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The elephant in the room, of course, is Google -- and to a lesser extent, Yahoo, Laura DiDio, principal of ITIC, told TechNewsWorld. Google has steadily enriched the feature set of its relatively young Gmail service....

"This collection of WiFi data, even network information, gets into very thorny privacy issues, and you're going to see emotions running high on both sides," Laura DiDio, principal at ITIC, told TechNewsWorld "As more and more information gets out, you're going to see more push...

"One of the biggest trends industry-wide in high-tech now is remote access and portability," Laura DiDio, principal at ITIC, told TechNewsWorld "We'd predicted sales of about six million units this year a few months back, and we'll probably revise that up substantially," Displ...

People are trying to pigeonhole the magnitude of the changes in Office 2010, Laura DiDio, principal with ITIC, told the E-Commerce Times. "Some say they are minor, others say it is a major overhaul." In DiDio's opinion, the importance of the changes falls between those two ex...

"Networks without Borders" are rapidly becoming the rule rather than the exception. ...

"Even though Intel is the clear and dominant market leader with roughly 90 percent market share, it's not advisable for Intel to let AMD or any niche competitor best them for very long," Laura DiDio, principal with ITIC, told the E-Commerce Times Particularly not now....

There's no hotter market in high tech this year than virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), and you don't need sales and unit shipment statistics to prove it. No, the best measurement of VDI's hotness is the sudden flurry of vendor announcements accompanied by a concomitant rise in vendor vitriol ...

This is the time of year when vendors are prepping to roll out next year's road maps, noted Laura DiDio, principal of ITIC. "It has been clear for some time that virtualization -- and by extension, cloud computing -- are playing a bigger role not only at Microsoft, but also s...

The pointed accusations this week, however, have a new and unusual tone, noted Laura DiDio, principal, ITIC "The long knives and bare knuckles are coming out, which is not usually seen among high-tech companies," she told the E-Commerce Times. "Companies in this space don't ha...

At one time, it openly opposed open source, but in recent years, Microsoft has come to adopt a far more pragmatic approach that's typified by such cross-licensing deals, said Laura DiDio, principal of ITIC. "It makes more sense for companies to make nice and do a cross-licens...

The database market will see lots of activity during the 2010-2011 time frame as nearly 60 percent of organizations move to upgrade or expand existing and legacy networks. ...

"The satisfaction rate with Windows 7 has been very high -- both in the September-October time frame and the latest research data from December-January," said Laura DiDio, principle with ITIC, referring to survey data her firm has collected "Clearly there was a lot of pent-up ...

C-level executives and IT departments may be pleasantly surprised to find that there's a source of hidden gold that may potentially net your organization much needed licenses and other already-negotiated extras. While there are no guarantees, the chances are good that your organization's existing licensing contracts could net you a windfall similar to falling heir to unclaimed funds or finding treasure in Grandma's attic.

The addition of storage capacity to Google Docs follows a similar story line. "I would call this an 'incremental' improvement at best," Laura DiDio, principal of ITIC, told TechNewsWorld. Indeed, Microsoft has been offering cloud-based storage since 2008 through its Windows L...

From Australia to Italy, from Canada to Columbia, and from the U.S. to South Africa, pragmatism is the order of the day for IT departments as they struggle to stretch their 2010 budgets and resources to make much needed infrastructure upgrades in the face of a still uncertain and tight economy ...

Dell does have good reason for optimism, despite its disappointing financial results, Laura DiDio, principal of ITIC, told the E-Commerce Times. "They do have good products; they are a big OEM reseller of Windows 7," she said.

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Windows 7's initial success is due to a number of factors, Laura DiDio, principal of ITIC, told the E-Commerce Times, starting with pent-up demand. "Ninety percent of companies elected to bypass Vista and now have a seven-year-old OS on their hands. These companies all need t...

The transparency and control Dashboard claims to offer are more sizzle than steak, said Laura DiDio, principal at ITIC. "Dashboard's not straightforward, it's not simple and it's certainly not transparent," she told TechNewsWorld. "We understand that if you use a Google site ...

There is a market for these products, insists Laura DiDio, principal at ITIC. "Gamers are willing to spend that money, or get their parents or grandparents to buy them a gaming PC," she told TechNewsWorld. Wouldn't gamers stick to the far less-expensive dedicated consoles lik...