Published at Computerworld – 1/29/2009
The App Store has redefined how developers sell and distribute software to users of the iPhone and iPod Touch. Meanwhile other smart phone vendors scrambling to catch the wave with similar stores for their devices – but can this approach work for devices like netbooks or traditional computers? Find out the pros, cons, and challenges faced in applying the App Store concept beyond the smart phone market.
Published at InformIT – 1/16/2009
The ability to run Windows on Intel Macs has great advantages for businesses and schools (be they big or small), but it also presents some unique challenges in these environments that aren’t faced by home users. Issues such as large scale Mac/Windows deployments, client management, ensuring security, and dealing with network home directories can all create headaches for systems administrators. With the right combination of tools and approaches, however, you can avoid many of those headaches.
Published at Computerworld – 1/16/2009
Take a trip down memory lane in this timeline of significant moments in the history of Mac, from it’s inception as a basic low-cost computer in the 1970s through it’s release in 1984 and all the way through the release of Leopard and the the iPhone.
Published at Computerworld – 1/16/2009
As part of Computerworld’s celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Mac, I take a look at the people and events that were led to the Mac’s 1984 introduction.
Published at InformIT – 1/9/2009
Rolling out software across a network and maintaining a software inventory can be challenging and time consuming in any network environment. In situations where applications must be deployed and tracked across both Macs and PCs, these tasks can seem twice as bit. With the right tools, however, you can cut down the amount of time and energy that of managing software across all client machines regardless of platforms.
