August 25, 2011 — Telecommunications provider Verizon Communications announced on Thursday it has acquired cloud software developer CloudSwitch in a deal that will simplify the move to the enterprise cloud and help to increase industry adoption. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.

BlackBerry’s Grip on Enterprises May Be Slipping Shares in Research In Motion took a hit on Wall Street Friday due to investors’ concerns that enterprises are starting to look to other mobile platforms. Dell’s 25,000 employees are abandoning RIM’s BlackBerry, and several major financial institutions are rumored to be considering a similar switch. BlackBerry remains a formidable player in the enterprise market with assets and an installed base it can leverage, but the company needs to make some big investments to close the circle in its enterprise strategy, noted Al Hilwa, director of applications-development software at IDC.

A key component of the “Instant-On Enterprise,” HP Hybrid Delivery Strategy Service gives clients a structured understanding of the programs, projects and main activities required to move to, as well as manage, a hybrid delivery model. (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Technology company HP ( www.hp.com ) has unveiled its vision for what it calls the “Instant-On Enterprise”, organizations that embed technology into everything they do to better address the rapidly changing needs of customers and citizens.

Cloud Creates SIEM Blind Spot After spending buckets of money and years of intense human resources on the deployment of comprehensive security information and event monitoring (SIEM) tools and techniques, many organizations are seeing these precious investments lose much of their value in the rush to reach for the cloud. Public cloud initiatives and, to some degree, even virtualization deployments are adding security black holes to the enterprise security monitoring framework. No “light” of visibility goes in or out of these blind spots.

HP Slate 500 shows how far the enterprise tablet has come After providing nearly a whole year of sneak peeks, HP has finally made its first Windows 7 Slate available for purchase, the enterprise-aimed Slate 500. The HP Slate 500 is an 8.9″ touchscreen tablet powered by a 1.86GHz Intel Atom (Z 540) processor and running 32-bit Windows 7 Professional.

BlackTab Could Kick RIM Into Gear Again The upcoming tablet computer from Research In Motion — unofficially dubbed the “BlackPad” — is the company’s next new hope for revitalization. Although RIM still holds a dominating position in the smartphone market with particular strength in the enterprise, it’s latest offerings look pretty pale next to iPhones and Androids. RIM hopes a tablet running a brand new OS will up its cool factor.

Mobile Devices Threaten Enterprises From Within Today, nearly every office worker carries a mobile phone into work.