Articles by Charlene O'Hanlon

The User Case for Google Docs

Enterprise Applications | Blog Post | Charlene O'Hanlon
Monday, November 21, 2011

Those who know me know I’m not the biggest fan of Microsoft products and that I favor Macs over PCs (although I haven’t become a full-fledged member of the Cult of Apple). Plus, I do my very best to make sure the programs I use don’t require a two-hour tutorial to learn. It’s my way of controlling that corner of my world I call work. Continue Reading »

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Unraveling the Mind of Steve Jobs

Mobile Computing | Blog Post | Charlene O'Hanlon
Monday, October 24, 2011

This week, Walter Issacson’s much-anticipated biography of the late Steve Jobs hits the physical and virtual bookshelves. Much has been revealed about the book so far, thanks to reviews in both The New York Times and The Washington Post (and a score of other reviews), plus a nearly hour-long piece on "60 Minutes," and all tell the story of a highly driven, highly intelligent man who was, at his worst and best, human. Continue Reading »

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Mourning the Passing of a Tech Generation

IT Management | Blog Post | Charlene O'Hanlon
Tuesday, October 18, 2011

They say death comes in threes – every time someone famous passes, it often occurs that two other celebrities meet their maker a short time later. So, too, it seems in the tech space. Continue Reading »

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To iPhone or Not to iPhone

Mobile Computing | Blog Post | Charlene O'Hanlon
Wednesday, October 5, 2011

That noise you heard Oct. 4 at 1 p.m. Eastern was the collective sigh of discontent over Apple’s latest product announcement. The world was expecting an iPhone 5; what they got was the iPhone 4S. I, however, was (mentally, at least) jumping up and down for joy. Why? Finally, the iPhone is coming to Sprint. Continue Reading »

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Cisco Report Highlights the Disconnect of Being Connected

Networking | Blog Post | Charlene O'Hanlon
Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Cisco Systems recently released the results of its annual Connected World Technology Report, which this time around looked at the importance of the Internet in the daily lives of college students and young professionals. When I took a look at the survey findings, I tried to keep an open mind. But the results kept nagging at me – they show an obvious disconnect from human interaction. Continue Reading »

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Future Shock: M2M Gaining Ground

Enterprise Applications | Blog Post | Charlene O'Hanlon
Wednesday, August 24, 2011

It seems as though the hot acronym of the month is M2M (machine-to-machine), the technology that enables two or more machines (processors, really) to “speak” to each other, thereby cutting out the middle man (also known as humans). Continue Reading »

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How Cloudy Is Our Future, Really?

Mobile Computing | Blog Post | Charlene O'Hanlon
Wednesday, August 10, 2011

A friend and I were talking over lunch the other day when the subject of cloud computing came up. A self-professed Luddite, my friend asked what exactly cloud computing was. In the most general of terms, I told her it was a model of computing whereby applications and even files and documents reside not on a computer’s hard drive, but in an offsite data center, and a user accesses them via the Internet. Continue Reading »

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In-the-Cloud Education Is Key

Data Center | Blog Post | Charlene O'Hanlon
Wednesday, July 20, 2011

These days you can’t go too far before running into an organization deploying or looking to deploy a cloud solution. That is, unless you’re in the education sector. Continue Reading »

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Surprise! Survey Finds Apple iPad Still Popular

Mobile Computing | Blog Post | Charlene O'Hanlon
Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Yet another survey has been released about the iPad’s dominance in the marketplace and – surprise! – the results show users are still pretty darn happy with the device. Continue Reading »

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It's Time for an IT Refresh

IT Management | Blog Post | Charlene O'Hanlon
Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Summer is here, which means a new crop of college graduates has hit the job market. And even though available jobs are few and far between, it’s a safe bet those recent grads lucky enough to find a job will be entering a world where the average workplace computer is five years old and an in-house wireless network doesn’t exist or is poorly set up and maintained. Continue Reading »

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