Pedro Hernandez

In advance of Earth Day, Monday April 22nd, Facebook is giving the public an unprecedented look into how the company’s data center energy efficiency efforts are translating into real-world results. The social media giant has launched new dashboards that dish up interactive visualizations and offer near-real-time and historical information on metrics that can be used […]

Good news for IT vendors that cater to the enterprise mobility crowd. In a few short years, the bring your own device (BYOD) and enterprise mobility market are set to make huge gains, says the research group MarketandMarkets. The reason: shifting attitudes surrounding workplace IT. In short, employees are increasingly clutching iPads and letting their […]

Apple’s iPad had a good run. Soon, perhaps as early as this year, the tablet market, in which “Apple has reigned since the introduction of its iPad in 2010,” may be handing the sales crown to Android, according to a new forecast from ABI Research. Consumers and enterprises will continue to snap up tablets this […]

Is the PC in a death spiral? It’s no secret that tablets like the iPad are putting a dent in PC sales. Yet after a bruising first quarter of 2013 (1Q13), market research firm IDC says that Microsoft’s lackluster Windows 8 operating system (OS) — the company’s stab at the booming tablet market — is […]

Smartphones and tablets aren’t just kicking enterprise mobility initiatives into high gear, they’re also having a big impact on the online video market. New data from Adobe’s “U.S. Digital Video Benchmark” report shows that in 2012, mobile devices like the iPhone and the iPad are fueling record levels of online video consumption. In a company […]

Hewlett-Packard’s (HP) cloud services portfolio keeps growing. Sensing an opportunity in helping businesses manage the crush of smartphones and tablets that have invaded their corridors, the IT vendor has launched a new cloud-based mobile device management offering. Cloud Storage and Backup Benefits Protecting your company’s data is critical. Cloud storage with automated backup is scalable, […]

2013 is shaping up to be another banner year for tablet makers. In a sign that both consumers and enterprises are smitten by the iPad and its ilk, Gartner is forecasting that worldwide shipments are expected to reach 197 million units this year. For comparison’s sake, tablet shipments totaled 116 million units in 2012, meaning […]

What has BYOD wrought? Tablets will, for the first time, out-ship desktop PCs this year, according to a new report from IDC. The research firm is forecasting that by the end of 2013, desktop PC shipments will dip 4.3 percent. Tablet shipments will rise to 190 million units, thanks to an astonishing annual growth rate […]

IT managers are struggling to reconcile the realms of cloud computing and data security, according to a study from AccelOps (PDF), a maker of security information and event management (SEIM), performance and availability monitoring software. And it’s holding enterprise cloud adoption back. In general, IT managers are struggling with BYOD, data control and staving off […]

The enterprise mobility market is Apple’s to lose, according to a new report from Citrix. And judging by the surging popularity of Android in some parts of the world, handset and tablet makers that pump out products based on Google’s mobile operating system (OS) are tipping the scales in their favor. Apple commands the market […]