Tony is principal analyst with the Bradley Strategy Group, providing analysis and insight on tech trends. He is a prolific writer on a range of technology topics, has authored a number of books, and is a frequent speaker at industry events. More by Tony Bradley
In the wake of speculation that Dell is marshaling its resources to buy back stock and become a private company once again, there are new rumors that Microsoft might be involved. There are reports that Microsoft is considering investing up to $3 billion for a stake in the private Dell.
Although Michael Dell asserts that Dell is not a PC company, and Dell has expanded its horizons to different areas of technology, the brand is synonymous with “PC” in the minds of most people, and Dell’s fortunes have waned some as the PC industry suffers from somewhat anemic sales.
By going private, Dell would be free to take risks it couldn’t get away with as a publicly traded company. Shareholders are a skittish bunch, and doing anything too bold or dramatic is generally frowned upon on Wall Street.
Tony is principal analyst with the Bradley Strategy Group, providing analysis and insight on tech trends. He is a prolific writer on a range of technology topics, has authored a number of books, and is a frequent speaker at industry events. More by Tony Bradley
A business idea starts simply enough: You identify a need, and then you fill it. It seems that a number of innovative entrepreneurs have identified the need to access data from mobile devices no matter where it’s stored, and we’re seeing an explosion of solutions designed to address that need.
Where is your data? Mine is all over the place. I have data stored locally on my PCs and tablets, and data stored on external USB hard drives, and data stored across various cloud-based services including iCloud, SkyDrive, Google Drive, Box, Dropbox, and possibly others I’ve forgotten about. Some of the data is redundant—duplicates of data stored elsewhere—and I do my best to consolidate the data I really need in one place, but there’s still an opportunity there for a provider to give me a tool that just lets me access all of it no matter what device or platform I’m using.
Box believes you should be able to access and share content from anywhere.Read more »
Tony is principal analyst with the Bradley Strategy Group, providing analysis and insight on tech trends. He is a prolific writer on a range of technology topics, has authored a number of books, and is a frequent speaker at industry events. More by Tony Bradley
Mark Zuckerberg unveiled a plan this week to make all of the Likes, check-ins, and photo tags on Facebook actually mean something with the launch of Graph Search. The service is in early beta, and is not yet widely available, but the concept has some valuable implications for businesses on Facebook.
Here are three ways that small and medium businesses can benefit from Facebook Graph Search:
Tony is principal analyst with the Bradley Strategy Group, providing analysis and insight on tech trends. He is a prolific writer on a range of technology topics, has authored a number of books, and is a frequent speaker at industry events. More by Tony Bradley
Facebook shook the tech world's foundation a bit with the announcement of Graph Search capability. Users are anxious for a chance to play with the new feature, and attackers are looking forward to this potent new weapon, er, tool as well.
In a nutshell, Facebook Graph Search is a search engine that allows you to find things based on relationships and context—basically drawing from the limitless pool of Likes, tags, and check-ins posted by a billion Facebook members.
Mark Zuckerberg unveiled Graph Search this week at a Facebook media event.Read more »
Tony is principal analyst with the Bradley Strategy Group, providing analysis and insight on tech trends. He is a prolific writer on a range of technology topics, has authored a number of books, and is a frequent speaker at industry events. More by Tony Bradley
Although BlackBerry has plummeted in overall smartphone market share, it is still entrenched as the default mobile platform supported in many organizations. SpectorSoft recognizes the role BlackBerry mobile devices play for its business customers, and it has expanded Spector 360 to be able to monitor and log activity from them.
Spector 360 provides detailed tracking and logging of activity on the platforms it monitors. Spector 360 gives IT admins the ability to view what information users are sharing, communications on messaging platforms or social networks, the websites they visit, and the applications they use. IT admins can identify and address risky behaviors that could lead to data breaches, or business disruptions.
Tony is principal analyst with the Bradley Strategy Group, providing analysis and insight on tech trends. He is a prolific writer on a range of technology topics, has authored a number of books, and is a frequent speaker at industry events. More by Tony Bradley
I’ve been a fan of the VIPOrbit contacts app for iOS since it first launched, but two things get in the way of its true potential—well, make that one thing now, thanks to vipSync.
First, a little background on VIPOrbit: It's a relationship manager more than a contacts app. It allows you to maintain your contacts, classifying them into one or more “orbits”, and to track connections among your contacts.
Just as I learned when using the Sage ACT database (which was co-developed by Mike Muhney, founder of VIPOrbit), VIPOrbit is only valuable if you actually use it. If you dabble in it here and there, it probably seems underwhelming. However, if you make it your primary contact, calendar, and communications hub, its ability to keep your life and calendar in order is impressive.
Tony is principal analyst with the Bradley Strategy Group, providing analysis and insight on tech trends. He is a prolific writer on a range of technology topics, has authored a number of books, and is a frequent speaker at industry events. More by Tony Bradley
You’re probably familiar with Lenovo and EMC, both more or less household names in the tech industry. Well, now the two have joined forces to form a joint venture, LenovoEMC.
Lenovo makes servers, desktops, and laptops.
LenovoEMC was originally announced last August as a part of a larger strategic partnership between the two companies. It will make use of business-class products from EMC’s Iomega line to provide co-branded network storage products for small and medium businesses, remote branches, and distributed enterprise scenarios.
