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Here's how many cybersecurity entry-level job seekers fail to make a great first impression.
A well established university program, major industry partners, sponsored research projects and a venture capital partner give Beersheva the makings for becoming a major cybersecurity player
As an IT manager, one of your many jobs is to keep your team productive and its morale high through a layoff process. That, of course, is no easy task, so we asked tech leaders and career experts what you can do to ease fears and keep the remaining w
The promise of technology in the classroom earns high grades with students, teachers and administrators surveyed. But that digital education revolution is not an easy battle to win.
Heed the wisdom of your programming elders, or suffer the consequences of fundamentally flawed code
Big Switch Networks CTO Rob Sherwood touts the maturity and ease-of-use of Big Switch SDN solutions, the power of open switching platforms, docker, overlays and more
The open source universe may soon be less collaborative and more litigious. Two cases now in the courts could open the legal floodgates.
Android battery and performance apps can give new pep to devices in Lollipop limbo
Our manager is happy with his security information and event management platform, but sometimes it’s too much for the network bandwidth. Fortunately, an easy fix is at hand.
Regardless of where your IT career takes you, maintaining a focus on your ultimate professional goal is the key to an effective resume. In the latest installment of our makeover series, resume expert Caitlin Sampson helps a candidate find her focus a
Who is really responsible for cloud initiatives in the enterprise? Some say central IT, but studies show that is most certainly not the case. Enter shadow IT, which is very much alive and well in the enterprise.
Whether you're just starting out in your tech career or you’re a seasoned IT veteran, knowing when to take risks can mean the difference between success and failure. Here are seven chances worth taking at any stage of your career.
Trust and IT go hand in hand. Here are the red flags to watch for before you get burned
Micromanagement may seem harmless, but it's sabotaging your teams, your productivity and morale from within, and stifling your business's ability to grow. Here's how to tell if you're a micromanager, and some steps you can take to overcome this fatal
How IT pros can avoid blunders when interacting with end users.
IT leaders expect to see bigger technology budgets in the coming year, according to CIO’s most recent Tech Poll. However, while spending in key areas is up, CIOs aren't buying into all the buzz-worthy trends.
Listen as RackN CEO and Crowbar Co-Founder Rob Hirschfeld shares his thoughts on hot topics for OpenStack in 2015.
Though the LinkedIn profile is more important than ever to job seekers and hiring managers, it's a different tool than the traditional resume, which is here to stay, according to recruiters and career consultants.
What keeps CIOs awake at night? Worrying about security, downtime and acquiring the right talent, according to a recent survey.
Git made it possible for programmers to coordinate distributed work across teams -- now GitHub makes it possible for everyone else
A new company says monitoring the ‘power fingerprint’ of digital systems can secure them by detecting anomalies in that fingerprint in real time. Other experts believe it will help to secure ICS/SCADA systems, but falls short of being a silver bullet
Companies like Uber, FancyHands, Airbnb and Snagajob are flourishing, driven by technology, a slow economic recovery and consumer demand. But what does that mean for today's workers?
Utility Company AMP overhauls a mishmash of backup and recovery procedures to create one coherent plan
Crews on the ground use mobile devices to access digital images and data streams as they plan their strategies for responding to California wildfires.
DNS-based attacks are on the rise because many organizations don’t realize DNS is a threat vector and therefore don’t protect it.
Yesterday's announcement of Azure Machine Learning offers the latest sign of Microsoft's deep machine learning expertise -- now available to developers everywhere
Everyone talks about greater transparency and openness in business, but when it comes to making salary information transparent, each organization must decide for itself just how much to reveal.
When social recruiting firm Findly acquired an on-demand talent communications company its client base doubled overnight. IT execs knew a serious infrastructure change was in order. Here’s how a hybrid cloud solution addressed Findly’s new needs.
University of Cambridge's recent data center consolidation aims to reduce the university's carbon footprint as well as centralize resources, management and monitoring.
Here’s how the enterprise stalwart and onetime script-kiddie toy stack up in a battle for the server room
Cloud, mobile, social media and other factors are conspiring to force companies to reevaluate their security infrastructure, from firewalls to authentication.
The 5 small steps that can lead to big competitive advantages.
Millennials already make up a large part of the workforce and in 10 years they are expected to represent the majority of workers. In order to uncover this generation's full potential businesses need to better understand its traits and work styles. (I
HoloLens could be the next big thing in business computing and can be used in some way to provide a better customer experience, improve business collaboration and so much more.
Trek adds value to Microsoft Dynamics CRM by using Scribe to import data from ERP
It’s no exaggeration that sex buys intellectual property, trade secrets, customer data, and any information or network access of value.
(Hint: They’re helping you make better decisions without you realizing it.)
A look back at the top 20 data breaches of 2014 — over 450 million records compromised — points to the new normal
After a 17-year climb through the IT ranks at a major financial firm, this month’s resume makeover candidate found herself unemployed and with a mundane resume. Here's how expert Donald Burns uncovered her 'wow factor.'
Twitter can be both surprisingly useful and mind-numbingly wasteful, and there's a thin line between the two. In the second installment of our four-part Social Media Rules of Engagement series, CIO.com's Matt Kapko shares tips and advice on how to ge
