Robert J. Mullins

VMware said it is working with Motorola Mobility to ship smartphones running VMware’s Horizon Mobile service through Softbank Telecom, a wireless carrier in Japan. Horizon Mobile is VMware’s solution to the problem of how companies can accommodate employees who want to bring their own devices to work, but let the company secure corporate data on […]

Hewlett-Packard is upgrading its Unified Functional Testing tool to do quality assurance during the development process rather than just at the end. The company is also offering a new cloud service for developers to test their mobile apps on various operating systems. The Unified Functional Testing (UFT) tool, version 11.5 of which was released Nov. […]

Moxie Software announced Nov. 5 a partnership with Microsoft in which its enterprise social networking software will be integrated with Microsoft Dynamics CRM for external customer relationship management using social networking tools. Moxie’s approach to social CRM differs from that of Yammer, a recent Microsoft acquisition, which is also being integrated with Dynamics CRM, but […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Samsung hosted a CIO Forum here to tout two newly released solid-state drives but also to share industry insights on how to gain energy efficiency and save money by introducing SSD memory into the data center. The Nov. 1 forum coincided with the release of the Samsung SM843 and SM1625 SSD—also […]

New sales figures show that the Microsoft Windows Phone operating system holds only a 2 percent share of the global smartphone market based on current OS market rankings, putting pressure on the new Windows Phone 8 to increase that number substantially. Research released Nov. 1 by IDC shows that just 3.6 million phones running Windows […]

Cisco Systems is expanding its Unified Computing System (UCS) management platform with a new component called UCS Central, which handles provisioning and orchestration of UCS systems, not just in one data center but across multiple data centers running as public, private and hybrid clouds in diverse geographic locations. UCS Central does not replace UCS Manager, […]

Of the four major wireless carriers operating in the U.S., AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless were all front-and-center on Day One Oct. 29 to say “step right up and buy your Windows Phone 8 gadgets from us.” Sprint’s official response could be summed up as “meh.” “Sprint is working with Microsoft on plans for Windows […]

Samsung Electronics is introducing two new solid-state drives (SSDs) that it says are more durable than previous versions and deliver faster performance for demanding mission-critical applications in enterprise data centers. The Samsung SM843 and SM1625 were introduced in Korea Oct. 31 by the Seoul-based electronics company. The SM843 is a “budget-friendly” design, said Ryan Smith, […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Yammer hosted its first-ever user conference here to highlight improved integration with Microsoft enterprise software applications in the wake of Yammer’s $1.2 billion acquisition by Microsoft, announced in June. At YamJam 2012, held Oct. 29 and 30 at the Westin St. Francis Hotel here, Yammer announced deeper integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM, […]

Microsoft is going to draw more attention to the Trusted Computing features in Windows 8 that were already available in Windows 7 to increase secure adoption of Windows in enterprises. Three security features in the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) are at the core of Windows, said Steven Sprague, CEO of Wave Systems, a maker of […]