Fred DonovanThe time to act against China's IP theft is now
China is the biggest offender in stealing U.S. intellectual property, which costs U.S. firms hundreds of billions of dollars each year, according to a recent report by the Commission on Theft of American Intellectual Property. Many of the commission's recommendations are well thought out and should be implemented as soon as possible.
HP stock gains on strong profit forecast
Hewlett-Packard announced a fiscal third-quarter profit forecast that beat analysts' estimates, pushing the stock up 13 percent in Thursday morning trading, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Orange enters North American, Asian IaaS markets
France Telecom's Orange Business Services is expanding its Flexible Computing infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) product for enterprises to North America and Asia, the firm announced this week.
Forbes survey shows business leaders value cloud-based collaboration
A full 82 percent of business leaders surveyed by Forbes Insights said cloud-based collaboration tools help businesses execute faster by shortening time to market, quickening product upgrade cycles and enabling faster responses to competitive challenges.
Cloud, mobility deals drive high-tech M&A, says Ernst & Young
Cloud and mobility deals continue to drive high-tech mergers and acquisitions (M&A), according to quarterly stats compiled by accounting firm Ernst & Young.
Majority of senior-level IT professionals always on call, finds TEKsystems survey
A majority of senior-level IT professionals said they are expected to be accessible 24 hours per day, seven days per week, 365 days per year, according to a survey of 200 IT professionals by IT staffing firm TEKsystems.
Gartner: Microsoft gains on IBM, CA, BMC in IT operations management software market
Microsoft posted robust 16.1 percent year-over-year revenue growth in the IT operations management (ITOM) software market last year, closing in on markets leaders IBM, CA Technologies and BMC Software, which all had lackluster performances in 2012, according to Gartner.
FCC revokes 126 outdated telecom rules
On the last day of Chairman Julius Genachowski's tenure, the Federal Communications Commission voted to lift 126 outdated telecom rules.
Dell special committee wants more information from Icahn, Southeastern
Dell's special committee needs more information from Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management to decide if their takeover proposal is credible, according to a report by Fox Business.
NIST analyzes industry comments on Obama's cybersecurity order
The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) has released an initial analysis of private sector comments on President Obama's cybersecurity executive order issued in February.
SBC, IMS segments are bright spot in otherwise dismal carrier IP market, says Dell'Oro
Demand for session border controllers (SBCs), as well as for IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) core and voice application server systems, grew 10 percent year-over-year in the first quarter, according to the Dell'Oro Group.
IT sees few advantages, increased costs in deploying Windows 8
Microsoft's Windows 8, the all-in-one operating system for touch-screen and non-touch-screen devices, is not satisfying IT departments, according to Forrester Research.
Enterprises, data centers fuel 52.2% CAGR for 100G network market, says Frost
Enterprises and data centers are fueling the global 100G optical network market, which is predicted to increase at a 52.2 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR), reaching $4.8 billion by 2016, according to research firm Frost & Sullivan.
Chinese telecom gear makers in hot water again
The European Commission is getting ready to impose trade sanctions on Chinese telecom gear makers Huawei and ZTE over what it sees as illegal subsidies, Reuters is reporting. The latest moves might be what is needed for the Chinese government and telecom firms to sit up and take notice.
Google takes on Amazon with new cloud offerings
Google is making its Cloud Platform available to any business or developer, the company announced on Wednesday. With this week's cloud announcements, Google appears to be taking aim at Amazon Web Services. Increased competition in the cloud space can only be beneficial for enterprises and individual users.
IDC lowers 2013 IT spending estimate
Research firm IDC has lowered its estimate for 2013 worldwide IT spending growth to 4.6 percent from a previous 5.5 percent. IDC cited economic uncertainty caused by the U.S. government sequester, the ongoing European debt crisis and China's weakening GDP as the reasons for the adjustment.
Adobe forces customers of future versions of Photoshop, Illustrator to adopt subscription model
Adobe's decision to only offer future Creative Suite products, such as Photoshop and Illustrator, through an ongoing subscription to its Creative Cloud software-as-a-service product has customers rebelling.
Cisco posts strong financials, beating Wall Street estimates
Cisco, the networking and IT giant, posted a healthy 14.5 percent increase in net income for the first quarter of 2013. Cisco CEO John Chambers said Cisco is "starting to see some good signs in the U.S. and other parts of the world which are encouraging."
PC freefall continues across the Pond
As smartphones and tablets gain popularity, PC sales continue their steep decline. The latest example is the 20.5 percent year-over-year drop in PC shipments across Western Europe in the first quarter, the worst decline since Gartner began tracking PC shipments in the region.
Alcatel-Lucent extends reach of application fluent networking
LAS VEGAS–Alcatel-Lucent unveiled a number of new routers and switches here at Interop that extend the reach of its application fluent networking to branch offices, data centers and corporate local area networks.
