Data Center

HP Looks to Moonshot for Data Center of the Future

Seeking to reverse its flagging fortunes and build the foundational layer for the 'Internet of Things,' HP unveils a new class of software-defined server: the HP ProLiant Moonshot.

Best Buy Cuts Apple’s Third-Gen iPad Prices by $200

Prices on older, but still excellent, iPads are way down, and so are prices for Windows PCs. Why wait for Black Friday?

BlackBerry Kills Off Awkward and Annoying BBM Music Service

The day the misguided BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) Music service was announced in the summer of 2011, CIO.com's Al Sacco predicted its demise. Today, BlackBerry announced it is discontinuing the BBM Music service in June.

5 Misconceptions of Cloud Software and Virtual Licensing

Are you leaving money on the table by not optimizing your virtual or cloud environment to cut software licensing costs? Don't fall prey to these five common software licensing misconceptions.

10 Things BlackBerry Z10 Does That iPhone Can’t

10 Things BlackBerry Z10 Does That iPhone Can’t

The BlackBerry Z10 is one of the hottest new smartphones on the market. But does it stack up to THE hottest modern smartphone? CIO.com's Al Sacco highlights 10 things the BlackBerry Z10 can do that Apple's iPhone cannot.

How to Overcome SharePoint Performance Headaches

Microsoft SharePoint is increasingly becoming a victim of its own success: As more departments start to use it, bottlenecks occur and performance suffers. To combat this, some companies are rolling out third-party storage systems that move large data

Oracle’s Delusional Hardware Marketing Isn’t Fooling Anyone

Despite repeated reprimands from the National Adverting Review Board, Oracle continues to run ads making questionable claims that its Sun hardware outperforms the competition. This isn't surprising--perception often trumps reality in advertising

IT Concerns About Targeted Malware Rising

IT and security professionals are increasingly concerned about targeted malware and data breaches. What's worse is that their confidence in their ability to identify and stop them is waning.

Office 365 Mixes New Features, Familiar Feel and Bridge to the Cloud

The new Office 365 and its enterprise-grade cloud services are a good option for a business of any size. We look at the Windows 8 experience, the desktop-cloud connection and which of the new features will most appeal to both end-users and IT admins.

Does Big Data Spell the End of Business Intelligence As We Know It?

Traditional BI requires human input to decide what correlated factors to query. As predictive data analytics gets increasingly powerful, the algorithms do the deciding. That spells the end of BI as CIO.com columnist Bernard Golden knows it--and he do