August 25, 2009
Windows 7: the grown-up Vista
Network World
Michael Surkan writes that although Windows 7 is “largely just a tuned up edition of Vista,” early adopters like it.
SMB Managed Services Spending Up 9.2%
MSPmentor
Joe Panettieri provides findings and forecasts from Techaisle about the managed services market.
“The SMB market (1-999 employees) will further accelerate managed services spending in 2010, lifting global spending to $15.7 billion, up 9.6 percent from $14.3 billion in 2009, predicts Techaisle. Also of note: Roughly 36 percent of managed services spending by SMBs in 2009 will be made in the 10-49 employee size category – making it the most lucrative target segment but also most difficult to reach, reports Techaisle.”
Reach Out and Touch the Web With Firefox’s Coming Multitouch Support
Webmonkey
Scott Gilbertson writes about new touch-screen tools for Mozilla’s Firefox Internet browser.
“The software maker’s multitouch Firefox project is still in its infancy, but the goal is to eventually offer web developers a way to tap into a new multitouch support structure to create online games and alternative touch-based user interfaces for web apps in Firefox. At the moment, there are no hard and fast plans regarding exactly when multitouch support, which would be accessible through new APIs, might land in Firefox. The current goal calls for the new tools to arrive in Firefox 3.6, which is due later this year.”