Since the iPad's release this year, questions have emerged as to whether tablet PCs will become a mainstream business tool. More specifically, does the tablet form factor address business needs better than other options that currently exist? If an organization has a significant number of field-based employees where mobility is an issue, the answer may be no. Tablet PCs can often be too expensive, too fragile, and too training-intensive to be effective. There is a clear need for a solution in the market to fill the "white space" that currently exists to capture and transmit information, particularly for enterprises with a significant mobile workforce. Digital pen technology offers an alternative to screen and keyboard solutions and can easily capture, process, interpret and transmit information in real time. Case Study: Safelite Safelite AutoGlass was looking to find ... (more)

Apple Hits the Cover Off the Ball

Apple posted its best quarter ever Tuesday Antennagate notwithstanding. Revenues were $15.7 billion, up 61% year-over-year, a billion dollars ahead of expectations, and 52% from international sales. Earnings were up 78% to $3.25 billion, or $3.51 a share versus expectations of $3.12. Its gross margin was 39.1%, down from 40.9% last year. iPad isn’t supposed to be as profitable as other Apple products. It sold 3.27 million iPads in the quarter ended June 26 having got to market in April. It sold 8.4 million iPhones, up 61%. Most of them were iPhone 3Gs since the problematic iPhon... (more)

Apple to Flog iPads in More Places

Amid the antennagate kafuffle, an unrepentant Apple is supposed to start selling iPads in nine more countries on Friday, namely, Austria, Belgium, Ireland, Luxembourg, Holland, Mexico, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore. The company said "many more countries" would follow. The device is already sold in the major European markets, Canada and Japan. Wall Street thinks it's sold 3.3 million of the things so far, which should tickle its third-quarter numbers due out Tuesday. You have of course heard that a defensive Steve Jobs shrugged off any particular antenna design responsibilit... (more)

Cloud Expo Announces CloudCamp @ Cloud Expo Silicon Valley

Register for CloudCamp @ Cloud Expo Silicon Valley Follow @CloudExpo on Twitter Further cementing its position as The Largest Cloud Computing Event in the World, the organizers of the 7th International Cloud Expo being held at the Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA, on November 1-4, 2010, announced today that the event will also feature - on November 2nd, 2010 - a CloudCamp unconference. CloudCamp @Cloud Expo Silicon Valley is aimed at anyone working with, or interested in working with, cloud technologies. "With the rapid change occurring in the industry, we need a plac... (more)

Certeon Enhances Global Partner Program

Certeon, a provider of virtualized wide area network optimization (WAN) and application acceleration, on Monday announced a restructuring of its global Channel Partner Program to help resellers deliver high-performance and cost-effective WAN optimization solutions to the virtualization, disaster recovery and cloud computing markets. The enhanced program provides partners a competitive edge over hardware WAN optimization solutions by giving benefits that, combined with Certeon’s cost-effective, software-based aCelera virtualized WAN optimization technology, significantly increases... (more)