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CIOs Face BYOD Hard Reality: Employees Don’t Care

Firing a worker for not reporting a lost or stolen tablet or smartphone may seem extreme, but at some companies things have come to that. How can CIOs get workers to take BYOD policies seriously?

By Tom Kaneshige

Apr 25, 2014 3 mins

CIO IT Strategy Small and Medium Business

How the Collaborative Economy Will Change the Way You Do Business

The Internet puts the goods, services and expertise you need at your fingertips. Some call it a 'collaborative economy' focused less on transactions and more on trades. Others see a throwback to the early days of economic exchange. Either w

By JD Sartain

Apr 24, 2014 5 mins

Collaboration Software E-commerce Software Small and Medium Business

The 9 Most Difficult-to-Fill IT Roles

Competition for IT workers is fierce in the tech world and skills shortages abound. How fierce? Using data from TEKsystems, we look at what organizations describe as their most difficult-to-fill IT roles.

By Rich Hein

Apr 23, 2014 5 mins

IT Jobs IT Leadership IT Strategy

Healthcare IT Security Brings Challenges, Opportunities, but No Big Surprises

Recent pan-industry data breach reports from Symantec and Verizon Enterprise Solutions largely confirm what healthcare already knows about the root cause of its data breaches. But how can organizations step up to improve security?

By Brian Eastwood

Apr 23, 2014 7 mins

Data Breach Healthcare Industry Intrusion Detection Software

Nielsen this week released U.S. smartphone market share numbers, based on OS and manufacturer, for the first quarter of 2014. Among the notable findings, Apple gained OS share but lost ground in device-maker share, while HTC dropped two slots in the

By Al Sacco

Apr 23, 2014 2 mins

Apple Small and Medium Business iPhone

7 Ways to Advance Your Project Management Career

Project management experts and executive IT recruiters provide tips to project managers on what they can do to give their careers a boost.

By Jennifer Lonoff Schiff

Apr 23, 2014 6 mins

Certifications IT Skills Project Management Tools

The days of developing our own personal profiles that place a priority on reputation management are slipping away as impromptu (and sometimes anonymous and temporary) activity on social media gathers momentum. This new class of apps encourages you to

By Matt Kapko

Apr 22, 2014 9 mins

Mobile Apps Privacy Social Networking Apps

BlackBerry Releases BES 10 Security Update to Address ‘Heartbleed’ Flaw

BlackBerry's BES 10 software was updated on Tuesday to fix a security issue related to the "Heartbleed" OpenSSL vulnerability.

By Al Sacco

Apr 22, 2014 1 min

Mobile Security Small and Medium Business Smartphones

12 Tablet Accessories That Let You Ditch Your Laptop

Android and iOS tablets have come a long way, but for many users they're still not suitable laptop replacements. However, you can change that. These 12 gadgets each help bridge the gap between notebook PC and tablet.

By James A. Martin

Apr 22, 2014 7 mins

Small and Medium Business Smartphones Tablets

Federal CIOs Squeezed by Budgets, Executive Buy-in

Technology chiefs in the federal government say they struggle with their role within their departments and agencies. A bill passed in the House and pending in the Senate could give federal CIOs more authority, though.

By Kenneth Corbin

Apr 21, 2014 5 mins

CIO Government Government IT

Twitter Readies Design Changes As It Unveils New Ad Offerings

Twitter has taken a slow approach in the rollout of new ad products and changes to the user interface, but that's beginning to change. Following its deeper integration with MoPub, Twitter is expected to reveal a series of new ad products alongsi

By Matt Kapko

Apr 21, 2014 6 mins

E-commerce Software Facebook Twitter

IT Departments Not Losing Ground to Managed Service Providers (Yet)

Many business users say they're fed up with what they perceive as sluggish IT departments, but cringe at the thought of outsourcing to a managed services provider. However, the rise of BYOD, consumer tech and cloud computing may be clearing a pa

By Tom Kaneshige

Apr 21, 2014 3 mins

CIO IT Strategy Outsourcing

5 New Wireless Technologies for Today’s Businesses

Wireless technology changes quickly. This matters if you're running a business, as faster Wi-Fi can improve employee productivity as well as customer service. These advances in wireless tech are therefore worth watching.

By John Brandon

Apr 21, 2014 3 mins

RFID Small and Medium Business Smartphones

10 Top Information Security Threats for the Next Two Years

Each year, the Information Security Forum, a nonprofit association that researches and analyzes security and risk management issues, releases its 'Threat Horizon' report to provide members with a forward-looking view of the biggest security

By Thor Olavsrud

Apr 21, 2014 7 mins

Encryption Security

Meet the Most Profitable PC Company You’ve Never Heard Of

Dell's Original Equipment Manufacturer division makes custom PCs for companies in a variety of industries. It also makes money. With sales of plain ol' out-of-the-box machines on the decline, this might point to the future of the PC.

By Rob Enderle

Apr 18, 2014 5 mins

Car Tech Energy Industry Healthcare Industry

Health Insurance Exchange Tech Winners and Losers

Between the federal Healthcare.gov site and various state websites, more than 8 million Americans signed up for 2014 healthcare coverage on a health insurance exchange. Building those exchanges proved to be much, much easier said than done. Here&#039

By Brian Eastwood

Apr 17, 2014 9 mins

Government Government IT Healthcare Industry

Federal CIOs Moving Cybersecurity Beyond Compliance

The evolving nature of cyberattacks demands a more dynamic response, according to government CIOs making an effort to implement real-time, continuous monitoring and reporting for security issues.

By Kenneth Corbin

Apr 17, 2014 5 mins

Cybercrime Government Regulation

Will the Internet of Things Become the Internet of Broken Things?

Fifty billion devices will connect to the Internet in the next few years. It's up to vendors to make sure they do, in fact, connect to the Internet — and provide reliable data, security and customer experience. Otherwise, analysts warn, the fut

By JD Sartain

Apr 17, 2014 5 mins

Energy Industry Manufacturing Industry Mobile Security

CIOs to Become In-House Brokers — and That’s a Good Thing

In their new role as brokers and consultants, CIOs will be in an even more powerful position. According to a new survey, two-thirds of C-level executives and business unit leaders expect the IT department to have more influence on technology decision

By Tom Kaneshige

Apr 15, 2014 5 mins

CIO Careers IT Strategy

Microsoft’s Office for iPad Shakes Up Mobile Enterprise

It's hard to overstate the impact of Microsoft Office for iPad. The arrival of the dominant productivity suite on the dominant tablet promises to change how iPads are viewed in the enterprise. Office for iPad may also crush competitive apps, shu

By Tom Kaneshige

Apr 14, 2014 6 mins

Microsoft Office Small and Medium Business iPad

6 Amazing Advances in Cloud Technology

The cloud is more than just dirt-cheap data storage and lightning-fast apps. These six innovations show that it's possible to manage servers, develop applications, run virtual machines and even sequence the human genome using cloud technology.

By John Brandon

Apr 14, 2014 4 mins

Cloud Management Developer Enterprise Architecture

IT Service Providers in Ukraine Deliver Despite Political Tensions

It's been business as usual for IT outsourcing providers in Ukraine, though the ongoing military and political uncertainty has had a public relations impact.

By Stephanie Overby

Apr 14, 2014 2 mins

IT Leadership IT Strategy Outsourcing

The Mainframe Isn’t Dead, and Neither Is the PC

The mainframe was supposed to go extinct decades ago, but it's abundant in many habitats. Same goes for the PC, which seems to have adapted for survival better than once thought. Both the mainframe and the PC offer evolutionary advantages that n

By Rob Enderle

Apr 11, 2014 5 mins

High-Performance Computing Laptops Legal

Silicon Valley’s 19 Coolest Places to Work

Silicon Valley can be a crazy place to work. Whether you want to call it crazy or creative, these days when young guns go to the office, they want shared workstations and open spaces to collaborate. Tech companies new and old are obliging them with c

By Tom Kaneshige

Apr 10, 2014 8 mins

Collaboration Software Personal Software Small and Medium Business

Government CIOs Face Data Center Consolidation Challenges

Federal CIOs face pressure to consolidate their agencies' data center infrastructure. Those challenges go beyond IT, and experts advise CIOs to develop strategic plans so that consolidation improves application delivery and supports priorities s

By Kenneth Corbin

Apr 10, 2014 5 mins

Government IT Green IT Virtualization

8 Books Every IT Leader Should Read This Year

IT leadership is equal parts 'IT' and 'leadership.' You probably know IT well. For help with leadership, these eight books offer a great start.

By John Brandon

Apr 8, 2014 6 mins

CIO

10 Must-Have Apps for IT Recruiters and Hiring Managers

Finding good tech help is no small task. Take your IT recruiting and hiring practices to the next level with any of these sourcing apps.

By Sharon Florentine

Apr 7, 2014 1 min

Careers IT Jobs

Teradata Lets You Orchestrate Queries Across Processing Engines

With Teradata QueryGrid, your data warehouse can now intelligently use the functionality of multiple, heterogeneous processing engines, including Hadoop.

By Thor Olavsrud

Apr 7, 2014 2 mins

Big Data Data Warehousing Enterprise Applications

Feds Aim to Regulate Healthcare IT While Doing No Harm to Innovation

A joint report from the Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT, the Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Communications Commission provides guidance on how the government intends to regulate clinical healthcare applications without s

By Brian Eastwood

Apr 4, 2014 3 mins

Government Healthcare Industry Regulation

Can VCE Be the Apple of the Converged Enterprise Cloud?

Apple wouldn't be where it is today if it hadn't redefined consumer electronics. VCE could very well do the same to the enterprise cloud market. First, it just has to convince companies to 'think different.'

By Rob Enderle

Apr 4, 2014 5 mins

Innovation Private Cloud System Management

Facebooks Declining Organic Reach a ‘Real Nightmare’ for Marketers

Marketers and analysts are crying foul as Facebook continues to tweak its algorithm that determines what content makes it into the News Feed. The organic reach of brand pages is now barely hitting 6 percent, but brands expect it to decline even furth

By Matt Kapko

Apr 4, 2014 5 mins

Facebook Internet Marketing

CIOs: Lure Top Tech Talent by Offering Free Lunch

Companies are going beyond compensation to lure and retain top IT talent. Among the most popular perks: tuition reimbursement, the chance to work with the latest technology and, of course, free lunch.

By Sharon Florentine

Apr 3, 2014 3 mins

CIO IT Jobs IT Skills

5 Technology Initiatives and Reforms IT Wants in Washington

Leaders from Microsoft, Cisco and other tech players are pressing their agenda as they meet with the White House and Congress this week. Some initiatives have been years in the making — and will take many more years to see through — but other refor

By Kenneth Corbin

Apr 3, 2014 8 mins

H-1B Visas Intellectual Property Regulation

Link Building Strategies and Tips for 2014

SEO experts share tips on effective link building strategies in 2014, along with a handful of common link building misconceptions.

By James A. Martin

Apr 3, 2014 8 mins

IT Governance Internet

How the Internet of Things Drives CRM Investments

Customer relationship management will be at the heart of companies' digital initiatives for years to come, Gartner says. What's more, the billions of devices connected on the Internet of Things are joining cloud, social, mobile and big data

By JD Sartain

Apr 3, 2014 5 mins

Big Data CRM Systems Small and Medium Business

Hortonworks Adds New Enterprise Features to Hadoop Distribution

With the release of the Hortonworks Data Platform 2.1 version of its Hadoop distribution, Hortonworks is packing in new enterprise features, including data access, data governance, data management, security and operations.

By Thor Olavsrud

Apr 2, 2014 3 mins

Big Data Open Source

Pivotal Looks to Simplify Building ‘Business Data Lakes’

Pivotal unveils the Pivotal Big Data Suite, an all-you-can-eat software, support and maintenance platform that's designed to provide access to all the technologies required to build a business data lake with a single pricing metric.

By Thor Olavsrud

Apr 2, 2014 3 mins

Big Data Business Intelligence Data Warehousing

Top 10 Accessories for Your iPad Air

These cases, chargers and adapters will make your experience with Apple's newest iPad even better.

By Paul Mah

Apr 2, 2014 6 mins

Tablets iOS iPad

12 Biggest Data Breaches of the Last 12 Months

Many companies have felt the effects of data theft over the last several years. It's 2014 and it doesn't look like the going is getting any easier. The technology sector seems most at risk with every week bringing the world another report

By Rich Hein

Apr 1, 2014 7 mins

Data Breach IT Leadership Malware

Analyzing the HIMSS Leadership Survey of Healthcare CIOs

The 25th annual leadership survey from the Health Information and Management Systems Society says a lot about the priorities of healthcare CIOs and the many challenges they face.

By Brian Eastwood

Apr 1, 2014 7 mins

Budgeting CIO Healthcare Industry

7 Hot IT Jobs That Will Land You a Higher Salary

Looking to give your career (and your wallet) a boost? Here are seven in-demand positions that have companies throwing budgets out the window.

By Sharon Florentine

Mar 31, 2014 5 mins

Careers Salaries

Early STEM Education Will Lead to More Women in IT

A leading advocate for introducing girls to computer science argues that educators must develop required programs at the K-12 level to resolve gender imbalance in the tech sector.

By Kenneth Corbin

Mar 31, 2014 5 mins

H-1B Visas IT Skills

IT Provides Business Edge in Battle of Archrivals

In retail, manufacturing and logistics there are no bigger rivals than Home Depot vs. Lowe's, GM vs. Ford, FedEx vs. UPS, respectively. We look at how these fierce competitors are exploiting IT to gain an advantage.

By Kim S. Nash

Mar 28, 2014 6 mins

IT Leadership Manufacturing Industry Retail Industry

Why CIOs Shouldn’t Worry About March Madness Productivity Losses

The long-term benefits of an engaged workforce can outweigh company losses in productivity during March Madness. Here's why business leaders should see these 19 days of hoops as an opportunity.

By Matt Kapko

Mar 28, 2014 5 mins

CIO IT Leadership

VMware, Nvidia Revolutionizing Secure Cloud Desktop

The thin client has been largely disappointing from the beginning, but a partnership between VMware and Nvidia may finally give the thin client the performance, scalability, security and price it needs to catch on.

By Rob Enderle

Mar 28, 2014 7 mins

System Management Ultrabook Windows Security

Web Giants Join Forces for Open Source MySQL Scalability Project

Engineering teams from Facebook, Google, LinkedIn and Twitter have begun work on WebScaleSQL, an open source project designed to address the challenges of running MySQL at Web scale.

By Thor Olavsrud

Mar 27, 2014 3 mins

Developer Facebook LinkedIn

Financial Services Firms See Mobile Boom, But Blackberry and CIO Roles Fade

The financial services industry is on the verge of a mobile explosion. The number of smartphones will double in the next year. However, BlackBerry use is headed in the opposite direction as companies migrate to other mobile platforms. The role of CIO

By Tom Kaneshige

Mar 27, 2014 3 mins

CIO Financial Services Industry Small and Medium Business

Global Mobile Data Traffic to Surpass 15 Exabytes Per Month by 2018

A recent report from Cisco predicts that global mobile data traffic, which hit 1.5 exabytes per month in 2013, will be 10 times as high by the end of 2018. Smartphones will drive the bulk of this traffic growth, but the Internet of Things will also p

By JD Sartain

Mar 27, 2014 7 mins

Mobile Apps Mobile Security Small and Medium Business

How the 9 Leading Commercial Hadoop Distributions Stack Up

All of the leading commercial Hadoop distributions are compatible with Apache Hadoop, so what sets them apart? Here's how the leading commercial distributions identified by Forrester Research compare.

By Thor Olavsrud

Mar 27, 2014 6 mins

Big Data Open Source

Millennials Rule the Valley: Enjoy It While It Lasts

Gen Y wants — and is getting — the most sexy jobs in the Silicon Valley. However, CIO.com Senior Writer Tom Kaneshige lets millennials in on the dirty little secret of the valley.

By Tom Kaneshige

Mar 26, 2014 7 mins

Financial Services Industry Mentoring Venture Capital