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Hollywood’s Elite Data Centers Must Deliver Star IT Performances

Some companies need data centers capable of sending and receiving petabytes' worth of data. Others require reliable connections to sites half a world away. Others still must scale up, then down, at a moment's notice. The firms that help

13 Jun 2012 8 mins
Data and Information Security Servers Virtualization
news

Microsoft Q&A: With Windows 8, the Choice Is Yours

Day two at Microsoft TechEd 2012 was all about Windows 8. CIO.com caught up with Windows corporate VP Antoine Leblond, who discussed why CIOs should test Windows 8, why developers should love it, and why we'll all be touching our laptop screens

13 Jun 2012 7 mins
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Big Data Problem Plagues Government Agencies

Government agencies are collecting vast amounts of data, but they're struggling just to store it, let alone analyze it to improve efficiency, accuracy and forecasts.

12 Jun 2012 5 mins
Business Intelligence Government Government IT
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How ComScore Is Using Hadoop to Tame Its Big Data Flow

Market researcher ComScore tames a torrent of data with open-source analytics

8 Jun 2012 3 mins
Data Center Data Warehousing
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BYOD Drives Communism Out of IT

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21 Jan 2017
Data Center
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BYOD Drives Communism Out of IT

Freedom of choice when it comes to technology decisions has traditionally ended at the doors of the enterprise, where IT tells you what hardware and software you can use. But BYOD and consumerization of IT may be the new Glasnost.

1 Jun 2012 6 mins
SaaS Smartphones Virtualization
opinion

IT Innovation Won’t Be Slowed by Cloud Concerns

Those who continue to deem the cloud "rogue IT" fail to see the forest for the trees, CIO.com's Bernard Golden writes. Institutions dead set in their ways should prepare to see smaller, more innovative firms embrace the cloud -- and ra

1 Jun 2012 9 mins
Innovation Social Networking Apps Virtualization
opinion

CIOs: Don’t Let Microsoft’s Marketing Drumbeat Drown Out Priorities

Microsoft is in the midst of a marketing storm for product launches later this year. While CIOs shouldn't be seduced into thinking they need Windows 8 and Office 15 right away, planning for them may help clarify what your company really needs.

31 May 2012 3 mins
Small and Medium Business Virtualization Windows
opinion

Your Hair Tells a Story That Bits or Bytes Can’t

In the age of big data, simple observation can be just as powerful.

30 May 2012 2 mins
Data Center Smartphones
news

Federal IT Reform Slower Than Claimed

The efforts of U.S. President Barack Obama's administration to streamline and improve the government's IT systems aren't proceeding as quickly as officials have suggested, however, government auditors note steady progress as department

26 May 2012 4 mins
CIO Government Government IT
opinion

Sun Hardware ‘Blows,’ According to Oracle Internal Documents

More precisely, Oracle said Sun hardware baaaallllloooooooows. That description comes from discovery documents released by HP related to ligation between the two tech giants. Columnist Rob Enderle says Oracle treated you and him like 'idiots.&

26 May 2012 5 mins
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