The folks at Vertical Systems Group are predicting that Ethernet business services will hit $40.2 billion in revenue by 2014, the result of double-digit growth over the next few years.  I believe it for a couple of reasons.
One, these folks have been following the carrier market for more than two decades and they know what [...]

Apple last week posted a warning on its developer web site that will won’t stand for iPhone apps intended to provide location-based advertising.
“If your app uses location-based information primarily to enable mobile advertisers to deliver targeted ads based on a user’s location, your app will be returned to you by the App Store Review Team [...]

Penton Media has filed for Chapter 11, but it seems like a kinder, gentler bankruptcy to me.  When I picture a company filing for bankruptcy, I envision people hanging their heads in shame, massive layoffs, huge budget cuts and no more K-cups in the kitchen.
None of that appears to be happening at Penton. Rather, according [...]

I’ve been helping Network World line up speakers to present end user case studies at its IT Roadmap events for more than four years now.  IT Roadmap is a one-day event held in 10 U.S. cities that covers multiple technologies in separate breakout sessions and workshops. (Learn more here.)
In the course of finding folks who [...]