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3 paths to analytics leadership roles

Companies are on the hunt for analytics executives, but where can they find talent in such a new field?

By Murugan Anandarajan and Diana Jones

Big Data Business Intelligence IT Skills

How to create a repair/recovery partition in Windows 10

Windows can and will crash — and after it does it may not boot normally. To be prepared for worst-case scenarios, learn how to create a bootable recovery partition on your system drive.

By Ed Tittel

Operating Systems Small and Medium Business Windows

How digital transformation created the economy of complexity

Digital transformation will change the way consumers and suppliers relate and behave. The range of offerings will become more complex. More than ever, IT executives must be aligned with business and use todayu2019s digital technologies wisely to help

By Marco Antonio Cavallo

BPM Systems Financial Services Industry IT Strategy

Shattering remote worker stereotypes

Contrary to popular beliefs, remote workers are more empathetic, desire human connection and pick up the phone more than their in-office counterparts.

Careers IT Jobs Relationship Building

CIOs take on digital transformation programs in diverse areas

CIOs are taking on transformation challenges and demonstrating results with customer facing and workplace enablement initiatives.

By Isaac Sacolick

Agile Development CIO E-commerce Software

Jethro automates data engineering tasks for BI on Hadoop

By automating costly and time-consuming data engineering tasks associated with business intelligence on Hadoop, Jethro aims to accelerate BI queries.

By Thor Olavsrud

Big Data Business Intelligence Hadoop

Tips for building a culture around ‘business outcomes’

The new era of IT demands a new kind of IT professional — one who has both the business and the technology skills to get the job done.

By Martha Heller

Business IT Alignment CIO IT Jobs

Core OS offers Tectonic preview for Microsoft Azure

In addition to offering a preview for Microsoft Azure, Core OS has also improved the installer to offer customization options.rn

Cloud Computing Open Source

Mar 28, 2017 4 mins

Dell Wyse 3040: not your father’s thin client

Thin clients don't get a whole lot of attention in the world of iPhones and PC detachables, but the latest improvements in VDI and thin clients like the Dell Wyse 3040 could make a big difference in that. Security challenges and management costs

By Patrick Moorhead

Computers and Peripherals Servers Virtualization

How to keep your filthy iPhone clean

Bacteria and viruses love to stick to the surface of your iPhone. Hereu2019s how you can keep your disgusting phone squeaky-clean.

By Jim Lynch

Mar 28, 2017 5 mins

Small and Medium Business Smartphones iPhone

The power of inventory management means service with a virtual smile

The right technology can raise a companyu2019s respect and responsiveness.rn

By Andre Bourque

Enterprise Applications Supply Chain Management Software

What you need to know about Windows 10, UWP and desktop apps

With the Creators Update, Microsoft is making it easier to wrap existing desktop apps in the new Universal Windows Platform format. Is that a stepping stone to more modern Windows 10 apps or recognition that traditional PC applications are the founda

By Mary Branscombe

Mar 28, 2017 18 mins

Mobile Apps Mobile Development Small and Medium Business

Plesk teams with Kolab for open source groupware

Plesk has selected Kolab Systems' groupware solution to offer enterprise groupware solution to its customers.

Email Clients Open Source

Mar 28, 2017 6 mins

10 digital marketing jobs that top the pay scale

Looking for a career that combines the best of technology with boundless creativity and pays a six-figure salary? Digital marketing is the place to be.

IT Jobs IT Skills Marketing

How politics is impacting your company’s productivity

A survey from Wakefield Research and BetterWorks suggests political discourse is starting to affect workplace productivity as a result of the 24 hour social-media news cycle. Here's what you can do about it.

By Sarah K. White

IT Leadership Relationship Building

Remote working works. Here’s data that proves it

There's a stigma that remote workers are lazy and less productive, but a new global survey of more than 25,000 people suggests otherwise

By Michael Frendo

Careers Collaboration Software Small and Medium Business

How to keep ransomware from human resources

HR makes for an easy and lucrative target for hackers.

By Andre Bourque

CIO CMO Technology Industry

Security

Proliferation of digital leaders brings confusion, power struggles

Are there too many technology cooks in your C-suite? If so, you'd better get them following the same recipes and make sure they report to the CEO — or risk business deterioration.

By Clint Boulton

Mar 27, 2017 4 mins

County and municipal cybersecurity, Part 1

Infosec and cybersecurity essentials for municipal executives

By Jeffrey Morgan

Compliance Cybercrime Government IT

The rise of the data marketplace

What Amazon can tell us about the future of enterprise data management.

By Paul Barth

Big Data Business Intelligence Data Warehousing

5 key components in getting IT projects approved

Prove that your project is worthwhile.

By Mike Sisco

CIO IT Leadership IT Strategy

Will Apple ever update the Mac mini?

Appleu2019s Mac mini has been languishing without an update for a very long time now. Will the company ever release a new Mac mini?rn

By Jim Lynch

Computers and Peripherals Consumer Electronics MacBook

Acquisition signals increasing role of AI in outsourcing

Genpactu2019s plan to purchase Rage Frameworks represents an evolution in IT automation and business process services u2013 moving from improving back-office functions to enabling true digital transformation.

By Stephanie Overby

Mergers and Acquisitions Outsourcing Technology Industry

7 hot marketing certifications and how they pay off

Certifications are a great way to reinforce your skills and expertise on your resume, but not all certifications are worth your time. See how these seven popular marketing certifications stack up, and how they'll impact your salary.

By Sarah K. White

Certifications IT Skills Marketing

6 soft skills employers should be looking for in tech talent

LinkedIn's Jennifer Shappley shares how she sources for soft skills and what to look for in your own candidates.

IT Jobs IT Skills Mentoring

Why SMBs need to get project management right from the start

Project management products aren't just for big business. With increasing competition and the always-changing digital landscape, it's important for small businesses to take the grunt work out of critical business processes.

By Moira Alexander

Analytics Project Management Tools Small and Medium Business

Crisis communications must be ongoing, not project-based

Recently, Oakland hired a PR firm In the wake of the tragic Ghost Ship fire. People are upset with the spend, but thereu2019s a lot more wrong with this situation than the fact that the city hired the firm.

By Samantha Leggat

Government Internet Marketing

3 reasons to encourage employees to take risks

In a time when you need to stand out to succeed, why play it safe?

By William Craig

Careers IT Leadership

The revolution will not be televised – it’ll be computerized

Political campaigns are a stress test of organizing skills. Only candidates who do well in the initial caucuses and primaries proceed in the campaign. Itu2019s essential to organize, raise funds and expand quickly. Systems and infrastructure have to

By Deepak Puri

Cloud Computing Collaboration Software Small and Medium Business

Why AI should augment, not replace, humans

Columnist Rob Enderle writes that your workforce may not yet be ready for artificial intelligence. First comes trust, education and training.

By Rob Enderle

Mar 24, 2017 6 mins

Artificial Intelligence Careers Technology Industry

Sync for Genes ignites genomics on FHIR

Share your genomic information seamlessly. Sync for Genes lays the foundation for clinico-genomic apps to communicate clinical genomic data between EHR systems. Your access to portable genomic sequencing just got easier.

By Peter B. Nichol

Electronic Health Records Health and Fitness Software Healthcare Industry

If business is great, what’s keeping you up at night?

Five IT issues that never sleep

By Anna Frazzetto

IT Leadership Technology Industry

Microsoft OneDrive slowness irks Linux users; Netflix supports Linux on Firefox

In this weeku2019s open source wrap, Linux users faced performance issues with Microsoftu2019s online services, Netflix went official with Linux support, and Gnome introduced night mode to the Linux desktop.rn

Linux Open Source SaaS

Dell Precision 5520 is a beauty and a beast

This the best laptop for Linux power users.rn

Laptops Linux Open Source

Mar 24, 2017 6 mins

Questions to ask before choosing an automation partner

Intelligent automation has the potential to transform outsourcing engagements, but customers should do their due diligence before choosing their partners.

By Stephanie Overby

Outsourcing Technology Industry

FCC votes to let phone companies stop robocallers

The Federal Communications Commission approves new rules that will finally make it harder for robocallers to harass you.

By Bill Snyder

Carriers Government Legal

The next step toward reaching the holy grail of personalized care is harnessing social determinant data. Putting it into practice has its unique set of challenges.rn

By Paddy Padmanabhan

Analytics Big Data Healthcare Industry

3 innovative ways to boost blog engagement

Here are some steps to take if your blog is struggling to make a mark despite having a number of good posts.

By Dipti Parmar

IT Leadership Marketing Social Networking Apps

Transform your IT from cash-eater to profit-maker with managed IT as a service

How to transform IT in a record time with the ITaaS delivery model.

By Philippe A. Abdoulaye

Cloud Computing Data Center

How gamification improves customer engagement and retention

Marketing pros and business owners share tips on how to use gaming techniques to attract, educate and retain customers — and sell more stuff.

By Jennifer Lonoff Schiff

E-commerce Software Retail Industry Small and Medium Business

Does unconscious bias training really work?

Does Silicon Valleyu2019s latest quick-fix for its diversity problem actually work? Or does it just reinforce biases?

IT Jobs IT Skills Relationship Building

What a tea ceremony can teach you about leadership

In the western world, the concept of u201cgo faster, do moreu201d has become the default for business operations. By integrating some east Asian cultural wisdom into our practices, each of us can become a more effective leader.

By Christopher C. Barron

CIO IT Leadership

Why building candidate personas helps you hire the right talent

Learn how using candidate personas can improve the diversity of your candidate pool when sourcing and recruiting.

IT Jobs IT Skills Relationship Building

You hate your boss. Now what?

All of us will probably work for at least one extremely difficult person during our careers. Some coping strategies for an unpleasant working environment may help you chart a new direction.

By Louis Gerzofsky

IT Skills Mentoring Relationship Building

How to choose a prepaid mobile data plan

Pre-paid data SIM cards are a great way to get 4G LTE data on a device without paying for a long-term contract. Here are seven options if you're looking for a contract-free, pre-paid SIM card for your unlocked smartphone or tablet.

By Sarah K. White

Carriers Small and Medium Business Smartphones

Building a strong web of trust in the machine learning age

Businesses must reconcile the promise of machine learning with user privacy.

By Tarun Gangwani