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The U.S. government’s announcement that North Korea was behind the hack of Sony Pictures Entertainment reignited the debate on how accurate cyber attribution can be
Some tech leaders swear that the perspective they bring to a new industry is invaluable, but others say it’s an idea whose time has come and gone.
We look at the prospects for both hiring managers and job seekers in the first in a series of reports examining IT labor markets across the country.
Got Lollipop? Then these tips and tricks will help you handle Android 5.0 like a pro
By 2020, nearly half of the U.S. workforce will be comprised of millennials. Instead of buying into the negative hype, forward-thinking organizations should start working to better understand this generation and leverage their strengths or risk being
Google's recent decision to end its Glass Explorer Program resulted in an array of media reports regarding the controversial wearable's demise, but the companies building software and services for Glass say the future of smartglasses in the enterpris
A year ago, reports revealed that only 2 percent of large brands' Facebook posts were reaching their fans, and one Forrester analyst lamented the death of social media's organic reach. But does the same hold true for social media recruiting?
If you’re a business professionals who travels frequently, runs presentations at work, needs to connect with colleagues, or who has to focus on getting work done before closing time, here are five gadgets you should check out.
Nadella's first year at the Microsoft helm has brought both stunning successes and surprising lapses
VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger talks up new hybrid cloud strategy, SDN, OpenStack, partnering with Google and competing with Amazon and Microsoft
Biometric technologies can supplement or even replace passwords entirely
Odds are, you have more passwords than you can manage
Relationships with vendors seldom last forever. Here's how some IT managers have approached change-ups with their cloud providers.
How IT execs can protect their companies from the effects of global warming and create new business opportunities.
Jazz up your system's storage, memory, networking and display without breaking the bank with CIO.com’s desktop PC upgrade guide.
To err is human, but to err in cyber security can cause major damage to an organization. It will never be possible to be perfect, but major improvement is possible, just by being aware of some of the most common mistakes and their consequences
"We’ll touch 90% of our systems and their applications over the next three to five years, modernizing them, replacing them, retiring technical debt, and introducing features"
We don’t know exactly when Windows 10 will be released, but it’s a good idea for IT pros to start thinking now about deployment, training and security issues.
More control over video, pluggable languages, stronger microformats -- here’s where W3C should steer HTML next
Dieter Haban led the team that developed a real-time, factory-installed remote diagnostic system found on more than 70,000 Daimler Freightliner trucks.
IT organizations may be their own worst enemies when it comes to effective strategies for sourcing, screening and hiring IT talent.
When IT workers can collaborate and share ideas with their business colleagues, good things happen for the bottom line. But it takes more than just sitting side by side — it's a culture shift.
Low-priced, lightweight Windows 8.1 device challenges Chromebooks in low-end notebook market.
CDO for almost three years, Derek Strauss has pushed through organizational change and launched many large-scale initiatives
Survey respondents have chosen a new customer satisfaction winner among the big four mobile data service providers.
Mobile and social technologies have the potential to vastly improve collaboration in the enterprise. However, they also represent a very real threat to CIOs and IT.
The cyber kill chain has a new link.
The high-end retailer uses Dynatrace Application Performance Management tools in development all the way through to production
With it storage and servers stabilized, the university is moving to the next level of virtualization. It’s readying a redundant off-site facility to protect its virtualized IT assets and plans to switch out its physical desktops for VDI next year.
While complete anonymity these days is nearly impossible, experts have some tips, and tools, they recommend for maintaining privacy and keeping your digital footprint as minimal as possible
As digital health records increase by the millions, criminals know that the biggest weakness in securing them is human, not technology.
Pretenders to the messaging throne have been many, but email still reigns. Here’s how that might change
Microsoft is cutting off support for the popular OS in six months, so you need to start putting together a migration plan now.
When optimal self-repairing configurations are used that don't need humans to replace drives highly reliable storage could become a lot cheaper
The changing vendor landscape means IT must forge tighter partnerships with service providers and third-party vendors. Here are the skills you should have in your back pocket.
With college costs sky high and the IT job market red hot, some techies are skipping the sheepskin and heading straight to work. Is that a smart move or short-sighted?
The true business value of social media likes, retweets and favorites is questionable, at best, and 2015 could be the year that marketers shift their focus to more tangible business goals and organizational objectives.
Top IT shops know the value of having users and IT work together to build better systems. The setup can benefit the business, and give IT workers a leg up in their careers.
By deploying technologies like Wi-Fi, Wikis and WebEx, IT is leading the charge as enterprises restructure for maximum collaboration.
Frame relay and ATM go away as the company virtualizes more functions. A Q&A with the man driving the transformation.
Not everything that comes out of Google is gold. Some projects die quickly, others languish for years, but the risk is the same for companies that decide to invest early in Google's ambitious and unproven concepts, including its Glass smartglasses.
What does the future hold for BI, CRM, ERP and enterprise software in 2015? IT experts discuss which enterprise software trends will have the greatest impact on IT organizations in the coming year.
China’s tech star is rising rapidly. Global companies -- and their savvy IT leaders -- would do well to keep a close eye on the country’s technological transformation.
