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This week is the RSA Conference 2005, and today I'm doing one of the opening talks at a Trusted Computing Group lunch. I'm trying to find a nice way to say that I think the most common approach to security problems these days is completely whacked, but I have struggled with the "nice" part. Here are some of the things that are bothering me ...

Enderle Group principal analyst Rob Enderle told the E-Commerce Times that the resignation came about because Fiorina might have under-estimated the board of directors' resolve to improve operations at HP "There were too many internal problems coming up. The board was behind t...

Enderle Group principal analyst Rob Enderle told the E-Commerce Times the move is not a surprise given Microsoft's penchant for buying companies with ""good technology but [that] lack a strong sales channel to move it to market." That's particularly true in the security space, he added...

2005 will see two big waves of new laptop computers. The first, based on Intel's new Sonoma platform, rolled in last week. The second, based on AMD's new Turion processor, is still several weeks off ...

"U.S. and European courts have indicated [interoperability is] something Microsoft will haveto do," said analyst and TechNewsWorld columnist Rob Enderle. "They had the choice offighting or getting behind it. This is probably where they should have beenall along because this i...

Last week we talked about a number of platform companies that could drive the future of the personal computer. This week we look at PC hardware, and we will talk a bit about some of the unusual products that are already on the market ...

But the program will continue to expand beyond where it is now, analystRob Enderle told TechNewsWorld "I believe that by the time Longhorn is released, all of these offeringswill be turned off for anyone who doesn't have a registered copy," he said."Eventually, anyone who sell...

This month we've seen a number of vendors present their views of the next generation of the personal computer, starting with the traditional PC vendors at CES and ending with Apple at MacWorld. Let's spend this week talking a bit about the different camps. While it goes without saying that each is absolutely convinced it's right, each also has issues that need to be addressed...

Enderle Group principal analyst Rob Enderle said if current trends continue, Microsoft might have no choice but to substantially upgrade its browser in order to answer much stronger competition from Firefox and others. A new version of the Netscape browser that Microsoft displaced for market dominance is also in the works...

It was rather hard to find true convergence products at CES. Most vendors are still too enamored with technology and not excited enough about building a truly consumer-oriented, appliance-like offering. I wasn't particularly excited about Apple's announcements either, but I'll leave that to another time and focus on the companies and products that stood out at CES...

Enderle Group principal analyst Rob Enderle said the move might be more evidence that the software giant is moving into a different mode, one of acquisition, with the company acquiring smaller firms for their intellectual property and technology in order to maintain its edge over competitors...

As I was working up my impressions of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas last week, one thing became painfully clear: The most important vendor, from the standpoint of interest, wasn't even there ...

It is almost the New Year, and I'm sure many of us will be glad to say goodbye to 2004. It is traditional to make New Year's resolutions, and I'd like to suggest some for the companies that make up the high technology segment ...

Rob Enderle, principal of the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times that these moves indicate that Microsoft is managing game properties much more dynamically than it initially did when it launched Xbox Console Business...

The end of this year marks the halfway point in the first decade of the twenty-first century, and the tech industry has already gone through a number of dramatic changes ...

"It surprised me to find there were still HP guys involved in it," EnderleGroup principal analyst Rob Enderle told TechNewsWorld Doomed Effort...

2005 will see the next big battle for the home. The concept of the digital hub is slowly becoming reality, and both TiVo and Microsoft are making a run for the gold ...

Nearly four years ago I predicted that IBM would leave the PC business, and it took IBM two years to convince me that I was wrong. Imagine how surprised I was this week when IBM actually sold its PC business to Lenovo ...

Project MegaGrid has a mega-goal, but analysts said it is also an achievable one. Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times that whenever world-class players come together to focus on one goal, the potential to accomplish that goal is great...

Once again we are on countdown for Christmas, and many of you will take the easy way out and give cash, checks or one of those pre-paid cards that allow recipients to buy what they want at an after-Christmas sale. But for me there is something of a letdown in getting cash for Christmas, and I tend not to remember the gift or associate the purchase with the gift giver. As a result, the only time I give cash is when cash is the thing the recipient most needs...