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Puppet gets a more expressive configuration language
With an update to its namesake configuration tool, Puppet Labs has introduced a programming language designed to give administrators more flexibility...
IT on the fly: The art of quickly building, then dismantling
The CIOs for the London Olympics, President Obama's 2012 re-election campaign and other short-lived but intense operations know how to run...
How to prevent IT department overload
Managing the flow of an infinite supply of worthwhile projects through a finite IT operation takes finesse. Here's how to avoid the backlog and...
The Grill: NFL CIO uses analytics to improve player safety
Michelle McKenna-Doyle, CIO for the National Football League, is driving innovation with analytics, using sensors to track players on the field and...
Career Watch: The growth of consulting
OnForce CEO Peter Cannone says the use of IT contractors is expanding and will continue to do so.
There's an app for that: Avoiding the ugliest business problems
Kindergarten rules for living well can get you in trouble in the corporate world. Now, there is an app for business complications of the worst type.
Google revamps admin console for Apps and other enterprise products
Google is rolling out a new IT administration console for its Apps email and collaboration cloud suite and for other enterprise products such as Maps...
BMC set to go private in $6.9 billion deal
BMC has agreed to be acquired by a private investment consortium headed by Bain Capital and Golden Capital, in a deal worth about US$6.9 billion.
BMC going private in $6.9 billion deal
BMC has agreed to sell itself to a private investment consortium headed up by Bain Capital and Golden Gate Capital in a deal worth approximately...
Struggling companies turn to business-savvy IT pros to boost the bottom line
Economic woes have pushed companies of all sizes to shake up data center hiring, development and other processes to better align IT and business...
The Grill: James Turnbull driving change in healthcare IT
Jim Turnbull, CIO at University of Utah Health Care, says mobile technology as the next big opportunity for getting patients more involved in...
How to nab a data scientist job
How exactly do you make it to the data scientist big leagues? As it turns out, there is no one right path. Instead, it's largely a scramble out...
Career Watch: A little less stress for IT workers?
A survey finds that stress remains high, but it's down significantly from last year.
Could be business as usual with Intel's new CEO
With Intel's new CEO ready to step up next month to lead the world's largest chip maker, industry analysts don't expect to see any big change in...
Think different: Apple's $17B debt offers stark contrast to 1996's junk bonds
Apple's record-setting $17 billion bond offer this week stood in stark contrast to the company's darkest days, when in 1996 its millions in...
CIOs Struggle with the Great Talent Hunt
Finding IT pros with business skills has always been a bear. So award-winning CIOs are taking radical steps to train, recruit or grow the hybrid...
Moves, mistakes prove Steve Jobs era at Apple over, say analysts
Apple is clearly not Steve Jobs' company any longer, analysts said this week, citing examples from Tuesday's earning calls with Wall Street.
Just How Close Is Apple's Tim Cook to Being Fired?
Apple CEO Tim Cook needs to show investors where the company's future growth is coming from. If he fails this fall, then he might be in big...
How companies should navigate social media in a crisis
Companies using social networks like Twitter and Facebook need to face what to do during a national crisis like the Boston Marathon bombing.
Wanted: IT staffers with vertical industry chops
Fast-changing business processes, tight deadlines, customization demands and ever-growing regulations are complicating day-to-day operations....
IT on the fly: The art of quickly building, then dismantling
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