News round-up

This week: A new report on BYOD, astronomy and consumerization, and Apple’s record-breaking quarterly earnings report.

Happy Monday, everyone! I hope you all had a relaxing weekend. Before we get started on our work week, we’ll take a look at a few BYOD and consumerization headlines, with some Apple news sprinkled in. Enjoy!

News round-up

This week: iPads and their influence on the enterprise and seven truths about the consumerization of IT.

I hope everyone had a nice weekend! In case you were not working last Monday, in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, please feel free to check out last week’s news round-up here. We’re three weeks into the New Year and there is no shortage of interesting news to be covered! As a reminder, I will be presenting at GWAVACon in Los Angeles this week, so if you’re attending please stop by; I’ll be speaking to “Managing your company’s smartphones and tablets with Matrix42 Mobile Device Management.” This week’s round-up will focus heavily on the iPad and its influence on the enterprise and yes, the consumerization of IT! 

News round-up

This week: GWAVACon 2012, what the “Post-PC era” means, CoIT and CES.

Hi again, everyone, and thanks for checking out this week’s roundup. Before we get to some noteworthy stories from last week, if you’re planning to attend GWAVACon in Los Angeles in a couple weeks, I will be delivering a presentation on “Managing your company’s smartphones and tablets with Matrix42 Mobile Device Management,” so you should come check us out. As an added perk, attend our session and you’ll receive  a pretty cool 4GB USB drive! One more thing before we move on: if you missed it, “Virtual” Patrick Sauerwein wrote a great blog post on what the “Post-PC era” actually means in this age of BYOD and consumerization. Speaking of BYOD and consumerization, this provides a nice segue into the remainder of this week’s round-up. Read on! 

BYOD – Bring Your Own Device – and consumerization of IT are major drivers for the Post-PC era. But “Post-PC era” – what does that really mean?

News round-up

This week: Top 10 CoIT Thought Leaders, 2012 global IT spending forecast, new flavors of iPad and Microsoft’s future.

Happy New Year! After a brief hiatus (and indulgence in way too many holiday goodies) we’re back in action bringing you your weekly dose of the top stories in the tech and virtualization world. To start things off, I’d like to take a minute to direct your attention back to a couple posts I wrote shortly before the holidays. Since the Consumerization of IT (CoIT) is such a hot topic, I decided to compile a list of Top 10 Consumerization Thought Leaders – so go ahead, check out who made the cut!