May 26, 2009
Down to business: Forrester reports more companies looking to IT services firms for help on green IT strategy
ZD Net
Heather Clancy writes that according to a Forrester survey on green IT, more businesses are now looking towards professional services providers for help.
“Approximately 10 per cent of the companies surveyed by Forrester’s green IT analysts in October 2008 were engaged with an outside company, compared with six per cent the previous year. Approximately 30 percent of the surveyed companies were considering a project with an outside consultant, compared with just 18 per cent in the year-earlier survey. The base for October 2008 included IT professionals at 1,022 companies; the October 2007 survey was much smaller, with just 130 companies surveyed.”
Apple ‘Kindle killer’ rumor gets touch-screen
The Register
Rik Myslewski writes why Apple may be coming out with another touch-screen product soon.
“Taiwanese market-watching site DigiTimes reported Friday that touch-screen manufacturer Wintek has been tapped by Apple to supply display panels for Cupertino’s ‘upcoming e-book form factor netbook product.’”
NEC’s VersaPro UltraLite Type VS is thicker but lighter than Air
Engadget
Tim Stevens writes about NEC’s new VersaPro UltraLite Type VS notebook.
“Its thickness ranges from 15.8mm to 29.9mm, comparing unfavorably to the 19.4mm MacBook Air or the 16.51mm Adamo. But, its 725g weight (about a pound and a half) definitely undercuts the competition, and its three USB slots, Ethernet port, and SD card reader give reasonable connectivity without external adapters.”
