No matter what you read these days when it comes to mobility in the enterprise there always seems to be a section on building your mobile ecosystem. Usually your reading something about bringing mobile devices into an enterprise/corporation and this leads to a discussion on creating a mobile strategy. Part of this mobile strategy that you are told you have to build requires that you create a mobile ecosystem for your devices to play in. You start off small and gradually build your mobile ecosystem until you are creating applications for your devices and then you slowly expand the ecosystem to handle a heterogeneous mix of devices. Let’s just cut the bullshit and get straight to the point. People who are trying to sell you ... Continue reading →

This blog often focuses on the bits and features and less on the “philosophy” or “context” of the product. Given the level of brand new innovations in Windows 8, however, we think it is worth putting Windows 8 in the context in which we approached the design. As with any significant change to a broadly used product, Windows 8 has generated quite a bit of discussion. With millions of people using the Consumer Preview for their daily work, we’ve seen just as many points of view expressed. Many people—from David Pogue of the New York Times to Mat Honan from Gizmodo and many more—have been quite positive, and others less so, most notably in the comments on this blog, where we’ve seen the rich dialog ... Continue reading →

PORTLAND, Ore., May 23, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Cisco has joined the Trusted Computing Group (TCG), an organization that develops open international industry standards, as a Promoter member to serve on its board and help drive the evolution of the group's successful specifications for trusted systems. TCG also announced that Juniper Networks, a current TCG member, now will participate in TCG as a Promoter member with a position on the board of directors. Cisco and Juniper Networks will work closely with board members from Advanced Micro Devices; Fujitsu Ltd.; Hewlett-Packard; IBM; Infineon Technologies AG; Intel Corporation; Lenovo Holdings Ltd.; Microsoft; and Wave Systems. Elected Contributor board members currently include representatives from Dell and Nokia. "TCG's specifications, embedded into hundreds of millions of PCs, servers, storage ... Continue reading →