Posts by Colman Lalka

RIM server upgrade draws Android and iOS into the fold

What respectable BOFH would want this?

RIMs integration with enterprise email is shameful and BES is has become a joke. At one time RIM had it nailed down and BES was great, but they forgot to evolve and now they are playing catch up. Exchange 2007/2010 can remotely lock and wipe both IOS and Android (have had to do this a few times). Exchange 2010 can even dictate phone unlock rules. Good has been a great option for a long time and many other companies are developing excellent, cost effective MDMs. Why would anyone want to wait for RIM to catch up?

MSI mobo ditches Bios for EFI

<yawn>

"GUI BIOS" is the best way to describe this. What a yawn. Even without mouse capabilities it only take a few moments to navigate a BIOS, make changes, and continue the boot. Why increase cost of systems with something so superfluous?

Reg competition: Cisco goes isup

All about funding

Seeing a recent leak from the US House about taxing companies by letter usage on their website in order to pay for the pending bailout, Cisco realized that, while not being the most used letter on their site, they could save a significant amount of money by dropping lower case "t".