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Web-based applications already have moved consumers' most common functions - e-mail, entertainment, and word processing - to the cloud. Can business be far behind?

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It's no secret that mobile technology is changing the way we communicate and conduct business. It's no rare feat to round up a handful of people in our, or any, office who could brandish a Blackberry, a Droid, an iPhone or an iPad. And it's not unlikely that they've got their device synced to company e-mail. This, of course, is a major boon to rapid communication, responsiveness and productivity. But the integration of mobile devices - especially user-owned devices - into the IT environment raises a number of new security issues.

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As the technology landscape shifts its way toward greater mobility, real-time communication and cloud-based infrastructures, some have begun to speculate that e-mail’s days are numbered. Those reports, I’d argue, are greatly exaggerated.

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Moving key business applications out of the datacenter and into the cloud could reduce energy use and carbon emissions by 30-90 percent, according to a white paper published by Microsoft. To gather and report the findings of this report, Microsoft partnered with technology consulting and outsourcing company Accenture and WSP Environment & Energy, a global consultancy dedicated to environmental and sustainability issues.

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Balancing the budget is a perennial goal for any campaigning U.S. politician. And most would agree that controlling national debt is a good thing – even if we can’t always agree on how to do it. But especially in the days since the 2008 economic downturn, the national debt has been on the minds, and in the mouths of many. Not least of these, the Technology CEO Council, has offered a proposal to help alleviate the federal government’s monetary pressures. By up to $1 trillion over the course of a decade, if their calculations are correct...

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You’ve got a plan to ensure business continuity in case of a network outage, right? Are you sure? A poll conducted by distributor CDW suggests that, as the poet Robert Burns wrote, “The best laid schemes of mice and men / Go oft awry.” Of 7,000 companies polled, a full quarter had experienced network disruptions of more than four hours. Ninety-seven percent of those disruptions had “detrimental” effects on business productivity.

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Everyone knows video communication has its benefits -- lower costs, less traveling -- but a new study finds that the qualitative benefits might be just as compelling.

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