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David Coursey

Editor-at-Large David Coursey is a veteran technology journalist with more than 25-years’ experience writing about business and consumer computing. Contact him at david@coursey.com.

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Desktop-as-a-Service won’t kill PC’s : Here’s why

NEWS By DAVID COURSEY12 YEARS AGO

What company is doing the most to kill desktop computers? OK, that’s Microsoft, but who outside or Redmond is hitting PC’s really hard? What is the cloud’s role in making PC’s go away? Here’s one PC killer: VMware, whose new Horizon DaaS …

Does Google need an Edward Snowden?

NEWS By DAVID COURSEY12 YEARS AGO

This may not make me popular, but I am much more afraid of Google than I am of the NSA. Despite Edward Snowden’s revelations, for which I hope he will soon be prosecuted for treason, there isn’t evidence the NSA abused the …

Don’t understand Big Data? Blame your genes!

NEWS By DAVID COURSEY13 YEARS AGO

People charged with making sense of big data should understand one thing: You’re working against human evolution. Not surprisingly, that can cause problems. “Big data is very sexy and makes it seem like we can figure out anything. Well, maybe,” says Dr. Michael …

How is Dell? We really don’t know, but we need to

NEWS By DAVID COURSEY13 YEARS AGO

Having essentially hit the reset button after going private, Dell is trying to reposition itself as what Michael Dell has called “the world’s largest startup.” Internally, the company is focusing on innovation, increasing competition and cutting staff, supposedly a necessary condition for …

Cloud tests find Google fastest, Amazon most expensive

NEWS By DAVID COURSEY13 YEARS AGO

If you are buying cloud service from any of the Big Three, you may not be getting what you think you’re paying for. For example, performance is variable, with smaller machines sometimes beating larger ones. And no vendor is always best, but …

Don’t outsource cloud security

NEWS By DAVID COURSEY13 YEARS AGO

As in most of life, with outsourcing you get what you pay for. If you want your outsourced cloud to offer as good or better security than your own data center, you better be willing to write the check. “You get what …

Big Data doesn’t lie. Or does it?

NEWS By DAVID COURSEY13 YEARS AGO

If you’ve seen any indication that humans are getting smarter and more sophisticated, please inform me, and you don’t have to read what follows. For everyone else, who sees no lack of stupidity and misinformation in both business and public life, read …

What Power BI says about the future of cloud apps

NEWS By DAVID COURSEY13 YEARS AGO

Microsoft’s Power BI for Office 365 has launched out of preview mode and gives us an idea of how Redmond looks at data analytics, visualization, user interface and enterprise licensing in creating what it hopes will be business intelligence for the masses. …

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