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Pano Logic virtual desktops run without software A Silicon Valley startup claims to boost computing security and reduce electric costs with a virtual desktop PC that uses no software or processor. SMB technology: Replacing in-house software with applications in the cloud In the near future, there's only one way to go for SMBs when it comes to purchasing business software -- and that's out of house. Whether it's full-on SaaS (software as a service), where users access all facets of the application through a browser, or a hosted product (including hosted Exchange, where only the server component is off-site and users employ a standard desktop client such as Outlook), either model is simply too cost-effective for SMBs to ignore.  August 20, 3:00 a.m. PDT Processors: Dividing chips into many virtual cores The current approach taken by x86 CPUs -- to stuff as many processor cores and as much cache memory as will fit on one chip -- will prove impossible to scale beyond a certain point. And adding more, big, hot processor cores may not be the best fit for server roles that call for managing large workloads over long periods of time. August 20, 3:00 a.m. PDT Thin clients: The time is now Consider your current computing situation. A few hardy souls reading this are squinting at their Blackberries, cell phones, or even iPhones and scrolling furiously from screen to screen. Most of you, though, are staring at a standard computer monitor, which is tethered to a conventional, full-featured PC -- of either the desktop or notebook flavor. July 23, 3:00 a.m. PDT Virtualizing the desktop Everyone wants to escape the horror of rising energy costs. So why not run fewer servers? That’s the no-brainer benefit of server virtualization and consolidation, which is already saving forward-looking companies big bucks in kilowatt hours of electricity, not to mention in hardware and server administration. No wonder so many enterprises are eying fresh virtualization territory: the humble desktop. July 23, 3:00 a.m. PDT The smart business of diversity Carly Fiorina served as CEO of Hewlett-Packard from 1999 to 2005, the first woman to run a Fortune 20 company. After she was ousted, along with a $21 million exit package, Fiorina did what a lot of us would do if we had millions of dollars in the bank and some time on our hands: She wrote a book. In Tough Choices, published in October, Fiorina talks about rising to the top of a male-dominated culture. Fiorina spoke with InfoWorld correspondent Carmen Nobel for our upcoming feature on the issues women face in IT. January 22, 3:00 a.m. PST Wyse ships thin clients with embedded Wi-Fi Wyse Technology is selling a line of thin-client computers with built-in Wi-Fi capabilities, making them easier to deploy in public places like airports and hotel lobbies. October 5, 7:19 a.m. PDT Sun whips its Sun Ray thin client into better shape In its infancy, Sun’s Sun Ray was a network-clobbering, sometimes stuttering example of what thin-client computing on Unix-like systems could be. Now it’s much more stable and much, much thinner. August 10, 3:00 a.m. PDT InfoWorld CTO 25 The top technology slot in the enterprise has changed. Once, forward-looking CTOs and CIOs scanned the horizon for new technologies that would improve the lot of IT. Today, as many of this year’s top 25 CTOs can tell you, technology leaders must also focus on understanding the business goals of the enterprise -- and then craft technology strategies to meet those objectives. June 5, 3:00 a.m. PDT Tales of heroic hacks and inspired work-arounds What does it mean to be a hacker? The mainstream media has long used the term as a kind of pejorative, calling to mind images of pale, skinny misanthropes launching denial-of-service attacks from their parents’ basements. Real hackers know better. May 29, 3:00 a.m. PDT Peer-to-peer device networking takes shape The concept of SEDs (service-enabled devices) started way back in the ‘80s with something called tuple spaces, and later took shape as Jini nder the guidance of Sun Microsystems. Jini came about when Bill Joy, Sun’s chief scientist, imagined a peer-to-peer world where every device could talk to every other device: “Hello, I’m a color printer. This is my feature set and here are my printer drivers. Would you like to access me?” May 2, 3:00 a.m. PDT ClearCube pushes centralized computing with thin PCs ClearCube Technology launched two new user port computers on Monday, adding faster Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) processors to its PCs. April 25, 1:47 p.m. PDT Sun rolls out new Sun Ray thin clients Continuing its push to drive broader adoption of thin-client computing, Sun Microsystems on Wednesday rolled out the second generation of its Sun Ray thin client devices and software, which now can connect to Windows environments. April 12, 7:59 a.m. PDT Don't blame the laptop for data theft Headlines across several business news services this week read something like “Laptops Prove Weak Point in Computer Security”. No, that’s not an actual headline, because I don’t like getting flame e-mail from attorneys, but it’s similar to several. March 30, 3:00 a.m. PST CES tech news and gossip -- from Google to Stevie Wonder Attending the 2006 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is like spending the week with 130,000 former college roommates. It's great on the first day, reliving old times and laughing about mutual acquaintances. But by the weekend, you start remembering all the times they stiffed you for beer, and the time they promised to get you a job at their company but gave it to the pretty girl down the hall. January 11, 11:15 a.m. PST 2006 Technology of the Year Awards: The winners' list See correction at end of article January 2, 3:00 a.m. PST Top technologies of the year Welcome to our first issue of the year. For those of you who took a break, re-entry into the heady universe of work may be a bit discombobulating. Fortunately, last Saturday, the world’s ever-considerate timekeepers saw fit to give us an extra sliver of time -- a leap second-- to prep for the new year. And now, with the pop of the cork (or was that the buzz of a pager?), we’re ready to herald 2006, a potential banner year for the enterprise. January 2, 3:00 a.m. PST Tech reviews for the holidays Even IT takes a holiday now and then. Same goes for the InfoWorld staff, which chills out by taking a one-week break following the publication of this, our 51st and final issue of the year. December 19, 3:00 a.m. PST Scaling your applications to 64-bit computing At Microsoft’s annual Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) in April 2005, Bill Gates predicted that 64-bit hardware, operating systems, and software would “transform the way we work and play.” Systems using 64-bit processors would be mainstream by the end of 2006, he said, and 64-bit computing at the server level would happen more quickly than any other platform changeover in the past. December 12, 3:00 a.m. PST Cellular data services ramp up If you’re susceptible to advertising sales pitches, you’d best -- like Ulysses’ crew -- plug up your ears. Otherwise, you will soon hear the siren call from the cell phone carriers pitching their newest data services. November 1, 3:00 a.m. PST Wireless broadband's long and winding road First, the good news: for companies planning to deploy broadband connectivity to their mobile workforces, the options have never looked better. Initial rollouts of 3G (third-generation) cellular data technology are fulfilling the technology’s promise. Sales and field forces can connect to the Internet and corporate applications from virtually anywhere, network speeds are reasonable, and deploying the technology requires only minimal IT investment. September 22, 1:00 p.m. PDT Farewell, CTO Connection If you haven’t checked out this week’s columns yet, let me be the one to break the bad news: Chad Dickerson is hanging up his InfoWorld CTO spurs and heading off to Yahoo, where he’ll be toiling away in the brave new world of search. August 8, 5:00 a.m. PDT Return of the thin client Déjà vu alert! This week’s cover image -- a small, diskless “thin client” computer accompanied by the phrase “Meet Your Next Enterprise Desktop” -- may stir up long-dormant memories. It’s also sure to trigger the part of your brain that controls eye rolls and guffaws. July 18, 5:00 a.m. PDT The skinny on thin client mobility True thin clients, by definition, require a constant network connection. To untether a thin client and use it for anything more than an expensive fashion accessory, it must travel within a pervasive wireless cloud. July 14, 5:00 a.m. PDT Think thin Hans-Juergen Neumaier had finally had enough. Last November, the CIO of Sparkasse Haslach-Zell, a small savings bank in the heart of Germany’s Black Forest, pulled the Windows NT desktops off employees’ desks and replaced them with Sun Ray thin clients. July 14, 5:00 a.m. PDT News briefs HP offers new thin clients Hewlett-Packard unwrapped three new thin-client devices last week, designed to help IT managers provide basic computing power for low-end users. The basic models include the $239 t5125 with 32MB of flash memory and 128MB of DDR, and the $289 t5520, which features 64MB flash and 128MB system memory. Both come with Windows CE 5.0. The $319 t5525 is a Linux thin client with 256MB flash and 128MB system memory. June 6, 5:00 a.m. PDT HP pushes old thin-client strategy with new devices Hewlett-Packard (HP) on Tuesday took the wraps off new thin-client devices designed to help IT managers provide basic computing power for low-end users with greater control over those systems. May 31, 12:26 p.m. PDT Hitachi replacing PCs with thin clients Concerns about data security are making Hitachi, one of Japan's biggest electronics companies, replace more of its employees' PCs with thin clients, the company said at a news conference Monday. May 23, 4:39 a.m. PDT Exclusive: HP wields blades to ease desktop management Probably no other task in IT generates as much frustration as supporting users' PCs. Many CTOs lament that despite outrageous maintenance costs, ensuring proper resilience and security for PC-based applications is often merely wishful thinking. June 11, 3:00 p.m. PDT Thin clients and rich data In the rich vs. reach debate, rich usually means a user interface more responsive and more coherent than a browser’s. Prime contenders in the rich-client struggle are Java, .Net, and Flash. All three can be used natively or as renderers for a new breed of tools — from Altio, Digital Harbor, Droplets, Laszlo, among others — which create GUI applications for these platforms. Meanwhile, developers in the trenches know that rumors of the browser’s death are greatly exaggerated. The browser continues to deliver a killer combination of reach plus ease of learning and use, with simplicity of development, no-touch deployment, and continuous update. June 11, 3:00 p.m. PDT HP clears desktop space with blade PCs Hewlett-Packard’s bc1000 blade PCs, first announced last year, are now available in North America to customers looking to manage their employees’ desktop PCs from a central location. April 30, 6:00 p.m. PDT HP clears desktop space with blade PCs Hewlett-Packard's bc1000 blade PCs, first announced last year, are now available in North America for customers looking to manage their employees' desktop PCs from a central location, HP said Monday. April 26, 1:47 p.m. PDT Windows, Linux thin client launched As industry talk swirls around Linux desktops versus Windows desktops, Neoware, a leading provider of thin clients, unveiled this week a $199 appliance that runs both. April 7, 11:00 a.m. PDT > Hardware > End-user hardware |
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