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RIM Still Hasn't Recovered From The Blackberry Storm
Written on Wed, 11/04/09 - 8:54am
The Blackberry Bold is getting good attention but the mobile SmartPhone world has become a two horse race between the Apple iPhone and the Motorola/Google Droid. Even with the new Blackberry Storm 2 model, the Storm missed its window to be a serious contender against the iPhone (despite all my ill advised ...
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If The Cloud Were Really The Cloud Then Outages Would Be Rare
Written on Wed, 10/14/09 - 2:01am
Do we really have a cloud or just offsite Microsoft, Cisco and Linux hosting centers? I'm struck by what seems like a near constant barrage of news about cloud outages and service downtime.
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iPhone, Android and Storm Impact RIM's Subscriber Growth
Written on Fri, 06/19/09 - 10:54am
Blackberry maker, RIM, just reported it's first drop in subscriber growth since 2006 back when they were in patent litigation. RIM likely has the iPhone, and to a lesser degree, Google's Android phones to thank. But while RIM might point the finger at Apple or Google, there's more fingers in that hand...
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Blackberry Storm Needs Bailout And Stimulus Package
Written on Tue, 04/07/09 - 9:19am
Rex, an old buddy of mine, recently asked me, "Hey you have a Blackberry Storm, don't you? What do you think of it?" It was a loaded question because Rex had recently set up a Storm for one of his customers, and said, "... it only took few minutes or so setting up email to figure...
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Blackberry Storm – A Huge Disappointment
Written on Tue, 01/27/09 - 3:01am
Sometimes I just have to fess up and eat crow, and it’s time I do that about all the touting I’ve done declaring the BlackBerry Storm an iPhone killer. The fact of the matter is, the BlackBerry Storm has a long way to go before it equals the iPhone in many respects. I’m not saying the Storm is...
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Blackberry Storm begins raining on iPhone parade
Written on Wed, 10/08/08 - 3:12am
Woot! The BlackBerry Storm (9530) on Verizon's 3G EV-DO network has been announced. Support on Vodafone was also announced.
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Is Apple SaaS competent? Is Microsoft?
Written on Wed, 08/13/08 - 4:26am
After the huge iPhone 3G provisioning debacle, the baffling MobileMe-upgrade morass, and now, yet another Apple e-mail outage, you have to ask yourself if Apple is really ready to deliver online software services. It's one thing if the iTunes store is down, but if e-mail or other MobileMe services...
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iPhone's "Just Good Enough" Business Strategy
Written on Fri, 06/20/08 - 2:52am
Opinions about the iPhone 3G and 2.0 software update are still rolling in more than a week after its announcement. Not to miss an opportunity to sell more reports, Gartner's even weighing in on how the iPhone will fare with business. While all of us debate the merits of the iPhone 2.0 software's...
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Blackberry's a Ferrari, iPhone's a DeLorean
Written on Fri, 06/06/08 - 3:36am
Everyone's interest is up about the new Apple 3G iPhone coming next week. I'm sure Steve Jobs will do his pitchman shtick as well as he ever has. I expect to see Steve roll out some cool iPhone app a 3rd party developed with the iPhone SDK along with touting new features and styling of the...
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Blackberry Bold Staves Off Business iPhone Migration
Written on Wed, 05/14/08 - 10:49am
The Blackberry Bold (9000) was announced this week, with a plethora of new and upgraded hardware and software features. If the Apple iPhone has done nothing else, it's causing RIM to raise its game and bring out even better devices. The net-net on the Blackberry 9000 is a beautiful 480x320 display,...
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Mitchell Ashley has a diverse background in software development, network engineering, information security, mobility, collaborative technologies, and IT management and operations. An early adopter of social media in business, he began blogging about security and information technologies in 2006 at theconvergingnetwork.com. Mitchell is VP of Information Technology at CableLabs in Louisville, CO, and previously held positions as CIO, CTO and VP Engineering at prior companies.
 

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