Andrew Binstock
Andrew Binstock is senior contributing editor of the InfoWorld Test Center.
by Andrew Binstock
InfoWorld's 2011 Technology of the Year Awards recognize the best products at the forefront of today's top data center, desktop, mobile, and programming trends... more
Intel's new six-core chip delivers even more processing power to midrange workstations... more
Spectacular flameouts have much to teach managers about the right way to run projects... more
Eclipse, IntelliJ IDEA, NetBeans, and Oracle JDeveloper continue Java's tradition of rich and diverse development tools... more
Groovy and JRuby lead a strong field, with Scala, Fantom, and Jython following behind... more
VMware, VMLogix, Surgient, and Skytap lab managers ace virtual machine configuration, deployment, and teardown, with some key differences in features and ease... more
Dual-processor Nehalem Xeon rack servers sport sizzling performance, excellent serviceability, and variations in price and power efficiency... more
Only high-end workstations deliver more client side firepower than the M6500, but they certainly don’t come in such an attractive package... more
Dell PowerEdge R805 and R905 servers, based on AMD's hexacore Opteron CPUs, are far faster, cheaper, and more efficient than models that shipped only a year ago... more
Microsoft has been touting its superior handling of threads in Windows 7. InfoWorld's tests show that speed isn't the only benefit, or necessarily the main one... more
Intel's latest chips revolutionize the market. In InfoWorld tests, Dell led in price-performance, HP in overall design, Lenovo in single-processor systems. All have speed to burn... more
When battery life really counts, adjusting a few simple settings can keep unproductive darkness at bay... more
New add-on batteries from Dell and HP kept notebooks going and going in InfoWorld's tests. Download our benchmark to see what these extenders could do for you.... more
PowerEdge R805 and R905 boast VM-friendly features, raise bar for HP and IBM... more
The agile app dev revolution may be over, as unit testing adoption appears to stumble... more
Our system and graphics performance tests show terrific price-performance at the low end of the quad-core workstation spectrum, and awe-inspiring power at the top; HP takes the bantam belt, while Dell is heavyweight champ... more
Dell Precision M6300 proves that a laptop can greatly exceed the capabilities of most desktop systems without costing an arm and a leg, or at least a leg... more
Our product review reveals that WebLogic Server Virtual Edition is a bold innovation that effectively leverages VMware server virtualization but is currently hampered by a lack of management tools... more
Iconic GUI toolkit vendor brings its rich recipe to Java, though C++ orientation remains... more
AgitarOne exercises Java code in unique and compelling ways, but not without some agitations for users... more
Up from Nehalem: Westmere-based Dell Precision workstation wows
