Cloud

If we could store all our enterprises

Acquisition will join IBM's system storage business unit

Google and Salesforce look to help businesses manage their entire office in the cloud, without needing to download, install or maintain software and hardware. And, developers can take advantage of APIs

Despite being best known as an online retailer, Amazon.com's moves into cloud-based computing -- an arena that Microsoft Corp., IBM and other IT vendors also want to dominate -- have been hailed by some users

ADM, CEP and security-oriented architectures will be important in the next 12 months

High-tech consumer products and services of all kinds are making their way into the workplace. They include everything from smart phones, voice-over-IP systems and flash memory sticks to virtual online worlds. And as people grow more accustomed to having their own personal technology at their beck and call -- and in fact can't imagine functioning without it -- the line between what they use for work and what they use for recreation is blurring.

The current state of the art in connection-brokering technology eases the integration of virtualization technologies for desktop

You don't have to drive a Prius, have a worm bin out back, or keep a picture of Al Gore under your pillow to be concerned about saving energy and natural resources. I think everyone can agree that saving money is good. It just so happens that reducing the amount of electricity your computer, monitor, printer, and other electronic devices use is both environmentally friendly and economical. It's also easy when you know how. Here are eight ways to do that and more.