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Twitter Talks Up Its Starring Role in Entertainment

Twitter is unmatched in terms of the exposure and interest it attracts throughout the entertainment industry. At CES, Twitter execs explained how its data enables smarter decisions and transforms business practices, in the media world and beyond.

2015 State of the CIO: The Good, the Bad and the Scary

CIO.com's survey of IT executives reveals some forward movement, disconnects with business leaders and a puzzling take on security. Here are a few highlights, plus a link to download the State of the CIO report.

Google Talks Video Ads at CES

At CES, Google's head of display and video ad products outlined three trends in the world of online video advertising and offered insights for marketers on where the market is headed in 2015.

10 Outsourcing Trends to Watch in 2015

IT outsourcing experts tell CIO.com what to expect in the year ahead. If they're correct, 2015 could bring better business outcomes, billions in renegotiation, the end of the RFP, and — wait for it — cloud robots.

Big Data and CRM Help Public Broadcaster Attract More Donors

Data quality projects show Boston's WGBH how to segment customers for more lucrative target marketing

5 Things CIOs Should Know About Prescriptive Analytics

First there was descriptive analytics, then predictive analytics. The next step is prescriptive analytics, which actually tell you the best action to take.

Retailer Takes Control of Its Cloud

Chico's curbs its use of Amazon Web Services to get more say in how servers are tuned and configured with smaller provider called Contegix

Success of Health IT Rests With Business Alignment

In the burgeoning world of healthcare technology, experts caution that vendors must deliver solutions that address data challenges without adding administrative burden.

BYOD Was a Tech Roller Coaster Ride in 2014

From the beginning, the Bring Your Own Device movement has been a nightmare for CIOs. And recently many workers u2013 once excited by the concept u2013 are wondering if itu2019s worth it. Hereu2019s a look back at CIO.comu2019s year-long coverage of

2014 IT Outsourcing in Review: Grading Our Predictions

Last year, we predicted that smart machines would radically alter outsourcing, insourcing would increase and cloud computing would come down to earth. Now it's time to grade those and the rest of our predictions.

How to Use LinkedIn’s New Profile Features

LinkedIn has made it easier for you to update and edit your profile. The professional social network wants you to think beyond your resume or next job by encouraging you to edit and freshen up your profile on a more consistent basis.

How Predictive Analytics Can Help Set Perfect Hotel Room Prices

By mashing together years of data from a multitude of sources, startup Duetto is helping hotels optimize their room pricing. And in this tight-margin world, a small increase in revenue per available room makes a big difference in profitability.

How to Reduce Enterprise App Clutter on Your iPad

To help control the proliferation of cloud apps cluttering iPad home screens, Collage looks to manage data feeds and notifications from Yammer, Office 365, Salesforce and others.

How CIOs Can Prepare for Healthcare ‘Data Tsunami’

Research firm IDC predicts an exponential increase in healthcare data, including data from new sources outside the control of IT. In response, CIOs need to prioritize compliance in governance policies and get a handle on 'shadow IT.'

Facebook: Don’t Advertise With Us If You Don’t See Clear ROI

Facebook put its money where its metaphorical mouth is when it comes to advertisers' dollars and suggested companies that don't have confidence in Facebook's capability to demonstrate clear advertising ROI should bring their ad budgets

IBM, Apple Release 10 New iOS Apps for Enterprise

The new iOS apps from IBM and Apple aim to 'transform industries and professions' by bringing together IBM data analytics and Apple's user-centric design.

Microsoft’s Unified Government Cloud Targets Public Sector

Microsoft established a presence in the government market with Office 365, but the software leader is adding to arsenal with Azure Government and Dynamics CRM Online for Government.

New Programs Aim to Boost Computer Science Education

Obama administration rolls out new public-private partnerships to expand computer science education in schools, train more teachers and broaden participation among women and minorities.

Top 10 States for Tech Workers Willing to Relocate

Are you willing to move for your next position? Using data provided by Dice.com, CIO.com counts down the 10 most desirable states for relocation as told by tech professionals.

New IT outsourcing model boosts bottom line

Spinoffs, buyouts, divestitures and focused acquisitions improve operating margins and bolster the bottom line for IT service providers — and their customers.

Agile Meets Collaboration for Better, Faster Software Product Delivery

The Next ‘Sea Change’ in Recruiting: Mobile

The way today's tech talent looks for work is changing. Prospective employees are using their mobile devices to connect with employers more than ever and this trend is expected to continue. Does your organization have a mobile recruiting strateg

In the Digital Enterprise Everyone Needs to Think SEO

Since the dawn of the Web when Google first learned to crawl, search engine optimization has been a key to Internet success, but today it's more important that ever. The Home Depotu2019s SEO manager talks about how SEO now u2018stretches through

Video Look at the Upcoming BlackBerry Classic Browser, Apps

BlackBerry is trying to go back to its roots with the upcoming BlackBerry Classic smartphone, and it's teasing the device with bits of information and video clips, including this video of its browser and apps.

The Future of mHealth Goes Well Beyond Fitness Apps

Mobile health (mHealth) is still a work in progress and is growing and changing along with healthcare needs. While fitness apps are hot now, the future for mHealth apps lies in remote monitoring and consultation.

Why the CIO-CMO relationship is like reality TV

CMOs and CIOs are probably sick of overanalyzing their relationship. The reality is that it's time to move past the trust and respect issues and get down to business.

How (and Why) Facebook Excels at Data Center Efficiency

Facebook's data centers are 'second to none' thanks to a homogenous and nimble design focused on efficiency and cost savings, according to the company's head of infrastructure, who spoke this week at the Credit Suisse Technology C

What Does All That Healthcare Data Really Mean?

Amid the push to open access to more healthcare data, government and industry officials caution that datasets must come with context in order to provide meaningful insights for patients and researchers.

How ‘Facebook at Work’ Could Alter the Social Enterprise Landscape

Facebook is readying a new social network for the workplace that could represent the purest manifestation of the consumerization of IT movement to date. The success of 'Facebook at Work' will, however, rest on the company's ability to

BYOD Brings Corporate Contradictions

CIOs naturally want a BYOD policy in place to give them some level of control, but the reality is that employees will do whatever they want regardless of the policy.

Internet of Things Helps Asthma Patients Breathe Easily

Medical device company Aerocrine, which specializes in devices that help physicians diagnose and monitor asthma, is using new IoT-focused services from Microsoft Azure Cloud Services to reduce device downtime and help its sales and customer support t

How to Navigate Big Data in Healthcare

Kaiser Permanente CMIO John Mattison cautions healthcare organizations to take a hard look at the way they approach data to ensure that health information is an asset, not a liability. He also cites the need for a new role: a health data concierge.

Health IT Success Hinges on CIO-Business Collaboration

Healthcare CIOs must engage with executives and medical staff to bridge the gap in the enterprise and win support for new IT initiatives.

How to Make Sense of Facebook’s Marketing Policies

Facebook says it knows its marketing policies are confusing. In an attempt to clarify, a Facebook policy manager recently broke down some of the specific guidelines and explained how the rules apply to promotions, 'Likes,' donations and sha

Yamaha Joins All-in Migration to the Public Cloud

Seeking to shift IT staff away from maintenance tasks to focus on innovation, Yamaha has dropped its hosted data center in favor of AWS.

Pharma Company Prefers Vertical Industry Cloud

A biotech company turns to a cloud service tailored to the specific needs of the life sciences industry–and its regulations

Why It Sometimes Makes Sense to Go Slow With Mobile Development

At nuclear plant builder Westinghouse, mobile app developers seek to avoid bugs that could lead to dangerrn

Analytics App Uncovers Untapped Sales Opportunities

A legal services company deploys a mobile sales analytics application to identify new sources of revenue.u2029

Enterprise IT Crosses the Chasm

Author Geoffrey Moore's book 'Crossing the Chasm' has been influential in the IT industry for more than two decades now. The theory was a good model for how most enterprise IT shops used to work. However, now enterprise IT is crossing

How Twitter Helps ‘Serial’ Podcast Grow Its Audience

Twitter's director of ad research explains how his company is helping the popular 'Serial' Internet radio show gain exponential momentum every week, while rapidly growing its audience.

States Get Mixed Report Card on Using Data to Improve Education

The Data Quality Campaign is a national, collaborative effort to improve the availability and use of high-quality education data to improve student achievement. Though school districts are beginning to embrace DQC, much work remains.

Jolla’s Linux tablet crowdfunding campaign raises $500K in 2 hours

Jolla tablet u0007will run bon Sailfish OS which is based on open source technologies such as Linux, Mer and Qt. In addition to native apps Sailfish can also run Android apps. It is also possible to install traditional Linux applications on Sailfish

Woz Talks Smartwatches, Apple Watch at DEMO

Steve Wozniak spoke briefly in Silicon Valley at DEMO, where he expressed his dissatisfaction with the current crop of smartwatches. He also said, however, that he plans to try the upcoming Apple Watch.

Nokia’s N1 Android tablet is actually a Foxconn tablet

Nokia has partnered with Foxconn to bring to market the first Nokia-branded, Android-powered device.

No Generation Gap Here: Business Leaders of All Ages in Sync on Tech

Millennial executives and Fortune 500 leaders share the same forward-looking views on disruptive technologies. They also agree that the capability to adapt to change quickly is a key to edging out competitors.

IBM Taps Twitter’s Data to Drive Business Insights

IBM and Twitter say they will 'change the way business decisions are made' by pairing Twitter data with IBM's analytics tools and new apps for the enterprise. But CIOs won't buy in until the two companies can bring structure and c

Glassbeam Integrates Its IoT Analytics Platform With Spark

Machine data analytics specialist Glassbeam is updating its Internet of Things analytics platform with advanced machine learning and real-time analytics capabilities via integration with the Apache Spark in-memory cluster computing framework.

Open Source Code Contains Fewer Defects, But There’s a Catch

Research suggests that software developed using open source code contains fewer defects than that built with proprietary code. The catch is that open source code rarely benefits from security teams specifically tasked with looking for bugs.

Ubuntu MATE is a heavyweight among the lightweight distributions

Usually itu2019s hard to impress a KDE user who runs Arch Linux

Snapchat Says Its Weaknesses Are Actually Strengths for Advertisers

Many social media platforms collect any and all data they can on users to help sell targeted ads. Snapchat says that strategy is 'rude' and 'creepy,' but the reality is the company can't deliver targeted ads even if it wants