Recently, I was involved with the implementation of a replication solution at an electric utility company. This implementation was the center piece of a disaster recovery (DR) implementation for one of their power plants. Normally, when a replication solution is implemented, data recoverability at the remote site is mandatory. After ...

The company that made its billions selling ads for Web searches is now officially in the telecommunications business, as Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) demonstrated Tuesday with the launch of its branded Nexus One smartphone. However, can the same success that saw “Google” become a verb be translated to the burgeoning mobile market? ...

With the plethora of available technology tools promising to improve the customer experience, it’s safe to assume that many of you have deployed more than one of them to increase your chances of success . The implementation of myriad technology applications can provide significant benefits if they are utilized properly. ...

2009 was the first year since 2005 that the number of data breach incidents recorded actually dropped. If that makes you feel a little more secure — there is a counter side. The same site reports on personal records that have been exposed: 220 million records in 2009 as ...

2009 was the first year since 2005 that the number of data breach incidents recorded actually dropped. If that makes you feel a little more secure — there is a counter side. The same site reports on personal records that have been exposed: 220 million records in 2009 as ...

The Gray Lady may once again ask for some green if you want to view something that’s black and white and read all over. Reports surfaced over the weekend that The New York Times is about to announce another attempt at a paid-access business model for its Web site, with management apparently deciding ...

Not surprisingly, most folks see CES as a watershed event for tracking the latest in current, emerging and future consumer electronics trends. So why did I travel to CES 2010 in search of products related to business IT? Pure contrariness is one reply, but let’s also toss in the common, if ...