A large Texas school district simplified its mobile device security approach by deflecting all that activity to a public Wi-Fi.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 03/21/12
Despite the substantial growth of mobile handheld and tablet devices, traditional PC desktop and laptop systems aren't going away anytime soon. Just the opposite, according to a report released this week: Annual PC shipments could grow by nearly 50 percent worldwide between now and 2016.
New Jersey-based SAGE Day Schools has adopted virtual desktops across three campus locations in an effort to move to a completely cloud-based system.
- By Mike Hohenbrink
- 03/15/12
The Phoenix Central School District in New York has implemented portable user profiles in an effort to streamline management and improve log in time.
- By Mike Hohenbrink
- 03/14/12
Worldwide PC shipments will increase by only 4.4 percent to a total of 368 million units in 2012, according to a new forecast released by market research firm Gartner. But greater growth should be seen in the PC market in 2013 with shipments exceeding 400 million units in that year.
Two state departments of education have gone public with their decision to adopt early warning systems.
Laird Technologies has come out with a new 4G antenna for in-building installation as part of an amplifier/repeater system.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 03/08/12
Hempstead Public Schools district in Long Island is implementing a solid-state storage array as a storage hub for its VMware View virtual desktop infrastructure.
Adoption of enterprise videoconferencing and telepresence is accelerating. The market grew by 20.5 percent to reach $2.7 billion in 2011, compared to 16.6 percent growth in 2010. The largest increase occurred in the single-codec telepresence segment, which now accounts for 55 percent of the total enterprise videoconferencing and telepresence market.
Though hampered by hard disk drive (HDD) supply problems and increasing use of server virtualization, sales of servers saw high single-digit growth last year, driven in part by the expansion of data centers to support Web access from smart phones and tablets.