LAS VEGAS — For nearly two years, we’ve had the technology that allows us to sandbox activity on a smartphone, a dream for every IT pro whose secure network is increasingly infiltrated by personal devices brought into the workplace. Until now, we haven’t had a good provisioning system with which to pair it, so that [...]

“So why is Microsoft, ever so quietly and reluctantly doing this? Because its customers are demanding Linux support. Oh the irony!” All the time, money, and effort spent on SAMBA also proves that Linux customers are demanding Windows support. Oh the irony! By the way, you must also now give MS full credit for supporting [...]

This headline is not an error. I didn’t have one too many craft brews over the New Year’s weekend. Microsoft is poised to enable customers to make virtual machines (VMs) persistent on Windows Azure, I’ve heard from a handful of my contacts who’ve asked not to be identified. What does this mean? Customers who want [...]

The Kusnetzky Group LLC is an independent technology industry research firm that focuses on system software, virtualization and cloud computing technology. Dan’s opinions are based upon research, personal experiences and actual use of technology. They are not based upon the relationships the company may or may not have with suppliers, end user organizations, the media, [...]

The Kusnetzky Group LLC is an independent technology industry research firm that focuses on system software, virtualization and cloud computing technology. Dan’s opinions are based upon research, personal experiences and actual use of technology. They are not based upon the relationships the company may or may not have with suppliers, end user organizations, the media, [...]

David Morgenstern has covered the Mac market and other technology segments for 20 years. In the recent past, he founded Ziff-Davis’ Storage Supersite, served as news editor for Ziff Davis Internet and held several executive editorial positions at eWEEK. In the 1990s, David was editor of Ziff Davis’ award-winning MacWEEK news publication as well as [...]

Larry Dignan is Editor in Chief of ZDNet and SmartPlanet as well as Editorial Director of ZDNet’s sister site TechRepublic. He was most recently Executive Editor of News and Blogs at ZDNet. Prior to that he was executive news editor at eWeek and news editor at Baseline. He also served as the East Coast news [...]

The Kusnetzky Group LLC is an independent technology industry research firm that focuses on system software, virtualization and cloud computing technology. Dan’s opinions are based upon research, personal experiences and actual use of technology. They are not based upon the relationships the company may or may not have with suppliers, end user organizations, the media, [...]

Rachel King is a staff writer for CBS Interactive in San Francisco. Before serving as a contributing editor at ZDNet in New York City for two years, she previously worked for The Business Insider, FastCompany.com, CNN’s San Francisco bureau and the U.S. Department of State. Rachel has also written for MainStreet.com, Irish America Magazine and [...]

Gardner: It’s hard to overstate that the size and rate of growth of data and information is just overwhelming the business world. Why is it a critical stage now to change how we’re addressing these issues? Yuhanna: We have customers who have 55,000 databases, and they plan to double this in the next three to [...]