Articles by Nick Kolakowski

• Would Phablets and Cheap iPhones Ruin Apple?

  [caption id="attachment_10364" align="aligncenter" width="618"] Producing devices solely for cost's sake, or because a competitor has a larger screen, doesn't seem part of Apple's DNA. But things…
• HP’s HAVEn Wants to Become a Big Data Contender

  Hewlett-Packard wants a big chunk of the Big Data game: the company has announced HAVEn, designed to bring its analytics software and high-performance hardware together on a common platform. The…
• HP Embraces Google Over Microsoft with SMB Toolbox

  [caption id="attachment_10342" align="aligncenter" width="618"] Google Apps for Business.[/caption] Hewlett-Packard’s new SMB IT in a Box—which it will market as a “one-stop shop” solution for sm…
• Keeping Your Data Private from the NSA (and Everyone Else)

  [caption id="attachment_10332" align="aligncenter" width="618"] The EFF's handy visualization of potential eavesdroppers.[/caption] Last week, The Guardian and The Washington Post published artic…
• Apple’s iWork for iCloud: Danger for Microsoft, Google?

  [caption id="attachment_10306" align="aligncenter" width="618"] Apple's iWork for iCloud.[/caption] Amidst the sleek Sturm und Drang of Apple’s WWDC keynote, with its climactic unveiling of the m…
• Dell Offering Cloud Platform for U.S. Government

  Dell might have canceled its plans for a public-cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) offering, but the company clearly doesn’t want to leave the cloud space: its new Dell Cloud for U.S. Gover…
• Salesforce Makes Data Analytics Play with EdgeSpring Buy

  [caption id="attachment_10274" align="aligncenter" width="500"] This man's useless super-power is shooting data visualizations from his fingers.[/caption] Salesforce’s current acquisition run isn…
• The Downside of BYOD

  Despite the general popularity of BYOD programs (and the productivity gains they reportedly bring), many companies are beginning to see a decline in the performance of some important applications…
• How Apple Could Make iOS 7 a Winner

  [caption id="attachment_10257" align="aligncenter" width="618"] iOS 6: Scheduled for renovation.[/caption] Apple’s iOS 7, which is heavily rumored to make its debut at next week’s Worldwide Devel…
• Microsoft, FBI Take Down Citadel Botnet Network

  Microsoft, the FBI, and a variety of players from the financial services industry have taken down the “Citadel” botnet network. The investigation into Citadel began in early 2012. Computers infec…