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A tech company CEO de-hypes digital transformation

ServiceNow's new CEO, John Donahoe, provided a master class in how tech company CEOs should be talking about real-world digital transformation

Why companies struggle to cultivate digital strategies

Companies that find themselves digital laggards are suffering from strategic decisions they made nearly 20 years ago. Here's how to battle back.

6 steps for a future-ready cloud storage strategy

Growing storage demands are prompting many enterprises to move to the cloud, but ensuring that cloud storage is properly architected regarding security, performance and scalability is critically important.

5 steps to ending generational stereotypes

Stereotypes of any kind are harmful to an organization, and that includes generational stereotypes. Here's how to get rid of them.

CIO Career Coach: Bringing a product management mindset to IT

In season 2 – episode 3 of CIO Career Coach, executive recruiter and CIO.com blogger Martha Heller discusses the CIOu2019s role in bringing IT and product development together as one.

IOTA launches $2 million fund for IoT-focused blockchain derivative

The open source nonprofit organization is seeking to foster growth of its distributed ledger technology.

How Microsoft is becoming a Linux vendor

Microsoft is bridging the gap with Linux by baking it into its own products. rn

A fundamental flaw in approaching digital transformation

Just implementing digital technologies and learning how to use them wonu2019t create a big performance impact.

Dell shifts security focus to data itself

Rather than putting a breachable wall around valuable data, every file has its own encryption and policy.

Will macOS protect you from ransomware attacks?

The recent WannaCry ransomware attacks on Windows have some Mac users wondering if they are safe. Is macOS secure from ransomware attacks?

Funding your startup with the ICO and token crowdsales explosion

Entrepreneurs are taking notice of the $24.1 billion market capitalization of Bitcoin and the recent $12.3 million raised off a $300 million valuation of Gnosis.

AMD plots return to the data center with Epyc

The chip-makeru2019s Epyc platform has the speeds and feeds to beat Intel. Will it make a difference?

3 ways your culture may be sabotaging innovation

If your business is struggling to adapt to the digital age due to a lack of innovation, it might be time to reconsider your company culture.

10 most in-demand tech skills

Trying to land a new tech job? HiringSolved's latest reports uncovers the 10 tech skills that employers are looking for in 2017.

How IT leaders can stop the blame game

An intervention strategy for IT organizations that are constantly blaming others for their performance failures

Smart glasses are making workers more productive

Companies in all industries can benefit from using smart glasses to enhance employee productivity.

Content analytics shows us alternative pathways to success

Writing is evidence of thinking. We hire knowledge workers to think and then convert their thinking into action. People produce content that looks like work, based on what they think work should look like. An important part of content analytics is id

Nonstop IT and the myth of zero-downtime

Diamonds may be forever but they are non-trivial to produce; applications that are forever may be nearly as challenging to create.

Picking at the word salad of Dell EMC World

The show lasted for three days, and although we sustained a barrage of terminology, there was something there for everyone.

The NHS ransomware event and security challenges for the U.S healthcare system

The malware attack on the U.K National Health System (NHS) draws attention to the need for urgent building code upgrades in healthcare data security. While short-term fixes may enable hospitals to recover their data and resume normal operations, long

Review: Galago Pro is a Linux laptop for professionals

Galago Pro comes with OEM version Ubuntu 16.04 and offers a great u2018out-of-the-boxu2019 experience.

Municipal shared services agreements for information technology

Are shared IT services for municipalities a good deal? What are the risks and do they really save money or will you be stuck with a nightmare scenario from which you can never extricate your organization?

How QVC uses streaming analytics to drive revenue

Real-time analytics on transactional data — combined with historical and other data — help the home shopping retailer respond to trends in the moment.

Should Apple News be released for macOS?

Apple News has been out for iOS for quite a while now. Is it time for it to come to macOS?

Silicon Valley VCs have a message for CIOs

Luminaries from the VC community say CIOs can make great gains by collaborating with early-stage companies, but only if they keep their business priorities straight and drop the buzzwords.

Tips to help smaller companies build a corporate culture

Even small organizations can benefit from carefully crafting their culture. Here are tips on how you can do that without busting your budget.

Digital transformation: How inline photo systems drive business value

IT teams need to find a way to leverage inline photo management and mobile platforms to increase business value and reduce liability

If it is worth doing, it is worth automating

If you find you are doing the same thing every day, you should consider automating it.

Designing a Facebook campaign to advocate for better opioid care

Activists demand corporate changes with targeted social media appeals to board members. Facebook was chosen for its ability to target messages precisely by interest.

Why you need to stop comparing Snap to Facebook

Snapu2019s short life as a public company took a turn for the worse this week. While dramatic slides in value arenu2019t unprecedented for new publicly traded social firms, Snap does have some perception problems to address.

Being upfront about the future of television monetization

Forget what youu2019ve heard about digital being the death of television. Digital and data is only strengthening the power of television.

Is it still worth hiring UX designers?

Which is more important: user experience or interface?

How a logistics firm leverages SD-WAN for competitive advantage

Freight forwarding firm JAS Global has cut trimmed millions from its bandwidth costs using network software. Next, it intends to leverage the technology for a predictive analytics system.

How GE Healthcare migrated 500 applications to the cloud

GE Healthcare recently migrated its infrastructure to cloud u2014 and u2018remotely managed private cloudu2019 was a big part of that migration.

Coca Cola’s investments in startups is the real thing for innovation

The biggest soft drink company in the world is investing in a wide range of startups because itu2019s a good move for business.

Get ready to say goodbye to T-Mobile

A Japanese conglomerate wants to buy T-Mobile and merge it with Sprint. What a disaster for consumers that will be.

Why we must prepare for the rise of the machines

Columnist Rob Enderle writes that all generations need to be prepared for a future of automation and artificial intelligence, but should also know how to function without an app for everything.

Why Conway, Spicer and Huckabee Sanders deserve appreciation

These communications pros are working in an incredibly challenging environment. The U.S. is divided, the presidentu2019s approval rating is taking a nose dive, and the man is unpredictable (to say the least). Yet they persist. We may not agree with t

Impact of colocation on software development

Why bringing tech and business together in one place matters

Reports of OpenStack’s death are greatly exaggerated

Contrary to the reports of demise of OpenStack, this open source project is growing at an unprecedented rate.

CEO mandate is not enough for success in digital transformation

If youu2019re leading a transformation project, answering this one question could lead to a failed outcome.

How an AI caddie could improve your golf game

Arccos Golf is leveraging the data generated by its golf performance tracking system to provide a subscription-based artificial intelligence caddie to help golfers make data-driven decisions on the course.

Device-as-a-service makes device ownership and management a thing of the past

DaaS unburdens IT with lower, more predictable costs, access to the latest technology and increased security.rn

How Uber for Business helps the ridesharing company grow

Uberu2019s head of enterprise says the ridesharing app will triple its workforce for business customers this year. But the company faces many challenges, including a corporate culture that allegedly enabled a discriminatory work environment.

4 key techniques for continuous improvement in corporate innovation

Why digital disruption leaves no room for bimodal IT

Digital disruption is forcing CIOs and other IT leaders to choose holistic operating models over two-speed technology deployment.

CIO value proposition: Negotiating key IT vendor contracts

While it's important for CIOs to provide a strategic advantage and to work on creating a partnership mentality, one area that needs to be smartly managed are those cumbersome and expensive vendor contracts.

Is psychometric testing perfect for IT?

Is psychometric assessment the future of effective IT recruitment? How will it impact IT project management performance?

Every day should be Bring Your Child to Work day

If we want to normalize working moms and improve diversity, we have to get comfortable with kids in the workplace.

How CIOs are helping upgrade the way people sell

Sales and marketing execs are likely to push for any kind of technology that will improve their numbers, but they aren't the only members of the executive suite catching on to automation.