Galen Gruman
Executive Editor for Global Content
Galen Gruman is executive editor for global content at IDG Foundry Co.’s enterprise sites, currently focused on our non-English-language properties.
There's no easy way to do IoT management
The complexity of mobile's early days are a small taste of what IT will face in managing the internet of things
The new BYOD backlash hides an ulterior motive
If BYOD costs you too much, you're doing it wrong -- or looking for an excuse to regain mobile control
Surprise! Millennial office workers love email
If you thought text-obsessed, social-media-loving youngsters would lead us away from email, think again
Apple dumps Watch 'innovations' for the tried and true
Apple's WatchOS took unique approaches to app interactions, forcing users to learn something new. WatchOS 3 dumps them in favor of familiar behaviors it should have had all along
Your PC is simply another mobile device
IT needs to start planning now for the day when PCs are managed and secured like mobile devices, and desktop apps are developed and deployed like mobile apps
Microsoft Intune to support Android for Work
Microsoft takes another step to embrace the others' enterprise mobility management protocols
The IT lowdown on iOS 10, Android Nougat, and MacOS Sierra
Management controls gain a subtle set of enhancements, and users get conveniences that honor IT security requirements
Warning: iOS 10 makes email harder to use
Changes meant to be helpful instead get in users' way, especially on the iPhone
When Apple and Samsung fight, everyone wins
Both Samsung and Apple are victors, maintaining a strong focus now on quality while keeping an eye on what may be next
Beacons take baby steps into businesses
Intriguing notions are emerging on how to use the simple Bluetooth location devices for smarter work processes
The tough post-PC future for Intel, Dell, and HP
The former Wintel giants have been piloting from the rearview mirror, but one may still have a chance to chart its own resurrection
Office, Outlook, Slack, Handoff: The digital workplace reborn
Office and Outlook have been reinvented, collaboration tools like Slack are finally useful, and devices are evolving for new digital workflows
Galaxy Note 7 catches the eye and more
The new Samsung phablet provides a full portfolio of security options that truly advance the Android cause for business
Hanging on the line: The desk phone's second life
Desktop phones, smartphones, tablets, and PCs should all work with a phone number as easily as email works today across devices
Android Nougat: A yawner, except on the Pixel-C
The new Android OS offers fewer updates than even iOS 10, but it may boost Android tablets
What's really behind Silicon Valley's apparent racism
The hand-wringing over diversity failures will change nothing until Silicon Valley gets to the core of why so few blacks, Hispanics, and women work there
How not to choose an IoT platform
Would you commit to a platform for internet applications? Then why would you do so for IoT applications?
iOS 10 preview: A sad present for a milestone birthday
A misguided redesign of several screens to accommodate widgets and a small set of enhancements detract from iOS's 10th anniversary
Back on top: Microsoft owns the modern office again
By (mostly) giving up its Windows-only ambitions and moving off web apps, Microsoft has made Office 365 the king of the productivity hill once more