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Once you become an Apple user, you stay an Apple user. That seems to be the main conclusion drawn from a recent survey done by market research company Forrester Research.

Forrester Research analyst David Johnson believes that the problem lies with the fact that Microsoft's newest operating system doesn't bring anything of real value to the table.

Today in international tech news: British members of Parliament bust out the heavy rhetoric for Google on taxes; British hackers are sentenced ; Foxconn's got some work to do to meet July deadline; and Samsung might double-dip on Apple suppliers.

Two out of every three people that 'walk' into your 'online store' will shop around, select items to buy, add them to their basket and proceed to checkout.

Windows 8, the most significant upgrade to Microsoft's operating system since Windows 95 and one of the most important products in the company's history, will not achieve enough adoption in enterprises to be considered a standard, according to Forrester Research.

Smart process applications are designed to help CIOs and their firms improve the effectiveness of human-centric business activities.

Personalizing web site content to cater to shoppers' interests has been a goal of online merchants since the early days of Internet retailing, but even today fewer than half, or 47.0%, of the sites in the Internet Retailer Top 500 tailor site content to individual visitors.

Secure Designs, Inc. , a leader in managed information technology security solutions for small to mid-sized businesses and distributed organizations, today announced that is now providing outsourced network security services for businesses in all 50 states and five countries internationally.

May 15, 2013 - CORE Security , a leading provider of predictive security intelligence solutions, today announced a major enhancement to its CORE Insight&trade Enterprise solution, with the launch of Insight 3.0. CORE Insight delivers multi-vector vulnerability assessment, asset categorization, threat simulation, penetration testing and advanced ... (more)

LinkedIn is one of the most powerful online tools to build your Ecommerce business.

CIO - As companies become increasingly complex, finding an enterprise resource planning solution that meets all needs may be as likely as finding a unicorn.

WebStart offers itself up as a worthy substitute, and while it does sport an easy, simple setup for things like scores, Web mail and news feeds, that also translates into a dull-looking homepage that's wanting for any sense of pizazz.

"I wanted a tool that I could give to all of my developers and not have to worry about license fees.

LOS ANGELES, CA, May 14, 2013 -- RPost, the global standard for email delivery proof, encryption, and e-signatures with its Registered Email services, today announced that Forrester Research, Inc.

Strong demand from large enterprises for Integrated IT Portfolio Management solutions results in 128 per cent growth in new customers )-- alfabet AG , the leading provider of Integrated IT Portfolio Management solutions, today reports a remarkable 128 per cent increase in its existing U.S. customers over the last 12 months.

Consumers-they want what they want and they want it now. So do colicky babies. When I posed that comparison to Brennan Carlson, SVP of products and strategy at digital marketing company Lyris , he didn't disagree.

Private companies in the energy industry, as well as those providing critical infrastructure services like electricity and water, have been put on notice -- watch out for possible cyberattacks focusing on sabotage, not theft.

WE'RE HEARING that the mortgage industry has some catching up to do when it comes to implementing electronic signatures.

Some lawmakers are ready to stop mobile app developers from playing fast and loose with users' personal data, but the privacy bill introduced in the U.S. House last week may have a long road ahead of it.

Computerworld - Windows in some organizations is a free-for-all -- users have local administrator rights, install software to their hearts' content, never update it and generally are susceptible to running bad stuff on good machines.