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The added measure of security could improve Google Apps' ability to enter the enterprise, education and government markets. "This is going to make Google Apps a more attractive option for companies that might have considered it but had concerns about security and authentication," Charles King, principal at Pund-IT, told TechNewsWorld. "Government agencies and companies have been leery about cloud-based solutions because of concerns about how their data is being protected in the cloud and how people on the inside and outside of the organization may have access to it."

"Google has the brain power and the thought leadership to put together something credible," Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT, told the E-Commerce Times Facebook, King added, is far from invulnerable to a competitive challenge.

"For years, we have tended to think of security as an add on -- astechnology that was best left to the experts," Charles King, principalof Pund-IT, told the E-Commerce Times. "We are entering a stage wheresecurity will be central to the delivery of new products." Security was...

"Save users 11 hours per second?" asked Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT. "So we're going back in time?" Google searches are already speedy -- several searches on Google.com using broad terms such as "dog food" returned results in between 1.1 and 2.7 seconds, and it'...

"When Hurd led HP, the stock doubled in value and its revenues surpassed those of IBM's," Charles King, principal with Pund-IT told the E-Commerce Times Also, Oracle is in need of Hurd's particular expertise right now, Kingsaid, as the company shifts from a software-centric mo...

First a caveat: As part of my work, I attend a lot of IT vendor conferences and high-tech trade shows. Objectively speaking, most shows provide the means to literally and figuratively peek under the hood of usually interesting, sometimes intriguing vendor products and solutions. But conferences also have a subjective side; along with trumpeting the latest/greatest IT advances, they provide an ideal opportunity to consider how much buzz a given vendor or technology is generating.

HP could conceivably push further into the high end of the storagemarket, although that would be an iffy strategy because it is a verynarrow space, Charles King, principal of Pund-IT, told the E-CommerceTimes. "3Par's products are comparable with the high-end players ofthis m...

"The Stacks feature is intriguing, and could allow HP to deliver devices with a feel and performance rivaling or eclipsing Apple," Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT, told TechNewsWorld Another function, called "Exhibition," is a new webOS 2.0 feature that will "inform...

"A number of backup and recovery solutions have been around for a while -- but as virtualization becomes increasingly ubiquitous, quick and accurate backup and recovery capabilities are becoming increasingly critical," Charles King, principal at Pund-IT, told TechNewsWorld. "Without them, virtualization adoption could be significantly impeded, particularly as a solution for business-critical applications."

Consolidation is a common theme in the IT sector, with IBM's purchase of Unica, Dell and HP's pursuit of 3PAR, and Intel's planned acquisition of security specialist McAfee standing as the most recent moves. Do such deals have anything in common? Sometimes. ...

It is easy to see the value 3Par has for Dell, said Charles King, principal of Pund-IT. "The technology that 3Par delivers is related to highly virtualized storage systems that are typically deployed in cloud computing server provider environment," he told the E-Commerce Time...

"This lawsuit reflects the worst fears of those who believed Oracle would never follow Sun's lead in open source," Charles King, principal at Pund-IT, told LinuxInsider. "Oracle was always clear about Java being the crown jewel of the Sun deal, and no one expected it to simply let Java run free," he added...

There's interesting food for thought in Intel and GE's 50/50 joint venture focused on developing management solutions for people in independent and assisted living situations, as well as those with chronic diseases. ...

"Apple's App Store and Google's Android Market only work for developers who can drive significant sales volumes," Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT, told TechNewsWorld. He reckons Microsoft can continue to buy developers over because it "continues to enjoy such robust profits."

By and large, though, this settlement puts most of Intel's legal troubles -- at least, regarding accusations of anticompetitive behavior -- behind it, Charles King, principal of Pund-IT, told the E-Commerce Times. "As long as a case like this drags on, it creates and perpetua...

In other words, the technology almost tripled performance while doubling overall system utilization, Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT, told LinuxInsider "The context for this is that the industry and businesses are firmly moving into a world where multicore technolog...

"The best value of Windows smartphone is in their tight integration with Microsoft Office and SharePoint," Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT, told TechNewsWorld. "But Microsoft faces a formidable competitor in RIM. Still, it appears that Microsoft's hoping to piggyback mobile sales on the runaway success of Windows 7."

For most systems vendors, the launch of a next-generation server platform qualifies as a pretty big deal. After all, such occasions provide vendors multiple opportunities to strut their visionary stuff, roll out a host of satisfied customers, and highlight their current/future strategies. However, some next-gen platforms are -- literally and figuratively -- bigger than others, and in the world of enterprise computing, there is no bigger Kahuna in the data center than IBM's System z mainframe...

Microsoft's launch of its Windows Azure platform appliance included more than a handful of significant partners. On the end user side, eBay said it will use the Azure platform appliance to manage and deliver customer services for its signature auction site. Considering eBay's high profile, requirements and user traffic, the company's implicit endorsement of Windows Azure qualifies as a major endorsement by any measure.

The proverbial "proof will be in the Windows pudding," Charles King, principal analyst with Pund-IT, told TechNewsWorld Roughly half a year into the market for this new generation of devices, "the technological assumptions seem to be changing pretty rapidly," King asserted.