Pedro Hernandez

Why is BYOD so hot? For the answer, look no further than IDC’s latest smartphone research. Smartphones shipments rose 45.2 percent in the third quarter compared to the same year-ago period, says IDC. In total, mobile phone makers shipped in 179.7 million smartphones in 3Q12. And the industry shows no signs of slowing down, says […]

Flanked by a small army of Windows 8 devices, Steve Sinofsky, president of Microsoft’s Windows division, took to the stage in New York City’s Pier 57 on the eve of the operating system’s official release to kick off the launch festivities. Today, a day earlier than general availability, Microsoft is opening up the floodgates to […]

After months of rumors, Apple CEO Tim Cook and marketing chief Phil Schiller took to the stage in San Jose today to finally unveil the iPad Mini. After getting the crowd up to speed on the company’s new 13-inch MacBooks with high resolution Retina displays, svelte new iMacs and an updated iPad, Schiller brandished the […]

HP is bringing IT service management (ITSM) to the cloud. Dubbed HP Service Anywhere, the new software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering aims to help administrators better support users and manage IT environments that are growing in complexity. For enterprise technology executives, it can help them get off the upgrade treadmill and manage costs, claims HP. Cloud Storage […]

Surface, Microsoft’s Windows RT/8 tablet, made a brief appearance on the Microsoft Store today. Before it was pulled, the online product listing revealed one of the biggest secrets surrounding the device since the company first announced it back in June — its price. Initially, Microsoft is taking preorders on Surface tablets that run Windows RT, […]

It’s official. Office 2013 is headed to retail after Microsoft signed off on a Release to Manufacturing (RTM) build of the productivity software suite. Moments after the Office team signed off on Office 2013 RTM, Kirk Koenigsbauer, corporate vice president of the Microsoft Office Division, spilled the news in a company blog post. “This milestone […]

It’s typical for a software company to make last minute tweaks to its software. In the case of Windows 8, Microsoft’s decision to revamp its built-in apps gives RTM users and on-the-fence developers a sneak peek at how the new Windows Store app marketplace handles updates in the weeks leading up to the operating system’s […]

Judging by how quickly mobile device management (MDM) companies adapted to the release of the iPhone 5 and iOS 6, the industry is getting better at embracing new smartphones, tablets and mobile operating systems. But what about mobile apps? Veracode, a provider of cloud-based application security testing services, is betting that mobile application management (MAM) […]

Adobe today unveiled a major upgrade to Acrobat, the company’s enterprise document management software suite. And for Acrobat’s 11th version, Adobe is looking to reassert its PDF (portable document format) dominance as tablets invade the workplace and the cloud reshapes how workers collaborate. Acrobat XI — comprised of Acrobat XI Pro Standard, Reader XI along […]

Android apps on your Windows box? Now you can, say AMD and BlueStacks. BlueStacks is a software company that specializes in getting Android apps to run on x86 devices, like PCs and notebooks. The companies have partnered to produce the AMD AppZone Player, free software that allows AMD-powered Windows 7 and Windows 8 systems run […]