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Is Hardware Back? Mobile and Cloud Technology Offer Clues

Plenty of prognosticators proclaim that hardware is dead. Those who do underestimate the impact of the cloud and mobile computing, both of which require a heavy investment in (often unseen) hardware in order to meet customer's increasing demands

Jun 2, 2014 6 mins
CPUs and Processors High-Performance Computing Server Virtualization
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CIO Turns to Data Analytics to Hunt Down VDI Ghost

When Seattle Children's Hospital inexplicably found login times for its virtual desktops reaching as much as 15 minutes on some mornings, it turned to wire data analytics to track down the elusive cause of the problem.

May 29, 2014 7 mins
Big Data Desktop Virtualization Healthcare Industry
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How IBM Plans to Get With the Times

This week's IBM Edge2014 infrastructure event hinted at how the company plans to use experience to its advantage. Far from burning out or fading away like an aging rock star, IBM intends to join today's young rockers on stage -- and steal t

May 23, 2014 3 mins
Big Data Developer Financial Services Industry
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BYOD Widening Employee-Employer Trust Gap, Survey Finds

Webroot today released the results of a survey on BYOD that suggests the employee-employer trust gap is widening. The company also created an eight-point "BYOD Bill of Rights" to help bridge that gap while keeping corporate data secure.

May 21, 2014 2 mins
Mobile Device Management Mobile Security Small and Medium Business
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Why an NFC iPhone Could be Big for Enterprise Security

While artificial intelligence is still a work in progress, it presents a massive opportunity for CIOs to reinvent how organizations think about the CIO role.

Apr 11, 2019
Analytics Artificial Intelligence Data Center
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Why an NFC iPhone Could be Big for Enterprise Security

A recent report suggests Apple's iPhone 6 will have near-field communication (NFC) technology. If true, the NFC iPhone could be perfect for secure access control, both physical and digital.

May 12, 2014 3 mins
Apple Small and Medium Business iPhone
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Customer Focus, Innovative Structure Prep EMC for Success

Most tech companies, not surprisingly, focus on engineering. This fosters innovation, yes, but not all of it's necessary. Witness all the firms trying to become cloud service providers. EMC, however, has always put customers first. That approach

May 9, 2014 7 mins
Cloud Management Technology Industry Virtualization
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How a Boston Hospital is Using Google Glass to Save Lives

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center CIO John Halamka spoke yesterday about his hospital's use of wearable technology, including Google Glass, and detailed a specific incident in which Glass saved a man's life.

May 7, 2014 6 mins
Android Computers and Peripherals Ultrabook
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CTO Says Cloud Services Earn Vote of International Election Monitoring Group

The National Democratic Institute has workers in 65 countries -- not all of them friendly. To support its growing global mission, and to improve efficiency without buying more hardware, the nonpartisan nonprofit has spent the last four years migratin

May 1, 2014 8 mins
Cloud Management Developer SaaS
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Why ABM Is Migrating from VMware to Hyper-V

Facilities solutions specialist ABM has more than 100,000 employees and customers around the world, all served by a small IT team struggling to deliver IT services to its constituents. It needed to find a way to deliver IT services faster and cheaper

May 1, 2014 5 mins
Server Virtualization Virtualization
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7 iPhone Battery Tips for Advanced Users

You may already know some basic battery tips to help maximize your iPhone's average life per charge. CIO.com's Al Sacco shares a set of seven advanced battery tips for Apple smartphone users.

Apr 30, 2014 7 mins
Apple Small and Medium Business iPhone