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Published at Enterprise Mobile Today – 10/29/2010

There’s no denying that the iPad appeals to doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals due its portability, access to electronic medical records systems, ease of use as a reference devices, and its ability to demonstrate conditions to patients. For healthcare IT professionals in hospitals and medical practices, the challenge is how to effectively support the iPad while also ensuring security of both the device and any patient information. In this article, I look at both the challenges and the opportunities presented by the iPad to healthcare CIOs, IT managers, and support staff.

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Published at Computerworld – 10/26/2010

This summer, Apple launched Safari 5 for Mac OS X and Windows. The update included a long-lacking feature in Safari: extensions. Since then hundreds of extensions have been created and Apple showcases several in its Extensions Gallery. Which is extensions are useful and important? In this article, Computerworld’s Logan Kugler and I sift through them to give you the top 30 worth checking out.

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Published at Computerworld – 10/21/2010

Now that Apple has taken the wraps of Mac OS X Lion (10.7), iLife ’11, and the next generation of MacBook Air hardware, what does it all mean for Mac users over the coming months? I take a look at the potential (good and bad) of brining iOS technologies to Mac OS X in the forms of enhanced multi-touch the Mac App Store; full-screen applications that auto-save and auto-restore, Launchpad as an iOS-style application launcher (not a fan yet), and Mission Control as a union of existing technologies (Expose, Spaces, and Dashboard).

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Published at Computerworld – 10/14/2010

Microsoft’s new Windows Phone 7 platform may be rough around the edges and lacking some common features (copy/paste and multitasking come to mind), but WP7′s interface offers some truly unique innovations as well as some pages from Apple’s iOS playbook that could make it a compelling iPhone competitor.

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Published at Enterprise Mobile Today – 10/5/10

After just six months on the market, the iPad has already begun playing an ever-increasing role in medical practices, hospitals, and a range of other healthcare settings. In this article, I look at why doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals have embraced the iPad and how they are using it everyday to improve the quality and efficiency of care for their patients.

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Published at Computerworld – 10/5/10

RIM’s recently announced PlayBook seems to have the perfect enterprise pedigree compared to today’s iOS 3.x iPad. Next month, long before the PlayBook ships, iOS 4.2 for iPad will be out and it will offer a great range of enterprise features that level the playing field. Combined with an existing presence in business and other factors, iPads running iOS 4.2 and even Android tablets stand to make adoption of the PlayBook far from certain. Find all the details in my commentary of the latest entry into the tablet computing war.

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