Over the last few decades, the way that data is stored has evolved faster than just about any form of technology. What used to take large rooms to hold can now fit in one’s fingertips. The pace is increasing, particularly in just the last few years. A decade ago, it wasn’t uncommon to pay hundreds of dollars for data storage devices that now cost less than $10. Today’s data is served more quickly. It maintains its integrity for longer. It’s portable, cheap, and easy to access. The infographic below takes a look at some of the data storage options and the costs associated with them over the past several…

Today IBM announced several new software and cloud-based services to advance the transformation of organizations into social businesses. From marketing to human resources, these new offerings will help business leaders empower the 21st Century workforce and transform client experiences. Following IBM’s December 2012 acquisition of Kenexa, IBM announced the release of the IBM Employee Experience Suite, a web-based social networking environment which will integrate IBM’s industry-leading enterprise social networking platform with Kenexa’s recruiting, on-boarding, learning…

When the overall economy is slumping, as it currently is, people begin to focus just on surviving—success is simply defined as the ability to pay bills on time. So, why is now actually the best time to start a business? Well, for one thing, there is less competition during recessionary times. Too many people are focused on surviving, not thriving. Challenging times actually create new opportunities since shifted priorities mean new needs must be filled. New businesses that can adjust to and overcome these difficult times have the great opportunity to enjoy a head start for gains when the economy…

There was a time not too long ago when the only employees who could be considered “mobile” were the high-powered executives with cellular phones in their Lincoln Continentals. The business world shifted with the rise of the Blackberry and suddenly a lot more people were able to do their standard business activities away from the office. Today, 73% of the global enterprise workforce is a mobile worker. That doesn’t mean they never come into the office (though some do not). It means that a portion of their job is handled offsite through the various devices we are given. Broadband is in most of the business…

Amazon unveiled its all-new tablet computer today, adding the more robust Kindle Fire to its well-established line of Kindle e-readers. The Kindle Fire isn’t merely a copy of Apple’s dominant iPad. Instead, it’s far smaller and cheaper than its main rival. Powered by Google’s Android operating system, the Kindle Fire provides a platform for games, movies, music and other applications. Unlike the current iPad, the Fire doesn’t need to be backed up on a PC. Instead, it backs up its content wirelessly on Amazon’s servers. “That model that you have to back up your own content is a broken…

In the world of cloud storage and file sharing, few companies are growing faster than Dropbox. Since January 2010, the service has grown from 4 million users to more than 25 million users, and more than 200 million files are saved daily. However, YouSendIt wants to go toe-to-toe with Dropbox in a new arena: pricing. YouSendIt is best known as a convenient alternative to email when you have large files to send. However, it will now offer a cloud storage service similar to Drobox’s, but with a low-price unlimited plan. “YouSendIt is how business gets done online,” said Ivan Koon, the company’s…

At the Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco this week, Apple introduced iCloud, a set of free new cloud services that work with applications running on numerous devices automatically. In addition to being able to send content to iCloud automatically and wireless from your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Mac, the service also works with your PC. iCloud’s robust features could make it a game changer as it takes on competing offerings such as Microsoft’s Office365 and Google’s Small Business Apps. Users can sign up for iCloud for free on an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch running iOS 5 or…

Now that the tech world has had some time to look at ChromeOS, Google’s new stab at an operating system, there is a lot of skepticism about the worth and viability of the move. While Google trumpeted the launch as the future of the OS, a lot of people are a lot less sure. Some, like Gmail creator Paul Buchheit , think it will be dead by the end of next year, and will end up simply merged into Android. Others, like GNU founder Richard Stallman, are worried that a cloud OS will put users at risk. Some tech blogs seem to think the whole thing is a waste of time. All are fair complaints. But what many are missing is that…

What happens when you want to take a break on your laptop or netbook? Don’t like cheap, free, Flash games from Miniclip and Addicting Games.com? The service OnLive, which streams games over your Internet service provider, gives you a nice list of games to play without taking up hard drive space. What most people were worried about is the lack of games. Starting with only around ten titles, OnLive has added the likes of games such as NBA 2K11,  Kane, and Lynch: Dog Days. Other games include Just Cause 2, MLB 2K10, Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell, and Red Faction Guerrilla. If those don’t appeal to you, don’t…

These days, if you asked most people which company is out to destroy the PC, they’d tell you ‘Apple’. But it isn’t just Steve Jobs out to crush the personal computer. In fact, a much better symbol for the end of the PC came recently when Google launched an on-site video editing app on YouTube. Why? It was one more step in a trend that moves computing away from the desktop and onto the web. And nowadays, you could even skip editing on the web – the new iPhone will let you edit movies and then upload them directly to YouTube, no computer required. Things that were unimaginable just a few short years ago are now…