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The problem with the end-user computing environment

Eliminating u201cshadow ITu201d and end-user dissatisfaction with IT service desk support.

Mar 8, 2017

What the Snap IPO means for the future of cloud infrastructure

The Snapchat parent will have no choice but to build its own computing and networking systems. Luckily, it's a good time to do just that.

By Arik Hesseldahl

Mar 8, 2017

Mobile Apps Open Source Social Networking Apps

How pay transparency and equity help employers retain workers

PayScale's 2017 Compensation Best Practices Report shows that to build more trusting relationships with their workforce, more organizations are emphasizing pay transparency and pay equity.

By Sharon Florentine

Mar 8, 2017

Careers IT Jobs Relationship Building

Tesla hires new CIO

Gary Clark is joining the electric car company from Juniper Networks, where oversaw a broad migration to cloud services provided by Amazon Web Services and several SaaS vendors.

By Clint Boulton

Mar 7, 2017

CIO Emerging Technology Technology Industry

The future of work is surprisingly human: 2 trends to relieve your fears

Technology can and will become more human within organizations that are aware of the pitfalls and opportunities

By Michael Frendo

Mar 7, 2017

Collaboration Software Small and Medium Business Unified Communications

How the internet of things is disrupting tech staffing: Part 1

IoT introduces enormous "people" challenges that are testing even the best employers. To succeed, these are non-negotiable workforce disruptions that must be conquered.

By David Foote

Mar 7, 2017

Careers IT Skills Internet of Things

VMWare joins the Linux Foundation as a Gold Member

The company hired Dirk Hohndel to lead its open source efforts last year. Joining the Linux Foundation shows that VMware is going even deeper into the open source world.rn

By Swapnil Bhartiya

Mar 7, 2017

Linux Open Source

MongoDB adds free tier and migration utility to cloud service

Seeking to reduce barriers to entry, NoSQL database specialist MongoDB has added a free tier to its MongoDB Atlas database-as-a-service (DaaS) offering. The company has also announced a new utility to make it easier to migrate data from existing depl

By Thor Olavsrud

Mar 7, 2017

Big Data Cloud Computing Database Administration

Microsoft supports creative work with tech-enabled spaces

Microsoft has partnered with commercial architecture and design specialist Steelcase to help organizations better integrate technology and workspaces to transform company culture and better support creative work.

By Thor Olavsrud

Mar 7, 2017

Microsoft Small and Medium Business Technology Industry

Should Apple turn the iPhone into a Nintendo Switch?

Nintendou2019s new Switch console is selling like hotcakes. Should Apple turn the iPhone into its own version of the Switch? rn

By Jim Lynch

Mar 7, 2017 8 mins

Gaming Small and Medium Business iPhone

Time for facility inspections to become digital

A mobile, digital inspection platform offers advantages over paper- or spreadsheet-based inspection forms

By Jindou Lee

Mar 7, 2017

Big Data IT Strategy Mobile Apps

Is Sprint about to disappear?

SoftBank wants to merge Sprint with T-Mobile or Comcast. Hereu2019s why thatu2019s a terrible idea.

By Bill Snyder

Mar 7, 2017

Carriers Small and Medium Business Sprint

Why email is safer in Office 365 than on your Exchange server

Beyond blocking spam and virus-laden messages, cloud services can determine whether links are safe to visit and whether youu2019re protecting the right information.

By Mary Branscombe

Mar 7, 2017

Email Clients SaaS Security

Drone certification: how to earn your wings

Learning to operate unmanned aircraft systems is a great way to explore the wonders of flight. Innovative CIOs challenge themselves personally so they can grow professionally.

By Peter B. Nichol

Mar 7, 2017

Consumer Electronics Gadgets Smart Home

Is Google pushing Apple out of U.S. classrooms?

Chromebooks are quickly becoming the standard device in U.S. schools while Appleu2019s market share continues to slide.

By Matt Kapko

Mar 7, 2017

Laptops Small and Medium Business iPad

Banking-as-a-Service and the survival of banks in the digital age

Banks have traditionally been considered pioneers of process automation, but they are currently in the background of todayu2019s digitized, customer-driven financial services landscape. The disruption of traditional banking grows stronger worldwide,

By Marco Antonio Cavallo

Mar 7, 2017

Financial Services Industry IT Strategy IaaS

Nintendo Switch introduces a new concept for consoles

Nintendo Switch runs on open source FreeBSD kernel and uses many open source components. I've been putting it through its paces the past few days. Here are my impressions.

By Swapnil Bhartiya

Mar 6, 2017 10 mins

Consumer Electronics Gaming Open Source

Think twice before you hire a chief AI officer

Is it time for companies to install a chief artificial intelligence officer to manage machine learning, natural language processing and associated efforts?

By Clint Boulton

Mar 6, 2017

CIO IT Jobs Technology Industry

Duel of the rugged notebooks

Panasonic and Dell duke it out for the North American market.

By Roger Kay

Mar 6, 2017

Computers Computers and Peripherals Laptops

7 ways to improve your Joomla security

With basic maintenance and powerful tools like CDN, protection for Joomla websites is available to all

By Ralph Tkatchuk

Mar 6, 2017

Application Security Internet Security Managed Service Providers

Prioritizing IT projects has never mattered more

IT project prioritization is crucial for your organization.

By David Cotgreave

Mar 6, 2017

IT Leadership Project Management Tools

MapR and Outscale partner on big data PaaS

The cloud provider unveils a big data platform as a service (PaaS) offering built on the MapR Converged Data Platform.

By Thor Olavsrud

Mar 6, 2017

Analytics Big Data Technology Industry

Recharge your knowledge of the modern data warehouse

Data warehousing is evolving from centralized repositories to logical data warehouses leveraging data virtualization and distributed processing. Make sure youu2019re not using old terminology to explain new initiatives.

By Peter B. Nichol

Mar 6, 2017

Big Data Data Warehousing Hadoop

Why BPM is now taking a central role in digital transformation

Driven by the need for speed and agilityu2014beyond traditional needs of efficiency and optimizationu2014organizations turn to BPM to drive digital transformation

By Charles Araujo

Mar 6, 2017

BPM Systems Digital Transformation ITSM

iPhone: How often do you upgrade?

Each year Apple releases a new iPhone, but how often do you upgrade to the latest model?

By Jim Lynch

Mar 6, 2017 5 mins

Apple Small and Medium Business iPhone

7 tips for managing an IT outsourcing contract

Without dedicated and ongoing governance, carefully negotiated and documented rights in an outsourcing contract run the risk of not being enforced, and the relationship that develops may look nothing like what you envisioned.

By Stephanie Overby

Mar 6, 2017

IT Leadership Outsourcing Technology Industry

Content management tools: Features users love and hate

IT pros say what they like, and donu2019t like, about Microsoftu2019s SharePoint, IBM ECM, Box and Alfresco.

By IT Central Station

Mar 6, 2017

Collaboration Software Enterprise Applications Small and Medium Business

The future of work is today. Are you ready?

Here are six factors transforming the workplace today.

By Morag Barrett

Mar 6, 2017

IT Leadership

Spring cleaning

Clean up your 'piling' system and make room for new ideas.

By Paul T. Cottey

Mar 6, 2017

IT Governance IT Leadership

How microcertifications work for IT job seekers and employers

Microcertifications are gaining popularity as a way for IT job seekers to quickly and affordably prove their skills, and organizations are coming around to the idea.

By Sharon Florentine

Mar 6, 2017 5 mins

Certifications IT Jobs IT Skills

IT Resume Makeover: Find focus by building a theme

The longer your career, the more difficult it can be to pull out the right details to create a focused resume. Finding a common theme that runs through your experience, can help guide the process.

By Sarah K. White

Mar 6, 2017

Careers IT Jobs IT Skills

Analytics 50: Call for 2017 entries (deadline extended)

Deadline extended to May 31. Drexel Universityu2019s LeBow College of Business and CIO.com will again honor 50 organizations that excel at using analytics to solve business challenges. If you have an innovative project, nowu2019s the time to nominate

By Dan Muse

Mar 3, 2017

Big Data CIO Technology Industry

Updated TripIt app tells you when to leave for the airport

TripIt's new Go Now feature shows a countdown clock with the remaining time before you need to leave for the airport, based on current traffic and other data. It's a welcome addition to an essential app for business travelers.

By James A. Martin

Mar 3, 2017

Consumer Electronics Mobile Apps Small and Medium Business

Docker draws distinctions between enterprise and community editions

The company that popularized container technology has fine tuned its marketing strategy, creating enterprise and community editions of Docker.rn

By Swapnil Bhartiya

Mar 3, 2017 5 mins

Cloud Computing Linux Open Source

Uber’s CEO needs some serious mentoring – fast

Uberu2019s Travis Kalanick lacks the experience to be an effective CEO, writes columnist Rob Enderle The answer is getting him a mentor, perhaps Joe Trucci.

By Rob Enderle

Mar 3, 2017

IT Leadership

Augmented education isn’t just for children

Visual, interactive and dynamic learning powered by augmented reality (AR) is being adopted across industries, and in future will become the standard for education and training within the global workforce and across all professions.

By Alice Bonasio

Mar 3, 2017

Smart Home Virtual Reality

AWS, Microsoft and Google take different paths to the cloud

CIOs concerned about betting too heavily on a single vendor for cloud services hear pitches from the industryu2019s leading vendors.

By Clint Boulton

Mar 3, 2017

Google Microsoft Technology Industry

The quiet revolution: the internet of data structures with IPFS

Everything of value involves data. Where data lives and how itu2019s accessed is about to change. The internet of data structures (IoDS) is transforming the web from linking data by location to linking data with hashes. Is your organization prepared?

By Peter B. Nichol

Mar 3, 2017

Healthcare Industry IT Strategy Innovation

Walgreens names new CIO

Steve Turner's position as a Walgreens veteran focused on data analytics could advance the pharmacy retailer's digital transformation.

By Clint Boulton

Mar 2, 2017

CIO Careers IT Jobs

Snap soars on IPO, now what?

Snap began trading on the New York Stock Exchange today and shares soared. The company — now valued at $28.33 billion — has no profits to speak of, so where does it go from here?

By Matt Kapko

Mar 2, 2017

Messaging Apps Startups Technology Industry

How older IT pros can crack the ‘hidden job market’

Recent studies are demolishing negative stereotypes about workers over 50. But where do older IT workers find jobs? The 'hidden job market' holds a mother lode of opportunities.

By Donald Burns

Mar 2, 2017 9 mins

Careers IT Jobs Relationship Building

A process with just one page?

In which I think about focusing away from boring process documents into action…

By Joel Pomales

Mar 2, 2017

IT Leadership ITSM

Artificial intelligence, the tech revolution and the future of consulting

Consultants will soon need to offer value that exceeds what technology will be able to do on its own.

By Andre Bourque

Mar 2, 2017

Artificial Intelligence Careers

Humans and machines: The rise of robo-advisors in the investing world

With robo-advising, institutions can provide automated, algorithm-based portfolio management advice

By Rob Hetherington

Mar 2, 2017

Analytics Big Data Financial Services Industry

Understanding Windows 10’s Unified Update Platform

Since UUP was introduced in December, it's gotten faster, more robust and much more stable. By the time the Windows 10 Creators Update comes around, it should indeed be ready for prime time.

By Ed Tittel

Mar 2, 2017 9 mins

Operating Systems Small and Medium Business Windows

Charitable donations made via PayPal may be going astray

Donors who use the PayPal Giving Fund claim in a class action lawsuit that few of their donations reach the proper charity.

By Bill Snyder

Mar 2, 2017

Internet Payment Systems Technology Industry

How geospatial analytics can give your business a competitive edge

What happens when you combine geographic information system (GIS) and internet of things/sensor data with data from operations, customers, finance and marketing? You get an unbeatable competitive edge for business.

By Matthew Zenus

Mar 2, 2017

Analytics Big Data

The campaign and election of 2016 was unprecedented in so many ways; news reporting and social media has forever changed the way candidates campaign and citizens vote. I think mistrust of the media and the divide between parties is the most noticeabl

By Samantha Leggat

Mar 2, 2017

Government Internet Marketing

12 ways bad web design can hurt your online business

Experts in web design and SEO discuss some of the most common u2013 and problematic u2013 mistakes businesses make when creating web or ecommerce sites and what they can do to avoid them.

By Jennifer Lonoff Schiff

Mar 2, 2017

E-commerce Software Retail Industry Web Development

Is the business-IT gap intentional?

IT and business executives must decide whether to transform the way their organizations interact. Maintaining the status quo may feel safe, but itu2019s risky.

By Hakan Altintepe

Mar 2, 2017

Business IT Alignment C-Suite CIO