does not have to make them public. The appeals court in Washington ruled that the White House Office of Administration is not an agency subject to FOIA, allowing the White House to keep secret documents about an email system that has been plagued with problems. [More...]

Enterprise Mobile Security: Conquering Chaos

Wednesday - May 20, 2009

The days of IT issuing the same mobile device to all employees are all but gone. These days, different types of workers need different kinds of devices. Sometimes employees bring their personal devices into the workspace, adding another layer to IT's burden. Plus, the underlying technologies in devices and apps are constantly changing. [More...]

FixYa.com Brings Social Networking to Consumer Electronics Help

Tuesday - May 12, 2009

It seemed like a simple enough idea when FixYa.com CEO and founder Yaniv Bensadon sought a solution for consumers caught in the maze of tech support that encompassed nearly every piece of consumer electronics equipment and household appliance on the market. Why not offer a community-based service, not unlike Google Forums or eBay? [More...]

The Burgeoning Momentum Behind Unified Communications

Monday - May 4, 2009

Even as the economic tsunami devastates IT budgets and scuttles many planned technology upgrades, a growing wave of companies continue to pursue unified communications solutions. While once viewed as a "nice-to-have" for large organizations with correspondingly large information technology budgets, unified communications solutions have advanced to within reach of organizations of all sizes. [More...]

The End of Message Fragments: Q&A With Relenta CEO Dmitri Eroshenko

Monday - May 4, 2009

Before the arrival of sales force automation and marketing campaign software, there were productivity applications. CRM, as we all know, rose from that fundamental platform of email, calendaring, mailing list management and task management. A lot of CRM vendors include productivity in their CRM apps, but few focus on it as relentlessly as Relenta does. [More...]

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